Month: May 2015

Aberdare National Park Day Trip Safari

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Aberdare National Park Day Trip Safari journeys to the Central Highlands of Kenya West of Mountain Kenya to the Aberdare National Park, 180 km's from Nairobi.

The trip takes about 3 hours of driving one way. (Note: your trip could begin from Nairobi, Thika, Nyeri, Naivasha etc). Aberdare National park has very beautiful sceneries.

There are magnificent waterfalls namely Karuru waterfalls and Chania waterfalls.

The Aberdare are the third highest mountain range in Kenya. They are around 100 km's long from north to south. There are two main peaks, Ol Donyo Lesatima to the north and Kinangop to the south.

Herds of forest elephants and buffalo move almost silently through the undergrowth, while overhead loud chirping birds, Colobus monkeys and Sykes monkeys dominate the canopy.

Other animals that are relatively easy observed include the lion, leopard and giant forest hog, which is almost twice the size as the normal warthog. Also abundant are waterbuck, reedbuck, duikers and bushbuck.

Rarer sightings include those of the golden cat and the bongo, an elusive forest antelope that lives in the bamboo forest. Animals like the eland and serval cats can be found higher up in the moorlands.

The Aberdare National Park also contains a large population of the black rhino. The crystal clear mountain streams are teeming with trout.

And even the bird viewing is rewarding, with over 250 species of birds in the park.

Aberdare National Park Day Trip Safari Itinerary

0600 Hours: Aberdare National Park Day Trip Safari departs Nairobi after breakfast. Your drive takes you through the Kenyan Highlands, past pineapple and coffee plantations in Thika, Murang’a and Nyeri.

0900 Hours: We arrive at the Aberdare National Park, check-in to the park and proceed on a game drive.

The park is a forest and mountain range that starts at 1829 metres and rises to its highest point at 4001 metres above sea level.

The mountain range is heavily forested and forms the rim of the Great Rift Valley at some point.

The ranges gradually slope down towards Nyahururu and the forest is a mixture of dense forest on the lowlands giving way to bamboo and then the moorland towards the top.

Our Aberdare National Park Day Trip Safari explores the dense forest at the lower level of the mountain range with many animals including the elephants, rhinos, leopards, giant forest hogs, buffalos and colobus monkeys.

The alpine moorland and bamboo forests have the eland and bongo antelopes which are very shy and hard to spot. You will be able to spot many of these animals in your day trip.

1300 Hours: We enjoy a picnic at 3,500 meters altitude surrounded by a breathtaking landscape of waterfalls and forest and the sound of screaming monkeys in the tree tops.

1400 Hours: Later we proceed on another game drive. Aside from wildlife, Aberdare National Park has over 200 species bird including the globally threatened Sharpe’s Lonclaw, Aberdare Cisticola, Abbott’s Starling, and Jackson’s Widowbird.

1500 Hours: We exit the park gate and drive back to Nairobi.

1800 Hours: Arrive late evening anad transfer you back to your hotel/ residence.

Aberdare National Park Day Trip Safari Prices

Dates From	Dates To	Price Per Person	8 to 12 Year Child
1st January 2019	31st December 2019	Request for rates	Request for rates

Notes
* Please remember to a take bottle drinking water, binoculars, camera, a hat, sunglasses, guide books and maps
* Enjoy our 2 Days/ 1 Night Aberdare National Park Safari. Stay at the Treetops Lodge or at the Ark Tree Lodge. Click the link for Full Details

Aberdare National Park Day Trip Safari From Nairobi Includes:
* Park entry fees
* Picnic Lunch Boxes
* Extensive game viewing drives
* Services of our professional driver guide
* A bottle of water while on the day trip safari
* Return road transport from Nairobi to Aberdare National Park and back in our customized safari vehicle with pop up roof for game viewing

Aberdare National Park Day Trip Safari From Nairobi Excludes:
* Tips or gratuities
* Drinks, extra Meals
* Visa and any related fees
* Medical cover & travel personal insurance
* Any other item not mentioned in the inclusive

Booking & Reservations for Aberdare National Park Day Trip Safari from Nairobi Contacts;
Booking Office Tel: + 254 718-179-967
Mobile/ WhatsApp: + 254 721-242-711
Mobile : + 254 780-242-711
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.africanspicesafaris.com

May 9, 2015

Mwea National Reserve Day Trip Safari

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Mwea National Reserve Day Trip Safari is a 3 hour journey to Mwea National Reserve about 180 kilometers from Nairobi. The reserve is located northwest of Kamburu Dam at the Mwea National Reserve within Mbeere in Eastern Province – Embu County.

