Paragon Conventions has appointed LIBERTY AFRICA SAFARIS as its official tour company. Please see below a selection of optional tours that they will be offering. Please note - all tours will take place subject to a minimum of 4 participants.

For booking and information please contact:
LIBERTY AFRICA SAFARIS
2A Convent Drive
Lavington
P. O. Box 40235-00100
Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: + 254 20 38 64 565/6
Fax: +254 20 38 64 567
congress@libertyafrica.com   

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Accompanying Guest Programme
(Further details are available on the Registration page)
Monday 07 June 2010
NAIROBI TOUR - 09h00 - Half day

Discover the vibrant diversity of this historic city, which is the uncontested ‘Safari Capital of the World’ and self-styled ‘Green City in the Sun’. Travel straight to the heart of Kenyan culture by visiting art galleries, handicraft centers and bustling markets. Gain a unique insight into both Kenya’s past and present by seeing the Parliament Building, Jomo Kenyatta’s mausoleum, the Kenyatta International Conference Center, the Railway Museum (background to the ‘Lunatic Line’ and man-eaters of Tsavo), the stunningly renovated National Museum of Kenya as well as its Arboretum and Snake Park – to name but a few of the ‘sights’ on offer.

 

 

 

 

Optional Tours

Sunday 06 June 2010
MAASAI MARKET SHOPPING & MODERN AFRICAN BUFFET LUNCH EXPERENCE - 11h00 – Half day
US$75.00 per person
Like any other market, Maasai market is one of the most famous markets in Kenya. It deals with paintings, drawings, carvings, curios, jewelry, African materials and garments among other items. The items are purely African making great souvenirs and African jewelry.

 

 

 

 

 

Monday 07 June 2010
NAIROBI NATIONAL PARK - 14h30 – Half day
US$95.00 per person

This unique national park, the ONLY national park in the world to be located in a major city is just 10 minute’s drive from the city centre. A typical savannah habitat,  it is one of the best places in Kenya to see black rhinos whilst also featuring lions, giraffes, hippos, cheetahs, leopards, buffalos, crocodiles, plentiful plains game and 400 species of birds. The park also offers the superb Safari Walk Animal Sanctuary and the charming Animal Orphanage as well as a complex of restaurants and shops.

Tuesday 08 June 2010
DAPHNE SHELDRICK’S ORPHANAGE/KAREN BLIXEN MUSEUM/ GIRRAFE MANOR - 10h00 – Full day
US$130.00 per person

Located in Nairobi Game Park in Kenya is Daphne Sheldrick's Elephant Orphanage, originally started by famous naturalist David Sheldrick. Visitors to the park can see the young elephants interacting with their keepers – playing, taking mud baths and being fed with milk. This is a wonderful sight to watch and a wonderful way to get up close to the babies and observe their playful habits, something which isn’t always possible − or safe − in the wild.

From here we move to the foot of the Ngong Hills, which featured in Karen Blixen’s famous book ‘Out of Africa’, which was later made into the film starring Meryl Streep and Robert Redford. Stroll around the gardens and rooms of Karen’s charming old house, which is now a national museum, before moving on to the nearby Jock Leslie-Melville Nature Education Centre, which is a sanctuary for the endangered Rothschild’s giraffe. Here you can not only feed the giraffes from the central information centre, which features a giraffe-height feeding platform, but you can also learn more about their way of life.

Thereafter you will be taken to the leafy suburbs of Karen and Langata where Matt Bronze makes stunning wildlife sculptures. Then we drive the short distance to Kazuri beads where jewellery is handmade by local women. Visit the workshop and meet the women as they work then on to Marula studios which offers a collection of handmade items made of recycled waste products.

Wednesday 09 June 2010
LAKE NAKURU & LAKE NAIVASHA EXPRESS - 07h00 – Full day
US$215.00 per person

Lake Nakuru lies in the volcano-strewn Rift Valley, one of the chains of 8 lakes which stretch the length of Kenya from Tanzania to Ethiopia. The 160 km drive from Nairobi passes through the highland farms of the Kikuyu people before descending the escarpment into the dramatic landscape of the Great Rift Valley. The first stop is the Lake Nakuru, where is to be found the most awesome bird spectacle in the world – millions of great and lesser flamingoes which transform the shores of the lake into a breathtaking ‘carpet’. Lunch at Sarova Lion Hill Lodge, thereafter a game drive around the lake and the protected Park which has a sanctuary for endangered animal species such as the Black and White Rhino and Rothschild Giraffe among others. A brief stopover for afternoon tea served in the scenic and lush grounds of the Lake Naivasha Country Club. Thereafter continue back to Nairobi where you will be dropped off at your hotel.