This Intrepid Safari provides the ultimate ecological,
cultural and family experience in Kenya. All of the hotels
and lodges featured are extremely child-friendly with
excellent facilities. The children will be constantly
entertained by trained naturalists throughout the safari. No
other trip provides such an array of day-to-day activities
to satisfy every member of a mixed group, be you an
inquisitive young child, an energetic parent or a
grandparent wanting a little more relaxation.
Key features include
• All accommodation has a pool
• Naturalists are readily available to look after the
children
• Air travel is used extensively to reduce time spent on
bumpy and dusty roads including flights: Nairobi/Samburu and
Nairobi/Mara/Nairobi/Mombasa
• Game drives are in a safari 4x4 vehicle with an
English-speaking driver-guide
• All meals, (except in Nairobi) and bush meals on safari
• A few of the children’s activities include: interaction
with Maasai from children to village elders, making
campfires, throwing spears, basic Kiswahili lessons,
tracking and spoor-casting, traditional dancing and much
more.
ADVENTURERS CLUB (Children 4-12 years)
Welcome to the most exciting adventure in 21st
century Africa! Welcome to Heritage Hotels’
Adventurers’ Club – a unique holiday experience
that combines a fascinating wild education with
all the luxury and hospitality of East Africa’s
finest safari lodges and beach resorts. Whether
you’re visiting us with your family, friends or
school, we guarantee you the ultimate adventure
– in the world’s most adventurous land.
Locations
Membership of the Adventurers' Club is free of
charge to all children aged 4-12 visiting the
Safari properties included in the above
itinerary.
Activities
Here's a small sample of the exciting activities
offered by the Adventurers' Club:
In the Bush
* Build your own mini Maasai homestead
* Have a close brush with a toothbrush tree
* Learn to make a fire with a pair of sticks
* Catch and study the brightest butterflies
* Plant a tree and help bring back the rains
* Cast Big Cat tracks from the real thing
* Hide and seek in the animals' 'clothes'
* Make friends quiver with your own bow
* Learn how to identify birds of all feathers
* Stalk victory in our Bush Treasure Hunts.
The Guides
The Adventurers’ Club benefits from one of the
finest guiding pedigrees in all of Africa. Our
head naturalists include: Sammy Leseita, one of
Kenya’s best-known cultural authorities, who is
currently writing a book of African children’s
folktales; Daniel Kilonzo, a professional Kamba
guide as famous for his humour as his
award-winning bird knowledge; and John Parmasau,
Kenya’s most experienced and popular Maasai
children’s guide. Each naturalist is assisted by
a highly trained children’s animator, who is
responsible for the care and wellbeing of all
younger Adventurers. Most of our animators have
worked as kindergarten teachers, and all have
considerable experience looking after young
children. In addition, all Adventurers staff
have undergone specialist first aid training,
and most speak at least two European languages.
Membership Benefits
Members of the Adventurers' Club are eligible
for special discounts and offers at other
Heritage Hotels, and are kept in touch with Club
activities through:
* A quarterly newsletter
* Personal birthday cards
* Adventurers' Logbooks
* School 'Adventure Kits'.
Facilities & Additional Activities
The Adventurers' Club also offers young visitors
the following facilities and excursions:
* 'Adventure Centres' with educational displays
and
audio-visual presentations
* Excursions to Maasai and Samburu villages (a
small
fee may be charged)
* Children's bush dinners and cultural shows
* Wildlife and cultural video documentaries
* Presentations by local conservationists
KENYA
FAMILY SAFARI
8 DAYS / 7 NIGHTS.
Day 1– Nairobi
Upon arrival into Nairobi you will be met and
transferred to the Holiday Inn . Overnight at Holiday
Inn on a bed and breakfast basis.
