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Tourist Itineraries: Kenya
Congress Theme: "Linking Production, Livelihoods and Conservation"
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PBTN 1: Half day - The Nairobi city tour
This covers the City Market, Parliament Buildings, Railway Museum, and the national Museum, next to which is the Snake Park.

PBTN 2: Half day - Karen Blixen Museum and the Giraffe Centre
In the plush suburbs of Nairobi lies the Karen Blixen Museum. A scenic viewpoint from which the Ngong Hills, as seen in 'Out of Africa', can be viewed. Afterwards, tea can be enjoyed at a hand's stretch from the giraffe.

PBTN 3: The Carnivore Experience
The one place not to miss out on is the Carnivore. Renowned for its steaks & barbecue variety of game meat, this restaurant is an excellent place to start or complete your safari.

PBTN 4: Nairobi National Park (3 Hours)
Depart early morning for the park gate. Adjacent to the City lies the park covering 120 sq. Kms. The lions roar and the rare rhino graze within the city skyline. The animal orphanage is located at the front of the park's main entrance and serves as the ideal spot to end the day's tour in the park. Beverages, snacks and meals are also served at the newly built nature trail, 'The Sebastian Restaurant'.

PBTN 5: Nairobi National Park – Bomas of Kenya (5 Hours)
Depart early morning for the park gate. Enter the park gate by 0630hrs.
Enjoy a full 3 hours game drive through this wonderful park.
Depart the park and head for the cultural centre known as Bomas of Kenya.
Return to your hotel in time for your other day’s activities.

OTHER DAILY ACTIVITIES AVIALABLE ON REQUEST

Day’s visit to tea farm
Experience the picking to the final processing of the famous Kenyan tea (chai) Kenya’s is the 2nd largest producer of tea worldwide.

Traditional visit to the Maasai Market
This is shopping for African arts and crafts (curios, memorabilia, weaved baskets, soap stone, lamp shades etc)

Day’s visit to flower farms
Witness the processing and the growing of one of the world finest flowers. Kenya’s are renowned for their quality in world markets like Netherlands.

Visit to War Memorials
In some of our cemeteries lie heroes who fought the 1st and 2nd world wars as well as for the independence of our country from the British.

Art, Entertainment & Evening Outings
Visit the Phoenix Theatre and Kenya National Theatre.
Evening performance by the Safari Cats.
Visit the global Museums the Wellness centre for Yoga etc

Golf Packages

These are available on request to the following golf courses:

Muthaiga Golf Club
6676 yards - par 71 - 18 holes
Muthaiga Golf Club lies at the edge of Karura forest and sport many indigenous trees. A variety of trees and flowering bushes not only come into play on almost every hole. The layout is beautiful and challenging to both the regular and the visiting golfer.

Karen Golf And Country Club
6893 yards - par 72 - 18 holes
Considered by some to be one of the prettiest courses in Kenya,, Karen Country Club is a must play. It is certainly one of the top 18-hole championship courses in the country and a delightful course to play. You will most likely think back on your round of golf here, with fond recollections

Thika Sports Club
6724 yards par 72 - 18 holes
Set in serene countryside, amongst pineapple and coffee plantations and near the famous Thika Falls–the scene of Tarzan’s movie. Most of the fairways are undulating, most greens small and round. The clubhouse has a very rustic sense to it, with large uncovered wooden beams running the width of the ceiling; it is almost Swiss Alpine in appearance.

Limuru Country Club
6519 yards - par 71 - 18 holes
Not only is its tea country location aesthetically appealing, but also the lush, green course is well manicured and well maintained. The 40-minute drive takes you up through tea fields stretching for miles and miles on either side of the road.
At an elevation of 7000 feet (2330 meters), the golf course receives more rainfall and provides a year-round lush green carpet of turf. This course is a delight to play and is guaranteed to have you coming back for more!

Sigona Golf Club
6519 yards par 71 - 18 holes
Sitting near the Rift Valley at an altitude of 6,600 feet (2200m), Sigona receives more than average rainfall. The green keeper tells: "any player can use almost any golf club, from his driver to his sand wedge, off these fairways". The course is very hilly and most of the eighteen tees are elevated. It is one course, which will definitely test your golf skills along with your physical conditioning. Sigona provides a tough but very pleasant 18 holes of golf.

Royal Nairobi Golf Club
7021 yards - par 71 18 holes
The course is very well maintained. Flowering bushes and a huge assortment of tree species lend color and aesthetic appeal to the course. The lovely Ngong Hills can be seen from different viewpoints all along the course. Royal Nairobi Golf Club hosts some of the prettiest holes in Kenya and offers the average golfer a real opportunity to card a good round of golf.

