Kenya - Beach & Safari

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Kenya - Beach & Safari

13 Days Starting and ending in Mombasa, Kenya

Visiting: Mombasa, Salt Lick Game Lodge, Tsavo West National Park, Tsavo East National Park

Tour operator:

Newmarket Holidays

Tour code:

99512

Guide Type:

Fully Guided

Group size:

0 - 50

Physical rating:

Low, Medium

Age range:

0-99

Special diets catered:

Vegetarians

Tour operated in:

English

From:

$4650

$4150 (USD) including Flights from the UK Operator discount: -$500 -11%

Tour Overview

Combine the joys of a stay on the Indian Ocean’s shore with exciting wildlife-spotting in East Africa’s famous reserves.

Bookended by stays in a Mombasa beach resort hotel, this great-value African experience also includes a four-night safari, during which you’ll enjoy a night in a ‘stilt-hotel’ overlooking a waterhole, and game drives through two of Kenya’s most famous and exciting game reserves. In the company of ranger guides, you'll discover the wonders of a safari, spotting protected wildlife in their natural habitat, enjoying a bush breakfast in the wild and spending nights under star-washed African skies.

Highlights

Spotting protected wildlife in their natural habitat in this tour.
Stay in a Taita Hills private game reserve
Discover vast Tsavo West National Park, with its Savannah and scrubland, on included game drives
Stay in a safari camp and enjoy three game drives in historic Tsavo East National Park, home to herds of African elephants

Itinerary

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Day 1 : Fly To Kenya

Location: Mombasa

Accommodation: Hotel

Meals Included: No Meals

Fly overnight from the UK to Mombasa via Nairobi or Addis Ababa.

Day 2 : Arrive In Mombasa

Location: Mombasa

Accommodation: Hotel

Accommodation Name: Voyager Beach Resort

Meals Included: Lunch, Dinner

You'll meet your tour manager on your arrival in East Africa, and transfer to the wonderful, all-inclusive Voyager Beach Resort, your Indian Ocean-side base for the beginning and end of your Kenyan stay. Settle into your surroundings, and switch into relaxation mode as you enjoy the pools, restaurants and colourful cocktail bars. Enjoy the comforts of your nautical-themed room and the pleasures of the nearby beach, and then spend the first of your balmy evenings under the Kenyan sky.

Day 3 : Days 3 To 4 At Leisure By The Ocean

Location: Mombasa

Accommodation: Hotel

Accommodation Name: Voyager Beach Resort

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Enjoy lazy days and warm nights as you soak up the pleasures of life by the ocean. The energetic might try their hand at water sports, others may take a stroll along the shoreline, while others may simply curl up with a book. At day’s end, sun-downer in hand, do nothing more than gaze out across the vast expanse of the Indian Ocean, at the hotel’s doorstep.

Day Five – Begin Your Safari Experience At An Elevated, Five-Star Lodge

This morning, you'll meet your driver/guide and board your 4x4 safari vehicle for the drive away from the coast to the private Taita Hills Sanctuary. Set in a dramatic, verdant landscape, the sanctuary is home to colourful birdlife and some large mammals, including lions and elephants. Enjoy an afternoon game drive through the sanctuary, and then continue to the five-star rated Sarova Salt Lick Game Lodge. This imaginative collection of buildings is set on stilts above a series of waterholes – floodlit at night – to which the local animals come to quench their thirst. Settle into your well-equipped room, enjoy a candle-lit dinner in the dining room enjoying the panoramic views and the chance to watch for game from your lofty viewpoint.

Day 5 : Begin Your Safari Experience At An Elevated, Five-Star Lodge

Location: Salt Lick Game Lodge

Accommodation: Lodge

Accommodation Name: Sarova Salt Lick Game Lodge

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 6 : Tsavo West National Park

Location: Tsavo West National Park

Accommodation: Lodge

Accommodation Name: sumptuous Kilaguni Serena Safari Lodge

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

After breakfast at your lodge in the sky, this morning, you'll re-board your safari vehicle for the short journey into the renowned Tsavo West National Park, a vast, protected area that features savannah grasslands, semi-desert scrubland, rocky ridges and extensive plains dotted with volcanic cones and low hills, and that supports an equally diverse variety of game and birdlife. Your destination is the sumptuous Kilaguni Serena Safari Lodge and, after lunch here, you'll enjoy a game drive. Later, as you enjoy dinner in the traditionally thatched restaurant or a drink in the bar, watch the animals arrive at the lodge watering hole – always a stirring sight.

