KENYA EDUCATIONAL TOUR:
Kenya Eco-Safari: Educational Study Tour
(15 Days)
Our student and school trips offer valuable learning experiences and
lots of fun through various learning activities. In Kenya, education
tourism or educational safaris refers to 'any tour programme in which
participants travel to a location as a group with the primary purpose of
engaging in a learning experience directly related to the location'. It
is comprised of several sub-learning types including ecotourism,
heritage tourism, cultural tourism, agro-tourism, and student / study
exchanges between educational institutions. The main objective of this
eco-safari is to expose students to the beauty of Africa - the
adventure, the cultures, the diverse ecosystems and to give them an
opportunity to be happy with only a few of the comforts of the normal
western living.
The second purpose of the educational trip is to expose foreign students
to new ecological setups, cultures and ecosystems as well as take
students back to the cradle of humanity - not just to civilizations
past, but to where humanity began, the cradle of mankind. By being
involved in this particular trip, the students will not only view the
people and lifestyles of one of the most vibrant countries in Africa,
they will also have the chance to view some of the most endangered
ecosystems in the world and learn about measures taken by the
authorities to contain this trend. This trip is a true blend of people
and nature.
Safari Itinerary: Kenya Educational Safari Tour (15 Days)
Day 01 - Nairobi - Boulevard Hotel
Arrival at Nairobi's Jomo Kenyatta Airport, met and greeted in our
traditional style by our representatives, transfer
to your city hotel. Balance of the day on a city orientation tour
featuring a guided walking city tour, a visit to elephant orphanage
where you have the opportunity to see the feeding and care of baby
elephants which are either orphaned, abandoned or sick. After lunch
drive to Butterfly Center where you will be taken to a guided tour to
see butterfly rearing and different species of butterfly. A visit to
Giraffe center where you have an opportunity to feed the giraffes from
your own hands and later the Karen Blixen museum to learn about the
achievements of Karen who lived for a short while in Kenya. Enroute to
our hotel, we enjoy a walk at the Nairobi's Safari walk. Breakfast,
Lunch & Dinner, included, Boulevard Hotel
DAY 02: Day Visits - Nairobi and its Suburbs
Visit one local university / college. Sit in classes, meet and get to
know some Kenyan college students. A visit to a little village outside
Nairobi or Visit the Nyumbani children's home for the orphaned and the
Sick. We return to our hotel this afternoon for a thorough tour
briefing. Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner included, at Boulevard Hotel
Day 03: Day Visits - Lake Magadi
Lake Magadi is located in the southern Kenya. This 104 sq. km soda lake
is completely surrounded by vast natural salt flats. These sweltering
hot plains prevent animals from reaching the alkaline lake at its
center. For this reason, thousands of flamingo descend on the lake each
year to nest on elevated mud mounds at the lake's edge safe from any
potential predators. Freshwater springs at the Lake's shore attract a
host of other birds. A journey to Magadi is like to enter another world.
The baking salt plains stretch into horizons of shimmering heat haze,
while the shallow lake heaves with the pink waves of nesting flamingo.
The other worldly atmosphere is compounded by the intense heat and the
isolation. A guided tour to Magadi Soda company one of the largest
producer of Soda Ash in Africa is also conducted. ( Picnic Lunch is
served ). Drive back to Nairobi. Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner, included,
Boulevard Hotel
Day 04: Day Visits - Ostrich Farm Kitengela.
A visit to Ostrich farm with a guided tour to the farm enables you to
learn about Ostrich rearing from an egg to a fully grown Ostrich.
Ostrich products are available for sale. A complimentary ostrich feather
and sample of ostrich fillet are some of the most interesting things
worth the visit but much fun to a booed swimming pool and ostrich
racecourse. Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner, included, Boulevard Hotel
Day 05: On Safari - Naromoru - Mau Mau caves, Mt. Kenya, Kikuyu Culture
After breakfast we pass through coffee and pineapple plantations to the
slopes of Mt. Kenya arriving at Lunchtime. Afternoon walk to exciting
village tours, bird watching, forest studies, Kikuyu cultural folklore
and close walk to Mau Mau historic caves, that help you visualize the
struggle our freedom fighters went through. Dinner and overnight at the
Mountain Rock Hotel (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Included)
Day 06: On Safari - Nanyuki - Sweet Waters - Chimpanzee Sanctuary
After breakfast, pass the Equator where a proof demonstration of zero
degrees latitude is performed and head to Sweetwater's Wildlife
Sanctuary a beautiful private game reserve and home to rare species such
as besia oryx, reticulated giraffe and black rhino. This very special
23,000 acre wildlife sanctuary was originally established to protect and
breed highly-endangered Chimpanzees and Black Rhinos. In 1994 the Jane
Goodall Institute established the Sweetwater's Chimpanzee Sanctuary
within the game reserve and moved a large group of chimps here from the
unstable situation in their native West Africa. A game drive reveals the
full range of African wildlife including lion, leopard, cheetah,
elephant and hippo. Visit up close with the wildlife orphanage and
observe chimps at this Sanctuary. Late afternoon depart for Nakuru via
Thompson's falls the beautiful waterfall and head to Nakuru arriving
late in evening. Overnight at a Nakuru Town Hotel with Private
Facilities (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Included)
Day 07: On Safari - Baringo / Bogoria Day Trip
Take a day trip to both Lakes Baringo and Bogoria. You will have a
one-hour boat ride with the spectacular scenery of stunning bird life,
hippos and crocodiles. There is considerable geothermal activity with
hot springs and geysers around the shoreline of Lake Bogoria.
