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We have received a testimonial from clients Dave and Gay Spershott who have returned from a Kenya Safari and Beach Holiday.

They took a Thorn Tree Safari and then took an extra week at the Travellers Club at the beach in Mombasa.

Here’s their testimonial:

Barbara,

Dave and Gay Spershott.

If you would like to know more about the Thorn Tree Safari or the Travellers Club please call either Barbara or Colin on Freephone 0808 1089 100.

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http://www.Nile-Cruises-4u.co.uk offer a great selection of Nile Cruises and Nile Cruise Holidays with additional days in Cairo, Luxor or the Red Sea Riviera. Please call Freephone 0808 1089 100 for more details.

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http://www.KenyaHolidays4u.co.uk Great Kenya Safari Holidays and Kenya Safari deals from leading Kenya Safari specialists. Kenya Beach Holidays and great last-minute Kenya Holiday deals.

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If you’ve missed out on a Kenya Holiday this Christmas and would like to be sure you get away next Christmas then we have some great South African Holiday offers already.

For example:

The new “Zulu Safari”, which takes you to Durban, Zulu Kingdom, Swaziland, Kruger and Panoram Route.

From £2,199 per person valid for departures 16th to 24 December 2009. It includes return scheduled flights, transfers, tour and 7 nights accommodation with 7 breakfasts, 3 lunches and 3 dinners.

It’s a new guided overland tour which showcases a fascinating combination of Zulu culture. There is the outstanding wilderness of St. Lucia and the world-renowned Kruger National Park.

There is also the new “World In One Country” which includes Johannesburg, Kruger, Swaziland, Durban, Knysna, Cape Town and more.

From £2,995 per person valid for departures 16th to 24th December 2009. It includes return scheduled flights, transfers, tour and 13 nights accommodation with 13 breakfasts, 3 lunches and 4 dinners.

This tour showcases the very best that South Africa has to offer. A kaleidoscope of activities include cultural visits, game drives and a cruise.

Finally there is the new “Isibindi Safari” which includes Johannesburg, Kruger and Isimangaliso Wetland Park.

From £3,345 per person valid for departure between 16th and 24th December 2009. It includes return scheduled flights, transfers, tour and 8 nights accommodation with 8 breakfasts, 7 lunches and 8 dinners.

A breathtaking new itinerary in the unspoilt east of South Africa. Accommodation is in exquisite, boutique lodges, quite off the beaten track. Optional activities include tracking wildlife on foot, sleep outs under the stars, scuba diving, seasonal turtle drives and Tsongo Cultural tours and forest walks.

If you’d like any information about any of these fabulous South Africa Holidays please call us on our Freephone number 0808 1089 100.

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Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year from all of us at Kenya Holidays 4u.

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FREE SAFARI or FREE DINNER & MASSAGE

You are amongst the first to hear about this fantastic, exclusive deal in Kenya.

When you stay at least 12 nights at the 5R Serena Beach Hotel & Spa, you will automatically receive two FREE nights on safari in Tsavo West National Park.

Or you can choose the alternative of a FREE dinner with half a bottle of wine per person at the stunning Jahazi Grill, a seafood restaurant right on the beach, plus a half hour massage per person.

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I read an interesting article on the web from The Baltimore Sun regarding “VolunTourism” which combines a holiday with an amount of time giving something back.

Here’s a brief snippet:

“As David Clemmons, founder of VolunTourism .org, frames it: "This is more than just putting heads in beds."
Volunteer vacations or service trips have been around for years in the form of tax-deductible trips arranged by nonprofit organizations such as Habitat for Humanity, Earthwatch and Global Volunteers.

But volunteer tourism is different. Instead of focusing on away-from-home volunteer projects, often long-term, voluntourism combines a pure holiday - say, a 12-day safari in Africa or a week in New Orleans during Mardi Gras - with a short-term volunteer undertaking”.

When I last visited Kenya I spent some time on the Masai Mara, courtesy of Virgin Holidays and whilst there myself and a number of other travel agents spent a day in a local Masai village painting a new school building.  (I’m about to add a video to the main Kenya Holidays website showing us actually doing it).

So in a way we were taking part in “VolunTourism” without realising.

I can recommend it as we had a great day, met the local people in their own surroundings and put just a little back into the area that we were enjoying from a “tourist” standpoint.

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There are some wonderful camps and lodges that you can stay at whilst on safari in Kenya, some of them are totally unique because of their location or the facilities that they offer.

Over the next weeks or so I would like to feature some of those that I personally would love to visit beginning with the wonderfully named “Elelphant Pepper Camp”.

Here’s the “official” description”:

"Situated right on the Northern Edge of the Maasai Mara reserve this 8-tented bush camp, is tucked away in a prime wildlife area. Surrounded by the Mara’s ubiquitous game, it’s a seasonal camp, which is taken down for a month or so in the rainy seasons.

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Most people who travel to Kenya to enjoy a safari usually spend a day and night in Nairobi before setting out on safari. I did myself and to be honest didnt’ do much other than having a short walk around the area that the hotel was situated in. When really I could have done so much more.

I read a fascinating article in the AsiaOne website the other day that was packed with ideas for anyone visiting Nairobi even for a short time.

I hope that by re-printing the article here it might give you some ideas for your one visit to Nairobi.

One of the visits it suggests is to Daphne Sheldrick’s Elephant Orphanage. We have booked a number of clients on this excursion and they have all said how much they enjoyed it. But take a look at the article and see just waht you can do in Nairobi…

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There was an excellent article in the Telegraph on the 3rd of November entitled:
“Kenya Safari - So Much Better Than Disney” which essentially suggested that children would benefit from actually being able to actually see the animals in real life that they may only have ever have seen on the Disney or the Discovery Channel.

It was an excellent article and here’s a part of it (with credit to the Telegraph), that will go you a feel for what they were trying to suggest:
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