Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Africa Vacation Destination

Emily O. a student at the tours and travel insititute had this to say about Kenya as a destination.

ACCESSIBILITY
Kenya is very much accessible, with so many airlines serving it both to and fro. From East Africa and through the whole of Africa Kenya airways will serve so effectively. It extends its services up to and including America, European countries and parts of Asia. KLM serves transatlantic travels. DH serves all through Africa. SA serving from the UK, SO serving from London, just to mention but a few. So to say that you can always access Kenya from every part of the world.

ATTRACTIONS
Variety of attractions that appeal to everyone can always be found in Kenya. You want to see wildlife? There are so many parks in Kenya to give the greatest variety, like Mount Kenya National Park, Lake Nakuru National Park(find the flamingos), Nairobi National Park, Tsavo National Park and many more. Different Game Reserves for example: Maasai Mara Game Reserve (you will find zebras and gazelles) and Samburu Game Reserve. Enjoy the sandy beaches of the coast, visit the tea plantations on Kenyan ranches and farms, learn about the different religions like the Hindu, Islamic, Buddhism and Christianity. Interact with different African cultures like the Swahili, the Kaya, the Maasai, the kikuyu and many more. See the famous features like the Rift Valley, The Lake Victoria, The Tana River, The crying stone, The Kit Mikayi and many others not mentioned.

AMMENITIES
In Kenya there are so many hospitals with very good facilities and above all they are all accessible from every corner since they have been distributed well in the country. To mention some like The Kenyatta National Hospital, The Nairobi West Hospital, The Agha Khan Hospital, Marries topes Hospital. Kenya have different institutions offering variety of syllabuses, you can always choose one that fits your life style. Talking about transport, we have well maintained roads, internal air transport, railway transport and water transport.

ACCOMMODATIONS IN KENYA

Many hotels in Kenya offer wonderful services with a lot more that you may want like shopping arcades, communication centers, restaurants serving both international and local cuisine, pubs with live entertainments and with professional smiling service providers. Examples of Hotels includes: Nairobi Hilton Hotel, Fare View Hotel, Nairobi Serena Hotel, Grand Regency Hotel, Utalii Hotel, Silver Springs Hotel, Nairobi Safari Club, Bamburi Beach Hotel,Hotel Boulevard, Sun n Sand Hotel in the coast, Imperial Hotel in Kisumu, Sweetwaters Tented Camp and Sweetel Hotel in Bondo.
Are you troubled about where to hold your important meetings? In Kenya we have the Kenya International Conference Center which accommodates up to 4000 people.

ACTIVITIES
So much to do in Kenya, variety of sports like football, running, volleyball, swimming and even indoor games like tennis. Choose to visit Kenya and enjoy balloon safaris in the Maasai Mara Game Reserve. You love deep sea fishing, don’t you? Find it in the Indian Ocean of the Kenyan coast. Mountain climbers have so much to smile about, visit the Mount Longonot, Ngong’ hills, Mau Ranges and Mount Kenya all in Kenya.

Kenya is very secure and politically stable. Kenyans are so hospital. Choose Kenya for all year round destination and enjoy the adventure, good weather that is neither cold nor hot. Come to Kenya and you can never regret but will hope to come back or even stay forever!!!!!

Sunday, January 27, 2008

Peace in Kenya still Elusive

As a travel blogger i rarely like to deviate from the topic but the political situation in Kenya cannot allow me to continue on the normal topic. After the arrival of Koffi Annan and the two opponents in Kenya President Kibaki and Mr. Raila Odinga there would be peace but it seams it is very elusive fresh skirmishes have erupted once again this time word has it that it is a revenge mission for those who were attacked during the initial post election violence. This is only on certain areas and as i see the pictures on TV i do not believe i still live in the same country. In the capital city where i live things have more or less settled but nothing is the same anymore. The travel industry has gone to the dogs. I had never imagined that in such a short span of time our hotels, game parks , and other tourist attractions would be empty. If only people would realize that there are looming longterm problems to all this, such as shortage of food. Please Kenya stop the fighting, how long can we go on like this?

Sunday, January 20, 2008

Kenya: A Nation of Peace and Adventure

Kenya went to the polls on December 27th it was a peaceful event. Voter turn out was said to be exceptionally high and the stakes were high too. however during the vote tally mayhem broke out in various sections of the country and there was a lot of anxiety as people awaited to the results however as the electoral commission chairman was about to announce the final results of some constituencies a number off people were wanted to delay the announcement of the results citing all sorts of problems in the process. A winner was eventually announced and the losing party was not happy. It it is at this point that looters took to the streets and started all sorts of fire and breaking in into shops and houses. A number of innocent people have lost their lives and most of the country has settled. However the tourism industry has been hurt badly with plenty of cancellations and plenty of diversions to other East African Countries. Hence for those who already planned there vacations it may be much wiser to divert to Tanzania and Uganda which are very peaceful at this time.
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Saturday, January 5, 2008

Maasai Mara

Maasai Mara is the northernmost extremity of the great Serengeti Ecosystem. It is the most breathtaking of all country’s game reserves. Mara covers some 1,672 Square Kilometers.
The Mara is boarded by Loita hills in the South, Soit Ololol Escarpment in the West and the Talek River in the North, which is the highest Peak in the Reserve. There are also two large streams, the Nyangores and the Amala draining off the Central Mau range and merge downstream as the Mara River. The Mara River bisects the reserve from North to South.
The Reserve holds large herbivores together with small species, Wildbeests, gazelles, Zebras, Buffalos, Impalas, Elephants, Elands and many Antelopes. There are also predators like Lions, Leopards, Cheetahs, Hyenas, Wild dogs, jackals and many small mammals, birds Reptiles, Amphibians and insects.
During the annual migration, which is a new phenomenon, these creatures crowd into Mara grasslands usually from November to January when the rains bring the first green flush to the short grass, then as the dry weather setsin, they pull back North and westwards into the woodlands and longer grasses. Mara is one of the greatest wildlife spectacles ever seen.
Maasai Mara is accessible by road sung the new Nairobi- nakuru road, making a left turn beyond Rironi which akes you onto the Old Rift Escarpment Road to Narok, or Charters or private planes, which operate from the Wilson Airport and daily 45 minute, scheduled services.
There are three kinds of Accommodation at the Maasai Mara, Lodges, Luxury tented camps and Self –Service camping. Among the best lodges are; Keekorok, Mara Sopa Lodge, Mara Serena (a 5- star Manyatta), Kichwa Tembo, Governors camp, little governors and Governors’ paradise camp, Siana Springs, Mara River, Fig Tree, Mara Intrepids and Mara Sarova camps are all comfortable Tented Camps.
The Mara is boarded by Loita hills in the South, Soit Ololol Escarpment in the West and the Talek River in the North, which is the highest Peak in the Reserve. There are also two large streams, the Nyangores and the Amala draining off the Central Mau range and merge downstream as the Mara River. The Mara River bisects the reserve from North to South.
Watch giraffes browsing on whistling thorn, the Mara thickets and forest patches contain many other species of tree and shrub. Along watercourses several varieties of wild fig attract fruit-eating birds, baboons, monkeys and at night, fruit bats.
The Park is well developed and well served with rough game viewing tracks.
Maasai Mara is never the same.
Labels: Maasai Mara Excursions: Kenya Wildlife Safaris: Kenya Safaris