| East Africa Kenya safari vacation tours | | | | sheet of canvas and the dying embers of last |
| information. Kenya vacation safaris can | | | | night's fire. |
| either be Kenya camping safari or Kenya lodge | | | | |
| safari. Your Kenya vacation safari choose a | | | | It's not unusual for the elephants or hippos |
| Kenya beach Holiday safari, Kenya animal | | | | to trundle through the camp at night, or even |
| vacation safari, Kenya sport vacation safari, | | | | the occasional lion, and, so far, no-one has |
| Kenya sight seeing safari, Kenya camel | | | | been eaten or trampled on-that we know of. |
| safari, Kenya overland safari, Kenya Lake | | | | |
| vacation safari, Kenya mountain vacation | | | | Kenya Lodge & tented -camp safaris |
| safari, Kenya park vacation safari, Kenya | | | | |
| sanctuary vacation safari | | | | If you can't do without luxuries, there's |
| | | | another side to the safari business, a world |
| Kenya Africa camping safaris | | | | of luxurious lodges with swimming pools and |
| | | | bars overlooking secluded waterholes, and |
| Camping safaris cater for budget travelers, | | | | wonderfully remote tented camps that |
| the young (or young at heart) and those who | | | | re-create the way wealthy hunters used to |
| are prepared to put up with a little | | | | travel around Kenya a century ago. Some of |
| discomfort to get the authentic bush | | | | the lodges are beautifully conceived and the |
| experience. At the bottom of the price range, | | | | locations are to die for, perched high above |
| you'll have to forgo luxuries such as flash | | | | huge sweeps of savannah or water holes |
| toilets, running water and cold drinks, and | | | | teeming with African wildlife. |
| you'll have to chip in to help with chores | | | | |
| such as putting up the tents and helping | | | | Most are set deep within the national parks, |
| prepare dinner. | | | | so the safari drives offer maximum wildlife |
| | | | -viewing time. A lot of the environmental bad |
| Showers are provided at some but not all | | | | habits of the 1980's, leopard baiting for |
| campsites, although there's usually a tap | | | | example, are falling out of favour. |
| where you can scrub down with cold water. The | | | | |
| price of your safari will include three meals | | | | In the lodges you can expect rooms with |
| a day cooked by the camp safari chef (s) | | | | bathrooms or cottages with air conditioning, |
| | | | international cuisine, terrace bar beneath a |
| There are more comfortable camping options, | | | | huge makuti (palm-thatched) canopy with |
| where there are extra staffs to do all the | | | | wonderful views, swimming pool, wildlife |
| work, but they cost more. A number of | | | | videos and other entertainments, and plenty |
| companies have also set up permanent campsite | | | | of staff on hand to cater for all your |
| in the Maasai Mara and Samburu National | | | | requirements. |
| Reserves where you can just drop into the bed | | | | |
| at the end of a dusty day's drive. | | | | Almost all lodges have a waterhole, and some |
| | | | have a hidden viewing tunnel that leads right |
| At the top of end of this market are some | | | | to the waterside. Some also put out salt to |
| c\very plush luxury campsites offering hot | | | | tempt animals to visit, a dubious habit which |
| showers and big permanent tents fitted with | | | | shouldn't really be encouraged. |
| mosquito nets, beds and sheets, about as far | | | | |
| from real camping as five-star hotels are | | | | The luxury tented camps tend to offer semi |
| from youth hostels. | | | | permanent tents with fitted bathrooms (hot |
| | | | showers come as standard), beds with mosquito |
| Whatever you pay, you'll end up hot, tired | | | | nets, proper furniture, fans and gourmet |
| and dusty at the end of the day, but you'll | | | | meals served alfresco in the bush. The really |
| sleep well, and if you're lucky your | | | | exclusive ones are even more luxurious than |
| traveling companions should be like-minded | | | | the lodges, and tend to be very expensive; |
| independent souls with a sense of adventure. | | | | many of the guests fly in on charter planes, |
| Few things can match the thrill of waking up | | | | which should give you some impression of the |
| in the middle of the African bush with | | | | kind of budget we're talking about. |
| nothing between you and the animals except a | | | | |