- TOUR HIGHLIGHTS:
Highlights
Combining the pristine white sands of Diani Beach with the raw, red-dusted wilderness of Tsavo East National Park offers the quintessential Kenyan experience: "Bush and Beach." 8 Nights relaxation at a Diani Beach resort, on All Inclusive followed by a 2 Night Safari on Full Board
Diani Beach: The Coastal Paradise
Located south of Mombasa, Diani is consistently voted one of Africa’s best beaches. It’s known for its wide shores, turquoise waters, and vibrant coral reefs.
- Water Sports & Marine Life: * Kite Surfing: Diani is a global hotspot for wind and kite surfing due to steady trade winds.
- Kisite-Mpunguti Marine Park: Take a traditional dhow to this marine park for world-class snorkeling and a high chance of spotting wild dolphins.
- Kongo Mosque: Visit this 14th-century coral stone mosque, one of the oldest in East Africa, located where the river meets the ocean.
- The Shimba Hills Day Trip: Just 45 minutes away, this coastal rainforest is home to the rare Sable Antelope and the impressive Sheldrick Falls.
- Dining on the Edge: Experience Ali Barbour’s Cave Restaurant, a naturally formed coral cave open to the night sky for a truly unique dinner.
Tsavo East National Park: The Theater of the Wild
Tsavo East is one of Kenya’s oldest and largest parks. Its distinct red soil and vast open plains offer a stark, beautiful contrast to the lush coast.
- The "Red Elephants": Tsavo is famous for its elephants, which appear vibrant red from dusting themselves in the park’s oxide-rich volcanic soil.
- Mudanda Rock: A massive 1.5km rock outcrop that acts as a water catchment. It offers a great vantage point to watch hundreds of animals drink at the natural dam below.
- Lugard Falls: A series of white-water rapids on the Galana River where you can see giant crocodiles basking on the rocks.
- Aruba Dam: This man-made dam attracts thousands of animals and birds, making it a premier spot for high-density game viewing.
- The "Big Five": While elusive, you have the chance to spot lions, leopards, rhinos, and buffalo alongside the famous red elephants.
Itinerary
DAY 1 - Transfer to Tsavo East National Park
Collection on arrival Mombasa Airport or from your Resort.
Approx distance: 2.5hrs
Depart for Tsavo East National Park. Enter the park through Bachuma gate and game drives en-route to the lodge.
Arrive, check-in and lunch at your camp/lodge - Ashnil Aruba Lodge or similar
Afternoon game drives. A vast expanse of unremitting flat savannah plains broken up only by the Yatta
plateau lava flow, the Galana river and occasional rocky outcrops. Being of lower altitude than the Western
park, Tsavo East is hotter and dryer with bushy grassland, Acacia woodland and riverine forest along the
water courses.
Most game viewing is concentrated South of the Galana river. Here, large herds of "red
elephant" can be found, so called because of the red Laterite soil common to this area. In addition, rhino,
lion, leopard, waterbuck, kudu, gerenuk and the rare Hunter's Hartebeest can be seen.
Aruba dam provides permanent water and interesting game viewing while the views from Mudanda rock and the Yatta Plateau
lava flow are well worth the scramble to the top. Spend 2 nights at the lodge on full-board basis - Ashnil Aruba Lodge or similar
DAY 2: TSAVO EAST: B, L, D.
Full day spent with morning and afternoon game drives.
Tsavo is Kenya's largest national park and comprises two halves, West and East, divided by the main road from Mombasa to Nairobi.
The park has historical significance beginning with the building of the "Iron Snake" railway from Mombasa to Uganda over 100 years ago. It was here that the man-eating lions of Tsavo preyed upon the railway workers and held up construction
until they were eventually hunted down by Colonel Patterson.
The remote Southern part of Tsavo West was the site of several World War 1 battles.
All meals and overnight stay will be at your Lodge/camp - Ashnil Aruba Lodge or similar
DAY 3: TSAVO WEST/MOMBASA: B.
Breakfast at the lodge. Depart for Mombasa. Arrive and transfer to your Beach Resort on Diani Beach for 8 Nights All Inclusive - Diamonds Leisure Beach & Golf Resort or similar
Price Includes:
- International Flights from London Airports
- Meet and greet services.
- Accommodation on safari on full board for 2 Nights
- Accommodation on Beach stay - All Inclusive for 8 Nights
- All Airport transfers in Mombasa
- Park fees.
- Game drives on safari.
- Transport in customized 7-seater safari vehicle with English speaking guide.
- Complementary ½ litre bottle of mineral water per person per day in our vehicle.
- Services of an English-speaking driver guide.
- WIFI onboard all our vehicles.
Package excludes:
- Tips and porterage
- Drinks and Laundry
- Visa fees
- Personal medical and travel insurance
Passenger Information
- Passengers should bring only soft sided bags on safari sector
- Baggage on internal flights is strictly limited to 15kgs per person (including hand luggage).
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- High number of repeat customers.
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