Our Mwea National Reserve Day Trip Safari departs at 0530 Hours to Mwea National Reserve. We take the Nairobi -Thika – Matuu -Masinga Dam road. Despite the traveling and an early departure, this small reserve, 42 square kilometers is essentially undeveloped and undisturbed.

The reason for this is because of its location and is rarely visited by tourists; consequently you will find it a place of calm and tranquility enabling you to view the reserves with plentiful wildlife in perfect peace.

Game viewing, boat rides at the Kamburu Dam, walking (walking circuit) and hippo sighting at Hippo point is the key highlights in the reserve. Once at the park one can take a boat ride on Masinga and Kamburu dam which is fun and fantastic.

On your game drive you will likely see elephants, Rothschild giraffes, zebras, kudu, Buffalo, Water Buck, Bush buck, Impala and Vervet Monkeys. Other animals include Aardvark, Yellow baboons, Grants gazelle, Dik dik, Cape hare, Warthog, Black backed jackal, Duiker, Sykes monkeys, Genet cat etc.

Hippos and crocodiles are also found in the dams and rivers. Birds and reptile species have been recorded in the reserve. With more than 200 species of birds, Mwea is renowned for water birds and waders. It is the only protected area where the endangered Hindes babbler can be found.

The Reserve also shelters two other rare species – Pel’s fishing owl and the white-backed night heron. Other additional attractions within the Reserve on Tana River that one can see Adamson Falls and Mutonga Grand Falls.

Also there are a number of hydro electric power dams which include Kamburu, Kiambere, Masinga, Gitare and Kindaruma, much of Kenya's electricity is produced at these dams.

We enjoy our picnic lunch at the Gichuki Island Picnic site or the Hippo Point Picnic site. Later we depart the park with a game drive en-route back to Nairobi.

Mwea National Reserve Day Trip Safari Prices

Dates From	Dates To	Price Per Person	8 to 12 Year Child
1st January 2017	31st December 2017	Request for rates	Request for rates

Notes
* We can arrange for boat rides at the Kamburu Dam and walking (walking circuit) on your day Tour

Mwea National Reserve Day Trip Safari From Nairobi Includes:
* Park entry fees
* Picnic lunch Boxes
* Extensive game viewing drives
* Services of our professional driver guide
* A bottle of water while on the day trip safari
* Return road transport from Nairobi to Mwea Reserve and back in our customized 4×4 vehicle with pop up roof for game viewing

Mwea National Reserve Day Trip Safari From Nairobi Excludes:
* Tips or gratuities
* Drinks, extra Meals
* Visa and any related fees
* Medical cover & travel personal insurance
* Any other item not mentioned in the inclusive

Booking & Reservations for Mwea National Reserve Day Trip Safari From Nairobi Contacts;
Booking Office Tel: + 254 718-179-967
Mobile : + 254 721-242-711
Email: [email protected]

May 9, 2015

Solio Ranch Game Reserve Day Trip

Solio Ranch Game Reserve Day Trip is a classic 1 day Safari package to Solio Ranch situated 180 kilometers north of Nairobi. By road, the journey takes around 3 hours from Nairobi.

Solio Ranch or Solio Game Reserve is a privately owned wildlife conservancy that plays a major part in preserving and breeding Black Rhinos in Kenya. There are great chances of encountering numerous black and white rhino, buffalo, zebra, giraffe, oryx, antelope, gazelle, impala, waterbuck and warthog.

Solio Ranch also offers some of the best leopard viewing in the country. Lion and cheetah can also be found. The park offers some of the best leopard viewing in the country.

Solio Ranch Game Reserve Day Trip Itinerary

0530 Hours: Our Solio Ranch Game Reserve Day Trip departs Nairobi after breakfast and drives north through Kikuyu farmlands.

The Kikuyu's are predominantly farmers growing tea and coffee as cash crops alongside food crops such as maize, beans, assorted vegetables and sweet potatoes.

0830 Hours: We stop for tea/ coffee at Outspan Hotel in Nyeri. It takes about 2 hours to travel to Nyeri from Nairobi. We proceed to Solio Ranch located 30 km's north of Nyeri on the Nyeri – Nyahururu road.

Once at the park we proceed for a game drive. The park gurantees excellent wildlife sightings including leopards, lions, elephants, buffalos, sunis, bushbucks and giant forest hogs etc.

The Solio Reserve is also an ideal place for bird watching. The acacia forest in the middle of the reserve is traversed by a river that at times turns into a swamp-like area. This habitat is a paradise for birds.

The park has more than 300 species and some include the European rollers, flycatchers, and birds of prey such as vultures, eagle owls, Montagu's Harriers, long-crested eagles and buzzards.

