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Flights to Kenya and East Africa
Flights to Kenya, East Africa are
available with several international
airlines as well as the national
carrier, Kenya Airways, which fly
from the Europe, Asia and the
Americas to both East and Southern
Africa. Getting to East Africa could
not be easier !
We have listed some of these below
for specific areas with links to
their websites.
Your travel agent and can
arrange for your
international and internal
flights.
The main airport in East Africa is
Jomo Kenyatta International airport
in Nairobi. Onwards flights from
here to Uganda, Tanzania and
Zanzibar are readily available.
From US & North America
Daily Flights to Nairobi , Kenya
leave from JFK, New York, via either
London, Amsterdam or Dubai,
depending on the airline you take.
Airlines serving the North America
to Kenya route are listed below:
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Emirates Airlines www.emirates.com
Qatar Air www.qatarairways.com
Kenya Airways www.kenya-airways.com
Swiss Air www.swiss.com
From Europe
Daily flights available to Nairobi,
Kenya from London, Amsterdam and
Zurich. Certain airlines such as BA
fly direct from London Heathrow to
Nairobi. Flight time is 8 hours.
Airlines serving Europe to East
Africa route include:
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Virgin Atlantic
www.virgin-atlantic.com
Emirates Airlines www.emirates.com
Qatar Air www.qatarairways.com
Kenya Airways www.kenya-airways.com
Swiss Air www.swiss.com
From Asia, Far East &
Australia
Regular flights into Nairobi from
India and the Far East, including
Singapore,Hong Kong, China and
Thailand. Flights from Sydney are
routed via Singapore or Dubai.
Airlines serving these routes
include the following as well as
Kenya Airways:
Kenya Airways www.kenya-airways.com
Air India www.airindia.com
Emirates Airlines www.emirates.com
Qatar Air www.qatarairways.com
East Africa travel destinations that we
include in our catalogue include Kenya
holiday,
Tanzania, Uganda and Rwanda. East Africa is
home to the safari, since this is where the
African savannah is at its best and the
plains are filled with wildlife. Hikers also
come to East Africa to enjoy the mountains,
including Mount Kilimanjaro (Tanzania),
Mount Kenya, Mount Longonot and Mount Meru.
The East African coastline has some of the
best beaches in the world, including the
famous spice island of Zanzibar.
Kenya Safari:
Any Kenya safari or Kenya travel will truly
reveal a diverse landscape: The mighty
highlands of Mount Kenya, the soda lakes of
the Great Rift Valley, the savannah plains
of the Masai Mara or the golden white
beaches of the coast at the Indian Ocean.
Looking at the Kenya
safari map, you find a country
straddling the equator. Famous for its
wildlife and safari, having many wildlife
documentaries using the country as their
source, Kenya hosts the world’s largest
animal migration, with the famous crossing
of the Mara River; now voted the new 7th
wonder of the world! A genuine Kenya tour
also means close encounter with a large cat
population and maybe even the endangered
black rhino. A Kenya vacation will also
prove to be a bird lover’s haven, with over
600 species of birds being listed! And, of
course, no Kenya holiday without a dip - the
vast coast line offers some of the most
amazing white beaches gently washed by the
warm waters of the Indian Ocean. The coral
reef just off the Kenya coast not only acts
as a break for the waves but also offers
amazing diving. In Kenya Africa truly awaits
you!
Kenya is the original safari country where
the 'safari' (Swahili for travel) begun. In
Kenya, you can mix the idyllic experience of
a tropical beach vacation on the warm Indian
Ocean with an East African wild animal
safari expedition. Combining the two makes
for a unique holiday. Part of your vacation
is filled with excitement as you observe
African wildlife at close quarters, while
part is spent relaxing and soaking up the
sun on a sandy beach.
A beach and safari break in Kenya is an
exotic getaway from the daily routines of
city life. It also makes for the ideal
honeymoon for newly weds, with time to relax
as well as a touch of adventure.
East Africa, including Kenya, does not yet
have a high profile as a holiday destination
in America, but is growing in reputation as
a unique vacation experience. Europeans, and
the British in particular, have less
distance to travel to Africa, and have been
been the mainstay of Kenyan tourism,
attracted by the unique mix of the tropical
beach and African safari vacation. Luxury
vacations have become more affordable as
European currencies have strengthened,
prompting investment in Kenyan tourist
facilities.
Safari in Tanzania is a worth undertaking.
We are the original safari company offering
quality
Tanzania safaris to
Ngorongoro
Crater, animal migration tours in
Serengeti,
Climbing Mt Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
honeymoon vacations in Zanzibar Island,
family holidays in spice island and luxury
beach resorts of Pemba island. A variety of
accommodation in Tanzania is offered from
lodge, hotels and safari tented camps...Read
more.
The best time to go for an
African safari is
when the animals are easy to find and in
dense numbers. Deciding when to go on safari
depends on what country you would like to
visit and when you are able to plan your
trip. Seasons differ in East Africa so you
can really plan a great safari for almost
every month of the year, if you are flexible
about where you want to go to.....:
Kenya:
The best time to go on safari in Kenya:
The best time to go on safari in Kenya and
experience a huge density and diversity of
wildlife is when the
annual migration of
millions of wildebeest, zebra and gnu's
descend on the Mara plains with predators
close behind. The best time to see this
wildlife spectacle is from July to October.
