Sense of Africa, Tourvest House, Mkungu Close, Westlands, P.O. Box 59470, Nairobi 00200, Kenya.
Tel : [254-020] 7606000, E-Mail : [email protected], www.vintageafrica.com
Emergency Contacts Kenya : Customer Service Manager - Tel: [+254] 735 232578, [+254] 710 524086,
Operation Manager - Tel: [+254] 710 524086, [+254] 733 414785
KARIBU KENYA
Minimum
Departure day
Vehicle
Starts
Ends
Meals
: 2 pax
: Monday
: 1 x 7 Seater minibus
: Nairobi
: Nairobi
: as indicated on itinerary at a glance
ITINERARY AT A GLANCE
Day
Location
1
Nairobi
2
Aberdare NP
3
Lake Nakuru N.P
4
Masai Mara National G.R
5
Masai Mara National G.R
6
Departure
Accommodation
Intercontinental / Eka Hotel
Ark Lodge
Lake Nakuru Lodge
Mara Leisure Camp
Mara Leisure Camp
Board
BB
LDBB
LDBB
LDBB
LDBB
Activity
Arr trnsf, at leisure
Game Viewing
P
P
A, P
Dept trnsf
L-Lunch, D-Dinner, BB-Bed and breakfast, LDBB-Lunch, dinner, bed and breakfast, Trsf-Transfer, E-Early
morning game drive, A-Morning game drive, P-Afternoon game drive, HDS-Half Day sightseeing, FDS-Full
Day Sightseeing
FULL ITINERARY
Day 1 Nairobi
Arrival at Jomo Kenyatta Airport met and assisted by VINTAGE AFRICA representative. Transfer to your hotel. Rest of the
day is spent at leisure in Nairobi. Overnight at Intercontinental Hotel / Eka Hotel (BB)
Day 2 Aberdare National Park
After breakfast you will drive to the Aberdares region, a beautiful mountain range in the central highlands of Kenya. On
arrival in your Lodge you will check in and have lunch at the Aberdare Country Club, which serves as the base hotel for The
Ark. This afternoon after your lunch you will be transferred by the lodge vehicle to The Ark. Rest of the day you will enjoy
game viewing from lodge precincts. Dinner and overnight at Ark Lodge LDBB
Day 3 Lake Nakuru National Park
After breakfast you will be collected for the day’s drive taking you past the Aberdares mountain range to the floor of the
Great Rift Valley, destination Lake Nakuru. Lunch at the lodge. Proceed for an afternoon game drive until sunset. Dinner
and Overnight stay at Lake Nakuru Lodge LDBB
Day 4 Masai Mara National G.R
Departure at 0730hrs After breakfast, drive to the Masai Mara National Reserve offering wonderful scenery and plenty of
game. It is perhaps the only region left in Kenya where the visitor may see animals in the same super-abundance as existed
a century ago. Arrive for lunch at your lodge. Afternoon game drive until sunset. Meals and overnight at Mara Leisure
Camp LDBB
Day 5 Masai Mara National G.R
(Early morning optional balloon ride with champagne-style breakfast at extra cost)
Whole day in Masai Mara with morning and afternoon game drives. Meals and overnight at Mara Leisure Camp LDBB
Day 6 Departure
After breakfast. Drive to Nairobi, Kenya's colourful capital city. Transfer to your hotel or Jomo Kenyatta International
Airport for your arrangements. VINTAGE AFRICA representative will re-confirm your onward flight, and assist you at
check-in.
Sense of Africa, Tourvest House, Mkungu Close, Westlands, P.O. Box 59470, Nairobi 00200, Kenya.
