{"id":10282,"date":"2019-10-28T17:28:46","date_gmt":"2019-10-28T17:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/AFRICAtime\/?p=10282"},"modified":"2020-12-01T15:34:40","modified_gmt":"2020-12-01T15:34:40","slug":"african-safari-diaries-a-dream-twin-centre-holiday-to-kenya-and-mauritius","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/african-safari-diaries-a-dream-twin-centre-holiday-to-kenya-and-mauritius\/","title":{"rendered":"African Safari Diaries: A dream twin Centre holiday to Kenya and Mauritius"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Jane Bailey recently visited Kenya on a twin centre holiday, going on an exciting safari first, followed by 9 nights in idyllic Mauritius for a relaxing beach break. She told us all about her wonderful trip and has shared some fabulous photos.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">Was this your first time visiting Kenya and Mauritius? What made you decide on the combination?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">This was our first time visiting both Kenya and Mauritius. We wanted a twin centre holiday and wanted two totally different types of holiday. We chose Mauritius as our second location as a chill out holiday for 9 nights after a week in Kenya.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">How did you choose your itinerary?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The itinerary was chosen between our friends and booked with a travel agent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">Where did you stay whilst on your trip and what was your favourite property and place?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10290\" style=\"width: 790px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10290\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-10290 size-large\" title=\"Zebras in Kenya\" src=\"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_3021-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Zebras on a Kenya Safari\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_3021-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_3021-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_3021-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-10290\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zebras in Kenya<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In Kenya we stayed at the amazing Treetops hotel, then at Nakuru and lastly at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/kenya\/masai-mara\/keekorok_lodge\">Keekorok Lodge<\/a>. In Mauritius we stayed at the Zilwa Attitude Hotel at Kalodyne.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">We didn\u2019t have a favourite place or property as they were all amazing!<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">What were your highlights or special moments from your trip?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The highlights of Kenya were just everything! Seeing the wonderful scenery, the amazing animals, the boat trip on the hippo lake, the hot air balloon flight with breakfast sat in the middle of the Masai Mara, and standing looking over the Rift Valley on our way back to Nairobi. There wasn\u2019t one bad moment!<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10291\" style=\"width: 778px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10291\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-10291 size-large\" title=\"Safari in Kenya\" src=\"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_3033-e1572274886579-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Safari in Kenya\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_3033-e1572274886579-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_3033-e1572274886579-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-10291\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Safari in Kenya<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Our driver who was with us all week was called John, he was from Uganda and was a joy to be with, such a lovely man who found us all the best places to see the animals and sights.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Mauritius was equally as lovely, but more restful. Once again it couldn&#8217;t be faulted for anything, amazing staff and food and like Kenya, nothing was too much trouble.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10286\" style=\"width: 778px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10286\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-10286 size-large\" title=\"Ocean view in Mauritius\" src=\"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_3288-e1572274901699-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Ocean view in Mauritius\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_3288-e1572274901699-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_3288-e1572274901699-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-10286\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ocean view in Mauritius<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">Do you have any advice or tips for anyone thinking of going on a holiday to Kenya and\/or Mauritius?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Advice for others is just enjoy every moment and please respect all the wonderful people who do so much for you. Monetary tips are well deserved.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0Take a good camera!!!!<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10289\" style=\"width: 790px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10289\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-10289 size-large\" title=\"Idyllic island of Mauritius\" src=\"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_3419-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Idyllic island of Mauritius\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_3419-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_3419-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_3419-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-10289\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Idyllic island of Mauritius<\/p><\/div>\n<p>If after reading about about Jane&#8217;s experience you would like to book a Kenyan Safari combined with Mauritius you can find out more here:<\/p>\n<p><strong>https:\/\/www.somak.com\/kenya-safari<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We would love to work with you to plan the safari holiday of a lifetime. For more information on how our safari experts can help you, call Somak Holidays today on 020 8423 3000.<\/p>\n<p><em>Please note all photos featured are credited to Jane Bailey.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":10287,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[603,607,440,604,608,11,611,600,1,580],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-african-safari-diaries","category-beach","category-culture","category-inspiration-africa","category-inspiration-indian-ocean","category-kenya","category-mauritius","category-testimonials","category-uncategorized","category-wildlife-and-safari"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IMG_3290-e1572275417670.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10282"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10282\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10300,"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10282\/revisions\/10300"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}