Rift Valley safari, Kenya
| country: | Kenya |
| location: | Rift Valley |
| departures: | This trip is scheduled to depart every tuesday and friday throughout the year. Other days also available on request |
| price: | From US $780 - US $1350 (3 days) including domestic flights as per itinerary. Price includes return transfers to lodges/camps, park entry fees, accommodation on full board basis and game drives |
| vouchers: | Gift vouchers can be used with this holiday |
the amazing things you'll be doing
This is a 2 night safari to Masai Mara departing daily from either Mombasa, Ukunda (for clients staying at Diani beach) and from Nairobi using scheduled daily flights to Masai Mara.
This is a great safari with a lot to offer in terms of game and sight seeing flying over the Great Rift Valley. It's best for people who don't like a lot of driving but want to have the best safari for their money with a range of budget accommodation to luxury lodges and camps in Masai Mara.
The safari starts with the transfer from your town or beach hotel to the airport. Typical activities on this safari are game drives, walking safari and bird watching. The animals you are likely to see include: Lion, hippos, elephants, leopard, cheetah, buffalo, giraffe, zebra, wildebeest migration, rhino and among different types of gazelles and birds.
This is a great safari with a lot to offer in terms of game and sight seeing flying over the Great Rift Valley. It's best for people who don't like a lot of driving but want to have the best safari for their money with a range of budget accommodation to luxury lodges and camps in Masai Mara.
The safari starts with the transfer from your town or beach hotel to the airport. Typical activities on this safari are game drives, walking safari and bird watching. The animals you are likely to see include: Lion, hippos, elephants, leopard, cheetah, buffalo, giraffe, zebra, wildebeest migration, rhino and among different types of gazelles and birds.
day-by-day itinerary
| Day 1: | Pick up early in the morning from your hotel and transfer to the airport/airstrip for the morning flight to Masai. You will be met on arrival at the airstrip and transferred to the camp/lodge with a game drive en route to arrive in time for lunch. Afternoon game drives in search of more game. Dinner and overnight at camp/lodge of your choice. |
| Day 2: | Day spent on game drives with all meals and overnight at the camp/lodge. |
| Day 3: | Early morning game drives in search of more game. Mid morning at leisure for clients departing in the afternoon at 1400hrs for the flight to Mombasa after lunch/transfer to airstrip for clients departing with morning flight to Nairobi at 1100hrs (also flight to Nairobi available in the afternoon). |
travelling with a local operator
This holiday is operated by a company based in the holiday destination and they will be able to provide expert local knowledge. They will be able to tailor make your holiday to suit your requirements not only concerning the dates of travel but also typically the standard of accommodation, and thus price. It is rare for local operators to be able to help with the booking of your flights.how this holiday makes a difference
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This safari is well designed and 95% beneficial to the local communities. All the lodges and camps in Masai Mara have most of their employees from the local community (Maasai) thus offering direct employment. Masai Mara National reserve is managed by Narok country council where all conservation fees paid by visitors are shared among the co-operative societies operated by the local community neighbouring the reserve. The council is also responsible for building roads, hospitals and schools in the area.
Outside the reserve are conservation areas directly owned and operated by the local community who live harmoniously with the wild animals in their lands. The area also have many lodges/camps with a lot of game where clients pay a game viewing fee directly to the community through their society, making them appreciate the importance of tourism and conservation. The long term future of the tourism industry as a whole and our company is dependent on the wise use of our natural and other resources in a sustainable manner. While some of our guests specify the accommodation and transport they require, we are keen supporters of the eco-lodge concept. These lodges are owned by the local people and are usually to be found outside protected areas but teeming with wildlife. We contribute towards the various environmental conservations by belonging to organisations such as the Ecotourism Society and Nature Kenya. We also actively take part in environmental awareness activities such as beach clean-ups and World Bird Watch. James, our Naturalist has been working as a volunteer in conjunction with WWF EARPO in training of local forest scouts and guides in Shimba hills national reserve and Arabuko Sokoke Forest. One environmental friendly office practice we have adopted is ROC (Reduction of Costs). We encourage recycling of envelopes and printing paper to both keep our operating costs low and also save our forests from where we get paper. We also use detergents and other materials in the office that do not harm our environment |
Tourism can be good and bad for destinations & local people. We carefully screen every holiday against our criteria for responsible travel. 'Look behind the brochure' to find how each holiday makes a difference (see left). We don't claim to be perfect - there is no global accreditation - but we've led the way since 2001 and screened 1000's of holidays. We invite every traveller to write a review about their experiences and responsible tourism. This valuable feedback is sent to the people who run the holidays. We keep a very close eye on it and take off holidays that don't live up to our standards. |