Itinerary
Met upon arrival at Moi International Airport Mombasa and transfer to 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.
After breakfast, you will check out from the hotel and depart for Tsavo East National Park. Arrive at your safari Lodgein time for lunch. Short siesta and at 1600 hrs, enjoy a game drive in the vast Tsavo East National Park. This wilderness is inhabited by a wide range of plains' game including zebra, several species of antelope among them lesser kudu and hartebeest, warthog and ostrich as well as elephant herds which plunder their way through bush and scrub to the permanent waters of the Athi River. Dinner and overnight at the lodge.
This, along with the 300-kilometer long Yatta Plateau, the longest lava flow in the world, make for an adventure unlike any other in the Tsavo East. The park forms the largest protected area in Kenya and is home to most of the larger mammals, vast herds of dust –red elephant, Rhino, buffalo, lion, leopard, pods of hippo, crocodile, waterbucks, lesser Kudu, gerenuk and the prolific bird life features 500 recorded species.
Return to Mombasa in the evening and transfer to your Beach Resort.
Breakfast and at 1000 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.
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.
You will spend the rest of the day enjoying beach leisure plus the myriad of recreational facilities available at the Resort.
Breakfast and at 1000 hrs, (Weather permitting) 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.
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.
Breakfast followed by leisure (check out time is 1000 hrs) till time for transfer to Moi International Airport Mombasa for flight back home.
