Kilima Camp: one of the best safari holidays camp

Kilima Camp

Kilima Camp has a fantastic location overviewing the Masai Mara River and Plains. The intimate eco-lodge is an ideal base to enjoy the real African wildlife experience in comfort and style.

The camp has 12 Standard classic safari tents as well as 2 Deluxe tents which are ideal for honeymooners and families.
The camp manager together with his highly professional team will give you an African experience to remember and can propose several bush activities to make your stay at Kilima Camp even more interesting, enjoyable and rewarding. 
Game viewing is superb all year and the camp is surrounded by wildlife. You will be sure to have memories for a lifetime during our safari game drives and we guarantee you to see amazing wildlife.
Kilima Camp is an intimate eco-lodge with 12 standard tents and 2 Deluxe Tents. Kilima Camp is a friendly safari holidays camp located in the Masai Mara (Maasai Mara) in Kenya. Kilima Camp is an ideal African safari camp and has a perfect location for those who wish to enjoy unforgettable safari holidays in Africa.
Kilima means “mountains or little hill” in Swahili. Kilima Camp is located in Kenya in the Maasai Mara (Maasai Mara) area at 1,800 metres above sea level.
The safari holidays camp is situated on the edge of the Siria escarpment, overlooking the Mara River (1,500 metres) with a phenomenal view, “the Gods’ window”. Hence Kilima Camp has a fantastic location in the Masai Mara (Maasai Mara), bordering the official perimeter of the game reserve.
Surrounded by an abundance of wildlife, Kilima Camp offers a true African adventure in style and comfort, it makes Kilima Camp a perfect safari holidays camp.
Game viewing in the Masai Mara (Maasai Mara), whether by car or on foot, around Kilima Camp is superb all year round. There is no doubt that your safari holidays will be wonderful and unforgettable.
From July to October, Kilima Camp is an ideal safari camp to witness the Great Migration where more than one million wildebeests and zebras cross the Mara River, an event which happens nowhere else in Africa but in the Masai Mara (Maasai Mara). This is a safari holiday of a lifetime!
At Kilima Camp, we do not only strive to offer our guests an unforgettable safari holiday in the African bush in one of the best wildlife areas in the world, but we also want to contribute to the conservation of the Masai Mara Ecosystem as well as to the well-being of the local Masai communities.(Maasai). We are proud to have been rewarded a bronze medal by Ecotourism Kenya.

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THE GREAT WILDEBEEST MIGRATION SPECTACLE AT MAASAI MARA RESERVE.

Day 1: Nairobi - Maasai Mara National Reserve
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• At 08h30, in the morning, you will be Met and greet by our driver guide at JKIA / Hotel
• Depart for Maasai Mara Reserve with a stopover at the Great Rift Valley View Point.
• Proceed arriving at Mar...a in time for Lunch at the Sentrim Mara Luxury Tented Camp or similar.
• After a short siesta, enjoy an afternoon (15h30 – 18h30) game drives in the reserve in search of the Big five and other plains game animals.
• Dinner and Overnight at the Sentrim Mara Luxury Tented Camp

Day 2: Maasai Mara National Reserve

• Full day game drives in the reserve.drive as far as the crossing zones e.g Hippo pools where the great spectacle of wildebeest is witnessed.
• All meals in the camp.
• Dinner and Overnight Sentrim Mara Luxury Tented Camp or similar

Day 3: Maasai Mara - Nairobi

• At 06h00 – 09h00, enjoy an early morning game drives.
• Return for an appetizing hot buffet breakfast in the camp.
• After a short siesta depart for Nairobi
• Arrive in the afternoon and drop off at your city Hotel or at JKIA airport.

1) Our package for above arrangements includes:
- Accommodation in Sentrim Mara Luxury Tented Camp on full-board basis.
- Transport in a private 4x4 safari Van with a pop-up roof top for game viewing and photography.
- Park entrance fees to Maasai Mara national reserve.
- Game drives in Maasai Mara national reserves
- Government taxes
- Services of professional English speaking Driver-guides .
- Window seat is guaranteed

2) Our Package DOES NOT include:
- International flights
- International departure taxes
- Personal insurance cover
- Both alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks except mineral water while on safari
- Gratuities, tips, cigarettes, laundry
- Any item of personal nature
- Any other item NOT mentioned above
- Any deviation from above itinerary

Safari Cost:

In case you like this package or any other tailor made package and need more consultation,please don't hesitate to alert the Safari Specialist below.

