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The end of our tour! — Nairobi, Kenya

Source: Travel Pod

Nov 08, 2009

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Nairobi, Kenya

It's our shortest drive of the tour today as Nairobi is only about 3 hours from Naivasha. We were dropped off at the Boulevard Hotel which had been our starting point 2 weeks ago. We still need to find a place to stay for the next 3 days as we have cancelled a "free" add on safari back to the Masai Mara. We have realised that it’s just a repeat of the first 3 days of our tour, which includes 2 long driving days and a 1 day safari – and it’s not exactly free as we have to pay $160 each local payments for park entry and staff costs plus book a hotel in Nairobi anyway. We’ve decided we can’t be bothered doing the same thing again and so we’re going to stay in Nairobi for 3 days and check out what’s there.

A quick ask at the Boulevard revealed they wanted $165 US per night which is way beyond our budget! Plus it looks like a pretty average hotel and is not central. Quentin and Julie who we’d met in Jinja recommended a place called the Wildebeest Camp to us bu ...Read the full article

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