| Day 1 - Giraffe Manor, Nairobi, Kenya | | | | Rift Valley, the lodge is positioned ideally to make |
| On arrival into Nairobi's Jomo Kenyatta Airport, | | | | the most of both an incredible view and the cool |
| Kenya, from your International flight you will be | | | | breeze. Constructed using naturally occurring white |
| met and transferred to Giraffe Manor where you | | | | quartz stone, pale thatch and fig wood. Two |
| stay for one night (bed and breakfast). | | | | spacious suites, open to expansive views |
| Kenya provides a beautiful location for a once in a | | | | accommodates a lounge and sundeck, his and |
| lifetime safari with some fantastic safari | | | | hers moulded wash basins, en-suite toilet and |
| memories. Kenya has some of the most luxurious | | | | cascade shower and private cool pool. Each bed |
| lodges for the perfect African safari honeymoon. | | | | rests under a romantic high-canopied netting and |
| Giraffe Manor is a beautiful elegant manor house | | | | canvas tent which can be closed at night against |
| built in 1932 by Sir David Duncan, situated in one | | | | insects. |
| hundred and twenty acres of beautiful forested | | | | Little Shompole is ideal for Honeymooners seeking |
| land just eight miles from Nairobi city centre. | | | | a remote and relaxing safari in a location where |
| In 1974 Jock and Betty Leslie-Melville relocated | | | | you are extremely unlikely to encounter any |
| five baby Rothschild giraffe to the grounds and | | | | other tourists, and one where you can enjoy a |
| guests can now feed them and their descendants | | | | wider variety of safari game viewing options than |
| from the second floor bedroom windows. | | | | is possible in most parts of East Africa. It is the |
| The home is spacious and elegantly furnished, with | | | | high level of comfort and peacefulness which is |
| five bedrooms. Furniture and books from Karen | | | | particularly conducive to for a relaxing stay, and |
| Blixen and Denys Finch Hatton are to be found | | | | the lodge is run as a genuine partnership with the |
| around the house. | | | | local Masai community who participate in the |
| In the grounds is a primeval forest with small | | | | guiding and whose local communities benefit from |
| game and many species of birds. | | | | income which the lodge receives. |
| Days 2 to 5 - Cottars 1920's Camp, Masai Mara, | | | | Days 8 to 13 - Fundu Lagoon, Pemba Island, |
| Kenya | | | | Tanzania |
| In the morning you will be met and transferred to | | | | After your morning activity you will be |
| Nairobi's Wilson Airport to board a scheduled flight | | | | transferred to the airstrip to board a private |
| departing at 1000 to the Mara. On arrival at 1045 | | | | charter flight to Nairobi's Wilson Airport. On arrival |
| you will be met and transferred to Cottars 1920's | | | | you will be met and assisted to Nairobi's Jomo |
| Camp where you stay for four nights (fully | | | | Kenyatta Airport to connect with the Kenya |
| inclusive of meals and activities). | | | | Airways flight KQ492 departing at 1300 to |
| Cottars 1920's Camp is a superb stylish and | | | | Zanzibar. On arrival you will be met and |
| luxurious camp on a vast 22,000 acre private | | | | transferred by a light aircraft flight to Pemba |
| area of land in the heart of the Masai Mara, | | | | Island to stay for six nights at Fundu Lagoon at |
| Kenya. The camp is set on a hilltop with views for | | | | the beachside suite (fully inclusive of meals and |
| a dozen miles across rolling hills and expansive | | | | non-motorised watersports). |
| open plains dotted with acacia trees which are the | | | | Fundu Lagoon is located on the crescent-shaped |
| setting for the world's biggest animal migration | | | | island of Pemba, which lies to the north of |
| between July and September as one and a half | | | | Zanzibar. It is one of the most secluded and |
| million wildebeest and zebra pass through the | | | | romantic small resorts around East African coast |
| Mara. | | | | and provides superb snorkelling and diving |
| Cottars is owned and run by Calvin and Louise | | | | opportunities. Fundu Lagoon is a fantastic beach |
| Cottar who have been operating safaris in the | | | | destination for a Honeymoon with its crystal clear |
| Masai Mara for many years and who know their | | | | waters and star lit skies you can loose yourselves |
| private conservancy and the entire Masai Mara | | | | in the mystery of Africa. |
| Reserve intimately. The camp is very traditional | | | | Guests are accommodated in fourteen very |
| with huge white canvas tents, open at the sides | | | | spacious and luxurious canvas under thatch rooms |
| during the day, with proper beds, comfortable | | | | constructed of local materials, each set on raised |
| furniture and en suite w.c and shower, and from | | | | wooden decking creating a veranda which gives |
