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Extra week at the beginning of your trip special
Masai Mara and Lake Naivasha and the Great Rift Valley.
For trips departing from Nairobi and heading south you can add another week at the beginning of the trip for just £150 and £75 local payment See the best sites in Kenya - the Great Rift Valley, Lake Naivasha & Masai Mara.
This applies to the trips “Southern Africa”, “Nairobi to Zanzibar”, “Nairobi to Victoria Falls” and “Nairobi to Capetown”
Zimbabwe
Post election and power sharing in Zimbabwe – there has not been any trouble but we’re avoiding the country.
1/ Southbound trips after Malawi we cross Zambia to Livingstone on the north side of Victoria Falls and visit South Luangwa National Park in Zambia on the way. The park is well worth the visit; recent trips have seen; wild dogs, leopards, lions, and buffalo. We camp beside the park; park entry $25, game drives $40. The road up to South Luangwa Valley is dirt and the park is part of vast swamp system, so from January up to March as the road is flooded we can’t get in until the water recedes and the road is rebuild and graded.
2/ Northbound trips will continue up through Zambia, into Malawi and bypass Zimbabwe.
The US Dollar, LP and spending money
For the Local Payment bring pounds sterling. If you find it’s easier for you to bring US$ or Euros, do so.
US$ are used for purchasing most of your visas and are better than £ Pounds or € Euros and euros for paying for side trips - though this has to be balanced with the exchange rate and other charges you have to pay.
You can also buy dollars from the exchange bureaus at the airport when you arrive in Nairobi.
For the latest rates of exchange check out www.xe.com for every currency.
Money Gram and Western Union
If you’re concerned about carrying cash and know the pain travelers cheques are to cash consider getting someone to Money Gram and Western Union funds to you as you travel on your trips. On their websites they show the location of their offices around Africa.
MoneyGram International - moneygram.com
Western Union - westernunion.com
Route updates 4th June 2009
All trips running through Namibia - A new highway has been opened up through the Skeleton Coast making it possible to take the coast road to see the desolate beaches. We have passed the word out to our crew to take a look at this new route.
All trips running through Kenya doing the gorilla leg –this includes
15 day mountain Gorillas
Gameparks & Gorillas
Africa in Depth
Africa all the Way
We have stopped going up to Sipi Falls in Uganda and instead are visiting Lake Baringo in the Rift Valley – we have taken a couple of trips there and everyone was impressed by the Lake and the birdlife – go on bird walks, nature walks and take a boat ride.
Take a look at Lake Baringo on these links - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Baringo
We camp here for the night - http://www.robertscamp.com/