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Safari for the disabled
in Kenya
We at Claudious Tours and safaris have
recognized that disability is not inability to
travel. Demand for accessible tourism offers is
growing, and the tourism industry is starting to
recognize that tourists with disabilities form
an important consumer group of travelers.
Claudious Tours and Safaris specializes in
arranging tours for the physically impaired,
blind and the deaf in the community. We work
with a wide range of safari lodges, tented
camps, hotels and beach resorts to make sure
that we can give you the most accessible quality
accommodation available. We avail the use of
professional nurses during the escorted tours of
the game parks, boating on Lake Victoria,
Birding, cultural tours etc.
An African safari has a high priority on many people’s life “to do” lists, but safaris are consistently portrayed as being for able-bodied outdoor enthusiasts. However, safaris and other adventure activities for disabled people and those with limited mobility are a rapidly growing market, and there are more options now than ever. Even so, the decision to go on safari is significantly easier than trying to sort through all the information available and planning your itinerary. If you are a special needs traveler, or a family member or friend of a special needs traveler, there are a number of things to consider before and during the planning process.
When planning your trip, we ensure that you can be accommodated in every step of the way. The hotels we operate with have the rooms made specifically for the wheel chair to access. The vehicles we use to transport you to the site and during the course of the safari are accessible using the ram mounted on the back door. Our safari land cruisers have wheelchair locking system that allows travelers to remain in their chair or transfer out of it. We also offer at least two a personal caretaker per vehicle for those travelers that have more specific medical needs. The lodging we use has wheelchair accessible bathrooms.
There are often opportunities on safari to exit the vehicle, and in places where it is safe to do so, travelers can exit the vehicle to touch and smell things to enhance their experience.
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For many people, disabled or otherwise, having some sort of in-country assistance is absolutely essential, whether you are traveling alone or your disability necessitates traveling with friends or family members. We also provide local guide who can serve as a translator in six languages that is English, German, Chinese, Italy, Spanish and French.
We also encourages people to bring any equipment that you may need with you during the safari, including tools for wheelchairs and the proper supplies for people using catheters, especially since access to hospitals and clinics and the quality of care abroad is often not at the same standard you may be used to at home. Medications should be labeled with your name and relevant information, and it may be a good idea to bring copies of your prescription, just in case. Be sure to pack essentials in your carryon luggage in the event that your checked bag(s) is lost.
The equipment and supplies required by a disabled traveler will vary from person to person, and the section on assessing your needs can help you identify some items you may require as a traveler that you may not have otherwise considered. While bringing equipment you are familiar and comfortable with is always the best option instead of relying on equipment provided by the lodge.
Game Drives:
Days on safari can start very early, though your individual itinerary may vary based on your wants and needs. Many safaris will do a morning game drive between 6 and 6:30 am local time – this is a time at which wildlife is very active, and it is a good time to be out before temperatures rise.
Breakfast is generally served before or after the morning game drive, and lunch will be served afterward. A second game drive generally takes place in the afternoon and lasts until sunset
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Claudious Tours and Safaris offer
Africa Specialty Travel as one of the richest
Adventure Travel itineraries on the continent of
Africa. Among the tour packages available to the
intrepid traveler in this special category are:
disabled Safari
in Africa and Africa Specialty Tours.
Getting Around, Tracking wildlife
in Africa is an incredible experience for anyone,
and mobility issues need not be a bar to this
unforgettable adventure. For anyone with mobility
disabilities, we provide vehicles with easy access
ramps. Our experienced driver/guides are always
there to assist you.
We personally visit, check and
approve accommodation to make sure that there is
wheelchair access to all rooms, restaurants,
common areas, game viewing platforms and beaches.
We also ensure that rooms and even safari tents
have individual access, accessible verandahs or
decks, and accessible and functional en suite
facilities for the disabled.
Bellow is our proposed itinerary
which we can customized to longer or shorter days
depending with number of days you would wish to
take in Africa.
9: DAYS SAFARI FOR THE
DISABLE PEOPLE IN KENYA - TOUR CODE CTS 08972
1st DAY: A
representative of Claudious Tours and Safaris will
welcome you upon arrival in Nairobi for a transfer
to your hotel, where he will check you in and give
you a briefing about your itinerary. Depending on
your arrival time.
2nd DAY: today we will also
organize a half day Tour of the city of Nairobi
that covers the City Market, Parliament Buildings,
Railway Museum, and the National Museum, next to
which the Snake Park is situated. Overnight in
Nairobi intercontinental hotel.