Day 2 Nairobi - Samburu National Reserve
This morning you will transfer to Wilson airport for
your scheduled flight to Samburu. You will be met by our
camp vehicle and taken to the lodge arriving mid
morning. After lunch you will embark on your first game
drive on your safari, returning to the camp in the late
afternoon. Overnight at Samburu Intrepids Camp on a full
board basis.
Samburu Intrepids
Perched on the banks of the Uaso Nyiro River in
the heart of the Samburu National Reserve,
Samburu Intrepids enjoys a unique perspective of
one of Africa’s most celebrated wildernesses.
The camp’s location deep inside the reserve
guarantees close encounters with the region’s
wildlife, including elephant, lion, leopard, and
Samburu’s famous ‘unique five’ - the rare
reticulated giraffe, long-necked gerenuk
antelope, Somali ostrich, Grevy’s zebra, and
majestic Beisa Oryx. This luxurious tented lodge
offers 27 modern tents with a private view over
the wildlife-rich riverbanks. The spacious tents
boast the very latest in luxury camping, with
soft four-poster beds, handsome mahogany closets
and writing desks, and en suite bathrooms with
steaming hot showers. The bathrooms also offer
twin washbasins, flush toilets, and sockets for
shavers and battery charging. Because of the
warm climate, Samburu Intrepids’ public areas
are all palm-thatched and open to the elements,
raised on stilts to catch the cooling breeze
blowing off the river. The main dining room has
a seating capacity of 60, and opens onto an
outdoor dining terrace, where buffet breakfasts
and lunches are served overlooking the river.
Day 3 Samburu National Reserve
Morning and afternoon game activities in Samburu
National Reserve. Overnight at Samburu Intrepids on a
full board basis.
Day 4 Samburu – Nairobi – Lake Naivasha
Morning activities and transfer to the airstrip with a
picnic lunch for your scheduled flight to Nairobi., and
onward connection to Naivasha. You will be transferred
to the lodge followed by an afternoon boat trip on the
lake.
Great Rift Valley Lodge
The Great Rift Valley Lodge & Golf Resort is
located midway between the Samburu and Maasai
Mara reserves making it the perfect stopover
between the country’s top safari destinations –
and an ideal alternative to a night in a city
hotel. The Great Rift Valley Lodge sits at about
7,000 feet, from which elevation it enjoys
magnificent views to the west and east. The
vistas stretch from the shimmering waters of
Lake Naivasha to the jagged volcanic crater of
Mount Longonot and, beyond, the sloping
shoulders of the Aberdare Mountains – Kenya’s
most important watershed. The Great Rift Valley
Lodge offers 21 twin and 9 double rooms, all
with private balconies overlooking the
spectacular valley floor with large four-poster
beds, handmade wooden furniture, African prints,
and modern en suite bathrooms. The social
‘heart’ of the Rift Valley Lodge is the
clubhouse building, which offers fine dining and
beautiful views from its panoramic restaurant
and broad balconies.
Day 5 Lake Naivasha
This morning depart for a morning game drive to Lake
Nakuru National Park. Return to the lodge for lunch and
spend the remainder of the afternoon at your leisure to
enjoy all the local activities offered. Overnight at
Great Rift Valley Lodge on a full board basis.
Day 6 Lake Naivasha - Masai Mara Game Reserve
After breakfast, you drive to the Naivasha Ebony Curio
Emporium, the largest of its kind in the world, where
one can watch expert craftsmen working. It is
fascinating! This is where the countries best work can
be purchased at factory prices. Return back to the lodge
for lunch before taking the scheduled flight to the
Masai Mara, where on arrival you will be met by a lodge
vehicle and enjoy a game drive enroute to the lodge.
Overnight at the Siana Springs Tented Camp on a full
board basis.
