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