Also crowned cranes and the European stork can be found here every year.

1300 Hours: We have our picnic lunch boxes at a designated site. A Solio Ranch game ranger at the site will brief us on conservation matters.

1400 Hours: Proceed for another game drive and later depart for Nairobi arriving late in the evening.

Solio Ranch Game Reserve Day Trip Prices

Dates From	Dates To	Price Per Person	8 to 12 Year Child
1st January 2017	31st December 2017	Request for rates	Request for rates

Notes
* We can arrange for horseback riding, bush walks or mountain-biking at extra costs on your day Tour

Solio Ranch Game Reserve Day Trip From Nairobi Includes:
* Park entry fees
* Picnic lunch boxes
* Extensive game viewing drives
* Services of our professional driver guide
* A bottle of water while on the day trip safari
* Return road transport from Nairobi to Solio and back in our customized tour van or 4×4 vehicle with pop up roof for game viewing

Solio Ranch Game Reserve Day Trip From Nairobi Excludes:
* Tips or Gratuities
* Drinks, Extra Meals
* Visa and any related fees
* Medical cover & Travel personal insurance
* Any other item not mentioned in the inclusive

Booking & Reservations for Solio Ranch Game Reserve Day Trip From Nairobi Contacts;
Booking Office Tel: + 254 718-179-967
Mobile : + 254 721-242-711
Email: [email protected]

May 8, 2015

Wajee Valley Nature Park Day Trip

Wajee Valley Nature Park Day Trip is an excursion from Nairobi to Wajee Nature Park (a bird conservancy and nature park) located in Nyeri.

This private park is situated in Mukuruwe-ini in Central Kenya. It is set amidst the spectacular country between Mount Kenya and the Aberdares and lies 160 Kilometers north of Nairobi.

Coming from Karatina town towards Nyeri, after 2 km branch left towards Mukurwe-ini town. The park is 5 km from Mukurwe-ini.

The park covers 10 hectares of unspoilt natural forest is home to two rare species: the Hindes Babbler and the side-striped jackal. Wajee Valley Nature Park Day Trip focuses mainly on bird watching activities in the park.

One can also go there to relax, take leisure walks and enjoy the nature tails and also have meals at picnic sites inside the park. With the trail naturalist or on your own, you can explore the nature trail and its tunnels and enjoy the local flora and fauna.

Animals you can expect to see include genet cats, mongooses, bush baby, vervet monkeys and squirrels. You may also be lucky to see the side-striped jackal.

Wajee Nature Park is adorned with an array of flora and fauna. It is perfect for bird lovers, as it is home to many rare forest birds. An incredible 126 local species have been recorded in the park so you can expect to spot quite a few bird species during a visit.

The main species is the Hinde’s Babbler, which is endemic to the Mt. Kenya Region and is listed as threatened due to the encroachment of its lower Mt. Kenya Forest habitat.

Other interesting birds include the African Wood Owl. The 108 species recorded here are mainly forest birds. During the winter in the North, the Park becomes an attraction for migrants including Black Caps and Eurasia Bee Eater.

One of the numerous attractions at Wajee Nature Park is a replica of a traditional Kikuyu homestead.

Wajee Valley Nature Park Day Trip Prices

Dates From	Dates To	Price Per Person	8 to 12 Year Child
1st January 2018	31st Decemeber 2018	Request for rates	Request for rates

Notes
* Bottled water (carry enough bottled water, especially during hot days)
* Pair of binoculars (Binoculars come in handy especially during bird watching)
* Camera (Photograph the amazing scenery as well as the wildlife that Wajee Nature Park has to offer)
* Flashlight (a flashilight will provide enough light for early morning nature walks or nature walks late in the evening)

Wajee Valley Nature Park Day Trip Rates Includes:
* Picnic lunch
* Bottle water while on Safari
* Professional English speaking guides
* Park Entry fees at Wajee Valley Nature Park
* Pickup from your hotel in Nairobi and drop-off to your hotel

Wajee Valley Nature Park Day Trip Rates Do Not Include:
* Drinks
* Tips or gratuity
* Travelers insurance
* Communication charges
* Minimum of two persons required
* Visas, international airfares and airport taxes; meals
* Sightseeing not included in the package; optional activities
* Personal expenses such as transfers to/ from the airport (supplement airport transfer cost applies for tours starting from the airport)

Wajee Valley Nature Park Wedding Grounds | Conferences | Picnic Grounds

Wajee Nature Park has a versatile outdoor conference hall that is ideal for all sorts of meetings, whether formal or informal. There are a number of picnic sites at the park.

The calm natural setting makes it ideal for snack breaks during nature walks. Wajee Nature Park has a well-trimmed large events lawn that is perfect for weddings, gatherings and photo-shoots.