Occasionally, huge numbers of flamingos come to feed here, adding to the
already famous bird life in the area, also a very good chance of
photographing the unusually tame greater kudu. After the day trip drive
back to Nakuru. Overnight at a Nakuru Town Hotel with Private Facilities
(Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Included)
Day 08: On Safari - Nakuru - Park Full Day Disposal.
After breakfast we have a day tour to this lake that offers one of the
world's most spectacular wildlife sights, a brilliant pink flamingoes as
far as the eye can see. When conditions are right, between one and two
million lesser and greater flamingos feed around the shores of the
shallow soda lake, together with tens of thousands of other birds. The
best place to view the birds is from Baboon Cliff where you will have a
picnic lunch. Looking out over the dazzling fringe of pink around the
lake's shores. Here you will also see warthog, waterbuck and large
numbers of impala. Other slightly shyer residents include buffalo,
Rothschild giraffe, eland, lion, leopard and black rhino. It goes
without saying that this is a bird watchers paradise. Overnight at a
Nakuru Town Hotel with Private Facilities (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Included)
Day 09: On Safari - Naivasha - Elsemere + Crater Lake Sanctuary
Morning visit to Elsmere, Former home of the late Joy Adamson and his
husband who became world famous for their pioneering conservation and
relationship with the lioness Elsa as seen in the film" BORN FREE". A
visit reveals many of Joy's paintings, which still decorate the house. A
guided tour and film are shown. After lunch drive to Crater Lake which
offers an evocative step back in time - to a bygone era of elegance and
romance, in a wilderness untouched by the modern world with a private
game sanctuary at a homely environment. Crater Lake offers classic
escapes including painting, astrology,as well as ornithological outings
to what must be one of the most Beautiful small lakes in creation.
Overnight at a Naivasha Lake Shore campsite with basic facilities
(Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Included)
Day 10: On Safari - Hells Gate-Full Day Activities - Walks, Rock
Climbing
This excursion offers a stunning variety of animals. The bird life too
is prolific. The Trail starts at Fishers Tower, the entranceway to Ol
Njorowa Gorge. The backdrop to this tower is the dramatic cliff of
columnar basalt, which forms the walls of the Gorge. This one-day trail
follows the floor of the gorge, the walls climbing steeply on both
sides. This two-hour walk through the gorges is fascinating where you
wash your hands under a small waterfall and sometimes you find the water
too hot to handle. Its very soft, soapy feel to it and a rather
unpleasant Sulphury smell. Much fun in the wild. This is the only park
in Kenya you can walk or cycle. A tour to Olkaria Geothermal power
station will be conducted. Overnight at a Naivasha Lake Shore campsite
with basic facilities (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Included)
Day 11: On Safari - Naivasha Farms - Horticulture and Flower Farms
A full day to the flower farms which are in the area with huge green
houses stretch over many kilometres supply all of Europe with flowers
and fresh vegetable, which are airlifted from Nairobi. A guided tour to
the farms will be conducted. Overnight at a Naivasha Lake Shore campsite
with basic facilities (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Included)
Day 12: On Safari - Naivasha - Masai Mara
After breakfast drive to Masai Mara where the largest concentration of
animals is found. Masai Mara the vast, open grasslands of the
Serengeti-Mara are home to over 3 million large mammals. An afternoon
game drive in the Masai Mara you have a very good chance of seeing all
the major Plains animals including lion, leopard, buffalo, elephant,
rhino, hyena, cheetah, jackal, warthog and many species of antelopes.