Other parks in Kenya are also excellent and
the best time to visit these would be during
the dry seasons - January through March and
July through October.
With the scarcity of water during the dry
seasons, the animals tend to gather in more
concentrated numbers around permanent water
holes, rivers and lakes, so they are easier
to find. The vegetation is also less lush
which simply means that viewing animals from
a distance is easier and
thus a great time for a Kenya holiday.
Tanzania,
the best time to go on Tanzania safari:
If you want to see the
great
migration
unfold, head to Tanzania's northern parks;
the Serengeti and Ngorongoro. The best time
to witness the annual migration is probably
February - March when the wildebeest and
zebra have their young. Not only can you
enjoy seeing baby animals, but the predators
are at the highest number too. Because the
herds also concentrate in the south of the
Serengeti, it's easy to plan your wildlife
viewing in that area and find a safari
company that offers lodging there.
June to November is Tanzania's dry season
and is the best time to visit all the parks
(and you can always hop over to Kenya's
Masai Mara to witness the
great wildebeest migration
during this time). Tanzania's Southern
parks are perfect to visit during
this time since the animals tend to
congregate around permanent water and it
isn't so hot and humid.
All of Tanzania's parks suffer from the
rains which generally fall from March to May
in the North, and from November to May in
the South and West. Roads get washed out and
given the sheer size of Tanzania's parks,
the animals tend to spread out, and this
makes wildlife viewing less satisfying (if
you're looking for sheer numbers of
animals).
December through March can get quite hot and
humid, especially in Western and Southern
Tanzania which makes it a little
uncomfortable to spend a lot of time in the
bush.
If you want to add a hike up Mount
Kilimanjaro to your safari, the best time to
hike is January - March and September -
October.
See our other top Kenya
Tanzania safari itineraries for African
safaris, Tanzania tours and
Kenya safari
holidays - budget
African tours and
holidays:
East Africa
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get to East Africa East African safari Kenya
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Rwanda Uganda gorilla tracking safari
holidays in East Africa.
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African Safari
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Kenya safari holidays
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Masai
Mara - Serengeti wildebeest migration:
Wildebeest migration to and back from Serengeti into
the Maasai Mara is the single most popular wildlife
spectacle in Kenya. The wildebeest migration is such
a phenomenon it involves movement of over 1 million
animals crossing plains and rivers in the Mara
migration. River crossings are the most spectacular
where the wildebeest of
Mara jump into rivers full of crocodiles and surging
currents. The wildebeest is feted as the clown of
the Savannah. Also known as a gnu, the animal has a
structure resembling a young horse with a heavily
built frontal shoulders and chest and a slender
posterior. Its legs are so slender it’s intriguing
how it supports the proportionately larger body
frame. The ‘clown’ title results from its unusual
behavior considered to other bovids, for example a
gnu herd will usually scatter in different
directions when attacked by a lion.
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Lamu Town began life as a 14th century Swahili
settlement. But the island has seen many
visitors and influences, including Portuguese
explorers, Turkish traders and the Omani Arabs.
Despite all these influences, Lamu developed its
own particular culture which has ultimately
endured. The island is a beautiful place of
rolling dunes and endless beaches, where tiny
villages nestle among coconut and mango
plantations and lateen sailed dhows ply the
waters. Dense mangrove forests fringe the
mainland and the inland sides of the island. The
beach on Lamu Island is 12km of empty sands
backing on to an ocean protected by a reef...Read
more..
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Mount Kenya: Mount Kenya National Park
Mount Kenya plays a crucial role in the life of
the country being Kenya's single most important
permanent watershed and her largest forest
reserve. The fertile soils of its lower slopes
also sustain the growth of the nation's richest
farmlands whilst much of its vegetation is
globally unique. In recent years, however, the
Mountain has suffered greatly from the adverse
effects of deforestation, resulting in large
tracts of its lower slopes being entirely
denuded of trees and occupied by squatters. And,
although much of the vast forest cover remains
intact, the growing demand for timber (Kenya's
staple construction and fuel source) threatens
to lead to even more serious deforestation and
subsequent soil erosion. ....Read
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Bwindi , Uganda
Formerly known as the
'Impenetrable Forest',
this park is home to one of the largest
surviving numbers of the mountain Gorilla in
Africa and a superb location for a gorilla
safari trek.. more |
Zanzibar
Also known as the spice
islands, these exotic islands are one of the
best honeymoon destinations and also make for a
relaxing African beach holiday ...
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Shaba National Reserve
It is impossible to talk about the Shaba National
Reserve without mentioning Samburu National Reserve,
and Buffalo Springs National Reserve, because they
are all intertwined, and they form a trio of unusual
and attractive game sanctuaries, and all neighbours.
Shaba is a relatively small National Park being a
little over 239 sq. kms, and it is only 70 kms north
of Mount Kenya, at an altitude varying between
700-1500metres.
Visitors go to Parks to see wildlife, and the Shaba
Game is outstanding. You have a very good chance of
seeing Giraffe, Cheetah, leopard, and lion. You can
add to this gazelle, oryx, zebra, and Gerenuk, but
of course it is the predators that are most sought
after....Read more..East
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gorilla tracking safari holidays in East Africa.
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