It also doubles as a picnic site!

Booking & Reservations for Wajee Valley Nature Park Day Trip Contacts;
Booking Office Tel: + 254 718-179-967
Mobile : + 254 721-242-711
Mobile : + 254 780-242-711
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.africanspicesafaris.com

May 8, 2015

Lake Nakuru Lake Naivasha Day Trip

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Lake Nakuru Lake Naivasha Day Trip is an incredible day safari departing daily from Nairobi, enjoy a game drives in Lake Nakuru National Park and a boat ride on Lake Naivasha.

Our Nairobi day tour to Lake Nakuru and Naivasha combines two major lakes in the Rift Valley province of Kenya, Lakes Naivasha and Lake Nakuru.

This day tour is ideal as both locations are close to Nairobi, Naivasha being only a 1.5 hours drive while Lake Nakuru is next door, about an 1 hour's drive from Lake Naivasha.

Lake Nakuru is a famous Safari destination known for excellent game viewing and bird watching while Lake Naivasha is great for walking safaris and boat trips.

Lake Nakuru Lake Naivasha Day Trip Programme

0630 Hours: Pick up from your Hotel/ residence and depart for Lake Nakuru making a brief stop at the scenic Great Rift Valley viewpoint

0930 Hours: Arrive at Lake Nakuru National Park and proceed for a morning game drive.

1300 Hours: Enjoy your picnic lunch box at the Baboon Cliff view point

1400 Hours: Depart Lake Nakuru with a game-drive enroute to Lake Naivasha

1500 Hours: Enjoy a boatride on Lake Naivasha

1630 Hours: Depart for your journey back to Nairobi. Arrive in the evening

Lake Nakuru Lake Naivasha Day Trip Prices

Dates From	Dates To	Price Per Person	8 to 12 Year Child
1st January 2017	31st December 2017	Request for rates	Request for rates

Notes

Lake Nakuru Lake Naivasha Day Trip Rates Includes:
* Box Lunch
* Bottle water while on Safari
* Park Entry fees at Lake Nakuru park
* Professional English speaking guides
* All entry fees, service charge and taxes
* A thrilling boat ride at Lake Naivasha – for 1 Hour
* Morning game drive at the Lake Nakuru National park
* Pickup from your hotel in Nairobi and drop-off to your hotel

Lake Nakuru Lake Naivasha Day Trip Rates Do Not Include:
* Drinks
* Tips or gratuity
* Travelers insurance
* Communication charges
* Minimum of two persons required
* Visas, international airfares and airport taxes; meals
* Sightseeing not included in the package; optional activities
* Personal expenses such as transfers to/ from the airport (supplement airport transfer cost applies for tours starting from the airport)

Booking & Reservations for Lake Nakuru Lake Naivasha Day Trip Contacts;
Booking Office Tel: + 254 718-179-967
Mobile : + 254 721-242-711
Email: [email protected]

May 8, 2015

Lake Elementaita 1 Day Trip Safari

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Lake Elementaita 1 Day Trip Safari from Nairobi is a day excursion to Lake Elementaita (derived from the Maasai word, muteita meaning “dust place”) is a beautiful soda lake in the Great Rift Valley, about 120 km's northwest of Nairobi, Kenya.

The lake is situated between Lake Nakuru and Lake Naivasha on Soysambu Conservancy. Soysambu is a private conservancy of 48,000 acres nestled and is home to abundant wildlife including over 400 species of birds and has one of the highest densities of game in Kenya.

0600 Hours: Our day excursion departs Nairobi by road and proceeds to Lake Elementaita via the Great Rift Valley. En-route, we stop to enjoy the scenic views of the valley, Mt Suswa and Mt. Longonot in a distance.

0900 Hours: Upon arrival at Soysambu Wildlife Conservancy, we proceed to enjoy a game drive. There is such a variety of amazing wildlife here and also quite easy to get up close to them.

The conservancy is home to zebra, buffalo, Rothschild’s giraffe, leopard, monkeys, waterbuck, gazelle, Impala, eland, baboons, hyena, dik dik, Jackal, Bat-eared fox, warthogs etc.

There are over 450 recorded species of birds in the Conservancy alone. The most well-known of these species of birds tend to be the Pelican and the Flamingo.

Birds include teals, cormorants, storks, terns, herons, plovers, egrets, gulls, pigeons, doves, vultures, eagles, kites, goshawks, hornbills, bee-eaters, hoopoes, woodpeckers and rollers etc. After a successful game drive we proceed for lunch at one of the lodges by the shores of Lake Elementaita.

