Mini-safari and beach holiday in Kenya
Experience the majesty of Kenya and enjoy a front row view of one of Africa’s biggest game reserves, on this short but action packed safari. The safari ends with a lovely beach holiday on the Kenyan coast, giving you plenty of time to relax next to the Indian Ocean.
Departures every day, all year round
Tour Highlights
- Safari in the huge Tsavo National Park
- Good chance of large herds of elephants
- Possibility of seeing “The Big Five”
- Private Safari vehicle and your own safari guide
- Beach holiday by the Indian Ocean
On this short Kenyan safari you can enjoy exciting wildlife encounters in Kenya’s biggest national park, where the chances of experiencing The Big Five – elephant, lion, rhinoceros, leopard and buffalo are really good.
Gastronomic delights of Aruba Lodge
The chef at Aruba Lodge offer some real nice meals which, if you wish can be accompanied by excellent wine, all served in an open sided restaurant with great views of the beautiful surrounding area.
Beach Holiday next to the Indian Ocean
At the end of your safari adventure, three nights in a lovely 3-4-star beach hotel, right next to the Indian Ocean are awaiting you. Here you will have plenty of opportunities to relax on the beach, take part in some watersports, or simply enjoy sitting by the pool.
Itinerary
DAY 1: DEPARTURE FROM HOME AIRPORT
Fly with Turkish Airlines to Mombasa via Istanbul.
All meals and drinks are included on your intercontinental flights.
DAY 2: ARRIVAL IN MOMBASA , REST OF THE DAY AT LEISURE
Arrive in Mombasa in the early hours of the morning.
On arrival at Mombasa’s international airport our friendly personnel will be waiting to greet you. You will be driven to the Travellers Beach Hotel which is only 45 minutes from the airport.
You will have the rest of the day free to relax and enjoy the Indian Ocean and the hotel’s many facilities.
Overnight at the Travellers Beach Hotel including half-board.
DAY 3: FROM MOMBASSA TO TSAVO EAST NATIONAL PARK
After an early breakfast at the hotel, your guide together with a comfortable safari vehicle will await you. Over the next few days he will take you on an exciting safari adventure.
Together you will set off for Tsavo and its impressive animal life. After travelling for a few hours you will arrive at Aruba Lodge. On the drive here you will have doubtlessly already have seen your first wild animals in the breathtaking African countryside.
After you have been taken to the room where you will spend the next couple of nights, it is time for lunch. After having had some time to relax, there will be a game drive in the late afternoon, after which you will have dinner and spend your first night on safari in Africa.
Overnight at Aruba Lodge with all meals included.
DAY 4: SAFARI IN TSAVO EAST
At sunrise, 06.30 in the morning, you will drive out onto the savannah. The beautiful morning light combined with the freshness of the savannah, often make the early morning hours the best time to see animals. Amongst the big game animals you can see in the park are lion, leopard, elephant, buffalo, giraffe, baboon and the elegant beautiful giraffe-gazelle, also known as the gerenuk.
After an exciting safari you will return to the lodge where a very generous breakfast buffet will be awaiting you. During the day you can relax and enjoy the swimming pool.
In the afternoon you will again go on safari, finishing when the sun sets at 18.30.
Overnight at Aruba Lodge with all meals included.
DAY 5: FROM TSAVO TO THE INDIAN OCEAN.
After breakfast you will start your return journey towards Mombasa and the Kenyan coast. The drive back through Tsavo often offers some exciting safari experiences, and there will be plenty of time to stop and take photos along the way.
Back at the Travellers Beach Hotel on the Kenyan Coast, over the next few days you will have time to properly digest your safari adventure and enjoy the lovely beaches and the Indian Ocean.
Overnight at the Travellers Beach Hotel including half-board.
DAYS 6-8: RELAXING BY THE INDIAN OCEAN
You now have three full days to enjoy your beautiful surroundings and the Indian Ocean.
The Kenyan coast is perfect for a relaxing beach holiday after an eventful safari. The coast offers many different activities both on land and on the water - and even in the skies.
The district has three golf courses, of which the two 18 hole courses in particular are of very high quality. There are also plenty of opportunities to place tennis on some excellent courts.
If you need some city life then Mombasa, Kenya’s second largest city with over 1 million inhabitants, can offer shopping in the Old Town district around Fort Jesus or at one of the local craft markets.