Nyali Golf Club
6510 yards - par 71 - 18 holes
This is a gently rolling course with a decent mixture of right and left doglegs and shallow fairway bushes. While the course is not located on the ocean, the intrinsic winds definitely influence the playing conditions. The course displays a number of beautiful flowering trees, including the flamboyant Flame tree, originally from Madagascar. This championship golf course offers all challenges experienced golfers look for, while at the same time it provides the high handicapped an entertaining round.

Leisure Lodge 15th Hole
5833 metres - par 72 - 18 holes
Leisure Golf Club, the only golf course on Kenya's south coast is the latest golf course in Kenya. Featuring 18 holes it is one of the most challenging courses in Kenya. The course features American style bunkers. Tifdwarf, tifgreen and pennlinks grasses, imported from the United States of America are used for the tees, fairways and greens respectively. There are two water feature holes. The first is a manmade lake, converted from an old quary and holds 70 million litres (15 million gallons) and is the source for the course-wide pop-up sprinkler 5 system. The finishing hole is a 547 yard par five dogleg, with a lake with live crocodiles planned for it. This course is certainly not for the weak-hearted.

Windsor Golf & Country Club
6751 yards - par 72 18 holes
Windsor's eighteen-hole course is challenging and unique. Several island greens provide an exercise precision play; approach an intimidating 14th hole over a cliff and water: and measure your strength against Windsor's 5th, at 640 yards one of the longest holes in Africa.

Mount Kenya Safari Club
2184 metres par 27 - 9 holes
Nowhere in the world do you come face to face with one of nature's greatest anomalies - a snowcapped mountain lying on the equator! This exclusive rich man's retreat opened in 1959. Despite the fact that this is a 9- hole pitch and putt, composed entirely of par 3 holes, it is absolutely brutal. You have to be very accurate to overcome the challenges of this course. The water hazards are many and coupling with the splendid views of Mount Kenya from virtually every hole on the course.

Overnight Safaris in Kenya

PBTN 6: Nakuru National Park (1 Night, 2 days)
Day 1: Depart Nairobi early morning for Nakuru. Arrive Midmorning. Check in to your Hotel after which you can take a game drive Return for lunch to the hotel. Take a rest and enjoy another game drive in the late afternoon. Dinner & over night at the lodge.
Day 2: Take an early morning game drive. Return to the lodge for breakfast. Check out & take the last game drive on the way out of the park. Drive back to Nairobi.

PBTN 7: Amboseli National Park (1night, 2 days)
DAY 1: Depart Nairobi early morning toward the Namanga border post, where you will come into contact with the Maasai community. Drive past to the Amboseli gate. Arrive in time for lunch. Spend your afternoon on a game drive. Dinner & overnight at the lodge.
DAY 2: Take an early morning game drive. Return to the lodge for breakfast. Check out & take the last game drive on the way out of the park. Drive back to Nairobi.

PBTN 8: Aberdare National Park (1 night, 2 days)
DAY 1: Depart Nairobi early morning toward the Kenya highlands. Arrive in time for lunch at the base hotel. Connect in the afternoon for one of the tree hotels and enjoy a game view from the tree tops. Dinner and overnight stay at the lodge.
DAY 2: Return in the morning for your breakfast to the base hotel. Check out and return to Nairobi.

Long Stay Safaris

PBTN 9: Maasai Mara National Reserve (2 nights, 3 days)
DAY 1: Depart Nairobi towards the rift valley. Arrive at the Mara in time for lunch. Take an afternoon game drive before retuning for dinner and overnight at the lodge.
DAY 2: Full day game drives. Dinner & overnight at the lodge
DAY 3: Early morning game drive; Breakfast and check out with another game drive on the way to Nairobi

PBTN 10: Maasai Mara National Reserve (2 nights, 3 days)
Day 1: Fly out of Nairobi ( Wilson airport). Arrive Mara in time for lunch. Take an afternoon game drive before retuning for dinner and overnight at the lodge.
Day 2: Full day game drives. Dinner & overnight at the lodge.
Day 3: Early morning game drive. Breakfast and take tour flight back to Nairobi.

PBTN 11: Nakuru/Massai Mara (3 nights, 4 days)
Day 1: Depart Nairobi early morning for Nakuru. Arrive Midmorning. Check in to your Hotel after which you take a game drive. Return for lunch to the hotel. Take a rest and enjoy another game drive in the late afternoon. Dinner & over night at the lodge.
Day 2: Take an early morning game drive. Return to the lodge for breakfast. Check out & take the last game drive on the way out of the park. Drive to Maasai Mara. Lunch at the hotel & afternoon game drive. Dinner & over night at the lodge.
Day 3: Full day Game drive. Dinner & over night at the lodge.
Day 4: Take an early morning game drive. Return to the lodge for breakfast. Check out & take the last game drive on the way out of the park. Drive back to Nairobi.