The afternoon can be spent on the following activities, swimming, bird watching, hiking, nature walks, horseback riding, rock climbing, cave excursions, relaxing in hot springs, visit Kariandusi pre-historic site and cycling.

1800: Later we return back to Nairobi.

Lake Elementaita 1 Day Trip Safari Prices

Dates From	Dates To	Price Per Person	8 to 12 Year Child
1st January 2019	31st December 2019	Request for rates	Request for rates

Notes
* Don't Forget: Safari hat, Sunscreen, Drinking water, Snack, Camera and Binoculars, Money for souvenirs and gifts

Lake Elementaita 1 Day Trip Safari Price Includes:
* Lunch
* Bottle Water
* Price per person
* All entry fees, service charge and taxes
* Extensive Game Drive in Soysambu Conservancy
* Pickup from your hotel in Nairobi and drop-off to your hotel
* Professional English speaking guides. All are experts in the African wildlife, culture, and tour guiding, many of who speak other European languages

Lake Elementaita 1 Day Trip Safari Price does not include:
* Tips or gratuity
* Minimum of 1 guest required
* International airfares and airport taxes
* Visas, meals, sightseeing not included in the package
* Travelers insurance; laundry & communication charges
* Personal expenses such as transfers to/ from the airport (supplement airport transfer cost applies for tours starting from the airport), optional activities like swimming, Bird watching, Hiking, Nature Walks, Horseback Riding, Rock Climbing etc

Booking & Reservations for Lake Elementaita 1 Day Trip Safari Contacts;
Booking Office Tel: + 254 718-179-967
Mobile : + 254 721-242-711
Email: [email protected]

May 8, 2015

Elephants Giraffes Kazuri Beads Karen Blixen Tour

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Elephants Giraffes Kazuri Beads Karen Blixen tour combines 4 great locations during your Nairobi city tour. This includes Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage, Giraffe Centre (AFEW Langata), Kazuri Bead Factory and the famous Karen Blixen Museum.

0930 Hours: The tour begins with a pick-up from your hotel and a drive to the Daphne Sheldrick elephant orphanage follows. After visiting with the baby Elephants, you proceed to the Giraffe Centre to get an up-close interaction with the Rothschild giraffes which includes a kiss!

Kazuri beads factory follows next and then a lunch break at the Utamaduni Crafts. Later you visit Karen Blixen museum before returning back to your hotel/ residence.

Elephants Giraffes Kazuri Beads Karen Blixen Tour Highlights

Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage
Daphne Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage situated on the outskirts of Nairobi (approximately 45 minutes drive). David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust is located within the Nairobi National Park and the sanctuary cares for orphaned baby Elephants, tame black and white rhino calves and adults.

At 1100 Hours, the baby animals are brought from the National Park for a mud-bath at the orphanage, where for an hour you can get close to them and sometimes touch them. You may not feed the animals but will get a chance to view the handlers feeding them.

The private session strictly between 1500 Hours to 1600 Hours each day allows you to see the animals in private and you will be able to interact with them. This requires advance booking through African Spice Safaris.

Giraffe Centre (AFEW Langata)
Have you ever been kissed with an 18 inch tongue? Nairobi Giraffe Centre tour gives a completely up close and personal interaction where guests have the opportunity to view giraffes as well as feed them.

The centre has rescued, hand-reared and released around 500 orphaned giraffes back into the wild since opening in 1979.

There is also an education centre with lots of information about the Rothschild giraffes breeding and conservation of the rarest of Kenya’s three giraffe species.

Kazuri Bead Factory and Workshop
Next stop is the Kazuri bead centre – a self-help women project where hand made ceramics and jewellery are produced. A visit to the workshop and craft centre will take around one hour and here you will see the various processes.

A knowledgeable guide will show you around where you will see the whole process from the molding of raw clay through to the glazing, decorating and threading of beads as finished products. The salesroom is attractively laid out and a beautiful place to visit.

Kazuri means "small and beautiful" in Swahili and this describes each and every beautifully hand-made ceramic bead which is shaped by hand by the women who work at the Kazuri workshop. The beads are kiln fired once, glazed and then fired again before being strung.

Karen Blixen Museum
Karen Blixen Museum is located on the outskirts of Nairobi on Karen road. Its history dates back to 1914, during the First World War, with the arrival of Karen Blixen from Denmark.

At the foot of Ngong Hills, Karen Blixen established herself as a farmer. After her departure in 1931, the suburbs retained the commemorative home of Karen.

The house was used during the filming of the famous movie that immortalized Karen Blixen's book by the same name ('Out of Africa'). The Museum has beautifully landscaped gardens and an all-encompassing Ngong Hills view. Time takes approximately 1 Hour at most.