Tel : [254-020] 7606000, E-Mail : [email protected], www.vintageafrica.com
Emergency Contacts Kenya : Customer Service Manager - Tel: [+254] 735 232578, [+254] 710 524086,
Operation Manager - Tel: [+254] 710 524086, [+254] 733 414785
The Package Includes:
Arrival and departure airport transfers
1 Night accommodation at Intercontinental Hotel / Eka Hotel
1 Night accommodation at Ark Lodge
1 Night accommodation at Lake Nakuru Lodge
2 Nights accommodation at Mara Leisure Camp
All game drives as per itinerary
All park entrance fees as per itinerary
Transport in 1x7 Seater Minibus
Services of a qualified English Speaking Driver Guide
1 Litre bottle of mineral water per person per day while on a roaad safari in a VINTAGE AFRICA vehicle.
The Package Excludes:
All International Flights + Taxes
Visas
Travel & Personal accident insurance
Tips & personal expenses such as telephone calls…etc.
Excursions not detailed in above program
Added Value:
Complimentary Vintage Africa Safari Guide covering the whole of East Africa
Complimentary Vintage Africa Safari Pouch with a pen
Complimentary Vintage Africa Hat
Sense of Africa, Tourvest House, Mkungu Close, Westlands, P.O. Box 59470, Nairobi 00200, Kenya.
Tel : [254-020] 7606000, E-Mail : [email protected], www.vintageafrica.com
Emergency Contacts Kenya : Customer Service Manager - Tel: [+254] 735 232578, [+254] 710 524086,
Operation Manager - Tel: [+254] 710 524086, [+254] 733 414785
National Parks Information
Aberdare National Park
Probably the highest national park in the world, Aberdare is all above 7,000 feet. The habitat of the Aberdare Mountains,
like that of Mount Kenya which is on the other side of the Laikipia Plains, ranges from forest and thick bamboo to open
moorland. Breathtaking waterfalls, brightly coloured birds, soaring raptors, a fascinating and diverse plant world and
gorgeous scenery make this national park both lovely and intriguing.
This is the area for those who are keen to fish. The trout here were introduced in 1906 by a certain Captain Grogan and the
fishing, in rivers such as the Naro Moru, the Thego and the Chania is renowned. The Aberdares are also remembered as the
guerilla base of Kenyan heroes during their war for independence from the British. Established as a national park in 1950,
Aberdare lies around two high peaks, Kinangop and Lesatima, with almost 50 kilometres of high moors stretching mistily
between them.
The scenery here is stunning and the waterfalls particularly dramatic - the Gura Falls plunge and foam down the side of a
1500 foot rock face. Some of the indigenous wildlife in the Aberdares is equally as stunning. Melanistic black leopard,
serval and genet can be found here, but are both shy and rare. Large numbers of buffalo, a few rhino, elephant, Colubus
monkeys, bush pig and wart hog may be found in the forests. It is said that the elephant still remember the bombing raids
by the British during the war for independence, and are thus extremely suspicious of mankind. The birding is excellent.
Brightly coloured parrots, francolin, the strutting secretary bird and green ibis are among the species here. Sunbirds enjoy
the open moors and raptors such as the rufous sparrowhawk, goshawk, buzzards and the crowned eagle scour the moors
for prey.
The Aberdares even has a Hollywood connection. This is where the film "Gorillas in the Mist", starring Sigourney Weaver,
was made. The renowned naturalist studied the mountain gorillas of Rwanda and was murdered there. Perhaps even more
famously, although rather longer ago, it was to Treetops, that the news of her father's death, and her accession to the
throne, was brought to the then Princess Elizabeth
Lake Nakuru National Park
Originally declared a national park because of a superbly diverse bird population, which includes many migrants, the park
is also a favourite place for travelers to seek the rare black rhino. However, it is for the flamingos that the lake is best
known, and it was for their protection that the park was originally created. The level of the blue-green alkaline waters here
varies and this, with other accompanying environmental changes, causes considerable variation in the flamingo
population, but when they are present, en masse, the whole lake turns a gorgeous rosy pink.
