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Kenya Mission Safaris
STSMT 01 - 12 Days Kenya Missionary Tour
Day 1. Nairobi
Upon arrival at Jomo Kenyatta Airport in Nairobi, we will be met and
transferred to our Nairobi hotel. In the afternoon, visit Shelter
childrens Home. Dinner and overnight with this children Nairobi. (D)
Day 2 Nairobi | Kajiado | Machakos
After breakfast, leave for Kajiado to visit the Africa Inland Church
(AIC) station of Kajiado Center for handicapped Maasai children.
Continue to Machakos to visit Scott Theological College and
fellowship with students and staff. We return to our hotel in
Nairobi for the night. (B,L,D)
Day 3 Nairobi | Sweetwaters
After an early morning worship service in Nairobi, drive north to
Sweetwaters Tented Camp, which is situated in the secluded heart of
the Pejeta Rhino Reserve. The camp, a haven for nature lovers,
overlooks one of the busiest waterholes in the reserve, which offers
us an unforgettable opportunity to watch and photograph elephant,
giraffe, buffalo and other plains game. This afternoon we do a game
drive in the park and then enjoy dinner and overnight at the
luxurious tented camp in Sweetwaters. (B,L,D)
Day 4 Sweetwaters
Enjoy an early morning game run as well as one in the afternoon.
Between the game runs there is time to rest, swim, or just relax,
watching the various animals come to the waterhole in front of the
tents. (B,L,D)
Day 5 Sweetwaters | Nakuru
After breakfast at the camp, depart for Nakuru, arriving in time for
lunch. Following lunch visit with missionaries involved in pioneer
missions, and then mid-afternoon enjoy a game drive of Lake Nakuru
National Park, famous for its large concentration of birds,
especially flamingos. Dinner and overnight at the Lake Nakuru lodge.
(B,L,D)
Day 6 Nakuru | Kijabe
Following breakfast at the lodge, depart for Kijabe, perhaps the
world's largest mission station. This afternoon visit the Rift
Valley Academy, a school for over 500 children of missionaries. They
represent some 80 different mission organizations in Africa. Tonight
will be spent with missionary hosts for dinner and overnight. (B,L,D)
Day 7 Kijabe
There will be time today to spend with Kijabe missionaries and visit
Moffat College of Bible, Kijabe Medical Center and Bethany Crippled
Childrens Center. Meals and overnight will again be with missionary
hosts. (B,L,D)
Day 8 Kijabe | Masai Mara
Following breakfast, continue traveling through the Great Rift
Valley to the Masai Mara National Wildlife Reserve, stopping at
Siyapei Mission Station en route. The Mara is the last place in
Kenya where great concentrations of game that existed in the last
century can still be seen. It is a land of breathtaking vistas, a
panorama of rolling grassland hills and groves of acacia woodland.
Permanent residents of the Mara include black rhino, elephant,
buffalo, topi, giraffe, and of course, the big cats: lion, cheetah
and leopard. In addition, huge herds of zebra and wildebeest lead an
endlessly nomadic life, crisscrossing from the Serengeti Plains of
Tanzania to the Masai Mara of Kenya. Dinner and overnight at a lodge
in the Masai Mara. (B,L,D)
Day 9 Masai Mara
Today is yours to relax in the wildlife lodge. You may choose to go
on both the early morning pre-breakfast wildlife drive and another
one later in the day. Meals and accommodations at the lodge. (B,L,D)
Day 10 Masai Mara | Kijabe - Nairobi
Return to Kijabe in time for morning worship service. After lunch at
Rift Valley Academy, return to the hotel in Nairobi for dinner and
overnight. (B,L,D)
Day 11 Nairobi
Today is free for shopping and visiting interesting sites in
Nairobi. This evening enjoy dinner at The Carnivore, a
barbecue-style restaurant near Nairobi where commercially grown game
meats are barbecued and served directly to the table. Overnight in
Nairobi. (B,D)
Day 12 Nairobi
After breakfast, visit Nairobi Evangelical Graduate School of
Theology in nearby Karen and enjoy chapel with students from
English-speaking countries of Africa. Visit the Kizuri Bead Factory
and have lunch on your own in Karen. Stop at Giraffe Manor, where
orphaned giraffes are cared-for. The remainder of the afternoon is
free for final packing and sightseeing. Dinner at Tamarind Resturant
for Sea Food then transfer to airport for outbound flight (B,D)
STSMT 02 - 12 Days Kenya Missionary Tour
Day 1 Thika
Our visitors arrive on a Friday and are picked from the airport by
one of our beautiful and comfortable tour vans. They will spend the
night at Blue Posts Hotel, which is situated about 50km south of
Nairobi in a beautiful town called Thika. This is a beautiful hotel
and probably the only one in the world that is situated between two
Water Falls - Chania and Thika waterfalls. It is also next to the
world famous expansive Del Monte Pineapple Farm.
