This tour takes you to some of the most magnificent spots in the world, where you will get to experience nature and memorable cultural highlights.

With years of experience in travel and innovative leadership, our team has developed unique programs in Eastern Africa. The region is endowed with awesome wildlife, magnificent scenery and superb hospitality.

The Africa Equatorial Cycling Safari visits the most scenic and accessible spots in Kenya. The breathtaking landscapes of Nairobi will be highlighted through memorable game drives and cycling. The tour visits renown national parks and beautiful lakes before ending back in Nairobi.

The Aberdare National Park has gained its reputation  from the rare species found within its locale, these species include: the black rhino, bongo antelopes, giant forest hogs and the very rare black leopards. Spectacular waterfalls plunge into pools  and have trout filled streams. A night accommodation is enjoyable  and either the Ark or Treetops where the Queen of England ascended to the throne  or a section of excellent Banda’s  and Campsites.

Animals easily observed include the leopard, african elephant, african hunting dog, giant forest hog, bushbuck, mountain reedbuck, waterbuck, cape buffalo, suni, side-striped jackal, eland, duikers olive baboon, black and white Colobus monkey, and sykes monkey. Rarer sightings include those of the golden cat and the bongo – an elusive forest antelope that lives in the bamboo forest. Animals like the eland and spotted and melanistic serval cats can be found higher up in the moorlands. The Aberdare National Park also contains a large population of the black rhino. Visitors can also indulge in walking, picnics, in the rivers and camping in the moorlands. Even the bird viewing is rewarding, with over 250 species of birds in the park, including the endangered Aberdare Cisticola, Jackson’s Francolin, sparry hawk, goshawks, eagles, sunbirds and plovers. It is a traditional belief of the Kikuyu that the Aberdare Mountain Range, where this park is located, is one of the homes of Ngai, or God. In order to protect the Bongo antelope the lions of Aberdare have been moved to other national parks.

Kenya offers a coastline that covers 900km. It is one of the best beaches in the world only compared to the Caribbean ones. Endowed with palm-fringed beaches, white sands beaches coupled with cool breeze from the ocean. It has a wide range of accommodation ranging from Budget to luxury.  You can engage in various activities that include water sports both motorized and non-motorized, beach sports.

Nyali Beach

Nyali is a residential area within Mombasa City, located on the mainland north of Mombasa County. It is connected to Mombasa Island by the New Nyali Bridge. Nyali is known for its many high-class hotels, modern standards, and long white sand beaches making it a popular destination for tourists visiting Kenya

Fort Jesus

Fort Jesus (Forte Jesus de Mombaça) is a Portuguese fort built in 1591 by order of King Philip I of Portugal (King Philip II of Spain), then ruler of the joint Portuguese and Spanish Kingdoms, located on Mombasa Island to guard the Old Port of Mombasa, Kenya. It was built in the shape of a man (viewed from the air), and was given the name of Jesus. In 2011, the fort was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, highlighted as one of the most outstanding and well preserved examples of 16th-century Portuguese military fortifications

Lamu Old Town

Lamu or Lamu Town is a small town on Lamu Island, which in turn is a part of the Lamu Archipelago in Kenya. Situated 341 kilometres (212 mi) by road northeast of Mombasa, it is the headquarters of Lamu County and a UNESCO World Heritage site. Lamu is Kenya’s oldest continually inhabited town, and was one of the original Swahili settlements along coastal East Africa, founded in 1370.

The town contains the Lamu Fort on the seafront, which commenced construction under Fumo Madi ibn Abi Bakr, the sultan of Pate, and was completed after his death in the early 1820s. Lamu is also home to 23 mosques, including the Riyadha Mosque, built in 1900, and a donkey sanctuary.

Vasco da Gama Pillar

The Vasco da Gama Pillar is believed to be one the oldest European monuments in the Africa and having been built in 1498.

Vasco da Gama Pillar As we arrive at the Pillar, our guide informs us this is not the only pillar that Vasco da Gama had built in the Kenya Coast.  Apparently he had put up another pillar at the Sultan’s palace in Malindi.  At the time Vasco da Gama were having a dispute with the Sultan of Mombasa.  However the pillar was demolished by the predominately Islamic community located within the towns that were resistant of Christians. Incidentally the pillar had a cross at the top and was seen to be endorsing Christianity.  Following the demolition of the first pillar, Vasco da Gama had to explain to the sultan on the importance of the pillar and finally the pillar was built at its present location in Malindi.