Elephants Giraffes Kazuri Beads Karen Blixen Tour Prices

Dates From	Dates To	Price Per Person	Children Aged 3 to 11 Years
1st January 2019	31st December 2019	Request for rates	Request for rates

Notes
* Don't forget: sunhat, sunscreen, drinking water, snack, camera and binoculars, money for souvenirs and gifts

Karen Blixen, Giraffe Centre & Kazuri Beads Tour Price Includes:
* Price per person
* All entry fees, service charge and taxes
* Pickup from your hotel in Nairobi and drop-off to your hotel
* Visit Daphne Sheldrick, Karen Blixen Museum, Kazuri Bead Center and the Giraffe Centre
* Professional English speaking guides. All are experts in the African wildlife, culture, and tour guiding, many of who speak other European languages

Karen Blixen, Giraffe Centre & Kazuri Beads Tour Price does not include:
* Tips or gratuity
* Drinks and Lunch
* Minimum of one person required
* International airfares and airport taxes
* Visas, meals, sightseeing not included in the package
* Travelers insurance; laundry & communication charges
* Personal expenses such as transfers to/ from the airport (supplement airport transfer cost applies for tours starting from the airport), optional activities

Booking & Reservations for Karen Blixen, Giraffe Centre & Kazuri Beads Tour Contacts;
Booking Office Tel: + 254 718-179-967
Mobile/ WhatsApp : + 254 721-242-711
Mobile : + 254 780-242-711
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.africanspicesafaris.com

May 8, 2015

Giraffe Centre Karen Blixen Kazuri Bead Tour

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Giraffe Centre Karen Blixen Kazuri Bead Tour enables you to visit 3 great locations in one tour. All situated on the outskirts of Nairobi in the Karen District, this tour takes about 4 Hours.

Our Nairobi day tour begins with a pick-up from your hotel/ residence to Karen Blixen Museum located on the outskirts of Nairobi on Karen road. The museum history dates back to 1914, during the First World War, with the arrival of Karen Blixen from Denmark.

At the foot of Ngong Hills, Karen Blixen established herself as a farmer. After her departure in 1931, the suburbs retained the commemorative home of Karen.

The visit at the museum takes approximately an hour at most. Karen Blixen museum is exactly 5 km's (just over 3 miles) from the Giraffe Centre.

The Giraffe Center is a wonderful and refreshing experience undertaken during African Spice Safaris city excursion. The tour gives a completely up close and personal interaction where guests have the opportunity to view giraffes as well as feed them.

There is an impressive variety of bird's species which can be viewed through the year. The Giraffe centre visit lasts about an hour. Next stop is the Kazuri bead centre – a self-help women project where handmade ceramics and jewellery are produced.

A visit to the workshop and craft centre will take about an hour and here you will see the various processes. A knowledgeable guide shows you around the factory.

You will see the entire bead making process from the molding of raw clay through to the glazing, decorating and threading of beads as finished products. The salesroom is attractively laid out and a beautiful place to visit.

Lunch will be served at the Utamaduni "veranda" Restaurant. The menu includes Nairobi's best Zanzibar soup ~ salads, sandwiches, steaks and fresh costal seafood selections followed by dessert – Lemon Lime Cheesecake.

All these are prepared fresh daily in a hearty home-cooked fashion, served with typical Kenyan hospitality.

Giraffe Centre Karen Blixen Kazuri Bead Tour Prices

Dates From	Dates To	Price Per Person	8 to 12 Year Child
1st January 2017	31st December 2017	Request for rates	Request for rates

Notes
* Giraffe Centre Karen Blixen Kazuri Bead Tour – Departs daily at 0900 Hours (or at your convenience)

Karen Blixen, Giraffe Centre & Kazuri Beads Tour Price Includes:
* Price per person
* All entry fees, service charge and taxes
* Lunch at the Utamaduni "veranda" Restaurant
* Pickup from your hotel in Nairobi and drop-off to your hotel
* Visit Karen Blixen Museum, handmade ceramic jewelry making at Kazuri Bead factory and the Giraffe Centre
* Professional English speaking guides. All are experts in the African wildlife, culture, and tour guiding, many of who speak other European languages

Karen Blixen, Giraffe Centre & Kazuri Beads Tour Price does not include:
* Drinks
* Tips or gratuity
* Minimum of one person required
* International airfares and airport taxes
* Visas, meals, sightseeing not included in the package
* Travelers insurance; laundry & communication charges
* Personal expenses such as transfers to/ from the airport (supplement airport transfer cost applies for tours starting from the airport), optional activities

Booking & Reservations for Karen Blixen, Giraffe Centre & Kazuri Beads Tour Contacts;
Booking Office Tel: + 254 718-179-967
Mobile : + 254 721-242-711
Email: [email protected]

May 8, 2015

Karen Blixen Museum Nairobi Tour

Karen Blixen Museum Nairobi Tour visits the famous Karen Blixen Museum located on the outskirts of Nairobi on Karen road. Its history dates back to 1914, during the First World War, with the arrival of Karen Blixen from Denmark.