At sea you can enjoy many different types of sailing tours, exciting big-game fishing for a really big “trophy”, as well as snorkeling and diving on the coral reef - and whatever your reason for being at sea, you will have a great chance of seeing dolphins swimming around your vessel.
DAY 9 DEPARTURE FROM MOMBASA
You will be collected from the hotel first thing at night and driven to the airport from your flight home.
After catching a connecting flight in Istanbul, you will arrive back in the early afternoon.
Accommodation on the tour
Travellers Beach Hotel
At the Travellers Beach Hotel & Club on the Kenyan coast you can choose to do everything or nothing at all, in the cooling breeze from the Indian Ocean. The beach hotel, with its many activities on offer, lies on the coast north of Mombasa.
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Aruba Lodge
Only a couple of hours drive from the major harbour town of Mombasa and the beaches of the Indian Ocean, lies Aruba Lodge in Tsavo National Park. The lodge is situated next to Aruba Dam, which is a natural assembly point for the varied local animal life, which you can often see directly from the lodge. Here you get excellent accommodation set in a beautiful landscape and can see an impressive amount of wildlife – often directly from our lovely lodge. Our 40 rooms all offer a high level of comfort, with beautiful bathrooms, and your own veranda offering views of the reserve.
Read moreAttractions on the tour
Tsavo National Park
Kenya’s largest national park, the vast expanse of Tsavo covers a total of 23.000 km2, which makes it one of the largest parks on the whole continent. It is divided into western and eastern sections by the main road and railway line between the country’s two biggest cities, Nairobi and Mombasa. The park is home to the country’s largest population of elephants, which numbers around 12,000 head, and the rare black rhinoceros as well as many large baobab trees. From the small western section of Tsavo, in clear weather you can see the snowy peak of Kilimanjaro. This section of the park is very hilly, the landscape dominated by recent volcanic activity. Here you can also find a number of wetlands and the impressive Mzima springs, with their hippopotamus and crocodiles, where around 220 million liters of crystal clear water gushes forth from the ground every day, a small proportion of which is enough to supply Mombassa with water via a long pipeline. This underground spring water has its original source in the rainfall on Kilimanjaro and the Chyulu Hills.
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First Class Golf
Mauritius was recently awarded the prize for the Golf Destination of the Year for Africa, The Indian Ocean and the Arabian Peninsula, and it is home to a number of wonderful golf courses. On Mauritus you can find 20 excellent golf courses, the vast majority of which are in spectacular surroundings next to the blue waters of the Indian Ocean. Surrounded by lush, beautiful landscapes, you can spend many enjoyable hours playing golf here, and just about all of the courses welcome foreign visitors.
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Balloon Safari
Go on a spectacular adventure and experience an African safari from up in the air, in a hot air balloon. Take off is usually just before sunrise, so you can enjoy the first rays of the sun spread a golden light over the plains as you glide silently and wind still over the savannah and its majestic animals.
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The Kenyan Coast
On the beautiful coastline just south of the equator, close to the port-city of Mombasa, especially to the south around the famous Diani Beach and beyond, you can find many attractive beach hotels. This destination could have been created just to give visitors the chance of relaxing on the beach after an eventful safari. Plenty of activities are also available, on the land, at sea and even in the air. Here you can find several golf courses, of which the three 18 hole-courses are of especially high quality.
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The Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean is the smallest of the globe’s three great oceans, but certainly not the least interesting. Along the east coast of Africa in Kenya, Tanzania and Mozambique, and certainly not to forget the tropical island paradises of Mauritius, Madagascar, Bazaruto, Zanzibar and the Seychelles, your dreams of the perfect tropical beach paradise can be made real.
Read morePrices
The Price Includes
- Return flights from N.Europe - Mombassa
- Airport taxes and charges
- 2 x overnight accommodation in Aruba Lodge with all meals
- 3 x safari drives in Tsavo East
- 5 x overnight accommodation in the Travellers Beach Hotel with half board
- Transfers to/from Mombasa’s international airport
- Contribution to the Danish Travel Guarantee Fund
- Access to Safari Eksperten’s 24-hour emergency telephone service
The Price Does Not Include
- Beverages and gratuities
- Travel & cancellation insurance
- Any extra excursions
- Kenyan Visa (USD 50,- pr. person)
- EU-Liability Insurance: EUR 10,- pr. person
- Everything else not listed under “the price includes"
