{"id":10328,"date":"2019-11-15T09:45:43","date_gmt":"2019-11-15T09:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/AFRICAtime\/?p=10328"},"modified":"2020-07-06T11:48:17","modified_gmt":"2020-07-06T10:48:17","slug":"african-safari-diaries-a-fantastic-safari-experience-in-kenya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/african-safari-diaries-a-fantastic-safari-experience-in-kenya\/","title":{"rendered":"African Safari Diaries: A fantastic safari experience in Kenya"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Danny and Mie recently visited Kenya, opting to go on a safari followed by a relaxing break in Mombasa. Danny has shared his experience and some wonderful photos from his holiday with us. We hope you enjoy reading about his trip!<\/p>\n

1. \u00a0Was this your first time visiting Kenya? What made you decide to visit?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

It was my second time visiting Kenya. I had visited the country in 2001 for a safari with my family. It was the first visit to Kenya for my girlfriend, Mie. We wanted to go on safari and I recommended Kenya as a good country for that purpose.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Warthogs

Warthogs<\/p><\/div>\n

2. \u00a0How did you choose your itinerary?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

We booked the holiday through the Danish travel company Safari Eksperten. We bought a standard package with stays at several safari lodges.<\/span><\/p>\n

3. \u00a0Where did you stay whilst on your trip and what was your favourite property and place?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

During our seven days travel we stayed at Aberdare Country Club<\/a>, Ashnil Samburu Camp<\/a> (two nights), Serena Mountain Lodge, Lake Naivasha Sopa Lodge<\/a> and Ashnil Mara Camp<\/a> (two nights). All the lodges were wonderful places, but I would especially recommend Ashnil Samburu Camp<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Mountain Lodge was an incredible place, but the number of animals was greatest in the Samburu and Masai Mara parks.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

4. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0What were the highlights and special memories from your trip?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

I can highly recommend all the places but I liked the Masai Mara the most. We had some really good experiences at this national reserve with lions and cheetahs, both of whom had a number of youngsters playing around and having fun. We also liked the big groups of elephants and giraffes, just to name some of the great animals that we saw.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Cheetahs

Cheetahs<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Lions

Lioness and cubs<\/p><\/div>\n

Besides this, the sunsets were absolutely stunning.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Animals

Kenyan sunset<\/p><\/div>\n

5. \u00a0\u00a0Do you have any advice or tips for anyone thinking of going to Kenya for a holiday?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0If you want to have a fantastic safari experience then travel to Kenya. There is a lot of travel by car\/jeep, so maybe taking a flight between some of the parks will be a good solution if you want to avoid bumpy and dusty roads. But by car you will get to see a lot of the local people and nature around the country.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"On

Danny and Mie<\/p><\/div>\n

After our one week safari we flew from Nairobi to Mombasa for five days relaxing by the beach and enjoying the swimming pool. We think that was a great finish to our vacation.<\/span><\/p>\n

If, after reading about Danny and Mie’s experience, you would like to book a Kenyan Safari you can find out more here:\u00a0https:\/\/www.somak.com\/kenya-safari<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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

All photos are credited to\u00a0Danny Longhi Andreasen.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":10333,"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":[603,440,604,11,600,1,580],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-african-safari-diaries","category-culture","category-inspiration-africa","category-kenya","category-testimonials","category-uncategorized","category-wildlife-and-safari"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/2B03EC43-AD2F-4A95-8351-C1F19F4A810F.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10328","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=10328"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10328\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10842,"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10328\/revisions\/10842"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}