Siana Springs Tented Camp
Situated at the base of the Ngama Hills, on the
eastern edge of the Maasai Mara Reserve, Siana
Springs occupies a lush indigenous forest
watered by the largest natural springs in the
Mara ecosystem – Siana or the "plentiful"
springs in Maa. The camp’s location in the heart
of the Siana Group Ranch offers guests unique
opportunities for thrilling walking safaris,
night drives and fly-camping along the seasonal
streams beneath the Ngama Hills, while our hosts
will also treat you to uniquely uncontrived
interpretive tours of their manyattas, cattle
bomas, cultural and community facilities. This
special tented camp offers 38 spacious tents
situated in three secluded ‘wings’: the Bamboo
Wing, surrounded by bamboo groves and flowering
ornamental trees near the main camp; the Palm
Wing, overlooking a series of springs, lily-clad
ponds and lush indigenous forest; and the Acacia
Wing, which occupies more open acacia woodland
rich in birdlife on the camp boundary. The tents
boast the very latest in modern camping, with
large single or double beds, personal closets
and writing desks, and en suite bathrooms with
flush toilets and steaming hot showers.
Day 7 Masai Mara
Morning and afternoon game activities in Masai Mara
National Reserve. Overnight at the Siana Springs Tented
Camp on a full board basis.
Day 8 Masai Mara - Nairobi
After a morning activity and lunch, take the flight back
to Nairobi, and transfer to Jomo Kenyatta airport for
your onward connecting flight.
The Young Rangers’ Club (Teenagers)
The Young Rangers Club offers adventurous
youngsters the chance to bring their wildest
dreams to life – as they learn to survive the
greatest wilderness on the planet.
Heritage Hotels’ Young Rangers’ Club offers a
unique opportunity for older children and school
groups to get ‘up close and personal’ with the
African wilderness, learning its wild ways from
some of the continent’s most qualified guides,
and taking part in vital community and
conservation initiatives in some of the world’s
last great wild places.
The ‘big brother’ of Heritage’s renowned
Adventurers’ Club, the Young Rangers’ Club is
available to all youngsters aged 12-18 years at
legendary safari properties in the world-famous
game reserves of Samburu and the Maasai Mara,
the semi-arid wilds of Tsavo West, and the lush
‘happy valley’ of Lake Naivasha. In addition to
the acclaimed Adventure Centres at each
property, the Club offers an unrivalled
combination of hands-on training and
state-of-the-art equipment that enables Rangers
to learn the intricate skills of bush survival –
as well as the natural sciences behind the
world’s largest mammals and brightest birds, its
healthiest plants and scariest snakes, its
toughest warriors and wisest weathermen.
The Young Rangers’ Club is available in several
different packages for school groups, family
holidays, or extended family groups. As well as
special game drives, bush walks and cultural
experiences, Rangers can undertake personal
studies of a selected species – answering every
question they’ve ever had about their favourite
animal. At the end of their stay, each Ranger
will receive an official certificate as proof of
their new ‘bush savvy’.
Locations & Facilities
The Young Rangers’ bases allow Rangers and their
families to combine the very best of Kenya –
from the game-rich grasslands of the Maasai Mara
to the forested slopes around Lake Naivasha, the
wild deserts of Samburu to the untamed
wilderness of Kenya’s largest national park,
Tsavo. Each property offers the finest safari
accommodation, from luxurious tents in the
middle of the magnificent Mara wilderness or
scattered among a series of freshwater springs
at Siana, to rooms with one of the Earth’s
widest and wildest views at the Great Rift
Valley Lodge.
At Siana Springs, the Young Rangers’ Club offers
a broad variety of ‘hands-on’ facilities, such
as our famous Animal Obstacle Course, which
enables kids to mimic the movements of different
mammals before studying the serious science of
survival behind them. The Great Rift Valley
Lodge offers a host of more modern adventures,
from horse rides and bicycle safaris to golf
lessons and tours of the Rift’s ‘Great Lakes’,
while at Samburu Intrepids, the latest Rangers’
programme offers a host of rarer safari
activities, from lessons in livestock herding
and handling ancient weaponry to meetings with
real-life magicians and hikes up a mystical
sacred mountain.
