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Family adventure holiday Kenya
- COUNTRY:
- Kenya
- LOCATION:
- Masai Mara, Rift Valley
- DEPARTURES:
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2011: 22 Oct, 17 Dec
2012: 11 Feb, 14 Jul, 21 Jul, 28 Jul, 4 Aug, 18 Aug, 20 Oct, 15 Dec - PRICE:
- From £1259 - £2249 per adult and from £1049 - £2149 per child excluding flights.
- OFFERS:
- Late availability on 22nd October departures. Special offer: 5% off any bookings made before 31st December 2011
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Family adventure holiday Kenya
Experience the ultimate African adventure of a safari in Kenya! In Sweetwaters Game Reserve your safari proper begins. Then you visit Lake Nakuru National Park, home of the famous flamingos and Lake Naivasha for water-based game viewing. You finish on a high in the Masai Mara, a continuation of Tanzania’s renowned Serengeti, with the same prolific fauna. During your stay you’ll hopefully see an array of wildlife: the big nine - lion, leopard, cheetah, elephant, buffalo, rhino, zebra, giraffe, hippo, plus wildebeest and many species of antelope – in addition to some of East Africa’s splendid bird life. There is also a meeting with local Masai people and a chance to learn something about their fascinating culture. We know you won’t want to go home so top this off with a relaxing extension to the dazzling beaches of the Indian Ocean!
Day-by-day itinerary
| Day 1: | Fly to Nairobi Your journey begins with an overnight flight to Nairobi. |
| Day 2: | Nairobi; elephant orphanage & giraffe centre Your Group Leader will give you a tour briefing this morning. You ride out to Sheldrick’s Elephant Orphanage and the giraffe centre, where you can meet our own sponsored elephant orphan, Shukuru. |
| Day 3: | Naro Moru, Mount Kenya Area This morning you travel to Naro Moru for fantastic views of Mount Kenya, Africa’s second highest mountain (5200m). You stay in wild lodges by a stream with excellent bird watching, pretty gardens and a tempting pool. |
| Day 4: | Naro Moru; game drive Sweetwaters Game Reserve Out in Kenya’s Central Highlands, today you visit Sweetwaters Rhino Sanctuary. You’ll learn about their excellent breeding programme and then delve into the world of the primate with a visit a chimpanzee sanctuary. You also take a game drive through the reserve. |
| Day 5: | Lake Nakuru This morning you journey on through the vast expanse to Lake Nakuru. The lush area around the lake is well known for its bird life. In the afternoon, you will enjoy a game drive around the shore of the lake and look for the white rhinos that can usually be found around the shores. |
| Day 6: | Lake Naivasha; optional boat cruise & hippos Waking early, you take a game drive tracking giraffe, hippo, impala and ever present waterbuck. Watch out for lions and the extremely elusive leopard. Later you drive to Lake Naivasha, where the waters of the lake draw a great range of game. Giraffes wander among the acacia, buffalo wallow in the swamps and colobus monkeys call from the treetops while the lake’s large hippo population while away the day in the shallows. |
| Day 7-8: | Masai Mara; game drives & meet Masai Today you visit Kenya’s finest reserve, the Masai Mara. Reaching out from the Serengeti, the grasslands often teeming with game. On your game drive, you’ll track big cats, elephants, zebra and giraffe. The photographic opportunities are unrivalled.The next day, you explore more of the Mara on two game drives. You also meet the Masai warriors. A nomadic people, whose striking dress of bright red cloth, with a cape slung from one shoulder, beads and jewellery, and spear, sword and club is instantly recognisable. Open your eyes to a very different culture and way of living and maybe even learn how to throw a spear. Here you set up camp in the wild. |
| Day 9: | Nairobi & Fly Home After one last early morning game drive, you set off back across the plains of the Mara to climb the Rift Valley’s eastern wall and make your way back to Nairobi. Transfer to the airport in time to check in for your overnight flight home. |
| Day 10: | Arrive Home |
How this holiday makes a difference
We employ a local group leader and travel in a small group which benefits local people by providing valuable employment & distributing evenly the money we spend, while not overburdening them with visitors. If you would like to foster an elephant please look at www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org for details. You may be able to visit your orphan personally.
Our Responsible Travel Code: Clients who travel with us will automatically receive a copy of our Responsible Travel leaflet. This contains details and advice on how you can make a positive difference when you travel. If you would like a copy in advance of travel please contact us.
Charity Partnerships: We work in partnership with Plan International. Plan works with some of the world’s poorest communities where three out of four children die before the age of five. We also support Friends of Conservation – an international charity committed to working with local people to develop a balance between their needs and the wildlife with which they share the natural habitat and ecosystems.
Carbon Balancing: Global warming is a real issue and is a direct result of your travel. We have teamed up with Climate Care to give you the opportunity to offset the carbon emissions from your flight. You’ll be asked upon booking if you want to donate – with set amounts from £5. As a company we offset the carbon emissions from all staff travel in full.
Our Foundation: We’ve highlighted a few of the ways in which we offer our support, financially or otherwise, and now you can, too. We have set up our own foundation, which will administer funds donated by you. A small donation of £1 per person will be taken when booking a holiday and that money will be put to good use by one of our carefully selected projects. If you don’t want to make the donation, just tell us when you book.
