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OUR SAFARISRoad safaris usually begin at your city hotel or at the airport of arrival and involve driving in the countryside through towns and villages to various national parks and reserves

Accommodation in the wildlife reserves is provided with full board arrangement at selected game lodges and camps.

Our safaris include all meet & greet services, transportation to the various locations, entrance fees to the parks, accommodation, meals and game activities.

On road safaris guests get to keep the same guide and vehicle through out the safari.

Air safaris also begin at your city hotel or airport of arrival with a transfer to the domestic airport where our airport service staff assist you to catch your flight to your next safari destination.

We arrange scheduled as well as charter flight services for our guests. Most of the lodges have their own game drive vehicles which are used on a shared basis and can be booked for exclusive use at a supplement. We also provide our vehicles, to go to the safari location ahead of the clients and provide private services.

Air safaris, although more costly than the road safaris, greatly reduce time spent on the roads, travelling from one location to another and allow guests more time for game activities at the locations.

East Africa is a dream destination with unmatched geographical features, offering a wide variety of possibilities to facilitate the perfect incentive program. Dreams become a reality with an east African Incentive. Our programs create unforgettable moments by combining our cosmopolitan cities, unique wildlife and cultural experiences along with attention to detail in every respect.

Activities can be gentle or intense according to the client’s preference. Each program is tailor-made to suit the group and budget.

A strong, dynamic and dedicated team ensures excellent service is delivered.

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DESTinaTion...

This fascinating land on the Equator is a microcosm of all Africa - from snow caped mountains, tropical rain forests, sweeping Savannah to mysterious deserts and the idyllic blue ocean. Combine the setting with a perfect year round climate, a colourful array of cultures and a hospitable people, and you’ve got the place for an exotic and adventurous experience of a lifetime.

For incentive groups we combine the traditional wildlife safari with activities like fishing on Lake Victoria and in the Indian ocean, golfing at a country resort, Hot air balloon rides in the “world famous” Kenyan game reserves teeming with wildlife or scenic helicopter flights. There are many activities available to suit any group size and budget.

BALLOON

Imagine gliding freely over the endless savannahs of Africa while the drama of nature unfolds below. Perhaps you’ll see a herd of Buffalos or a pride of lions feasting on the previous night’s kill. But most awe-inspiring is the vista - unbroken by power lines or any sign of man’s habituation except perhaps the occasional Maasai manyatta (village) which has existed harmoniously in this place for centuries.

The balloon ride is usually taken early in the morning and culminates with a “bush” Champagne breakfast right where you land. Clients may then chose to go on game drives or drive straight to the camp or lodge.

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FISHING IN LAKE VICTORIA

This very unusual adventure takes you to another world of East Africa – a world of sky-scraping mountains, broad valleys of tea and sugar cane, steaming jungles, and the world’s second largest lake – home of the world’s largest perch.

The excursion includes a fascinating boat tour around Mfangano or Rusinga Island and the wide Kavirondo Bay.

Almost 300 feet deep and more than 400 miles long, the lake abounds with wildlife. Fishing guides will bait hooks for those who want to “go for the big one.”

The lake is also a refuge for nesting pairs of sacred ibis, cormorants, yellow-billed storks, several kinds of weavers, and the dazzling and red-breasted gonolek among other bird species. Migratory bats and tropical butterflies find food and shelter in fig and cassia trees and wattle-skinned monitor lizards pose like primeval bathing beauties on the rocks, just waiting for you to take their picture! Above it all,

magnificent sea eagles soar in circles, ever watchful for a free fish dinner.

COCKTAILS

Lots of laughs are the result of a ‘surprise’ sundowners event when the drivers pretend to be lost or some similar manoeuvre and end up at the pre-determined spot with the entourage of camp or lodge staff awaiting the group with big smiles.

An added attraction can be a ‘mock attack’ by some of the friendly local tribesman followed by a display of traditional dancing. These events are always a hit with any size group. For such surprise events you may not inform the clients as they

are meant to be “surprises.”

BUSH MEalSImagine driving through wilderness, searching for wildlife on an early morning game drive. You’ve been at it for several hours with good success. Now stomachs are rumbling and you’re ready for that second cup of coffee, time to head back to the lodge.