The aim here is to take an individual back in time, and provide a visual impression of each settler life in Kenya. At the foot of Ngong Hills, Karen Blixen established herself as a farmer. After her departure in 1931, the suburbs retained the commemorative home of Karen.

The Danish government donated the house and the surrounding land to Kenya after independence.The house was restored by the Danish government, and was used during the filming of "Out of Africa" which immortalized Karen Blixen's book by the same name.

Karen Blixen Museum was opened to the public in 1986. A striking feature about Karen Blixen Museum is the beautiful grounds.

The house built in 1910 has a red tile roof and mellow wood paneling in the rooms. When Karen Blixen bought the property, it had 6,000 acres of land but only 600 acres were developed for growing coffee; the rest was retained under natural forest.

During your Karen Blixen Museum Nairobi tour, you will learn that much of the original furniture is on display in the house. The original kitchen has been restored, and is now open for viewing.

A Dove stove similar to the one used by Karen Blixen is on display, as are the kitchen utensils. Reconstruction of the coffee factory, along with other old farm machinery is underway.

Karen Blixen Museum has become a herb of various activities including private parties, research and visitation, from all over the world. The income so generated is used to refurbish and maintain Karen Blixen Museum and other regional museums.

Karen Blixen Museum Nairobi Tour Prices

Dates From	Dates To	Price Per Person	8 to 12 Year Child
1st January 2017	31st December 2017	Request for rates	Request for rates

Notes
* Karen Blixen Museum Nairobi Day Tours depart daily from Nairobi Hotels

Karen Blixen Museum Nairobi Tour Rates Includes:
* Price per person
* All Park Entry Fees, Service Charge and Taxes
* Pickup from your hotel in Nairobi and drop-off to your hotel
* Professional English speaking African Spice Safaris Driver Guide
* Visit Karen Blixen Museum in Langata, Karen District Nairobi, Kenya

Karen Blixen Museum Nairobi Tour Rates Excludes:
* Travelers Insurance
* Personal expenses such as drinks
* Gratuity to your Safari Driver Guide
* Optional activities the stipulated itinerary
* Meals, sightseeing not included in the package
* Communication charges, visas, international airfares and airport taxes
* Transfers to/ from the airport (supplement airport transfer cost applies for tours starting from the airport)

Karen Blixen History

Karen Blixen (1885-1962), also known by her pseudonym, Isak Dinesen, is famous for her memoir, Out of Africa, and for several works of fiction, including Seven Gothic Tales (1934) and Winter's Tales (1942).

A 2007 poll of opinion in her native Denmark lists Karen Blixen as one of the most representative personalities in Danish history. She was twice nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature. She wrote in English, after living on a coffee farm in Kenya from 1914 to 1931.

She married her second cousin, Baron Bror Blixen of Sweden, thereby acquiring the title Baroness. Following their separation and divorce, she had a long affair with the safari hunter, Denys Finch Hatton, son of a titled English family.

In 1931, after losing the coffee farm in the Great Depression, Karen Blixen returned to Denmark and embarked on the writing career that lasted until her death in 1962. She was played by Meryl Streep in the 1985 film Out of Africa.

Her memoir was arresting in many ways, especially in its oblique references to the author's love story with the English hunter Denys Finch Hatton. It left the reader tantalized by a series of enigmas: Who was the writer's husband, and what happened to him?

Why didn't she and Finch Hatton marry? Did she ever plan to return to Africa? What was her life now?

The answers to these questions remained private until after her death. She had married a Swede named Baron Bror von Blixen-Finecke, her second cousin, from whom she took the title Baroness. Bror was the twin of the celebrated horseman, Hans von Blixen-Finecke, the man Karen was in love with in her youth.

Bror himself wrote a book describing how he and his wife had set out to run a pioneer farm in Kenya. They divorced after eleven difficult years of marriage. She fought the divorce, and her Letters from Africa suggest that she loved her husband. Bror married again twice, but Karen did not remarry and never had children.

Her talent for hospitality in Kenya attracted a variety of aristocratic and bohemian friends, including Berkeley Cole. She called Denys Finch Hatton the love of her life, but the nature of their relationship has never been clear.