| the chairs at the front of your tent you can | | | | you marvellous views across the Indian Ocean, |
| enjoy the fine views across the plains. The camp | | | | especially when having sundowners after a long |
| is run with a good sense of style and the | | | | and dusty safari game drive. Inside there is a |
| standard of food and service is excellent. Because | | | | large bedroom/living area and en-suite bathroom |
| it is set on a large private reserve you can enjoy | | | | and each room is tastefully and comfortably |
| walking with an armed guide, tracking animals | | | | furnished with coconut-wood furniture and large |
| through the bush and safari game viewing by | | | | four-poster bed. |
| vehicle during the day and at night, knowing that | | | | Recent additions to the lovely accommodation at |
| you will encounter no other tourists or vehicles. | | | | Fundu Lagoon are two beautiful beach front |
| You can also venture further afield into other | | | | superior suites which enjoy stunning views. This |
| parts of the Mara following the huge migrating | | | | flagship accommodation is extremely spacious and |
| herds and seeing countless lion, leopard, cheetah, | | | | incorporates a gorgeous stone wall bathroom with |
| giraffe, elephant and buffalo in the company of | | | | a double vanity unit and shower. A romantic |
| Calvin and his other highly expert guides. | | | | queen size double bed and expansive open plan |
| More so than any other camp in East Africa, | | | | lounge leads out onto the private deck where you |
| Cottars manages to combine simplicity with a real | | | | have your own large plunge pool. This |
| sense of relaxed style and inspired guiding, cuisine | | | | accommodation is perfect for a romantic stay for |
| and attention to detail, all of which goes to create | | | | Honeymooners as you feel more private and set |
| an unforgettable African safari. | | | | back from the other guests. |
| Days 6 and 7 - Little Shompole, Masai Mara, | | | | From your cottage you can wander through the |
| Kenya | | | | trees down to the pristine white sand beach, |
| After your morning activity you will be | | | | which stretches for over three miles beside the |
| transferred by private charter flight to Little | | | | multi-hued blues of the Indian Ocean. Fundu has a |
| Shompole where you stay for two nights (fully | | | | fine restaurant where delicious meals are served |
| inclusive of meals and activities). | | | | featuring locally caught seafood as a speciality. |
| The Shompole area has an amazing variety of | | | | There are two bars, including one a couple of |
| typically African scenery with acacia woodland and | | | | hundred metres down the beach where a Swahili |
| open grassy plains irrigated by rivers. There is also | | | | barbecue is sometimes created. |
| a small area of rainforest and swamp while at the | | | | Fundu has a wide range of watersports including |
| foot of the Nguruman escarpment is the vast | | | | water-skiing, knee-boarding, snorkelling, dhow rides |
| watery expanse of Lake Natron, one of the best | | | | and kayaking through mangrove swamps. There |
| breeding grounds for flamingos. This considerably | | | | is also a fully-equipped PADI diving centre and |
| varied landscape supports large numbers of | | | | experienced divers will be able to enjoy the |
| animals including elephant, hyena, antelope and a | | | | superb array of coral reefs which encircle the |
| wide range of plains game including zebra and | | | | island and which include some fine opportunities |
| giraffe. Shompole is also a good place for seeing | | | | for wall-diving. Dive boats are capable of fifty |
| predators, both the more spectacular ones such | | | | knots and can take divers to any part of the |
| as lion and cheetah, as well as smaller cats such | | | | island and surrounding reefs, while novices can |
| as serval. | | | | enjoy shorter shallow dives with well-qualified |
| Safaris are lead by experienced guides and | | | | instructors. |
| colourfully clad Masai guides and trackers from the | | | | Kenya combines an overland African safari with a |
| local community, and you can enjoy walking | | | | beach break perfectly, as romance and tranquilty |
| safaris, river trips, fascinating visits to Lake | | | | are the main factors of this remote luxury |
| Natron and drives by open vehicle both during the | | | | honeymoon safari. |
| day and at night. Guests can also enjoy a nights | | | | Day 14 |
| fly camping where a special temporary camp is | | | | You will be transferred by light aircraft to Zanzibar |
| set up for the night by a small support team in a | | | | to board a scheduled flight KQ493 departing at |
| particularly remote part of the reserve. | | | | KQ493 departing at 1515 to Nairobi. On arrival at |
| Overlooking the stunning expanse of the Great | | | | 1700 continue with your international flight. |