Introduction
to Tours and Travel in Eastern and Southern Africa
Kenya
Tanzania and Uganda are some of the richest countries
in Africa in terms of natural resources including wildlife,
forests, lakes and mountains. Valleys that include the
Great Rift Valley traverse the three countries creating
spectacular sights that are not easily forgotten.
On this wonderful scene is Great
Horizon Trails, a tour and information company
that seeks to deliver value-added safaris to the enterprising
tourist. Having a wide array of tailor-made tours and
safaris that suits every occasion, run by experienced
and well trained professional tour operators and backed
by a network across the East African countries of Kenya,
Uganda and Tanzania Great Horizon Trails meets all your
travel requirements.
The
vehicles that take the various clients on safari are comprehensively
insured, the aero planes that are chartered for special
interest groups meet all the international standards and
the Flying Doctor Service is available for those who have
not taken medical insurance at home.
Some
of the most popular safaris are those that take our clientele
to: -
The
world famous Maasai Mara Game
Park with its millions of wildlife, especially
during the migration of the wildebeest in June/July
and August of each year.
•The Samburu
National Park with its peculiar species that include
the "antelope giraffe" or the gerenuk and
also home to the "Kamuniak" - the famed
lioness that adopted antelopes looking after them
as one would look after its cubs!
The Mount
Kenya and its hiking routes including the Naro
Moru Trek, The Sirimon Route Hike and the Chogoria
circumnavigation
Lake
Victoria in Western Kenya with its unexploited
potential which includes fishing trips to Takawiri
Island, Bird Watching on Rusinga Island, Hiking on
Ramogi Hill and Cultural Visits to local places that
are rich in fork lore and legend.
In this richness hotels, resorts
and cottages abound catering for the millions who visit
both the wildness of East Africa and the beaches. Great
Horizon Trails does bookings
for those who wish to reserve their accommodation to
these establishment at a discounted rate. This covers
hotels in the entire East African region including the
Indian Ocean islands of Mombasa, Lamu, Kiwayu and Zanzibar.
Grand Regency
Hotel, Nairobi
The Reception
of Panafric Hotel, Nairobi
Africa
is a continent of diverse peoples and races
speaking a myriad languages separated by culture
yet having a common parentage over vast distances.
An example is the Maasai and the Samburu in
Kenya, although they are separated by a distance
of over three hundred kilometers these famous
people that have stuck to their culture have
a common ancestry and speak the same language.
Great Horizon Trails offers our
clients the opportunity to interact with these
ancient people previously only known from the
history books. Come and learn a few words of
greeting in the local dialect even as you embrace
a part of their culture.
