by David Dean | Jun 5, 2019 | Accomodation, Kenya, Kenya Adventure
We are staying one night (Sunday) at the Eka Hotel. We intend to eat in either their own restaurant or the Spur Steak House which is attached to the hotel. Our booking has been arranged through Somak Holidays. We will write about or stay here....
by David Dean | Jun 5, 2019 | Experiences, Kenya, Kenya Adventure, Points of Interest
The famous Giraffe Manor Hotel is within the grounds of the Giraffe Centre so when you visit the Giraffe centre you get to see the same Giraffes as you would see at Giraffe Manor, The centre is open 09:00 to 17:00 daily. When you visit you can feed the Giraffes. The...
by David Dean | Jun 5, 2019 | Experiences, Kenya, Kenya Adventure, Nairobi, Points of Interest
The Sheldrick Elephant Sanctuary is open daily between 11am and noon every day for the general public to visit. The cost is KES 500 per person. It is advisable to get there at 10:30 as the queues can be quite long. Our visit is arranged through Somak Travel. The...
by David Dean | Jun 5, 2019 | Kenya, Kenya Adventure, Road
Nairobi is notorious for its traffic jams. We will be driven from the Airport to The Somak Lounge, then later to the Elephant Sanctuary and Giraffe centre and eventually to our hotel. I will give an overview of the bits of Nairobi we see. There should be no...
by David Dean | Jun 5, 2019 | Kenya, Kenya Adventure
[vr url="wp-content/uploads/2019/07/R0010111_20190623061246.jpg" view=360] From the airport we will be taken to the Somak Lounge to freshen up before our days adventure. I will write more on how this all went once we have completed this part of the journey, including:...
by David Dean | Jun 5, 2019 | Air, Kenya, Kenya Adventure
Our aim is to: Pick up our hold baggage. Clear immigration. Pick up cash from a cash machine. Obtain our Safaricom SIM cards for our Mobile Phones. Top up our SIM cards for phone calls and add a Data plan. (See our section Communications in Kenya) Register our Kenya...
