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Mbango Safaris launches new tour - The Great Safari.

This is a brand new, unique, 20-day itinerary bringing together the many different patterns of contemporary life in this colourful country. Mbango Safaris offers a special opportunity to experience the variety and contrasts of Kenya, going well beyond the regular tourist circuit. There will be only three departures, each for a group of eight to 12 people, escorted by our knowledgeable guides to Kenya game parks and a beach stay is also included.

All our guides have travelled extensively to all parts of the country, and the tour reflects their keen personal interest in the human side of Kenya, as well as the natural environment and wildlife. Along the way, the guides will offer short presentations about Kenya and its recent history.

Perfect for those wanting to get below the surface, the tour provides a one-off chance to meet and interact with a wide range of Kenyans going about their daily lives, as well as to understand more about the issues facing developing countries. The schedule is busy and includes some rough roads and long drives, but complemented by the chance to relax in some of Kenya’s renowned beauty spots.

Tour highlights.
The tour will take in a full spectrum of activities – at one end, for example, a tea estate and a flower farm, at the other, community projects. A full day is spent with a remote Masai community, offering the chance to see their animal husbandry, their homes, a dispensary and a local school. An immensely proud people, the Masai prefer to retain their traditional lifestyle and remain one of the last great nomadic traditions in Africa. A visit is made to a local primary school where children are encouraged and supported.

Fauna and Flora.
No visit to Kenya would be complete without the opportunity to enjoy the wildlife. The tour will cross Tsavo National Park as well as the Masai Mara, one of the world’s most enthralling wildlife theatres. It will also include Lake Nakuru National Park, with its populations of rhino and lions and an alkaline lake which attracts concentrations of flamingos and pelicans and the freshwater Lake Naivasha.

The Great safari includes the chance to enjoy some of Kenya’s flora, with a day in the Kakamega Forest, the last remnant of tropical rainforest that once stretched to Kenya from the Congo. There are also visits to Arabuko Sokoke Forest to see a reforestation project, working with the local communities to preserve the forest ecosystem, and to a community project to help protect the Arabuko-Sokoke Forest on the coast.

With all these sites under pressure from population growth and human activity, the tour will focus on the threats to the environment and what can be done to save Kenya’s unique natural heritage.

Accommodation.
Accommodation is in a complete variety of hotels, camps and lodges, according to availability of rooms close to the projects visited. As the tour is ‘off the beaten track’, accommodation will not always be the typical tourist fare. And few tourists venture to the tranquil Rondo Retreat in the Kakamega Forest. Better known is the tented camp in the Masai Mara, with comfortable tents tucked around a large watering hole that teems with animal and bird life. The tour ends with three nights at the 5* Turtle Bay Hotel on the coast at Watamu, an unrivalled Kenyan setting with an ambience of relaxed sophistication, coupled with the facilities and standards of an international resort.  Whilst here, there is an opportunity to visit Watamu Turtle Watch, as well as a local fishing community.

Peter, Mbango Safaris Senior Safari specialist, comments, “We are recognizing that many travellers now want more out of a holiday than the standard tour and would like to learn more about Kenya, including projects and other initiatives to improve the livelihoods of Kenyans, something which has always been important to us.

The tour is so varied that everyone will find their own highlights, but I anticipate that the visits to schools and local projects will have a special appeal for all.

The Great Safari has three departures in the year 2009: February 2009, June 2009 and October 2009.  Please contact the office for 2009 price.

For reservations and further information call Mbango Safaris: 00 254 20 601 454. Fax: 00 254 20 601 453 / 222 93 40. Cell phone: 00 254 722 524 987 / 733 681 240, email safaris@mbangosafaris.com or go to www.mbangosafaris.com/thegreatsafari.html  for tour itinerary

About Mbango Safaris.
Mbango Safaris is an East African Safari Company offering a wide selection of exotic holidays to Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Indian Ocean.  Mbango Safaris provides a personalised service and clients travel in the knowledge that their holiday has been arranged by guides and experts, who have first hand experience of each of the destinations featured.  Mbango Safaris goal is to deliver excellent quality holidays at the best possible prices, to some of the most glamorous and romantic places imaginable.

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