Most people go to Kenya to see the wildlife, but some want to meet the rural peo-ple, and get to know them and their way of life. We have created the Eco tours in to the rural area, so you can do just that. We visit their primary and pre-schools, a part of the only industry there in the area, a rock quarry, to see how they make building blocks by hand, no machines.

We visit a small village, where you can interact with the peo-ple of the village, maybe have lunch with them. Taste the foods they serve to guests. Meet the man who does the wood carvings of animals that you will find in all of the sa-fari lodges, meet the womenwho make beautiful purses and baskets from scissile, they do the dying of the cords and then weave these baskets. See a true rural school, this is an eye-opener, as they are happy with very little. A soccer ball brings such big smiles.

Does this sound like some-thing you would like to do? Give us a call, we can arrange for an overnight in the village in a newly built home that sleeps six people,. It is like going back in time, most of you have done all of the usual, why not try the very different and come on an Eco Tour, it will be an inter-esting and educational trip.

This can be in addition to your safari as an add on.CALL US!

MIGRATION TIME IS COMING UP!

Migration time starts on July 1, and goes through to the end of October, so now is the time to make your plans to go see the migration of the wil-debeest and zebras. Don’t wait too long as the lodges in the Maasai Mara fill up some-times a year in advance. It is called a wonder of the world and is exciting to see, hun-dreds of animals roaming the Mara. Close behind are the lions, cheehtas, jackals and hyenas. Don’t make any more excuses, schedule the vacation.

SAFARI LODGES

There are many different types of safari lodges in the National parks. There are some lodges outside the boundaries of the parks, these are usually a lot less in cost, but you have farther to drive into the parks for your game drives. If you stay in lodges or camps within the parks it is less time spent on the road and more animals you will see during your game drives. 
The lodges differ in price range , so be very careful when booking one on line, as it may look good in the pictures, but when you get there it may not be what it said it was. There are lodges/safari camps we will not use as the clients are our first concern, and some of those camps are not security fenced so the client might have an en-counter with a buffalo or elephant, not a good thing to have happen. Please check out my web site with the accommodation list of what we recommend.

Next Safari is Special– Ngu Nyumu Well

Kenya here we come! June is just around the corner.Thanks to the Santa Barbara North Rotary and the Lan-gata Rotary in Nairobi there is a new well in the village of Ngu-Nyumu in Central Kenya. We will be doing a 12 day safari and also visiting the site of the new well to place a plaque in the base of the well for the local club.

We will be spending about three nights in the village so the Rotary people will get to hear for themselves how much this water well will change the lives of those in this village. They will be able to see what the hardships have been for years, without clean drinking water and also water for their animals.

This well will forever change their lives, the well is free flow-ing now as it isn’t even pressure tested yet, it is putting out at least 30 gallons per minute and running down the roads. They have managed to fix it so the wa-ter is now at least going into pip-ing and into a tank for storage where people can come and get water from. I have had phone calls to tell me about the water, most of those calling can hardly talk as they are almost crying they are so happy, I in turn get teary eyed and get a lump in my throat as I have been there and seen how hard their lives have been for years.

Do you have eight days for your vacation? We can book a safari for those amount of days. There would be two days travel up front, as you loose a day going to Kenya, and gain it coming back. You could arrive and start your safari right from the airport, get on your way to the most famous National Park of all, the Maasai Mara. You would spend four nights in the Mara, with enough game drives to bring home hundreds of pictures of the wildlife. Then back to Nairobi for a dinner or late lunch at the famous Carni-vore Restaurant, and off to the airport for your flight home.

Call us, we can book it for you, give me your budget , let us work out all the details. You can always sleep when you get home! You will be glad you did it, it is the best place in the world for a vacation.