3rd DAY: After
breakfast, begin your safari by driving through
the plains towards the Samburu Game Reserve which
lies at the edge of the semi-desert climate of
Northern Kenya, arriving in time for lunch. An
afternoon game ride will introduce you to the
unique wildlife of this area, such as the
reticulated giraffe, gravy zebra and the Somali
ostrich. Dinner and overnight at your lodge
Samburu sopa lodge.
4th DAY: Today
you spend the Full day at the park taking your
game drives through this hazy but beautiful
reserve, which has abundant game especially along
the fringes of the Uaso Nyiro river, which flows
gently through this dry landscape. Afternoon at
leisure- you may wish to relax the poolside.
Overnight at the lodge.
5th day: After breakfast, drive into the Rift
Valley through the Northern tip to Lake Nakuru.
Enjoy the huge bird concentration as well as other
game while on your game drive. We will have lunch
in Nakuru town before the game drive. After the
game drive depart for you overnight at Lake
Naivasha sopa lodge.
6th day: Lake Naivasha
A full day is spent in the lake naivasha with game
drives in the morning and after noon at leisure.
Overnight at lake naivasha sopa lodge.
7th Day: Lake Naivasha-
Amboseli National park
after breakfast, we will pick you from your hotel.
Thereafter depart for Amboseli National park
arriving in time for an afternoon game drive via
Namanga border town where we partake of lunch.
Dinner and overnight at amboseli sopa lodge.
8th Day: Amboseli.
After breakfast proceed for an early morning
pre-breakfast game drive. Return to the camp for
breakfast. After breakfast proceeds for another
game drive where plains game namely zebras, wild
beast, giraffe and various antelopes can be seen.
You will have a lunch and leisure break at the
campsite then end with an evening game drive,
looking out for the peak of Mount Kilimanjaro
which may be seen during clear weather from the
observation hill. Large herds of elephants and
hippo can be seen bathing in the swamp grounds
whose water source is Mt. Kilimanjaro. Dinner and
overnight at the lodge.
9th Day: Amboseli- Nairobi
Early morning Pre-breakfast game drive. After a
late breakfast depart Amboseli for Nairobi
arriving in the afternoon. There after we will
proceed for lunch at the capital centere aferwhcih
we will transfer you to the air port for your
onward flight back home.. Arrive in the early
evening.
Tour Cost Includes:
- Pick up and drop off at Jomo
Kenyatta International Airport
- Use of safari vehicle with Pop
up roof for game viewing specially designed to
accommodate wheel chair
- Guaranteed window seats for
every participant.
- Park entry fees for all the
mentioned parks
- all meals as per the
Itinerary. Full board meal plan. (3 Meals a day)
- Service of an experienced
English ‐ Speaking driver guide
- Game drives as per the
Itinerary
- One crew per vehicle
- Driver allowances and park
fees for vehicle and driver
- Government taxes
- Last day transfer to Airport
- Qualified guides that are well
trained to handle the disable.
- Lunch on the last day
- Evacuation cover from the
AMREF for the period in Kenya.
Excludes:
- Extras at the lodges tips,
drinks, telephone, laundry or any other personal
expenses
- International Flight
Charges
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8
Days Kenya Game Viewing Holiday -
TOUR CODE CTS 08232
Tailored for Wheelchair users
Highlights: This is a seven days
safari starting from Nairobi to Lake Nakuru, lake
naivasha and then finally in amboseli National
park. You will start with visiting the Amboseli
National park where you will be accommodated in a
wheelchair friendly lodge; Sopa lodge and proceed
to Lake Naivasha where you will stay at sawela
Safari lodge before you head to Nakuru national
park.
Day 1: Arrival Nairobi
On arrival at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport,
you will be met by out tour manager who will brief
you on your safari before you are transferred to
your hotel at the sarova Stanley hotel.
2nd DAY: Nairobi - Amboseli National Park
This morning, you begin your safari by driving
down to the border between Kenya and Tanzania.
Your destination is Amboseli, a park famous for
large herds of elephant and its spectacular view
of Mt Kilimanjaro; Amboseli is also famous for
buffalo, antelope and the occasional hippo Dinner
and over night at the Amboseli sopa lodge.
Set against the magnificent
backdrop of Africa's highest mountain, the
glittering Mount Kilimanjaro, Amboseli sopa Safari
Lodge enjoys a uniquely privileged position at the
heart of this world-famous national park. Secluded
within a grove of acacia trees, the lodge looks
out over the golden savannah plains, with
uninterrupted views of Mount Kilimanjaro. Close by
are a series of emerald green swamps, which are
fed by the melting snows of Kilimanjaro. This is
the only sources of water in this otherwise
starkly beautiful but arid park, attract huge
numbers of wallowing elephants, hippos, buffalos
and plains game. Meanwhile, from the prehistoric
site of Observation Hill, the sunset over
Kilimanjaro is magnificent.
