EAST AFRICA
EAST AFRICA top tips...
• Great Migration…. “July to October are the peak months to witness the spectacular Great Migration in Kenya, although I find there is a better chance of securing beds around the end of August and early September” SUZANNE WALFORD Senior Product Manager, Carrier
excitement that is hard to fi nd on holiday anywhere else these days.”
Where to Book It RAINBOW TOURS - 020 7666 1250
www.rainbowtours.co.uk A combination gorilla tracking and big fi ve safari uses new fl ights between Ugandan hub Entebbe and the Bwindi Impenetrable forest. Three nights are spent in the Sanctuary Gorilla Forest Camp in the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest with all meals, local drinks, a gorilla trek and a Batwa Pigmy tribe experience, and three nights in Sanctuary Olonana, on Kenya’s Mara River, with all meals, game viewing
and local drinks. From £4295, the deal includes return Kenya Airway fl ights via Nairobi and return light aircraft transfers into both camps.
VISIONS OF AFRICA - 0845 345 0065
www.visionsofafrica.co.uk A 14-night Kenya safari and Zanzibar beach holiday costs from £2,858pp, with six nights full-board safari in the Masai Mara, Lake Nakuru and Amboseli, Kenya, and a beach holiday in Zanzibar. Flights from Heathrow.
INTREPID TRAVEL - 0800 781 1660
www.intrepidtravel.com/agents A 29-day Gorillas, Game Parks &
Beaches tour of Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda costs from £1,435pp, plus trip kitty of $2,080, and includes gorilla and chimpanzee treks, game drives, campsite, accommodation, most meals but not fl ights.
SOMAK - 020 8423 3000
www.somak.com A seven-night twin-centre safari and beach holiday, staying at the Porini Mara Lion Camp on a full board basis for three nights and four nights on a half-board basis at the fi ve-star Swahili Beach Resort on the Mombasa south coast, Kenya, costs from £3,424pp in January, including fl ights.
• Low season… “Booking in low season (March- May and October-November) will mean cheaper rates at some hotels and a higher chance of securing gorilla permits for your clients’ dates” BARRIE GOTCH Managing Director, Mahogany Springs Lodge, Uganda
• Community projects… “Encourage clients to support the community by taking local cultural excursions to genuine Maasai homesteads and community schools in Kenya” KARI MUTU Sales Manager, Great Plains, Conservation East Africa
AWARD WINNING LUXURY ON THE EDGE OF AFRICA’S OWN ‘AMAZON’
Encounters with free roaming chimps & other primates • A bird
enthusiasts dream with over 300 bird species • Forest trails • Exhilarating canopy bridge walk with a birds eye view over the forest • Spa • Heated rim flow pool • The only 5 star lodge in Rwanda
conserving a vanishing way of life
www.nyungweforestlodge.com | T: +250 783 004914
T: +27 (0)41 509 3000 |
reservations@shamwarigroup.com
www.simonsays.co.za | 5180
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