Mombasa - Fort Jesus - Malindi - Tsavo West National Park -

The student tour covers major highlights on the Kenyan coast featuring fort Jesus, Gedi Ruins, Francis Xvier church, Vasco da gama, mnarani ruins for the history lovers and others like  Haller Park, kipepeo butterfly project and much more in Mombasa and Malindi. This also guides them through the largest wildlife park in Kenya Tsavo national Park. The students can expect a lot of fun as they drive through the coast and swim across the beaches .

Day 1  – NAIROBI
The students arrive in Nairobi where they will be met and transferred to the hotel for overnight.

Day 2 – Nairobi - Mombasa
The adventure begins  as you proceed through the Athi Kapiti plains to Sultan Hamud and onwards to Hunters lodge. You will proceed further through the dry terrain past Yatta plateau, the longest plateau in Kenya, which covers around 300km.  You will have a stopover at Mtito wa Ndei to get refreshed just before proceeding further past Voi. The change of climate and natural setting is obvious as the grasslands give way to the appearance of the tropical vegetation nearing Mombasa. You will proceed to Rabai where by culture and religion takes the floor as you are taken through the Swahili culture and the history of bible translation because that is where it all begun.  Afterwords procee toe the city of Mombasa for overnight will be at a beach hotel

Day 3 – Mombasa – Haller Park – Kenya Ports Authority
After breakfast you will have a city tour of Mombasa and visit the major highlights like the Fort Jesus, the narrow streets, the hanging balconies, the Akamba wood carvers and much more.   proceed to the former Bamburi nature trail currently called Haller Park. This is the only place in Kenya where you can see the giant tortoises in large numbers and go close to even touching them. Here also, science takes place as you will be taken through a lecture of how the fish and the crocodiles are bred, how and why albino crocodiles, and fish come up. Agriculture also has its way as you learn how the plants and trees have adopted the salty soils and the symbiotic relationship between the millipedes and the casuarina trees.  There are a number of animals and birds to be witnessed here. They include the Hippos, Buffalo, Elands, Crowned crane, Sacred Ibis and many more.  Then proceed to Kenya Ports Authority; this is the place where you will see how the ships are docked and the cranes taking off the loads from the ships. An interesting place it is to witness the power of machinery, this gives way to Likoni Ferry on yet another adventure. Here you will sail to the south coast here you will have some minutes of looking around and shopping return to the hotel for Dinner, entertainment and overnight.

Day 4 – Gede Ruins – Arabuko Sokoke forest - Malindi
Immediately after breakfast you will drive further north towards Malindi, past the Arabuko Sokoke forest, the biggest indigenous forest in E. Africa. You will proceed to Gedi ruins a historical site the 3rd most visited museum after Nairobi and Fort Jesus. This is a deserted site, which not much is known about and the little that is known is linked to the items that were found there, the site next to it is the Kipepeo Project for different breeds of butterflies. You will afterwards proceed to the Sabaki Bridge; Here  geography takes the lead as you will have an explanation of the various formation at the coast one being the Tana delta and more; the kind of fish that you can find around the area, the importance of coral reef and how they are formed. Afterwards you will proceed to the Vasco da Gama Pillar and the Malindi Salt Pans. Vasco da Gama built this pillar after receiving a warm welcome by the sultan of Malindi after the hostile Mombasa people.  Here also you will visit the oldest Portuguese Church in East and Central Africa, which was built by Francis Xavier and was named after him. You will then bid Malindi good-bye and return to the Island through Mnarani ruins. Return to the hotel for Dinner, Entertainment, and Overnight at a beach resort  

DAY 5  TSAVO WEST NATIONAL PARK
Another day full of adventure as you leave all the breezes, the beach, and buffets, the palms to start your journey to Tsavo National Park.  Tsavo, the largest park in Kenya larger than Wales in Great Britain or Jamaica in the Caribbean. Lying about halfway between Nairobi and Mombasa, Tsavo covers 20,812 sq km and harbors large herds of elephant, giraffes, leopards and the rare gennets.   You will arrive in time for lunch at the Ngulia Lodge / Voyager. After checking in the hotel you will relax and at 3.00pm take a game viewing drive to search for animals. Chief among these must rank the marvel of Mzima Springs, replenished with two hundred and twenty million litres of crystal-clear water every day, from the underground streams stemming from the lava massif known as the Chyulu Hills, also visit the Shetani Lava flows.  In the evening return to hotel for dinner and overnight.

DAY 6 NAIROBI
After your breakfast you will leave the red elephants, the bush and the scrubs to start your journey back to Nairobi.  You will have a stop over at Mtito wa Ndei and afterwards proceed further towards the major city of Kenya.