3rd Day Amboseli National
Park
While Kilimanjaro is actually across the border in
Tanzania, Amboseli has a perfect view of this
world's tallest freestanding mountain, rising an
impressive 5 kilometres above the plains. The best
time to view the majestic mountain is at dawn and
sunset, when the clouds lift and the light is both
clear and soft.
As Amboseli is easily accessible, it forms a
popular part of many of our safari itineraries.
Amboseli is one of the smaller game parks in Kenya
and the vegetation ensures that the animals are
easy to spot. Lions can easily be found and can
occasionally be watched stalking their prey.
Dinner and Overnight at Amboseli Sopa Lodge.
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Day 4: Amboseli Lake
Naivasha
Depart in the morning and drive to the floor of
the Rift Valley to Lake Nakuru National Park
making a brief stop at the great rift valley.
Arrive at Lake naivasha sawela lodge in time for
lunch. Afternoon, conduct a Spice game drive. In
addition, many species of game can be found in the
Park including the introduced Rothschild's
giraffe, Waterbuck, Reed buck, Lion, Buffalo,
Leopard, Baboon and many species of plains game.
Overnight at the sawela lodge.
Day 5: Lake Naivasha
we take an optional boat ride. Alternatively, a
nature view at Crescent Island is an excellent way
to see wild animals while on foot. The Island is a
private game sanctuary, which is home to zebra,
wildebeest, gazelle, Vervet monkeys, hares, genet
cats, waterbuck and giraffe. Or you may wish to
lounge by the pool admiring the view of zebras,
Giraffes and waterbuck just outside the fence.
Overnight at the sawela lodge.
Meal Plan {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}
Day 6: Lake Naivasha Lake Nakuru.
After break fast we depart to lake Nakuru National
park. The drive will take two hours to flamingo
lodge. Lake Nakuru National Park is home to
Reticulated giraffes, waterbucks, black and white
rhinos, buffalo, lions, leopards, and the shores
of the lake itself is fringed by thousands of
Flamingos s which feed on the Lake Nakuru's algae
. Lunch will be taken at the Lake Nakuru Lodge,
Sarova Lion Hill Lodge or similar. Afternoon
safari game viewing around Lake Nakuru and the
forest nearby. Return to Lake Nakuru Lodge, Sarova
Lion Hill Lodge or similar for dinner and
overnight.
Day 7: Lake Nakuru
Early breakfast is followed by an exit safari game
viewing drive in Lake Nakuru National Park
Day 8 : Lake Nakuru Nairobi
Early pre-breakfast game viewing drive. Breakfast
at your accommodation unit.
You shall depart lake nakuru for Nairobi to arrive
in the late afternoon.
End of Services.
Prices and Costs
Package Cost Shall Be Provided According To Group
Numbers and Period of Travel
Safari Cost Includes:
Pick up and drop off at Jomo
Kenyatta International Airport / Moi International
Airport.
Local flights fees Nairobi-Amboseli
Use of safari vehicle with Pop up roof for game
viewing specially designed to accommodate wheel
chair
Guaranteed window seats for every participant.
Park entry fee for Amboseli and Tsavo
All meals as per the Itinerary. Full board meal
plan. (3 Meals a day)
Service of an experienced English - Speaking
driver guide
Game drives as per the Itinerary
Driver allowances and park fees for vehicle and
driver
Government taxes
Last day transfer to Airport or your hotel in
Nairobi / Mombasa.
Excludes:
Extras at the lodges tips, drinks, telephone,
laundry or any other personal expenses
International Flight Charges.
Last group comments
Hi Claude
Upon our return home to Israel take this
opportunity to thank you on my own behalf
and our group members behalf to you personally and
to the stuff you've provided, for the success of
our safari trip to Kenya.
I know that working with disabled people is
extremely difficult and it is more difficult to
deal with a group of 7 disabled persons, all of
them requiring assistance at the same time. You
and your stuff have been overly patient with our
whims and left nothing to be desired.
The help you've provided us with was over and
above the obligations you've cobtracted to provide
under your contract with Funtours.
Please convey our thanks to your stuff especially
to Kenedy and Peter the driver of the 'boy's' car.
It was a pleasure to get acquainted with you.
You've helped us to get clearer understanding of
Kanya and its inhabitants
Shlomo Sorek
shlomo.sorek@gmail.com
Israel disable team
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