“But African time was not the same as American time…As African time passed, I surmised that the pace of Western countries was insane, that the speed of modern technology accomplished nothing, and that because Africa was going its own way at its own pace for its own reasons, it was a refuge and a resting. place.”

Exursions/add ons/extensions

Lake Nakuru

Lake Nakuru National Park (188 km2), was created in 1961 around Lake Nakuru, near Nakuru Town. It is best known for its thousands, sometimes millions of flamingos nesting along the shores. The lake is fresh water.
The surface of the shallow lake is often hardly recognizable due to the continually shifting mass of pink. Here you will find if you are lucky rhinoceros, as well as lions, gazelles, antelopes, and many other animals. It is famous for it's waterbirds.
The lake sits on the floor of the Great Rift Valley, surrounded by wooded and bushy grassland. Visitors can enjoy the wide ecological diversity and varied habitats that range from Lake Nakuru itself to the surrounding escarpment and picturesque ridges.
Lake Nakuru National Park and the lake is ideal for bird watching and game drives. Usually added onto a safari to Massai Mara.

Includes:

A well-trained guide familiar with the park and lake

Maximum 4 guests in vehicle Overnight accommodation and meals
Park Fees

Rescue Insurance

Additional costs:

Drinks, sodas, beers, wines

Tips

Personal costs

Lake Naivasha

Located in Nakuru County, Lake Naivasha is a large freshwater lake which sits just outside the town of Naivasha. Situated at an elevation of 1,884m, Lake Naivasha is the highest lake within the Great Rift Valley.

With a surface area of 139km², Lake Naivasha dominates the landscape, and it is surrounded by a swamp which covers an area of around 64km².
Beyond the swampland, the lake is encircled by forests of the fever tree.Lake Naivasha’s surface area depends on rainfall and the lake dried up completely in the early c.20th.
Lake Naivasha is famous for its high populations of hippos and flamingos. The lake is a birder’s paradise as it is home to over 400 bird species with which it is teaming with.

Giraffes, zebras, impalas, and waterbucks can be sighted in the immediate vicinity of Lake Naivasha, around Crescent Island, Crater Lake Game Sanctuary, and Longonot National Park.

Includes:

A well-trained guide familiar with the park and lake

Maximum 4 guests in vehicle Overnight accommodation and meals
Park Fees

Rescue Insurance

Additional costs:

Drinks, sodas, beers, wines

Tips

Personal costs
** Boat ride around the lake is ADDITIONAL a must to see the fish eagles, and so many other species of bird life.

Mombasa City Tour

Mombasa, a town of ancient and modern buildings is claimed to be the oldest town in East Africa. The tour includes a visit to Fort Jesus Museum (Built by the Portuguese in 1563, guarding the entrance to the old harbour), the old Arab Town, Hindu Temple, Haller Park and Mamba Village.

One Day Mombasa City Tour

Includes:

A well-trained guide familiar with the areas

Maximum 4 guests in car

Pick up/drop off from and to hotel either from Diani Beach or Mombasa

Lunch

Rescue Insurance

Additional costs:

Drinks, sodas, beers, wines

Tips

Personal costs

Wasini Island

Drive for 1 and ½ hours to the South Coast of Mombasa up to Shimoni. You leave your mini bus there and sail with Arabian Dhow through Mpunguti Island to Kisite Island. During the sailing dolphins can often be seen that come in large numbers. Do snorkelling for two hours at Kisite Island and, and if fortunate, you will see the famous sea turtle, morena, and many types of coloured fish. Kisite is reserved by Kenya Wildlife Service for snorkelling. This is where you can see the amazing diversity of sea life.

Later you will sail to Wasini Island for a seafood lunch (optional to have other kind of meals at your will). After lunch walk through the mangrove trees, village and later sail back to Shimoni jetty.

One Day Wasini Island

Package includes:

Transport

Marine park fees

Pick up from and to hotel

Rescue Insurance

Additional costs:

Drinks, sodas, beers, wines,

Personal costs

Tips

Shimba Hills National Reserve

A short drive south of Mombasa passing through lush countryside to see elephant, buffalo, giraffes, roan and sable antelopes, waterbucks, baboons and a wide variety of birdlife. Shimba Hills game Reserve is a sanctuary to the sable antelopes. There are no wild cats in this reserve.