But, the driver seems to be headed in the opposite direction!

You wonder what’s going on when suddenly he pulls into a grove of acacia trees and there, set in a pristine location, is a complete outdoor dining room. There are waiters standing by with chilled juice and champagne and chefs are on hand to cook

eggs to order. A full and complete breakfast is served in the tranquillity of the bush.

TRADITIONAL DANCERSLocal villagers entertain your clients with performances of their tribal ceremonies. The traditional “call and respond” songs may be in praise of warriors who have killed a lion or had a successful cattle raid. There are also songs and dances of love, courtship and marriage. These colourful exhibitions are always a hit with guests who are free to join in the celebration should they feel the urge.

Here’s your chance to taste what African living is like as you tour authentic African homesteads. At each, you are welcomed the chief who shows you around and welcomes you to step into the house for an insight into their lifestyle.

Witness the women preparing traditional beer or making a traditional meal or even weaving baskets.

The tour finale is usually a traditional song and dance performed by the young colourfully dressed warriors and women, and you are welcome to join in!

CULTURAL TOURS

Instead of climbing Mount Kenya, simply fly to the top and see the majesty of this spectacular mountain and beautiful surrounding country. Depending on the hotels booked, airport transfers in Nairobi on the first and last day could be done in helicopters – see Kenya’s Capital city from the sky and avoid all the traffic jam.

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GOLFINGKenya is a golfing country. Nairobi itself boasts 5 world class golf courses which guests staying in Nairobi for conferencing can visit and enjoy rounds of golf.

On the safari circuits, there are world class 18 – hole golf courses at the mount Kenya Safari club, at Aberdare Country club and at the Rift Valley golf resort. Golfing is one of the activities we incorporate in incentive itineraries to add value. In Mombasa there are 2 world class courses – one in the south and the other one in north coast

our SaFari VEHICLES

Our Safari vehicles are specially converted and fitted with a pop-up roof hatch for better viewing and photography. All are equipped with HF radios,

2 spare wheels, medical kit, tow ropes and shovel. For clients’ comfort we also carry cooler-boxes, a pair of binoculars, guide books on animals, plants Birds and bean bags in each.

Our guides will always wear uniforms and are knowledgeable, courteous and helpful. We believe that a guide can make the difference between a good safari and a great one.

We take pride in offering people oriented and well trained guides to complement the wonderful safari attractions.

We operate 2WD safari minibuses and 4WD safari landcruisers

Real Africa 4WD LandcruiserReal Africa 2WD Van

OCEAN brEak-aWaYSZanzibar & Mombasa

A few days at an Indian Ocean resort are a perfect way to end a safari! Mombasa and Zanzibar both share a rich history, being ports of call for Arabic traders and the Dutch East India Company. Let your clients indulge in sunshine and water-based activities. A romantic dinner on

a traditional dhow or swimming with dolphins are some of the highlights we can arrange.

Gorilla TrackinG

Gorilla TrackinGThere are currently only about 700 mountain gorillas left in the world and of these, about 300 reside in Bwindi, in Uganda. At the moment there are 5 habituated families that are open to visits by tourists, 4 of which are based in Buhoma and one in Nkungiro. Only 8 permits per gorilla family per day are available to the whole world per day, making gorilla tracking a very exclusive activity.

The remaining families inhabit the forested mountains of Rwanda and DR Congo. Presently, Rwanda has the easiest access routes for visiting the mountain gorillas. We organize thrilling treks to visit these gentle giants in their misty mountain home also known as the virungas, (a chain of volcanoes with altitudinal ranges of 3500m-4507m).

Mountain Gorillas are found in the high altitude forests surrounding these volcanoes. There are currently 7 habituated gorilla families that can be visited.

Real Africa organizes tours in both Uganda and Rwanda. We use the best local guides who are keen naturalists and have great interest in conservation. Most of them are personally known to the gorilla families!

Apart from gorilla tracking we also organize tours to other parks in these countries. Uganda and Rwanda also boast beautiful national parks teeming with big game but also with many different types of primates.

MOUNTKILIMANJAROMOUNTAIN CLIMBING

Summit the highest mountain in Africa! Five different routes are available depending on the fitness and budget of your clients. Accommodation varies from two-man tents to mountain huts. All food is supplied en route and backpacks are carried by porters.

