Weekend Getaways near Konza

‘Karibu’ means ‘welcome’ in Swahili and it was the first thing I heard as I got off the plane. On landing at Nairobi airport, we headed straight to the Sarova Stanley hotel, where we were booked to stay. Located in the very heart of Nairobi, near its vibrant city centre and other shopping markets, this heritage hotel has been voted the best in Kenya at the World Travel awards, described by the Wall Street Journal as the ‘Oscars’ of the global travel and tourism industry. It was grand indeed. After checking in, we headed for lunch to its famous outdoor Thorn Tree Café which had functioned as the oldest post office in Kenya many, many years ago.

We returned back to Nairobi from Masai Mara. It was a rough 6 hours by road. With a heavy heart we had to say our goodbyes to Kenya. We were smitten and had fallen head over heels in love with Africa. Promising ourselves that we are coming back to Africa soon!We took a Kenya Airways flight from Mumbai to Nairobi. The best season to visit Kenya and witness the great migration is between June to Aug!Follow me on Instagram here! Check out my blog here!

We wanted to have the best African experience and decided not to take mini van safaris as were given by various tour operators. As with our most trips, I chalked out my own itinerary. I have covered Nairobi in this post.23 July 2016: We took our Etihad flight out of Delhi to land at Abu Dhabi and onwards to Nairobi. Pleasant flight, horrible vegetarian food though. We were at Jomo Kenyatta Airport, Nairobi by 1 pm on 24th July where our hotel, Savora Panafric (good deal on Makemytrip) had sent a car to pick us. Great hotel, good location and value for money. We had applied for e-visas online and it was pretty easy, saved a lot of time. Just a stamp on our passports when we reached and we were ready to go.We reached the hotel around 2 pm to find our room decorated with swans and cake.

How often does a novel move you such that you feel the presence of its lead character while standing in her house. In Nairobi, Kalpana Sunder comes across one such moment.

Giraffe park, crocodile park and ostrich park are the worth to visit.

explore some brilliant Kenyan bead art trade shows, shop!

Begins in Nairobi ~ some pretty funky Kenyan museums and culture evenings in downtown.

DAY 21 - This would be the final day of this section, however if you are continuing your journey there will be a group meeting this morning at 10am for the next section of your journey of which your leader will give you instructions about.