Shimba Hills National Reserve

The Shimba Hills National Reserve is a small National Reserve in the Coast Province of Kenya, 33 km from Mombasa and 15 km from the coast. The reserve is an area of coastal rainforest, woodland and grassland. It is an important area for plant biodiversity – over 50% of the 159 rare plants in Kenya are found in the Shimba Hills, including some endangered species of cycad and orchids. It is also a nationally important site for birds and butterflies.

There are estimated to be approximately 700 elephants in the reserve. This population is unsustainably high – it causes significant damage to vegetation, threatening the endangered plant life. Conflict between humans and elephants has also reached critical levels. North of the Reserve, the Mwaluganje elephant sanctuary has been established to provide a route for elephants to leave the park. The remainder of the park boundary is fenced to prevent the elephants from invading farmland. The Kenya Wildlife Service has plans to relocate up to 400 elephants from Shimba to Tsavo East National Park in 2005.

Haller Park

Haller Park is a nature park in Bamburi, Mombasa, on the Kenyan Coast. It is the transformation of a quarry wasteland into an ecological paradise. Haller Park holds a variety of plant and animal species which serve as a recreation hot spot to tourists and locals. Up to March 2007 it held the famous attraction of Owen and Mzee – the friendship of a hippopotamus and a tortoise.

Mwaluganje Elephant Sanctuary

Mwaluganje Elephant Sanctuary is a community-owned elephant park, a conservation area for elephants and Encephalartos cycads in Kwale District of the Coast Province of Kenya.
It is adjacent to the Shimba Hills National Reserve. The sanctuary was formed in the early 1990s as a cooperative project between the people of the surrounding Mwaluganje community, United States Agency for International Development, and the Born Free Foundation and the Eden Wildlife Trust.

Mombasa Marine National Park & Watamu Marine National Reserve

The marine park is located in Mombasa town along the Kenyan coast. The park comprises of the sea waters, mangroves, sea grasses, and sea weeds. The park is home to variety of marine life e.g. Crabs, Sea urchins, Sea cucumbers, Sea Stars/Starfish, Sea Jellies. Other spectacular attractions include the sand beach and coral gardens. The park is a popular snorkeling and diving location.

Watamu National Park is part of a complex of marine and tidal habitats along the Kenya’s north coast.  It is enclosed by the Malindi Marine National Reserve which also encloses Malindi Marine National Park. Habitats include intertidal rock, sand and mud, fringing reefs and coral gardens, coral cliffs, sandy beaches and the Mida Creek mangrove forest. Marine life attractions include fish, turtles, dugongs and crabs. The Mida Creek forest has a high diversity of mangrove species. These provide refuge to a variety of both resident and migrant bird species.

Maralal International Camel Derby

The Maralal International Camel Derby is one of the more unique travel experiences in Africa and as it only held every August, it is a great attraction for many visitors and locals alike.

Kenya’s Northern Frontier is a wild and untamed region, where people still wander with the seasons, and where one of the continent’s unique events happens every August, the Maralal International Camel Derby. Maralal Town is a relatively large settlement for the area and is set on a hillside. It is the headquarters of the Samburu People who are the cousins of the Maasai.

The town is mostly a market town but the growth of tourism in the region in recent years has ensured that is serves as a base for tourist activities such as wilderness walks, white water rafting and Camel safaris – and of course the Maralal Camel Derby. This remote desert town is a haven for adventurers and nomads wanting to experience Kenya’s wild north.

Annual Derby Day in Maralal

The Camel has been the mode of transport for people in the region for centuries and as such a camel derby is part of the way of life. The single humped dromedary is the vehicle of choice and each year in August people gather to celebrate their animals.

The Maralal International Camel Derby is a three day event where everyone is welcome. In fact visitors can also try their hands at riding the camels as the completion is opened to amateurs as well. The people of the region mostly use their animals as pack animals and some only get ridden at the derby.

The Camel Derby certainly brings colour and celebration to the usually arid town and as more and more visitors experience the event the more the town will benefit.

Kenya’s First President

Another interesting fact about the town of Maralal is that it is where Jomo Kenyatta, Kenya’s first president, was detained prior to his release.