Itinerary
Met on arrival at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport Nairobi and transfer to your Nairobi Hotel where you are booked on Bed and breakfast basis. Upon arrival at the hotel, you will be briefed on the rest of the days programme.
After breakfast at your hotel Pick up from your hotel at 0900hrs to commence the days tours by enjoying a One – hour Ice Skating session at Panari Hotel. The Solar Ice Rink at Panari is the only one of its kind in East and Central Africa. It measures 32 × 12 meters with an ice-skating surface area of 15,000 square feet. It is totally enclosed with ice temperature at -25oC and the air temperature inside the hall is 12oC. The rink can accommodate 200 skaters at any time and is open seven days a week from 11.00 am until 10.00pm. Skating sessions last 60 minutes.
Afterwards, proceed on a Nairobi City tour. Nairobi is the largest city between Cairo and Johannesburg. Although the "Green City in the Sun" is relatively young by world standards, it has a fascinating history and many equally fascinating people have settled here over the years, each leaving their mark on the city in some way. You'll pass by modern day Nairobi landmarks like: the Law courts, Parliament Buildings, and the uniquely shaped Kenyatta International Conference Centre and perhaps pick up a few bargains at the colorful Masai Market. Lunch at own arrangement.
Lunch will be on own arrangement
In the afternoon hours now proceed to the Giraffe Center. Giraffe Centre was established in an attempt to save the endangered Rothschild giraffe. The Rothschild giraffe had lost its natural habitat in western Kenya due sub-division and resettlement and only 130 Rothschild giraffe were remaining. The Giraffe Centre is home for about 14 resident Rothschild giraffes. At the Giraffe Centre, you will be able to hand feed, observe and even kiss the friendly Rothschild giraffes. Visitors at the Giraffe Centre get a chance to come into close contact with these remarkable, graceful animals.
Overnight at your Nairobi Hotel.
After breakfast, you will head for Nairobi safari walk. The Closest you can get to the Wild, Nairobi Safari Walk. With its raised wooden boardwalk that allows for uninterrupted views of the animals, the Safari Walk is a show case for Kenya’s Parks and Reserves, allowing visitors to discover what they can expect to see across the country. Visitors can see a sample of the country’s rich animal life including the rare bongo, white rhino and albino zebra as well as big cats, antelopes and primates. It is also home to some 150 species of local trees.
Lunch will be served at the famous Carnivore restaurant. The Carnivore is justifiably referred to as Africa’s Greatest Eating Experience. Twice voted amongst the world’s 50 best restaurants by UK based Restaurant magazine, the Carnivore is an amazing open-air meat specialty restaurant that has strikingly different food service and atmosphere to any other restaurant in Kenya. Whole joints of meat - legs of lamb and pork, haunches of exotic meat, rumps of beef, sirloins, racks of lamb, spare ribs, sausages, chicken wings, skewered kidneys, even crocodile, and other tasty morsels - are roasted on traditional Maasai swords over a huge, visually spectacular charcoal pit that dominates the entrance of the restaurant.
Later in the day, head for Two Rivers Mall. Spend a 20 minutes session Go – Karting at Madmax Karting located at Two Rivers Mall. The track is recently resurfaced and is the most thrilling Karting venue in Nairobi – the place to chill with your friends or have a blast with your kids. They will provide you with a helmet, a racing suit and a full driver’s briefing to get you going – fast! The automated computerized system allows you to monitor your lap times and see your progress as you master the race track! Race your mates on our massive circuit. Get lap-by-lap data printouts to take home. Pick a kart of your liking from the range of karts.
Overnight at your Nairobi Hotel.
Full day at leisure at your hotelwhere you will be booked on Bed and Breakfast. You will spend this day enjoying the myriad of recreational facilities available at the hotel.
After breakfast, our driver will meet you at the hotel and transfer you to JKIA to catch your flight to Mombasa or the SGR Train station, for your train to Mombasa. Met upon arrival at Moi International Airport Mombasa or Mombasa SGR Terminus, and transfer to Your Beach Resort.
Rest of the day at leisure at the Resort (you may opt for water sports activities and other animation events at the Resort – some of them at an extra cost).