PBTN 12: Aberdare/Mt Kenya and Samburu (3 nights, 4 days)
Day 1: Depart Nairobi early morning toward the Kenya highlands.
Arrive in time for lunch at the base hotel. For Mt. Kenya; check in straight into the Tree Hotel. For Aberdare; connect in the afternoon for one of the tree hotels and enjoy a game view from the Tree Tops Hotel.
Dinner & overnight at the lodge.
DAY 2: Depart early morning for Samburu arriving in time for lunch at the lodge. Afternoon game drive return to the lodge. Dinner & overnight at the lodge.
DAY 3: Full day Game drive. Dinner & over night at the lodge.
DAY 4: Take an early morning game drive. Return to the lodge for breakfast. Check out & take the last game drive on the way out of the park. Drive back to Nairobi.

PBTN 13: Amboseli Tsavo (4nights, 5 days from Nairobi)
DAY 1: Depart Nairobi early morning toward the Namanga border post where you will come into contact with the Maasai community. Drive past to the Amboseli gate. Arrive in time for lunch. Spend your afternoon on a game drive. Dinner & overnight at the lodge.
DAY 2: Full day game drives. Dinner & overnight at the lodge.
DAY 3: Take an early morning game drive. Return to the lodge for breakfast. Check out & take the last game drive on the way out of the park. Drive to Tsavo. Lunch at the hotel & afternoon game drive. Dinner & over night at the lodge.
DAY 4: Full day game drives. Dinner & over night at the lodge.
DAY 5: Take an early morning game drive. Return to the lodge for breakfast. Check out & take the last game drive on the way out of the park. Drive back to Nairobi.

Suggested Excursions: Mombasa, Kenya

PBTM 14: 3hours
Our tour picks out some of the highlights of this colourful city including the bustling fruit and vegetable market, The Old Town and Port, Fort Jesus, The Famous Elephant Tusks in Moi Avenue and The Akamba wood carvers centre. After City Tour, return to the hotel for lunch.

PBTM 15: Mamba Village (2 hours)
Afternoon transfer to reptile haven: Africa’s Largest Crocodile Farm. Best visit is during the feeding time at 5.00 p.m. Also in the farm are beautiful botanical gardens which are worthy to be given a visit.

PBTM 16: Discover Mombasa by night (dinner at Fort Jesus)
Pick up from the hotel at 5.30 p.m. and taken to a romantic dhow sun downer cruise. Sail past the old port to Fort Jesus for the sound and light show. Dinner at the Fort and then you will be dropped to the hotel at around 10.00 p.m. (half night). Alternatively after dinner you will be taken to a Casino and play for 30 minutes- 1 hour and later driven to Bora-Bora Night Club for the mid-night show. You will be dropped at the hotel at around 1.30 a.m.

PBTM 17: Tamarind Evening Dhow
You will be picked up from the hotel. Take an evening cruise aboard a traditional dhow and enjoy the perfect combination of good food, music and romantic atmosphere on this leisurely cruise in Mombasa Old Habour. Highlights include sumptuous seafood meal, dancing under the stars and a gentle sail past the peaceful creeks of Mombasa Island.

PBTM 18: Ngomongo (cultural tour)
Drive to the "Ngomongo Village", a miniature reflection of tribal community groundings. Sample their lifestyles and culture in the different tribal huts and catch a real life glimpse of what may have been before "Civilization set in". A number of traditional huts serving different tribal groundings have been recreated in this theme village. Watch or participate in the traditional food preparation, sample the various local brews and marvel or participate in the tribal dances. Return to your hotel in the late afternoon.

PBTM 19: Lamu Island (2 nights, 3 Days)
Day 1:
0730 hrs: Pick up from your hotel. Transfer to the Moi Airport, Mombasa.
0830 hrs: Depart on Air Kenya for Lamu.
0900 hrs: Arrive Manda Airstrip. Boat transfer to Lamu. Transfer to your hotel. Remainder of the morning at leisure. Lunch at your hotel. Afternoon tour of Lamu Village with a visit to the local museum and other historical sights. Overnight at your hotel.
Day 2:
Whole day spent at Lamu discovering the narrow mazes of streets.
Later, take a boat ride to discover either of the Islands that form the archipelago. Also visit Shella Beach and take a swim in the deserted beach. Return to your hotel in the evening.
Day 3:
Morning spent at leisure. Lunch at your hotel.
1445 hrs Transfer to the Manda Island by boat.
1545 hrs Depart on Air Kenya . Arrive Mombasa at approximately
1650 hrs Met and transferred to your hotel.