Day 2 Beat the Jet Lag & Local Tour
On the second day, the visitors are taken around Thika town where
they will in particularly enjoy the scenic vegetation of the
world-renowned coffee plantations and also visit the Fourteen Falls
- a river with fourteen falls at one place - that is a beauty to
behold! They will also be shown the areas where they will be
undertaking development/church projects in the coming week.
Day 3 Lets go to Worship - African Style
This day falls on a Sunday. Our visitors will be taken to attend
church in one of the fastest growing churches in Africa - The
Christian Church International, Thika. It will be an experience of a
lifetime to enjoy Spirit filled worship in a local church.
Later in the Afternoon, the visitors will visit the projects where
they will be working with a briefing with their local co-workers.
Day 4-9 It's Time To Work - for the glory of God
This begins on Monday. The visitors will have one full week work in
a community/church building project. They will work and partner with
other local people to bring up a project that will go a long way in
helping the local community to alleviate poverty, ignorance and
disease. Those who wish to be engaged in evangelistic activities
will have the opportunity to go out in the streets together with
local evangelists and win real souls for Jesus. It will be an
exciting and life changing experience for the visitors who will be
involved first-hand to help the locals.
Beginning this Monday, the visitors will leave the hotel and start
living with the locals in specially selected homes. This will help
create lasting relations, cultural exchange moments and harness a
deeper understanding of the daily life of each other. It will be
like being in your own home away from home. What about shared
culinary techniques, bonding, friendship, and devotions, to mention
just a few of the benefits.
Day 10 Experience the Diversity of Worship
Our visitors will have the opportunity to go and visit other
churches and gain different experiences of worship among the local
people. It can be organized for the ministers to get an opportunity
to minister in music, word or otherwise in these local churches. A
large dinner will be arranged for all of them together in a local
home.
Day 11 & 12 Safari to the African Jungle!
The visitors will proceed to Maasai Mara National Park & Game
Reserve. On the way, they will have the opportunity to experience
the scenic Rift Valley, watch a rich and abundant bird life at Lake
Naivasha and enjoy watching flamingoes at Lake Nakuru.
At Maasai Mara - a world renown Game Reserve featured in Discovery
Channel and other leading world media, the visitors will come face
to face with the rich flora and fauna of our nation. They will watch
game such as the menacing African Lions, Buffalos, Elephants,
Antelopes, Leopards, etc in their very natural habitat. It will be
an opportunity for photography and excitement in the African Jungle.
They will also enjoy sleeping in tented camps and experiencing the
beautiful African nights for two wonderful nights
Day 13 Watch More Wild Life & Game
Will start with a game drive at the Maasai Mara and a leisurely
drive back to Nairobi. But we must pass through a Maasai Village and
learn about their culture and ways of life. This is usually a
highlight of any safari. Arrive at Nairobi in the evening where our
visitors will head for dinner at Carnivore Restaurant. This is
Nairobi's premier restaurant and one of the few in the world serving
tasty game meat. This will be an experience to remember. This last
night will be spent at Blue Posts Hotel back in Thika.
Day 14 Nairobi
This will be the final day of the exciting missionary safari. There
will be one more group lunch back at our base in Thika where the
projects have been taking place. Host families will now bid their
friends farewell.
Finally, in the evening, our visitors will be taken to the Airport
where they will depart for home after an enriching tour of Africa.
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