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Kenya 7 days Group trip From £1340pp
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The emphasis of this Kenyan mobile camping safari is on giving you the very best wildlife and wilderness experience possible. We take you to three different areas – Amboseli, Nakuru and the Masai Mara – so you can enjoy a range of different habitats and wildlife. Amboseli National Park is where you’ll get that iconic view of Mount Kilimanjaro rising above the clouds. It’s also one of the very best parks in Africa for seeing family groups of elephants and large bull elephants at close quarters. Just north of Amboseli, Selenkay Conservation Area is an off-the-beaten track Maasai-owned area where few people visit so we’ll get this piece of unspoilt Africa pretty much to ourselves. Here we have a chance to walk with Maasai trackers and take night drives. The conservation area has a greater diversity of species within it than Amboseli. One of the Rift Valley lakes, Lake Nakuru is a soda lake known for its population of flamingos. However the national park also happens to be one of the very best places to see leopards in Africa, and has one of the largest concentrations of rhino (black and white) in Kenya. We stay in nearby private Congreve Wildlife Conservancy. Big cats are usually the focus of wildlife viewing in the Masai Mara. It really is one the best places in Africa for seeing lions and leopards. However there are of course many other species and we will see as much as possible in our time here. Of course if you come when the migration is on (roughly July-October) you get the added advantage of huge herds of wildebeest and other plains animals, and the inevitable predators very close behind. All the camps are in small private conservancies, away from the hordes of other tourists, and which allow exploration on foot and night game drives as well as game drives during the day. You will be well looked after by the camp staff who do the cooking (the food is of the same high quality as in a luxury camp), heat the water for your shower and wash up after meals. Your driver-guide is a wildlife and nature expert and a member of the Kenya Professional Safari Guides Association. Tents are heavy-duty canvas 2-person dome tents (which you help put up and down) and comfortable sleeping mattresses are provided. We travel in 4x4 Toyota Landcruisers. This really is a superb opportunity to visit some of the best game viewing regions in Kenya as well as some less visited areas and the mix of morning, afternoon and night drives and guided walks means that you will see the best possible range of wildlife. The safari starts and ends in Nairobi, making it easy to link with previous and onward travel arrangements.
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Is it for you?
This is ideal for anyone wanting to see the best game regions of Kenya on a limited budget. This is a camping safari (using private, fully staffed campsites), but the quality of service is high and the guiding is excellent. Children 8 yrs and over are welcome.
Best times to go
We avoid the rainiest month of May, but otherwise this is available each month.If you want to be in the Masai Mara when the annual wildebeest migration is here, you're best to book up for between July and October.
Getting there
You need to fly and into and out of Nairobi if you’re only doing this trip. We can arrange your flights for you as required, so please contact us if you would like us to help you with this. If you need a night in Nairobi before or after the safari, we can help you with this.
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Responsible Travel
How your holiday helps: Our driver-guides and camp staff are all Kenyans, and our partners on the ground are as committed as we are to responsible tourism. We camp in two Maasai-community-owned conservation areas. These communities receive an income for the use of the land and also an entry fee per visitor, so they are now earning from their own natural resources – the land. In addition, roads in Selenkay were built with local labour, so direct employment is forthcoming from the tourism which comes here. Another form of employment is that local game scouts patrol the areas to protect the wildlife. As well as the community gaining from tourism to these community-owned areas, the wildlife is helped too. These large areas of land adjacent to the parks and reserves form a wider area for the wildlife to roam without persecution, and indeed, without to so many tourists! Carbon Offsetting : For every client we take on holiday we plant 10 indigenous tree saplings. This is used as a poverty alleviation and biodiversity scheme as well as helping with carbon offsetting. Click for more details … Giving to grassroots projects: Our registered charity, The Tribes Foundation, is currently raising funds for a project in South Africa. The kindness of strangers can make a big difference, so if you’re a travel philanthropist considering donating to a worthwhile charity, please consider backing this excellent community project. St Lazarus Community School in Kibera, Nairobi, is the biggest slum in sub-Saharan Africa. The school provides nutrition and education for disadvantaged children. Currently they provide for 120 children. The food they get here is usually the only food they get. The school would like to be able to offer places to more children, and are currently raising funds to allow another 20 children to be helped.
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Trip Code: K1
Validity: 1-Mar-09 to 31-Dec-09
Group Trip Dates & Prices
Max / Min: 2 / 14 (seven people per vehicle) Min age: 8 yrs.
8-14 March: £1340 22-28 March:£1340 5-11 April : £1340 19-25 April : £1340 7-13 June ; £1340 21-27 June : £1340 5-11 July : £1340 19-25 July : £1340 2-8 August : £1340 16-22 August : £1340 30 Aug-5 Sept : £1340 13-19 Sept : £1340 27 Sept-3 Oct : £1340 11-17 Oct : £1340 25-31 Oct : £1340 8-14 Nov : £1340 22-28 Nov : £1340 13-19 Dec : £1520 27 Dec-2 Jan 2010: £1520
Duration: 7 days
IncludedAccommodation (2-person dome tents with mattresses) based on twin share, all meals as indicated, services of a professional driver-guide and camp staff, park entrance fees, all food and mineral water, game drives and activities.
Not IncludedDrinks other than mineral water, sleeping bag & towel, tips, insurance, international flights, visas, items of a personal nature.