Safari Package prepared by:www.ettontravel.com

Balloon Safaris over the Maasai Mara, Kenya

Float with us in the early light of dawn above the grazing herds of game in the Maasai Mara. This, Kenya’s best known Game Reserve is world famous for its herds of buffalo, prides of lion and the vast concentrations of wildebeest that migrate from the Serengeti Plains each year. The vast grassland plains are scattered with herds of Zebra, Giraffe, Gazelle, and Topi. With its gentle rolling landscape the Mara is surely the finest place on earth to go ballooning.

A gentle ascent lifts you well above tree-top level and the light soothing breeze allows you to enjoy a panoramic view of wildlife below and offers great and unique photographic opportunities. Apart from the hiss of the burners, the flight above the Masai Mara plains is magically silent.

Aberdares

The Aberdares is best known for being home of the famous Treetops hotel in Nyeri.it was where the passing of her father in 1952,Princess Elizabeth became queen of England.part of the range is protected as the Aberdares National Park and encompasses all the land above 3200 metres as well as a portion of land towards the eat,known as the salient which reaches down to 2130 metres near Nyeri Town.The Aberdares forest is rich in wildlife e.g Elephant,rhino,warthog,dikdik,reed buck and the very and rare bongo

The Seventh wonder of the world

Maasai Mara (Masai Mara) has been named the seventh wonder of the world .Its also known as Africa’s Greatest Wildlife Reserve, situated in southwest Kenya. Famous for the abundance of lion, the Great Wildebeest Migration and the Maasai people, well known for their distinctive custom and dress, it is without a doubt Africa’s most famous safari destination.
Maasai Mara National Reserve stretches 1,510 sq km (580 sq miles) and raises 1,500-2,170 meters above sea level. The terrain of the reserve is primarily grassland and riverine forest with clumps of the distinctive acacia trees. It’s about 270 km from the capital city Nairobi and takes about 5-6 hours by road or 40-45 minutes by flight.
The Maasai Mara Ecosystem holds one of the highest lion densities in world and this is where over TWO MILLION Wildebeest, Zebra and Thomsons Gazelle migrate annually. Its hosts over 95 species of mammals and 570 recorded species of birds.

Ivory seized in Singapore a decade ago to be burnt in Kenya.

After almost 10 years of investigations and intense lobbying, seven African countries have agreed that tonnes of contraband ivory seized in Singapore in 2002 be set ablaze in Kenya.In a high profile ceremony to be attended by members of what is called the Lusaka Agreement, 335 tusks and 41,553 hankos will be set on fire at Tsavo West National Park on July 20. 

Hankos are signature stamps, similar to rubber stamps, but made from ivory and popular in Asia. This consignment was destined for Japan. According to the Lusaka Agreement secretariat’s director Bonaventure Ebayi, who is based in Nairobi, this is part of 6.5 tonnes of ivory seized in Singapore in 2002 and brought to Nairobi in 2004 for investigations.

It was estimated that more than 300 elephants had been killed for the ivory. Wildlife authorities seized the opportunity to try out a unique law enforcement tool using DNA. The investigators took samples of the ivory and sent them to the University of Washington in Seattle, US.

One of the investigators, Dr Sam Wasser who is the director of the Center for Conservation Biology at the University of Washington, said they were able to establish that most of the ivory seized in Singapore came from an area in Zambia.
The agreement to destroy the consignment is a rare occurrence among countries as some hold different views on ivory trade.

Tanzania and Zambia are for the opening up of trade in ivory, saying any profits from sales could be ploughed back into elephant conservation.
Kenya on the other hand is opposed to the opening up of the trade, arguing that this could lead to more poaching. The decision to destroy the Singapore hoard was a give and take affair, with no one country emerging a clear winner.
Ms Mwangunga said the proposals will be submitted before the next Cites meeting in two years.Tanzania has consistently lobbied Cites to allow the country to sell off its ivory stockpiles.

However, Cites turned down Tanzania’s request at its 15th meeting in Doha last year, an action that resulted in Tanzania blaming Kenya for spearheading what it sees as negative propaganda against the spirit of East African cooperation.The Lusaka Agreement countries are Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Republics of Congo, Liberia, Zambia and Lesotho while Ethiopia, South Africa and Swaziland are signatories.