Suggested Itineraries: Northern Tanzania
PTN 6: Ngorongoro//Manyara (3 nights, 4 days)
Day 1: Lunch at Impala Hotel. After lunch drive to Ngorongoro for dinner and overnight.
Day 2: Descend down the crater for a full day tour. Picnic on the crater floor. Dinner and overnight at the Ngorongoro Lodge.
Day 3: Depart for Lake Manyara National Park. Lunch at the Lodge. Afternoon game drive in Manyara Park.
Dinner and overnight at Manyara Lodge.
Day 4: Drive back to Arusha. Lunch at Impala Hotel.

PTN 7: Ngorongoro//Tarangiire (3 nights, 4 days)
Day 1: Lunch at Impala Hotel. Depart for Ngorongoro Conservation Area. D/overnight at a Lodge located on the crater rim.
Day 2: Collect lunch boxes and descend down the crater for a full day tour. Dinner and overnight at the Ngorongoro Lodge.
Day 3: Depart for Tarangire National Park just after breakfast. Lunch at the Lodge in Tarangire. Evening game drive in Tarangire Park. Dinner and overnight at the Lodge.
Day 4: Early morning game drive in Tarangire Park. Breakfast and check out with another game drive on the way to Arusha. Lunch at Impala Hotel.

PTN 8: Manyara/Ngorongoro//Serengeti (3 nights, 4 days)
Day 1: Lunch at Impala Hotel. Afternoon continue to Ngorongoro for dinner and overnight.
Day 2: Enjoy a half-day crater tour. Lunch at the Lodge in Ngorongoro. Drive to Serengeti via Olduvai Gorge.
Dinner and overnight at the Lodge in Serengeti.
Day 3: Morning game drive in Serengeti Park. Lunch at the Lodge. Proceed to Lake Manyara for dinner and overnight.
Day 4: Morning game drive in Manyara Park. Drive back to Arusha. Lunch at Impala Hotel.

PTN 9: Manyara//Serengeti//Ngorongoro//Tarangire (4 nights, 5 days)
Day 1: Lunch at Impala Hotel. Afternoon continue to Lake Manyara for an evening game drive. Dinner and overnight at the Lodge/Hotel.
Day 2: Depart for Serengeti via Olduvai Gorge. Lunch in Serengeti. Evening game drive in Serengeti Park. Dinner and overnight at Serengeti Lodge.
Day 3: Early morning game drive around your Lodge. Depart for Ngorongoro for lunch. Afternoon crater tour. Dinner and overnight at the Ngorongoro Lodge.
Day 4: Depart for Tarangire National Park. Lunch at the Lodge in Tarangire. Evening game drive in Tarangire Park. Dinner and overnight at the Lodge.
Day 5: Early morning game drive. Drive back to Arusha. Lunch at Impala Hotel.

PTN 10: The Serengetii Safari (5nights//6days) - Ngorongoro//Serengetii//Manyara
Day 1: Lunch at Impala Hotel. After continue to Ngorongoro for dinner and overnight.
Day 2: With lunch boxes, descend down the crater for a full day tour. Overnight at the Lodge in Ngorongoro.
Day 3: Depart for Serengeti via Olduvai Gorge. Lunch at the Lodge in Serengeti. Evening game drive in Serengeti Park. Dinner and overnight at the Lodge.
Day 4: Morning and afternoon game drive still in Serengeti Park. Meals and overnight at the Lodge.
Day 5: Depart for Lake Manyara. Lunch at the Lodge/Hotel. Evening game drive in Manyara Park. Dinner and overnight at the Lodge/Hotel.
Day 6: Drive back to Arusha. Lunch at Impala Hotel.

Kilimanjario Climb
The gentle ‘’ MARANGU ROUTE ‘’.
Day 1: Drive from Arusha to Springland Hotel or Capricorn Hotel for overnight H/B.
Day 2: Morning walk through the Kilimanjaro forest and spend the night at Mandara Hut (2700 meters).
Day 3: Climb to Horombo Hut (3720 meters).
Day 4: Ascend to Kibo Hut (5680 meters).
Day 5: Final ascent to the summit “The UHURU PEAK“ (5895 meters). Overnight at Horombo Hut.
Day 6: Morning descend to Marangu gate where will be met and transferred to Springland Hotel or Capricorn hotel overnight - H/B
Day 7: After breakfast, drive back to Arusha.

 
 
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