Breakfast and at 0900 hrs, embark on a Mombasa City tour. The colourful island town of Mombasa with its blend of ancient and modern buildings on the Indian Ocean is Kenya principal port and the country's second's largest city. A comprehensive tour of the islands includes the Arab Old Town, with its maze of narrow twisting alleys displaying the beautiful carved doors and Arab verandas, bazaars with curio and antique shops, the Dhow Harbour (still in use), a Hindu temple, a visit to the Akamba wood carvers and a drive to the bazaar fir a short shopping expedition. The highlight of the tour is probably the visit to Fort Jesus. Built in 1593 by the Portuguese to guard the entrance to the Old Dhow Harbour, it is the Island's Landmark. Four hundred years old, the fort still stands and serves as a historical museum.
Visit the Mombasa Go – Kart Center, for family entertainment. Activities include Go-Karting (all Go Karts have a speed governor, so even small kids are allowed to drive). If they are too small, or don't feel safe, then one of our staff will carry them. Other activities include: Target shooting with the paintball guns; Bull ride; Restaurant with Computer game stations; Kids playground in the garden; Huge Trampoline; Charlie and Chichi and the Tortoises; Catch a fish.
Lunch on own arrangement and in the afternoon, proceed to Wildwaters Theme Park for water-based fun, slides, sun and water-based games. Set within Kenya's tropical sunshine on the North Coast of Mombasa, Wild Waters is a Family Entertainment Park that boasts a range of fun and exhilarating activities for all ages. With 15 Adult and Kids Waterslides, a unique Rain dance Disco Arena, a Gaming Arcade, Bumper Cars, and a number of theme rides, Wild Waters is a complete entertainment facility equipped for maximizing your amusement. The Park leaves no stone untouched, with a Food Court, a Bar, and a Coffee Shop that caters for all your needs.
Drop off back at Your Beach Resort in the early evening hours.
Breakfast and at 1000 hrs, embark on a glass bottomed boat ride for a 02-hour Mombasa Marine Park tour. The depths for snorkelling are around 30 feet. The reefs are of different types; there are multi-coloured hanging reefs and large corals, which complement the soft smooth sandy bottoms. Snorkelling in shallow depths will display the coral reefs close to the surface, providing sustenance to small marine life which otherwise would be unable to survive. The Marine life at the Mombasa Marine and National Reserve is incredible. Plenty of diverse fish life can be seen by snorkels, divers, or from the "glass bottom boat". The snorkels get an awe of the brightly coloured tropical fishes like snappers, both yellow and red camouflaging with similarly coloured corals; sometimes even completing the white coral which present an unrepresented beauty well-deserving of picture taking.
Have lunch on own arrangements and at 1300 hrs, proceed to Haller Park Nature trail where you will have your packed lunch at the picnic site. Haller Park is a former quarry that has now been transformed into a variety of recreational facilities including forests / nature trails and game sanctuaries, and crocodile and fish farms. See abundant wildlife including hippo, antelope, birds, reptiles, snakes, giant tortoises, crocodiles and giraffe. In the late afternoon hours, drop off atyour hotel.
Farewell Dinner tonight will be a romantic Cruise on the Tamarind Dhow. As soon as you step off the gangplank you are greeted by a traditionally dressed waiter who shows you to your table and serves you with a "Dawa"- the house cocktail made from vodka, lime, honey, sugar and crushed ice. As the dhow slips gently away from the jetty, the resident band starts to play and you quickly fall under the spell of the magical Tamarind atmosphere. After a cruise around Tudor Creek with fine views of Mombasa's Old Town and Fort Jesus, your dhow moors in a sheltered bay at the head of the creek. Here, the fine aroma of grilled lobster and steak start to fill the air as the chefs pull out the charcoal grills and prepare a gourmet four course meal. With attentive service to match the cuisine, your meal draws to a close as the waiters serve coffee from a traditional Arab brass coffee service. By now the band is in full swing, playing a variety of popular rhythms which soon have the majority of guests dancing on the main deck.
After the Cruise, drop off at Your Beach Resort.
Full day at leisure at Your Beach Resort.
You will spend this day enjoying beach leisure plus the myriad of recreational facilities available at the Resort.
Breakfast followed by leisure (check out time is 1000 hrs) till time for transfer to Moi International Airport Mombasa for flight back home.