Although protection of the flamingo population on the lake was the original rationale for the inception of the national park,
further land was included in the early seventies and it is now about 190 sq m. This expansion, which took in a large
grassland area, has allowed the park to protect further species. Buffalo, zebra, antelope and both lion and leopard are to be
found. The rather less ubiquitous reedbuck and waterbuck are also here as is the glamorously leggy Rothschild giraffe.
Temptingly, the black rhino breeding programme, started in the late eighties, has proved successful and this is an excellent
place to view them.
Lake Nakuru is a small national park. There is no need to stay in the area in order to see all that is to be seen. A good day
trip may be enough and these can easily be organised from the Lake Naivasha area.
Masai Mara National G.R
Probably the most famous of the reserves, the Masai Mara, in Kenya's south western corner, boasts an astonishing amount
of game. Unfenced, the Mara is bounded in the east by the Ngama Hills and in the west by the Oloololo or Siria Escarpment.
Gazelle, wildebeest and zebra graze in large numbers and where prey is found so are predators. Not only is this a great
place in which to find game, but the wide greeny-gold savannahs spotted with thorn trees make it ideal for photography.
The Mara, as it is known in Kenya, is ravishingly beautiful and also offers long, undisturbed views and utterly dramatic
panoramas. The weather really means something here. The sun may beat down unforgivingly, huge clouds in fabulous
shapes may sweep across the widest of skies, and the wind ripples the grasses as though they are stroked by a giant hand.
The landscape is stunning.
The famously black-maned Mara lions are possibly the stars of the Mara show, but cheetah, elephant, kongoni, topi,
Thompson's gazelle, waterbuck, hyena, and primates are all here too. As with the rest of Kenya, the birdlife is good. There
is no settlement within the reserve however; the Mara is in theory owned by the Maasai, pastoralists and, in earlier times,
Sense of Africa, Tourvest House, Mkungu Close, Westlands, P.O. Box 59470, Nairobi 00200, Kenya.
Tel : [254-020] 7606000, E-Mail : [email protected], www.vintageafrica.com
Emergency Contacts Kenya : Customer Service Manager - Tel: [+254] 735 232578, [+254] 710 524086,
Operation Manager - Tel: [+254] 710 524086, [+254] 733 414785
renowned lion-killers. Lodges and hotels offer the opportunity to buy their beadwork, checked cloths and copies of their
spears. It is said that if lions scent approaching Maasai on the breeze they move swiftly in the opposite direction.
Famously, the Mara is the northerly end of the Great Migration, that great primeval surge of wildebeest, zebra and
antelope that sweeps in from Tanzania’s Serengeti to Kenya's Masai Mara as the Tanzanian grass starts to fail. They are
tracked by the large predators that pick off the weak, the stragglers and the young. The great herds, nearing their
destination by July, mass along the Mara River, pushing, shoving and fantastically noisy, just waiting for the first animal to
cross so that they can all follow, lemming-like, on the final leg of the journey. However, crocodiles lie in wait, sluggishly
cruising the waters, fully prepared for their best meal of the year. Many fail in the life-and-death struggle - drowned, eaten
by the crocodiles or, made careless or weak by their stressful swim, brought down by lions. The Masai Mara is terrible yet
wonderful, and not to be missed.
NOTES, TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Luggage:
PLEASE be reminded to inform your clients that the luggage allowance on our schedule flights is strictly 15KGS PER
PERSON and that SOFT BAGS are highly recommended, if not essential. In light aircraft the baggage area and weight
allowance is limited. Hard Samsonite type suitcases do not fit into the cargo compartment easily, if at all. Due to limited
space available for storage in safari vehicles, we strongly recommend use soft duffle bags rather than hard suitcases.
Your contract
A binding contract will come into existence once Vintage Africa and yourself agree on the itinerary and quote provided for
the same. The booking will then be considered confirmed when an invoice is issued. Your contract for the services chosen
will be direct with the relevant supplier(s). Your supplier contact will be governed by the laws of the country in which the
supplier is located and will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of that country.
