Sample Family Holidays in Kenya
This trip is a 9 day fly in safari taking in Kenya's most well known parks, the Amboseli and
the Masai Mara and also includes a trip up north to Lewa Wildlife Conservancy. Lewa is rich with wildlife
and in particular is famous for its conservation of black and white rhino. Three nights will be spent at Tortilis Camp an elegant small lodge with magnificent views
across the plains to Mount Kilimanjaro...
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This family holiday includes an adventurous safari in the Masai Mara with a stay relaxing stay on Kenya’s coast.
This safari will ensure your family is exposed to the best wildlife that Kenya has to offer. The Mombasa Beach portion of the
holiday allows children to partake in a number of organized games and water sports giving Mum and Dad some well earned rest by the pool.
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This sample family safari and beach combination in Kenya incorporates an exceptional standard of accommodation.
This exciting family safari combines a visit to Samburu Game Reserve with a 3 night stay in the
Masai Mara. The holiday ends with 7 nights spent at Kizingoni Beach Houses
on the Kenyan Coast. The accommodation
offers an abundance of activities to keep the kids happy while ofering ample opportunity for relaxing. The below routing can easily be adapted with different lodges.
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Family Safaris
We often suggest that families with children aged 5 years and younger take exclusive use of a safari vehicle. This is because the attention span of children at this age is short and they tend to get tired quickly. With a private vehicle you can dictate the amount of game viewing you can do at any one time.
Children
For children between 6 and 12 years in addition to game drives many lodges offer family packages. These involve children learning bush skills, such as identifying animal tracks, bush lore, animal identification, as well as games and competitions, hand line fishing and making bows and arrows,. With specially trained staff whose jobs it is solely to look after the needs of their young children, parents can relax and enjoy their holiday knowing their children are in good hands. We often suggest to parents travelling to Kenya with children that they include a night in Nairobi to enable them to see the Daphne Shelrick Elephant Orphanage to see the baby elephants and to feed the giraffes at the Giraffe Centre. These memories will last forever.
Teens
Teenagers aged between 13 and 15 fully appreciate and enjoy the animals and the outdoors. Guides encourage teenagers to become interested in conversation and understand the issues facing wildlife. Also it is children of this age who will most gain from interactions with the local people and learning about their cultures and traditions. It is interesting (and humbling at times) to see these people building their homes, tending their livestock and surviving in sometimes harsh environments.
Kids Clubs
On Kenya's coast many of the beach resorts offer Kid's Clubs for younger children with activities ranging from inland excursions to wildlife parks, snake farms and butterfly centres, to arts and crafts. Water games and an introduction to the local marine and shore like all keep the children in a supervised environment that allows parents to laze pool side or on the beach without the worry of entertaining or keeping a vigilant eye on the little ones. For the older children, the activities include water skiing, sailing, snorkelling and scuba diving, as well as educational seminars on marine life. Many of these resorts also offer separate dining facilities for children with special menus and early dinner hours.