Apart from burning the ivory, the taskforce will in July launch a special account for fund-raising to support activities in curtailing illegal ivory trade in member countries.

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Kimana Community Wildlife Sanctuary.

Kimana community wildlife sanctuary has set a precedent for being the first community owned and managed wildlife sanctuary in Kenya. The sanctuary lies in the game migration corridor linking the Amboseli and the Tsavo. This makes it one of the best view points since if you visit during migration periods you can have one of the best chance to see the red elephants of Amboseli among other animals.

A range of habitats is found within the Kimana conservancy such as swamp, savannah plains and woodland. This range of habitat provides for diverse wildlife including lions, leopards, cheetahs, buffalo, hippos and many antelopes.

While at the conservancy several activities can be done including: going for nature walks, bird viewing since the area is one of the highly populated areas with birds, you can also go for picnic at the sanctuary accompanied by Kenya wildlife service’s game rangers among other activities.

The cost of entrance into the Kimana community wildlife sanctuary is Two dollars including the vehicles and all its passengers. The money is used to run the conservancy and help educate the nearby community on the importance of conserving nature at its best form. 

Accommodation can be at the nearby Serena lodge in the Amboseli game reserve or at kibo safari camp.

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Trekking Mountain Gorilla in Rwanda

In the cool, misty highlands of the East African country of Rwanda,lives some of the last populations of the rare mountain gorilla. Rwaanda is residence to half of the world's 750 endangered mountain gorillas and the country has been at the front position of gorilla conservation effort.

The mountain gorilla is one of the world's most endangered species. During the Rwandan genocide in 1994, the gorillas' human security was gone so they were under threat of poachers which reduced them in number because they were 700 according to a 2002 census .Due to lack of peace and freedom, they also weren't having children due to the genocide but according to the census of April 2008, the number was 260 mountain gorillas inside Rwanda, and their numbers are increasing.
Mountain gorillas have enabled the country to receive over 20,000 visitors every year visiting the creatures which share more than 97% genetic material with human beings.

Rwanda nurtures the world famous Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park which has more than half of the global population of an estimated population of 780 Mountain Gorillas. Located in south-western Uganda bordering the Democratic Republic of Congo, this boasts over 326 Mountain Gorillas, the largest and rarest of all ape species.

In our next issue we will tell you the things to avoid while on that gorilla trekking safari but always remember: You do not teach the paths of the forest to an old gorilla. 

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Lake Bogoria spa Resort

Lake Bogoria Spa Resort is an Eden in a quiet, isolated cocoon of comfort in the heart of an amazing product of African nature- the Rift Valley. The resort is an oasis in the middle of the Savannah, set in the Acacia surrounding of the floor of the Rift Valley against the backdrop of the Eastern wall of the Tugen hills in the west.

Lake Nakuru National Park, famous for its numerous geysers and springs, is 150km away while the capital city -Nairobi is just 300km from the resort.
The hotel is a paradise for bird watchers -the maraboo storks and other resident birds provide a lively welcome for you!

Accommodation:
Lake Bogoria Hotel comprises of 22 rooms in the main block and 23 private cosy cottages situated in a short walk from the main block and 4 of the rooms are VIP status.
Each room is self contained with:  Air conditioning, Telephone and safety locks

The lodge is the only naturally heated health spa in Kenya. It has a restaurant with a variety of mouth watering dishes and a classic swimming pool.
Activities while at the lodge include: Bird walks by a resident naturalist, Game drive.

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Kenya Airways to Resume Flights

Kenya’s National carrier, Kenya Airways, will resume fights between Nairobi and Abidjan effective May 2 2011.  According to the latest flight schedule published by Kenya Airways, there will be 3 flights every week operating between Nairobi and Abidjan.

Kenya airways, like many other international airlines had to stop their flights on this route due to the crisis that followed the elections in Ivory Coast. The prevailing situation raised major concerns for the security and safety of passengers, crew and even the aircrafts.  At the height of this unrest, the French troops took over the Airport at Abidjan.

 After weeks of various attempts at finding a solution, the situation escalated prompting intervention by the UN and the French.  Gbagbo, the former president was finally captured to make way for the Ouattara, his rival.

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