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AFFORDABLE KENYA game viewing in Meru and the Mara, two very different Parks, followed by a stay at a long time favourite hotel of ours on Lamu Island

	Fly overnight from London to Nairobi and on to Meru. Offbeat Meru for 3 nights. Fly to the Maasai Mara. Kicheche Mara Camp for 3 nights. Fly via Nairobi to Lamu and then by by boat to Peponi Hotel for 4 nights. Fly via Nairobi overnight to London. From £3,369 per person sharing for 12 nights
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It is just a short flight from Nairobi to MERU NATIONAL PARK which is now thriving after serious poaching in the 1980s and it is once again home to the Big Five! Other game in the area include Grevy's zebra, reticulated giraffe, leopard, gerenuk and lesser kudu. The three underlying principals here - charismatic guides, a passion and respect for Africa's wildlife along with high standards of both comfort and service - ensure that your stay at Offbeat Safaris’ Meru Camp will tick a lot of boxes.

The camp is small and traditional with each tent being comfortably furnished and lit by 24 hour solar power. Informal dining is around a campfire or hosted in the mess tent. Days are tailored to suit you and activities include day and evening game drives, walking safaris with armed guides, bush breakfasts, picnics and sundowners and fly fishing in the local rivers. This area of Kenya gets quite hot during the dry season so, after an active morning in the bush, what can be better than coming back to camp to relax and cool off in the swimming pool while watching the wildlife as it comes to drink from the Bisanadi River below.

A classic tented safari camp in the game-rich plains of the northern MAASAI MARA provides a relaxed and friendly home. A maximum of twenty-two guests can stay in Kicheche Main Camp and the majority of the tents are in secluded positions overlooking the plains and nearby hills while others are closer together for families or friends. Unfenced and secluded, animals can wander through camp at any time but your game viewing will also be by vehicle and on foot and you can choose to take with you picnic breakfasts, lunches and sundowners.

Kicheche’s Maasai guides will not only be willing to share their wealth of knowledge about the prolific flora and fauna but are also proud of their traditions, their past and their future in our ever-changing world. During your stay you might like to visit their local village or school and perhaps offer support through the award-winning Kicheche Community Project. While encouraging the preservation of the environment, it aims to improve the welfare of the community through better health and education facilities.

A complete contrast awaits you on the historic SWAHILI ISLAND OF LAMU. In Shela Village at the intimate hotel, Peponi’s, you can be as active or inactive as you wish. Each room is individually decorated and has a private area to sit, perfect for enjoying the glorious sea views, while the lovely swimming pool provides a peaceful atmosphere for total relaxation.

Delicious food is cooked to order and there is the opportunity to sample a traditional Swahili dinner, sitting on the floor on large, comfortable cushions with a magnificent brass platter as the ‘table’.

If you get restless, you can explore the narrow streets and markets of the main town where the only car on the island is used by the local Commissioner to drive a few yards from home to his office, and donkeys provide the other means of transport! Just around the corner from the hotel lies eight miles of beautiful sandy beach. Dingy sailing, wind surfing, water skiing, snorkelling, and fishing are all available and scuba diving is possible between November and March. A sunset dhow cruise will round off a wonderful holiday.

and what about?
	Offbeat Safaris organise exciting mobile riding safaris with well schooled horses and guides who are top horsemen, and passionate about Kenya's wildlife as well as being great hosts. These are available in the Maasai Mara and Laikipia. Kicheche also have a small luxury tented Bush Camp accommodating a maximum of twelve guests. The camp is fully hosted and run to the same impeccable standards of Main Camp and from here they can offer an escorted walking safari with an overnight stay at a fly-camp in the bush.

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