Our Guides
Heritage’s Young Rangers’ Club benefits from one
of the finest guiding pedigrees on the
continent. Over the years, we have grown into
one of Africa’s most reputable and highly
qualified safari families, with a team of
naturalists and culturalists that is second to
none. Our head naturalists include: Daniel
Kilonzo, a professional Kamba guide as famous
for his humour as his award-winning bird
knowledge; Sammy Leseita, an erudite Samburu
naturalist and former mammal researcher; and
John ole Kerore, Kenya’s most experienced and
popular Maasai children’s guide.
Activities
The Young Rangers’ Club is available to all
children aged between 12 and 17 who are visiting
Heritage Hotels with their families or in
organised school groups. By providing Rangers
with a comprehensive programme of conservation
education, community interaction and practical
‘bush skills’, the Club aims to help children to
appreciate the importance of Africa’s wilderness
and tribal cultures – and the need to preserve
both for future generations.
Rangers’ courses are usually staged over three
or four days, with an established itinerary of
interrelated activities. After each day in the
bush, Rangers spend the evenings discussing
their day’s ‘findings’ with local naturalists
and community members, watching documentary
programmes, or undertaking special night-time
activities, such as stargazing or nocturnal
animal spotting. Special fly-camping expeditions
are also available to the Loita Hills in
Maasailand or to the summit of the Samburus’
sacred Mount Ololokwe – where Rangers are
guaranteed even loftier heights of cultural
awareness!
Here are just a few of the many activities
presented by the Young Rangers' Club:
Bush Activities
* Brush up your bushcraft with the world’s best
teachers
* Answer the calls of the wild on our birding
challenges
* Build a house using the earth’s oldest
building techniques
* Discover how real stars are born on our
astrology nights
* Test your fate with Africa’s most reliable
fortune tellers
* Camp atop a sacred mountain with the world at
your feet
* Raft along a life-giving river as the animals
come to drink
* Walk among ghosts on the battlefields of
‘Slaughter Hill’
* Swim in a wild pool surrounded by a city that
never
existed
Lake Activities
* Row among big game on Lake Naivasha’s fabled
waters
* Join conservationists fighting for the future
of our forests
* Go green on East Africa’s most spectacular
golf course
* Ride horses and mountain bikes along the Rift
Valley rim
* Track Lammergeier Eagles along the cliffs of
Hell’s Gate
* Visit the ‘world’s greatest bird show’ at Lake
Nakuru
* Get hot under the collar at Lake Bogoria’s
steam vents
* Pick a winner at the world’s most productive
flower farms
* Follow Elsa’s pawprints through Joy Adamson’s
old home
Facilities and Additional Activities
The Young Rangers' Club also offers Rangers the
following facilities and excursions:
* 'Adventure Centres' with educational displays
and
audio-visual presentations
* Excursions to Maasai and Samburu villages (a
small
fee may be charged)
* Overnight fly-camping for groups at Siana
Springs
and Samburu Intrepids
* Overnight stays in Maasai/Samburu manyattas by
arrangement with communities
* Fishing and boating at Voyager Ziwani and
Great Rift Valley Lodge
* Golf lessons, practice and competitions at the
Great Rift Valley Lodge at a small fee.
Key to Inclusions:
(B) Breakfast
(L) Lunch
(D) Dinner
(B&B) Bed & Breakfast
(FB) Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
8 Days/7 Nights Package
Cost Per Person
Twin
Per child U12
Apr - May 08
$3100
$1550
Jun 08 & Nov - 23 Dec
08
$3995
$1980
Jul - Oct 08
$4350
$2175
Minimum: 2 adults plus at least 1 child under 12
Includes: All meals while on safari, game
drives in 4X4 safari vehicles, National Park
fees, regional flights and transfers
Excluded:
Drinks, tips, arrival and departure fees and
visas.
N.B. Be warned
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Road surfaces can be very rough at times and distances
between camps are such that one can be on the road for many hours.
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