Reservations, Payment and Deposits
When Vintage Africa has accepted your booking, the date of the confirmation invoice activates the terms and conditions of
the contract. Confirmation of services is subject to payment of a non-refundable deposit of 25% of the total invoiced
amount. The balance is to be paid not later than 60 days prior to commencement of the services. When bookings are made
within 60 days prior to the departure date, full payment is required immediately on written confirmation. If payments are
not received within the above time frame, Vintage Africa reserves the right to cancel the tour which has been booked and
retain any deposit received to set against expenses incurred in the booking of such a tour.
 Bankers Draft will only be acceptable if payable in a bank in Nairobi.
 Payments by personal Cheques Not Accepted.
All bookings are subject to availability at the time of booking and cannot be guaranteed.
Prices
Prices in this brochure are quoted in US dollars. All prices are subject to change without prior notice. Should prices or
costs from suppliers increase due to inflation, currency depreciation and fuel surcharges, then Vintage Africa will not have
any other option than to pass on the same to you. All suppliers reserve the right to increase prices at any time of the year
when costs increase outside the control of the supplier.
Please note that when the clients' itinerary overlaps two seasons, the price will be prorated over the two seasons.
Rates include but are not limited to the following services specified in the itinerary. Accommodation with meals, tours,
transport, driver/guide, park entrance fees, hotel taxes and service charges.
Sense of Africa, Tourvest House, Mkungu Close, Westlands, P.O. Box 59470, Nairobi 00200, Kenya.
Tel : [254-020] 7606000, E-Mail : [email protected], www.vintageafrica.com
Emergency Contacts Kenya : Customer Service Manager - Tel: [+254] 735 232578, [+254] 710 524086,
Operation Manager - Tel: [+254] 710 524086, [+254] 733 414785
Rates exclude (Unless otherwise specified), Medical Air Rescue services, Porterage, domestic Air Charters, Visa fess,
beverages, laundry, telephone calls, scheduled flights, gratuities and all expenses of personal nature.
The Tanzanian Government and Kenya governments are proposing increases to park fees, which may be imposed at short
notice. We shall notify you if and when this happens, and regret that the costs of this governmental action will need to be
passed on to you.
Child rate: - is only applicable to one or two children under 12 years sharing a room with 2 adults. In the case of 02
children sharing a room with parents, the two children will share a bed, as most hotels/lodges cannot accommodate a
fourth bed. 01 child sharing a room with 01 adult will be charged full adult rate.
Single Room Policy
Single rooms are available at supplementary cost but the suppliers do not guarantee singles. Single rooms are scarce and
cannot be guaranteed even if paid for at twin sole use rate. Where this occurs an appropriate refund will be made by the
supplier to the client. Suppliers will only allow a maximum of 3 single rooms per group at a single room rate except for
CCA properties where single rooms are limited to only 02 singles.
Booking Alterations
(a) Should you wish to make any changes to confirmed booking arrangements, Vintage Africa will endeavour to assist. This
will only be allowed if you notify the Company in writing at least 65 days before you utilize the Company's services. Such
alteration may be subject to US$ 50 per person to cover administration costs and any further charges incurred or imposed
by any of the suppliers in making the requested alteration.
(b) Vintage Africa reserves the right to make changes to the brochure details, holiday arrangements and to correct errors
both before and after you have booked the holiday. Vintage Africa reserves the right to substitute hotels of comparable
status and make any changes in the itinerary where deemed necessary. In this event, Vintage Africa will inform you at the
earliest opportunity.
Cancellation Policy
If you wish to cancel your holiday you must notify the Company in writing as soon as possible. Your notice of cancellation
is only effective when it is received in writing. In such case the following cancellation charges will be payable:
 If cancelled out of 60 days, full deposit will be forfeited.
 If cancelled 60 days and under, 100% cancellation charges will apply
 Unused portion of any Safari or Tour is not refundable.