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ExaMplES oFITINERARIES

Day 1: J o h a n n e s b u r g t o N a i r o b i

We will meet at O.R. Tambo International Airport at the Kenya Airways

counter at 1140 for departure at 1340. On arrival in Nairobi we will be met and transferred to the Southern

Sun Mayfair Hotel in Nairobi. We enjoy our welcome dinner at the hotel.

Overnight - Southern Sun Mayfair. D.

Day 2: N a i r o b i – S w e e t wat e r s

After an early breakfast and check out, we drive north to Mount Kenya region and

check in at our camp at the Olpejeta private sanctuary. We enjoy lunch at the camp.

We depart on our afternoon game drive in the reserve and visit the Chimpanzee

sanctuary before enjoying dinner at the camp tonight.

Sweetwaters is a 24,000 acre private game ranch near the Mount Kenya and

sits astride the Equator. Guests to Sweetwaters enjoy magnificent views across

the plains to the snow-capped peaks of Mount Kenya. At the ranch we find a

Chimpanzee Sanctuary and a sanctuary for the endangered black rhino. The ranch

boasts all the “Big 5” Including Lion, Leopard, Rhino, elephant and Buffalo.

The adjoining Olpejeta was Adnan Khashoggi’s private hideaway. The original

dwelling was completely restored to its former glory as a traditional farmhouse.

Overnight - Serena Sweetwaters Camp. LDB.

Day 3: S w e e t wat e r s – N a k u r u

After breakfast check out and, with game viewing on the way, make our way to

LakeNakuru National Park. Stop over briefly at the Nayahururu falls – Kenya’s longest.

Check in to our camp for lunch. There will be time to settle in before we set out

for the game drive in the park and around the lake. This afternoon you will take

amazing pictures of the lake and the thousands flamingo’s before enjoying dinner

at the camp. Lake Nakuru is a beautiful shallow alkaline lake, with masses of flamingos

forming an unforgettable pink ribbon along the edge of the lake. Surrounded

by acacia woodland and rich savannah, Lake Nakuru National Park is a superb

example of conservation at work in the wild. Originally and still considered one of

the finest ornithological sites in the world, the lake is a famous haunt for millions

of flamingos. Avid bird watchers will be enthralled by the greatest variety of birds

on earth. The park also provides sanctuary to Rothschild giraffe, white and black

rhino, and leopard.

Nakuru Flamingo Hill CampBreakfast. LDB.

Day 4: L a k e N a k u r u - M a s a i M a r a

After breakfast we depart for the legendary Masai Mara, world famous for its annual

migration of wildlife. After lunch there will be time for a short rest at the pool, in your

room or at the restaurant, before the afternoon game drive departs. Game viewing in

East Africa is an experience of a lifetime, so make sure your camera’s batteries are

charged!One word encapsulates the Masai Mara - VAST. This spectacular game reserve with

its undulating plains, hills and woodland groves in the Southwest corner of Kenya,

shares its southern border with Tanzania. This is lion and elephant country with

leopard, cheetah and a recovering population of black rhino also in residence. The

Mara is home to several hundred species of birdlife and is famous for the annual

migration of wildebeest thundering across the southern plains of the Serengeti, in

Tanzania, into Kenya’s Masai Mara. We enjoy dinner at the lodge this evening..

Overnight Mara Simba Lodge. LDB.

Day 5 and 6: M a s a i M a r a

We spend the next two days in the Serena Lodge located on the banks of the Mara River.

In the early mornings we depart on game drives, returning to a buffet breakfast. The

rest of the day can be spent lazing around the pool or enjoying other leisurely activities.

Lunch and afternoon tea is served before we depart on an evening game drive. When we

return from the game drive, dinner will be served.After dinner there will be a display of Masai Warrior dancing, or other local entertainment.

You can enjoy an after-dinner drink in the bar lounge. Please remember only the animal

kingdom can decide if they will cross that day or not or if we will see a kill, but be assured

that you will see huge herds of animals..

Overnight Mara Serena Lodge. LDB.

Day 7: M a s a i M a r a – N a i r o b i

We experience one last early morning game drive, enjoy breakfast and depart with a

lunch box to do some more game viewing on route to Nairobi.