Day 7 : Bush Breakfast And Tsavo East National Park

Location: Tsavo East National Park

Accommodation: Lodge

Accommodation Name: Ashnil Aruba Lodge

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Experience the excitement of an early morning game drive and enjoy a bush breakfast – coffee and rolls in the wild – before you return to the lodge and bid farewell to Kilaguni to head towards the adjoining Tsavo East National Park. Enjoy a picnic lunch, and cross the highway and the railway line as you head into into the vast plain, upon which a variety of species can be spotted. Soak up the spectacular scenery, including towering Mudanda Rock, beneath which elephants can often be seen, and the vast Yatta Plateau, one of the world’s largest lava flows.

You'll spend the next two nights at the Ashnil Aruba Lodge, overlooking the dam from which it takes its name. The lake formed by the dam is a magnet for wildlife in an otherwise dry landscape.

This evening, enjoy dinner and your first night at the camp.

Day 8 : Included Full-Day Safari

Location: Tsavo East National Park

Accommodation: Lodge

Accommodation Name: Ashnil Aruba Lodge

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Enjoy all the wonders of safari, as you take early morning and afternoon game drives in search of wildlife that might include plains animals such as elephant, buffalo, cheetah, lion, leopard and countless different species of bird.

Return to the lodge for a last evening under the bush stars.

Day 9 : Return To The Beach

Location: Mombasa

Accommodation: Resort

Accommodation Name: Voyager Beach Resort

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Bid farewell to the lodge and make your way out of the national park, enjoying a packed lunch and perhaps a last glimpse of game en route, before arriving back at the Voyager Beach Resort, this afternoon, for a final four-night stay.

Day 10 : Days 10 To 12 At Leisure

Location: Mombasa

Accommodation: Resort

Accommodation Name: Voyager Beach Resort

Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Enjoy welcome rest and relaxation on the shores of the Indian Ocean, with all the amenities of your hotel and the lovely beach to savour. You may like to explore colourful Mombasa and its Old Town and historic Fort Jesus, a 20-minute drive away, or to head north to some of the more remote beaches that dot the beautiful coast. The choices – and pleasures – are yours.

What's Included

Accommodation

Seven nights’ all-inclusive hotel accommodation at a beach resort in Mombasa and Four nights’ full-board accommodation in game lodges on safari
Fully Guided

Fully escorted by friendly, experienced drivers and safari guides
International Travel

Return flights to Mombasa, via Nairobi or Addis Ababa
Transport

Travel by 4x4 safari vehicles, with airport-to-hotel coach transfers

What's Not Included

Tour duration

This tour is advertised online as 14 days. In some cases, with an overnight flight on the return, you will land on the morning of day 14. However, on some departure dates your return flight will land late on day 13. We're sorry that we're unable to show the correct duration. Be assured that the tour will operate as per the printed itinerary.

Hotel transfer times

The transfer time from the airport to your hotel is approximately 45 minutes.

Special requirements

If you have notified us of any special requirements, please check that they have been noted and acknowledged. This is especially important with any dietary needs you may have.

Disabled access

The majority of our tours involve a certain amount of walking, including a short walk from the coach stop to the town, attraction or venue you're visiting. If you are bringing a wheelchair, please let us know at the time of booking so that appropriate arrangements can be made.

Itinerary changes

Occasionally, we may have to change the order of the excursions on your holiday. The final day-by-day itinerary will be confirmed on your Final Travel Documents, which you will receive approximately three weeks prior to your departure.

Foreign Office Travel Advice

Visit www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice to find out the latest Foreign And Commonwealth Office travel advice for your holiday destination, as well as information about passports and visas.

Passports and visas

British Citizens require a visa to travel to Kenya, which can be applied for online. We will send you details prior to travel. Passports must be valid for six months from your date of entry into Kenya, and have two adjacent blank pages available for arrival in Kenya.

Flight information

Please note, all flights operate via Nairobi or Addis Ababa.

Tour duration

Hotel transfer times

The transfer time from the airport to your hotel is approximately 45 minutes.

Special requirements

If you have notified us of any special requirements, please check that they have been noted and acknowledged. This is especially important with any dietary needs you may have.

Disabled access

Itinerary changes

Foreign Office Travel Advice

Visit www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice to find out the latest Foreign And Commonwealth Office travel advice for your holiday destination, as well as information about passports and visas.

Passports and visas

Flight information

Please note, all flights operate via Nairobi or Addis Ababa.

Check out our Q&As

What is the standard of the hotels on this tour?

As detailed in the itinerary
Will there be an escort accompanying this tour?