Although it rarely happens, and Vintage Africa will do their utmost to avoid doing so, Vintage Africa must reserve the right
to cancel tours and other arrangements. Where your holiday is cancelled (other than due to your default in payment) due
to unavoidable circumstances beyond our control e.g. over bookings, Vintage Africa will offer you the choice of purchasing
an alternative holiday (and paying or receiving a refund in respect of any price difference) or receiving a full and
immediate refund of all monies paid to them.
Force Majeure:
The expression “force majeure” means any event which the supplier(s) in question could not have foreseen or avoided
even with all due care. Such events may include war or threat of war, riots, civil strife, industrial dispute, terrorist activity,
natural or nuclear disaster, fire, adverse weather conditions, government action and all similar circumstances outside the
suppliers control. In these circumstances the suppliers shall not be liable to pay any compensation or otherwise be
responsible for any expenses or losses you incur where supplier is forced as a result to cancel, delay, curtail or change your
holiday arrangements in any way or where the performance or prompt performance of the suppliers contractual
obligations is prevented or affected.
Complaints: In the unlikely event that a tour member has a dispute whilst on safari this must immediately be brought to the attention
(and put on record) of the local representative, Hotel, Lodge or Camp management. It is likely that the tour member’s
complaint will be satisfactorily resolved there and then. If, however, this is not the case and the tour member wishes to
pursue the matter on their return from safari, it is essential the complaint be communicated in writing to Vintage Africa
within 21 days of the end of tour quoting tour reference, destination and departure date. Vintage Africa regrets cannot
Sense of Africa, Tourvest House, Mkungu Close, Westlands, P.O. Box 59470, Nairobi 00200, Kenya.
Tel : [254-020] 7606000, E-Mail : [email protected], www.vintageafrica.com
Emergency Contacts Kenya : Customer Service Manager - Tel: [+254] 735 232578, [+254] 710 524086,
Operation Manager - Tel: [+254] 710 524086, [+254] 733 414785
accept responsibility of any complaints, which are not notified entirely in accordance to this clause.
Responsibility of Vintage Africa
Vintage Africa acts only as the Agent for the suppliers and shall not in any event be liable for any negligence, breach of
contract or acts of omission on the part of suppliers, their employees or any other Agent, it shall be the responsibility of all
customers including (without limitations) Tour members, Tour Operators and Travel Agents, to read and familiarize
themselves with the terms and conditions of suppliers. Vintage Africa’s liability for its own negligence or beach of contract
shall be limited to the Tour price.
Transportation
Safari Minibuses, Cars, Land Cruisers and coaches will be provided according to the route and number of participants.
Vintage Africa reserves the right to employ services of sub-contractors. Multi-lingual driver guides are provided on
request.
For flying packages, clients will share vehicles with other guests booked at the hotel. For exclusive use, please check with
Vintage Africa for supplements, which will be subject to availability.
Insurance
The hazards of traveling in Africa may inevitably rise to some risks and dangers. It is therefore a condition of booking that
all tour members must have sufficient and appropriate travel insurance for the duration of their tour. Such insurance
(which is not supplied by Vintage Africa) should fully cover all personal requirements including death, personal injury,
medical expenses, and repatriation in the event of accident or illness, cancellation or curtailment of the tour members’
personal property.
Hotel Bookings
As a general rule, Vintage Africa does not make hotel or lodge bookings only. In special circumstances assistance can be
given but it’s subject to a booking fee of US $50 per reservation per hotel.
Special Requests
Any special requests (e.g. for single rooms or particular diet) must be notified in writing when the booking is made. Whilst
the supplier will endeavour to meet such requests they cannot be guaranteed and any failure to comply will not be a
breach of contract.
VINTAGE AFRICA Services include flight re-confirmation and airport assistance within East Africa if clients are provided all
services by Vintage Africa. In cases whereby Vintage Africa is providing part of the services and then clients have other
arrangements on own, then Vintage Africa will only reconfirm where forwarding address or contacts are provided.