She appears to have suffered two miscarriages during the eight or more years of the affair. However, the writer Beryl Markham, a friend of Karen Blixen and Denys Finch Hatton, claimed to biographers that Finch Hatton was homosexual.

Due to the world wide economic depression and miscalculations in pioneer farming, Karen Blixen's coffee farm, financed by her family, never turned a profit. She was homesick much of her time in Africa.

Although she had her farm for nearly 18 years, she spent nearly four years of that time in her beloved Denmark. She left Kenya in 1931 and never returned.

Literature: Karen Blixen [Isak Dinesen] can be compared with no other writers. Her voice was formed by her Scandinavian roots, and influenced by a wide variety of works of European literature.

Her writing places emphasis on story, rather than characters, and on the philosophical understanding of personal identity. Her stories underline a fascination with the role of fate in controlling the lives of human beings.

She believed that a person's response to the vicissitudes of fate offers a possibility for heroism and, ultimately, for immortality.

A small selection of her literary influences include:
* Goethe
* Lord Byron
* Mary Shelley
* Walt Whitman
* Mozart's Don Juan
* Soren Kierkegaard
* Charles Baudelaire
* Shakespeare's plays
* Percy Bysshe Shelley
* Milton's Paradise Lost

Booking & Reservations for Karen Blixen Museum Nairobi Tour Contacts;
Booking Office Tel: + 254 718-179-967
Mobile : + 254 721-242-711
Email: [email protected]

May 7, 2015

Nairobi Walking City Tour

Nairobi Walking City Tour; Explore Nairobi on a walking sightseeing tour at your own pace with a professional safari local guide where you have ample time for close photography.

See Nairobi's downtown on a guided walking tour and visit a series of landmarks (historic buildings and modern landmarks). Shop local crafts at City Market or Maasai Market and let your guide help you bargain.

Get insights about the tribes of Kenya from your guide. Learn about the city’s culture and history. If you wish, finish the tour with a coffee at one of the many coffee houses. The tour can be customized according to your interests and schedule.

Highlights include:
* Traveling by public transport
* Stroll through the August 7th Memorial Park
* See the Nairobi National Archives and Uhuru Park
* Take a walking tour an experience the unique atmosphere of Nairobi
* See the parliament buildings and the Mzee Jomo Kenyatta Mausoleum
* Explore Nairobi with a friendly local guide on a 4 hour sightseeing Nairobi walking city tour with an optional traditional Kenyan lunch

Nairobi Walking City Tour Itinerary

0900 Hours: Our guide will meet you at your hotel residence, then take to the streets of Nairobi to explore and see the sights. First stop depending on your hotel location will be Uhuru Park, a lovely oasis of green space wedged next to the city’s bustling business district.

Shelter from the city heat with a walk in the shade as your guide tells you about Nairobi’s complex history and culture. Then, head out to discover the city’s urban delights by both foot and public transport.

You will visit a local city market where you can bargain and shop for arts and crafts. A tour to the top of Kenyatta International Conference (Government Building with 28 stories) to look at Nairobi skyline can be arranged.

Nairobi Walking City Tour also includes a visit to Parliament buildings, Kenya National archives, Gallery Watatu, Collectors Den, the Snake Park and National Museum.

The Nairobi National museum is well known for excellent exhibits and displays of early man, tribal regalia and the flora and fauna of Kenya.

An opportunity to enjoy a delicious lunch of local cuisine is also available on this tour. Walking through the city streets and traveling by public transport provides plenty of opportunity to mingle with the locals as they go about their daily lives.

Nairobi Walking City Tour Prices

Dates From	Dates To	Price Per Adult	Child Aged 12 Years & Below
1st January 2019	31st December 2019	Request for rates	Request for rates

Notes
* Duration: Approximately: 4 to 5 Hours
* The tour Includes time to shop at a local market
* Departure time 0900 Hours or earlier (anytime of your convenience – everyday)

Nairobi Walking City Tour Price Includes:
* A walk through Uhuru Park
* Traveling by public transport
* Professional English speaking guides
* A visit to Watatu art gallery/ Collectors Den
* A visit to Kenyatta International Conference
* Traditional lunch (optional at an extra cost payable directly)
* A visit to Snake Park and National Museum (Entrance fees payable directly)

Nairobi Walking City Tour Price Excludes:
* Drinks
* Items of a personal nature
* Tips or gratuities for your local guide
* Sample local cuisine with lunch at a restaurant
* Transfers from/ to the starting point hotel within Nairobi

Booking & Reservations for Nairobi Walking City Tour Contacts;
Booking Office Tel: + 254 718-179-967
Mobile/ WhatsApp : + 254 721-242-711
Mobile: + 254 780-242-711
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.africanspicesafaris.com

May 7, 2015