Our farewell dinner will be enjoyed in the Boma Restaurant.

Overnight Southern Sun Mayfair. LDB.

Day 8: N a i r o b i t o J o h a n n e s b u r gAfter breakfast we drive to Nairobi International Airport. We check in for our flight back to Johannesburg after an unforgettable African experience. We arrive back at O.R Tambo Johannesburg at 1220.

Day 1: J o h a n n e s b u r g t o A r u s h a

We meet at O.R. Tambo International Airport, where we check-in for

our flight to Kilimanjaro. On arrival in Kilimanjaro we claim our baggage. A short transfer to Arusha.

Overnight - Serena Mountain Village Lodge. Dinner included.

Day 2: A r u s h a t o L a k e M a n ya r a

After breakfast we drive through the local town of Mto wa Mbu to the gates of

Lake Manyara National Park. Stretching for 50km along the base of the Rift Valley

Escarpment, Lake Manyara is a scenic gem, with a setting extolled by Ernest

Hemmingway as “the loveliest I had seen in Africa.” Manyara provides the perfect

introduction to Tanzania’s birdlife. More than 400 species have been recorded here.

Manyara is famous for the legendary treeclimbing lions. Perhaps we will be lucky

enough to see this!

Overnight - Lake Manyara Serena Lodge.Breakfast, lunch and dinner included.

Day 3: L a k e M a n ya r a t o S e r e n g e t i

Today, after breakfast, we drive to the Serengeti National Park, undoubtedly the

best-known wildlife sanctuary in the world, unequalled for its natural beauty and

scientific value. It has the greatest concentration of plains game in Africa with more

than two million wildebeest, half a million Thomson’s gazelle and a quarter of a

million zebra. Tanzania’s oldest and most popular national park is famed for its annual migration,

when some six million hooves pound the open plains. Yet even when the migration

is quiet, the Serengeti offers arguably the most scintillating game-viewing in Africa:

great herds of buffalo, smaller groups of elephant and giraffe, and thousands upon

thousands of eland, topi, knogoni, impala and Grant’s gazelle. Your guide will take

you on an afternoon game drive.

Overnight Serena Serengeti Lodge.Breakfast, lunch and dinner included.

Day 4 and 5: S e r e n g e t i

Enjoy breakfast at the lodge and thereafter witness the spectacle of predator versus

prey. Golden-mane lions feast on the abundance of plain grazers. Solitary leopards

haunt the acacia trees lining the Seronera River, while a high density of cheetahs

prowls the southeastern plains.Afternoons may be spend at leisure. Whether you are relaxing at the pool, enjoying a

sundowner at the bar or just perched on your balcony, you will have an unobstructed

view of the game passing in front of the lodge.

Overnight Serena Serengeti Lodge or similar.Breakfast, lunch and dinner included.

Day 6: S e r e n g e t i t o N g o r o n g o r o C r at e r

Breakfast, drive to the Ngorongoro Crater. Called the eighth wonder of the world it is one

of the world’s greatest natural spectacles, its magical setting and abundant wildlife never

fail to enthrall visitors. The volcanoes, grasslands, waterfalls and mountain forests are

home to an abundance of animals and to the Masaai.

En route we visit a Masaai Village. The Masaai are a very interesting people, they are

both proud and fearless, a visit to their village will present you with a unique opportunity

for insights into their culture as well as their daily life.

Overnight Ngorongoro Serena Lodge Breakfast. Lunch and dinner included.

Day 7: N g o r o n g o r o C r at e r

After a very early breakfast we descend 600m into this magnificent crater for a half

day tour. Witness an unforgettable spectacle of African wildlife. Supported by a year

round water supply and fodder, the park has a vast variety of animals, which also

includes the black rhino.Another big draw to this picturesque park is its dense population of predators, which

includes lions, hyenas, jackals, cheetahs and the ever elusive leopard.

We enjoy a late lunch before a leisurely drive back to our hotel, which is set in a coffee

plantation. Here we enjoy a farewell dinner and share laughs and memories.

Overnight Serena Mountain Village Breakfast. Lunch and dinner included.

Day 8: A r u s h a t o J o h a n n e s b u r gAfter breakfast we are transferred to the Kilimanjaro Airport from where we fly home.