Overnight in Masai Mara Game Reserve Campsite with basic facilities
(Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Included)
Day 13: Masai Mara Game Reserve
Full day game viewing in Masai Mara Game Reserve. The vast, open
grasslands of the Serengeti-Mara are home to over 3 million large
mammals. These include over 1.4 million wildebeest, which migrate in an
enormous, straggling herd each year between the southern part of the
Serengeti to the northern part and back again. With them move other
herbivores such as gazelles and zebra, also looking for the best grass.
Along the way they provide food for big predators such as lions,
leopards and cheetahs.
The first sight of Masai Mara Game Reserve is owesome. Here we learn and
see first hand the intricate web of dependency that binds the different
animal species together. Each of the animals has adapted to its own
niche and to the other animals that surround it. Here we see Nature at
its most subtle and, sometimes, most cruel as each animal struggles to
survive and reproduce. On our morning and afternoon game drives in the
Masai Mara we have a very good chance of seeing all the major plains
animals including lion, leopard, buffalo, elephant, rhino, hyena,
cheetah, jackal, warthog and many species of antelope. Picnic lunch
across tree studded grasslands and rolling hills. Overnight in Masai
Mara Game Reserve Campsite with basic facilities (Breakfast, Lunch,
Dinner Included)
Day 14: Masai Mara Game Reserve
Early morning wildlife observations. Go on a guided walk into the Ngama
Hills accompanied by armed rangers and Warden. After lunch at the camp,
drive to a Manyatta. Spend the afternoon at the Manyatta where you learn
about various Maasai cultural activities such as dances, weaponry, and
also listen to stories on the family set-up, social stratification and
taboos told by the locals. This afternoon we get a brief introduction to
a Ranger's Course from a resident Game Warden. Overnight in Masai Mara
Game Reserve Campsite with basic facilities (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Included)
Day 15 - Back to Nairobi, Departure
After breakfast drive to Nairobi, Kenya's colourful capital city. Lunch
at the famed Carnivore Restaurant where you have an excellent
opportunity to sample African Dishes. Carnivore Barbecue Experience is
also described as 'Meat Eaters Paradise' and is the Africa's Greatest
Eating Experence! After lunch, transfer to your hotel or Jomo Kenyatta
Airport for your onward arrangements. AfriChoice! airport representative
will re-confirm your onward flight, and assist you at check-in. Those
taking the 5 days coastal extension to Amboseli, Tsavo and Mombasa will
be left behind. Details are available on request.
NOTES: Eco-Safaris and Eco-Tourism Education in Kenya
Eco Safaris and Tours are Nature based Educational Tours suitable for
ecology students' field courses and involves visiting natural areas with
the objectives of learning, studying or participating in activities that
do not bring negative effects to the environment; whilst protecting and
empowering the local community socially and economically. Our foreign
student and school trips offer valuable learning experiences and lots of
fun through the various bush activities like guided bush walks, wildlife
lectures, biking, safaris and more.
We expose students to new and stimulating situations which help to build
confidence in young people, both now and for their future. Our
experience in organizing trips and visits for students, especially to
Kenya, cannot be equalled. Safety is paramount in all our activities and
thorough risk assessments and contingency plans are an integral part of
our organization. Our eco-tours gives the participating students a
unique opportunity to learn and conserve nature.
INCLUDED - Kenya Educational Eco-Safari Tour
Meet and Greet Services with airport assistance
Arrival and departure airport transfers with assistance
Nairobi City Orientation Guided Walking Tour
Full Board accommodation in your City Hotel
Full board accommodation whilst on Safari (and in coast)
Transport in a custom-built safari vehicle with window seat guarantee
Visits and lectures to local schools, colleges, villages and homes
Camping Materials where accommodation is in a campsite
Services of an accompanying qualified nurse / physician
Learning materials, maps and guide books on the trip
All parks and game reserve entry gate fees including vehicle & driver
fees
Complimentary bottled mineral water on safari and game drives
Unlimited game viewing drives per day whilst on safari
Services of an English - speaking and professional safari driver
Services of an English - speaking and professional lecturer / naturalist
All Government taxes and levies where applicable
Certificate of Participation after completion of the trip
EXCLUDED - Kenya Educational Eco-Safari Tour
International Airfares
Tourist entry Visa to Kenya or any other country
Travel Insurance Cover, Personal or Baggage (Recommended)
International airport(s) departures taxes (if not included in your
ticket)
Optional excursions not mentioned in the inclusions and/or quoted
separately
Expenses of personal nature such as phone calls, internet, laundry etc.
All alcoholic drinks, wines and spirits.
Tips and gratuities to driver guides/lodge/hotel staff
All other extras not mentioned in the 'included'