Yes
Will I know the names and details of all the accommodation before I depart?

Yes
Are airport transfers included in this tour?

Yes
Are all the relevant entry visa’s included in the price of the tour?

No

Is there a limit to luggage that can be brought on the tour?

Your luggage allowance is stated on your Confirmation Invoice. You will also receive details of your baggage allowance with your final travel documents, which we will send approximately one week prior to your departure date. We do not include any hold luggage on our Christmas Markets or Lapland breaks.
What is the maximum group size?

Generally no more than 50
Is there any free time to explore places during the tour?

As detailed in the itinerary
Are the local guides on the tour English speaking?

Yes
Are flights included in this tour?

Return flights to Mombasa, via Nairobi or Addis Ababa
How long has the tour company been trading?

Since 1983
Vaccination Requirements

Your health and safety are pivotal to our operations, and every customer travelling on a tour with us must be fully vaccinated against Covid-19. Fully vaccinated means that you have had the full course of an approved vaccine a minimum of 14 days prior to your holiday. We also recommend that you travel with proof that you’ve been fully vaccinated.
What Ethical Travel credentials does the tour company have?

Our company’s mission is to enrich lives and improve wellbeing through travel. A big part of that is ‘Travel for Good’. Our ‘Travel for Good’ hub is our first step in a long journey to reduce carbon, offset anything we produce as a company and travel without harming the planet or the people of the destinations we go to.
What policies are in place for Covid-19?

Please contact us for latest Covid-19 policies
Fitness to Travel

We strive to give all our customers full care and attention, but we do need to know at the time of booking if there are any special needs or requirements. It is particularly important that we are advised of any disabilities and also if you intend to bring any specialist equipment such as a wheelchair with you. Please make sure that you make us aware of any requirements.

Reviews of this Operator

Mr Albert Owen

Help is at hand at Newmarket holidays

04-Jan-2023

I tried to book myself on line for an Andre Rieu concert in Vienna but I didn’t manage to complete the booking. I rang the next day & spoke to Sharon who was very helpful. I am a 76 year old pensioner & not totally au fa with the internet. However, Sharon went through it step by step & I felt more confident. She completed the booking for me & said she would also send a paper copy.

Iain Moir

Newmarket Holidays…top dollar!

06-Jan-2023

Having booked late the service we received from Newmarket staff has been excellent - helpful, friendly, painstaking and above all going further than we could really expect to ensure our requests were all satisfied. We would like to particularly thank Naima for her attention to detail and perseverance in following up our queries. This is the first time we have tried NH but it wont be the last

Miss F J Murphy

This is the third holiday I have taken…

05-Nov-2021

This is the third holiday I have taken with Newmarket Holidays. They made it easy to change from the Holiday I originally booked to one in the UK. The tour leader was excellent as was our driver, both of whom went the extra mile to ensure we had a lovely holiday. There were difficulties at the hotel due to COVID but we were made very welcome and the staff went out of their way to help us. So I have no complaint about Newmarket's choice of hotel. I am a single traveller and normally do not like to travel in groups but the laidback atmosphere of Newmarket Holidays is fine.

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Caroline N, GB

Hurrah for Eddie and Simon, Newmarket's highlands duo!

26-Oct-2021

Very happy time on an action packed trip to the Scottish highlands. Eddie as tour manager and Simon as driver. Eddie shared his passion for Scottish history and between them they treated us to many unscheduled cultural stops that enhanced our holiday. They went above and beyond all the time. Train trips were amazing and views unforgettable. Hotel was welcoming and food was good. Hot water aplenty for bath. We wanted to escape to another world for a few days and we truly did. THANK YOU. Chris and Caroline

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Tony King, GB

Canada October 2021

28-Oct-2021

We have returned from our long overdue trip to Canada Niagara Falls to the Rockies stating in Toronto and finishing in Vancouver. Well we happened to be the first trip back after the Coiid outbreak and it was so good to go. The company had made sure we were all safe and masks were worn where ever they had to be but this did not dampen the trip at all, the Tour directors ( guides ) were brilliant and we saw and did so much it was a fantastic trip which I would recommend to everyone, defiantly one for the bucket list.

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Dates & Availability

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Monday - Saturday

Jul 01, 2024 - Jul 13, 2024

$5313 (USD)

Including UK Flights

Monday - Saturday

Sep 02, 2024 - Sep 14, 2024

$5163 (USD)

Including UK Flights

Monday - Saturday

Oct 07, 2024 - Oct 19, 2024

~~$5163~~ $4663 (USD)