Day 1
Lunchtime arrival in Malindi, where you will
be met and transferred to the Tropical Village
Hotel.
Day 2-5
Accommodation here for 4 nights including all
meals plus selected activities and drinks.
Day 6
Early this morning you will be collected from
the beach resort by your driver/guide and proceed
towards Tsavo East National Park. After +- 2
hours you will reach the park gates. Enjoy a
game drive (+- 3 hours) en route to Galdessa
Camp, arriving in time for lunch. In the afternoon
a walking safari along the Galana River. Spend
2 nights here including all meals and game viewing
activities.
Day 7
Early morning game drive or walk followed by
breakfast at the camp. Relax until lunch. Afternoon
game drive or walk. Enjoy sunset from the top
of the hill overlooking the Yatta Plateau.
Day 8
Breakfast at camp and depart for Malindi airport
in time for your afternoon flight on Kenya Airways
to Nairobi.
Conditions applying:
Prices include:
airfare Nairobi-Malindi-Nairobi-on Kenya Airways,
meet and greet service, transfers, accommodation
including all meals throughout, beach resort
recreation facilities as specified, all game
viewing activities in Tsavo East, private safari
vehicle with driver/guide (guaranteed window
seat), park fees, drinks at Tropical Village
as follows: soft drinks and beer/wine from 10h00
to 18h00 and all drinks (excluding champagne,
premium brand spirits and bottled wine) from
18h00 to 24h00
Prices exclude:
visas, health requirements, travel insurance,
gratuities, all items of a personal nature and
any service not specified.
Please note:
Prices are subject to change without notice
due to airfare increases or any other unforeseen
circumstance.
Accommodation:
Galdessa Camp, Kenya
Galdessa is a small, exclusive, semi-tented
camp located in the middle of Kenya’s
largest park, Tsavo East National Reserve. The
lodge is comprised of 8 bandas and 2 lodges
(communal areas) all of which face the Galana
River and the Yatta Plateau. The focus here
is on nature tourism with walking and night
drives available. Apart from an abundance of
riverine game (hippo, crocodile and waterbuck
to name a few) many elephant are found in the
area. Bush game includes lesser kudu, gerenuk,
kongoni, dik-dik, buffalo, impala, giraffe and
zebra. All of the main predators are also present.
Galdessa is in the middle of Africa’s
largest unfenced population of black rhino –
51, and they are often seen on foot whilst out
walking. The bandas are semi-tented bungalows
with a thatched roof, timber and stone floors
and canvas walls. En suite bathrooms are spacious,
with running water except for the shower, which
is a romantic safari shower in a canvas container,
heated on demand. All the beds are camp-made
with timber from the park and are very large
for extra comfort.
Tropical Beach Village
(Planhotel Beach Resort), Kenya
Forming part of the Planhotel Beach Resort,
on the beautiful beach of Casuarina just a few
minutes away from the centre of Malindi, the
Tropical Village Hotel offers an African village
style atmosphere. The 114 rooms are built in
a typical ‘Masai manyatta’ in a
semi circle, in the luxurious tropical gardens.
Room features include king size beds, a veranda
or terrace, ceiling fans, air conditioning,
bathroom with shower, minibar, telephone and
room safe. Guests have the choice of 2 restaurants
and 4 bars. The beach area is restricted for
Planhotel hotel guests only with sun beds, beach
towels and beach umbrellas. Amenities include
a swimming pool and hotel shops.
Recreation includes windsurfing (non-professional),
aerobics, Latin American Dance classes, table
tennis, archery, evening entertainment and a
discotheque. Professional windsurfing, snorkelling,
scuba diving, canoeing and big game fishing
are offered as extras.