Apr 29, 2008
As predicted, African safaris in Kenya will now be priced at rock-bottom levels to persons willing to depart right away
Here's your chance -- the last chance you probably ever will have -- to enjoy an African safari for under $2,000, including round-trip trans-Atlantic airfare. Relying on the apparent peace that has settled over the political situation there, Lion World Tours of Toronto will be attempting to re-start the flow of tourism to Kenya by charging that little for an African safari, departing New York on both May 22 and May 24. Though the dates are fairly soon, persons traveling to Kenya do not need visas, and the trip can be booked with very little trouble or advance preparation by simply phoning Lion World at tel. 800/387-2706 or 416/920-5466.
These are two special departures of Lion World's "Best of Kenya" package, and therefore the specially-reduced price does not appear in the description of the tour in Lion World's website (www.lionworldtravel.com). But the ingredients of the trip are exactly those described: a journey nine days in duration, of which one night is your trans-Atlantic crossing, one night is spent in Nairobi at the Stanley Hotel, and five nights are in the actual games parks, staying at the Sarova Shaba Lodge, the Lion Hill Lodge, and the Sarova Mara Tented Lodge (where you'll receive daily games drives in a seven-seater van, and all three meals each day). On your day of return, you'll have dayroom use at the Stanley Hotel, and will then board an overnight flight to London, and then a daytime flight from London back to New York.
As I've stated many times, exposure every day to thousands of animals and every conceivable species of wildlife in Kenya's Masai Mara is an overwhelming experience, and five days of it are fully sufficient, in my opinion. This is a real African safari, of constant wonder, that would lose its impact if it were extended over a lengthier period of time.
A word about the price: It is $1,999 per person, and I do not believe we will ever again see such a price for a trans-Atlantic-airfare-included safari to Kenya. The rate has been greatly reduced because of the recent turmoil there, and in the hope that a bargain-shock will re-start the travel flow.
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These are two special departures of Lion World's "Best of Kenya" package, and therefore the specially-reduced price does not appear in the description of the tour in Lion World's website (www.lionworldtravel.com). But the ingredients of the trip are exactly those described: a journey nine days in duration, of which one night is your trans-Atlantic crossing, one night is spent in Nairobi at the Stanley Hotel, and five nights are in the actual games parks, staying at the Sarova Shaba Lodge, the Lion Hill Lodge, and the Sarova Mara Tented Lodge (where you'll receive daily games drives in a seven-seater van, and all three meals each day). On your day of return, you'll have dayroom use at the Stanley Hotel, and will then board an overnight flight to London, and then a daytime flight from London back to New York.
As I've stated many times, exposure every day to thousands of animals and every conceivable species of wildlife in Kenya's Masai Mara is an overwhelming experience, and five days of it are fully sufficient, in my opinion. This is a real African safari, of constant wonder, that would lose its impact if it were extended over a lengthier period of time.
A word about the price: It is $1,999 per person, and I do not believe we will ever again see such a price for a trans-Atlantic-airfare-included safari to Kenya. The rate has been greatly reduced because of the recent turmoil there, and in the hope that a bargain-shock will re-start the travel flow.
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