One Day Shimba Hills Safari

Includes:
Pick up/drop off from and to hotel at either Diani Beach or Mombasa

All game drives in minibus

A well-trained guide familiar with the areas

Park entry fees

Maximum 4 guests in car

Lunch

2 bottles of water per person

Rescue Insurance

Additional costs:

Drinks, sodas, beers, wines

Tips

Personal costs

Diani Beach

Diani Beach is a major beach resort with an abundance of hotels on the Indian Ocean coast of Kenya (in eastern Africa). It is located 30 kms south of Mombasa, in the nearby Kwale County. The general area is known for its coral reefs and black-and-white colobus monkeys. Safaris can begin from here after flying into Mombasa if preferred.

The beach is about 10 kms long from the Kongo River to the north and Galu Beach to the south. It is adjacent to the town of Ukunda; the population of which nears 100,000 inhabitants. Diani Beach has a small airstrip that provides planes access to safari parks. The Mwachema River flows into the sea at Diani Beach. The beach is magnificent.

AN EXAMPLE OF ACCOMMODATION

Diani Reef Hotel
Southern Palms Hotel
Maji Beach Hotel
The Sands at Nomad
Swahili Beach Resort
Waterlovers Beach Resort
Baobab Beach Resort
Ocean Village Club
Neptune Resort
Leisure Lodge

and many more......

Hells Gate

Usually done as an extension of a safari to Massai Mara.

Named for the intense geothermal activity within its boundaries, the Hell's Gate National Park is a remarkable quarter of the Great Rift Valley. Spectacular scenery including the towering cliffs, water-gouged gorges, stark rock towers, scrub clad volcanoes and belching plumes of geothermal steam make it one of the most atmospheric Parks in Africa. African buffalo, zebra, eland, hartebeest,Thomson's gazelle and baboons are common. The park is also home to klipspringer antelope and Chandler’s mountain reedbuck. There are over 100 species of birds in the park, including vultures, Verreaux's Eagles, augur buzzard and swifts.

Situated in the environs of Lake Naivasha, about 90 km from Nairobi is Hell's Gate National Park, which covers an area of 68.25 km2. The National Park covers a small area, but the landscape is impressive and can be explored on foot. Hell's Gate is characterized by diverse topography and geological scenery and is famous for its natural geysers, eagle and vulture breeding grounds. Two extinct volcanoes; Olkaria and Hobley's are located here. The entrance to the gorge is marked by Fischer's Tower, a 25m tall volcanic pinnacle. Animals like Giraffe, hartebeest, zebra, Thomson's gazelle, buffalo, eland and impala can be seen grazing on the grasslands.

The Great Rift Valley

Usually done enroute during safari to Massai Mara.

The Great Africa Rift Valleys runs from North to South through the whole of Kenya. The Kenyan Rift Valley is a section of 6000 km rift system which stretches from the Dead Sea in the Middle East, south through the Red Sea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi and into Mozambique. Its' narrowest point is just north of Nairobi and the whole area contains several lakes, extinct volcanos and small game parks. Major geological upheavals caused a series of lakes in Kenya, some of which (Turkana, Naivasha and Baringo) are freshwater, but the others are soda lakes, with a high saline content. These are rich in algae and tiny crustaceans, which are the main food sources for the millions of flamingos gracing the lakes.

The upheavals also resulted in the sprouting of volcanic mountains, including Longonot and Mt Kenya. The scenery in the Rift Valley is breathtaking and particularly at the viewing points just north of Limuru and Naivasha and from the top of the Mau escarpment on the Kericho road. The approach, via road or rail, from Nairobi will take you up gently through the highlands and bring you suddenly to the edge of the Rift valley, which drops away to a ribbon of green in the valley floor below.

Mt Kilimanjaro

There are no specific excursions to Mt. Kilimanjaro from Kenya.

Mt Kilimanjaro sits astride both Kenyan and Tanzanian border.
It is best viewed on the Kenyan side from Amboseli National Park whilst travelling on safari there, and is climbed on the Tanzanian side starting from Arusha.

Mount Kilimanjaro is one of the best known mountains in the world and its summit is the highest point in Africa at 5895 m. This massive volcano stands in splendid isolation above the surrounding plains, with its snowy peak looming over the dry acacia savannas. Around the volcano's caldera are numerous permanent glaciers and impressive ice cliffs.

These are unusually accessible to hikers, without the need for specialist mountaineering equipment and training. The world heritage site covers the upper slopes of the mountain and includes a range of habitats typical of high tropical mountains with giant lobelias and groundsels in the Afro-alpine zone. The park is encircled by protected montane forest, with intensive cultivation on the fertile lower slopes.

David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust/Elephant Orphanage

Can be done as part of Nairobi City Tour or as a separate excursion.

Born from one family’s passion for Kenya and its wilderness, the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust was established more than 40 years ago and is best known for its Orphans' Project, the first and most successful elephant orphan rescue and rehabilitation program in the world.

The Sheldrick Trust is a pioneering conservation organisation, dedicated to the protection of wildlife and the preservation of habitats in East Africa.

It is a destination not to be missed in Nairobi.

Open for only 1 hour daily to watch the baby elephants be fed and hear all about their rescues.

Giraffe Centre

Can be done as part of Nairobi City Tour or as a separate excursion.

The Giraffe Centre is the creation of the African Fund for Endangered Wildlife (A.F.E.W. Kenya), a Kenyan non-profit organisation.

Our main purpose is to educate Kenyan school children and youth on their country’s wildlife and environment, as well as give local and international visitors an opportunity to come into close contact with the world’s tallest species, the giraffe.

Nairobi City Tour

Usually done after safari completion or prior to safari.

Driver handles Nairobi traffic so you can relax

All transportation included with hotel pickup and drop-off

What to expect

Pickup from your Nairobi lodging, you will see the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, a special organization that rehabilitates young orphaned elephants. Learn the stories behind how the elephants got there and how they will be cared for and released.

You will also be taken to the Giraffe Centre, a nonprofit organization focused on environmental education. Learn about giraffes and see them in real life. Finally, visit the Kazuri Beads Factory to learn how the popular beads are made from start to finish and how the organization supports single mothers in the community. If you want to you can choose other places to visit, or have specific ideas where you would like to go.

You will be advised what is and isn't included at the time of booking.Tours can be 1/2 day or full day depending on your choices.

Mt Kenya

Usually seen from Sweetwaters Game Reserve.

Mt Kenya is an extinct volcano. Climbing to 5,199 meters, Mount Kenya is the second tallest mountain in Africa. The scenery surrounding this designated World Heritage Site is breath-taking.

It is pristine wilderness with lakes, tarns, glaciers, dense forest, mineral springs and a selection of rare and endangered species of animals, high altitude adapted plains game and unique montane and alpine vegetation.

Visitors can enjoy mountain climbing, camping and caving with the mountain’s rugged glacier-clad peaks providing the perfect backdrop.

Sweet Waters Game Reserve

Sweetwaters Game Reseve can be a destination in itself or an add-on from Samburu National Park.

Sweetwaters Game Reserve is 24,000-acre private ranch with magnificent views across the plains to the snow capped peaks of Mount Kenya. This game sanctuary is the closest reserve to Nairobi (2.5 hours drive) home to all the big five game, and has the highest ratio of game-to-area of any park or reserve in Kenya. Its popular waterhole is floodlit by night, providing excellent and secluded rarely seen game viewing.

A 200-acre Chimpanzee sanctuary has also been set up at Sweetwaters Game Reserve.

A visit to this Sanctuary and the 30-minute boat ride (subject to fine weather) on the river among the chimps attracts no extra charge.

The aim of the project, initiated by Lonrho East Africa, Kenya Wildlife Services and the Jane Goodall Institute, is to set up a colony where chimps can be introduced, rehabilitated and taught to fend for themselves in an area similar to their natural living conditions.

Priority is given to orphaned and abused chimps. The Sanctuary currently has 24 chimps, including two babies born in the Sanctuary..