In November 2024 QuickSteps organizes a bucket-list worthy trip of a lifetime to African Adventure.
Join fellow QuickSteps members for 3 weeks to explore East Africa, as Sebastien, along with local guides takes you through Kenya, Tanzania, and Rwanda!
More details will be added to this page over the coming days.
African Adventure Highlights:
- Relax on the expansive white sands of the Kenyan coast
- Learn the fascinating history of the African slave trade in Mombasa
- Social dance in the bustling city of Nairobi and wherever else we find the music playing!
- Experience elephants, lions zebras, and giraffes in the Masai Mara and Serengeti game parks
- Be guided and protected by no less than our own Masai Warrior
- Experience the relaxed island life in Lake Victoria, Africa’s largest inland lake
- Seeing how Rwanda has picked itself up to become Africa’s cleanest well-run country after the tragic 1994 genocide
- Interact up close with the gorillas, the world’s largest primates
- Stay in a mix of boutique hotels, beach resorts, simple guest houses, and safari camps.
Africa Adventure Detailed itinerary:
Day 1 – Saturday, November 9
Leave Adelaide in the evening on Emirates.
Or join us over in Mombasa, Kenya
Day 2 – Sunday, November 10
Quick stopover in Dubai, then a direct flight to Mombasa on Kenya’s coast.
Travel to a local beachside resort at Diani Beach
Meet our two local guides and dancers in the local dance scene.
Accommodation: Safari Beach
Day 3 – Monday, November 11
Sleep off the jetlag
We have a perfect place to dance overlooking the beach.
Accommodation: Safari Beach
Day 4 – Tuesday, November 12
Learn about how Mombasa was one of Africa’s most important slave trading post – and see where they departed from on the way to the Americas.
Come back to the resort, freshen up, then head to Ali Barbour’s Cave Restaurant.
Accommodation: Safari Beach
Day 5 – Wednesday, November 13
Take the modern train from Mombasa to Niarobi.
Spot elephants, giraffes, and zebras as we travel by
Check into the funky Social House Hotel.
Explore Nairobi’s nightlife or check out a show
Accommodation: Social House
Day 6 – Thursday, November 14
Explore Nairobi, including the Giraffe Sanctuary.
Meet up with some local dancers and go out dancing.
Accommodation: Social House
Day 7 – Friday, November 15
Get up early and travel to the world-famous Masai Mara.
Stay at the locally Massai-owned and run Oldarpoi Camp.
Accommodation: Oldapoi Mara Camp
Day 8 – Saturday, November 16
Big Game Day in the Mara and evening safari.
Day 9 – Sunday, November 17, 2024
Wake up early – around 5 am. Big day of travel across the border to Tanzania at the Namanga crossing.
Stay at Lake Natron (overnight Lengai Lodge)
Accommodation: Lengai Lodges
Day 10 – Monday, November 18
After breakfast drive to the shores of Lake Natron for a flamingo tour there walk to Engaresero Waterfall for some swimming.
Day 11 – Tuesday, November 19
After breakfast drive to Ngorongoro Crater for wildlife viewing, and an afternoon drive to Serengeti for an evening game drive.
Overnight at the Nyani Campsites
Accommodation: Shuhudia Adventure Camp
Day 12 – Wednesday, November 20
Wake up early for a game drive in central Serengeti, then head to the banks of Lake Victoria, Africa’s largest lake, and take the ferry to Ukerewe island
Accommodation: BM Beach Hotel Ukerewe Island
Day 13 – Thursday, November 21
Take it a bit slower on Ukerewe Island after all the safari driving of the past several days
Accommodation: BM Beach Hotel Ukerewe Island
Day 14 – Friday, November 22
Bike Ride. Local Village tour. Get an authentic view of Tanzanian country life
Accommodation: BM Beach Hotel Ukerewe Island
Day 15 – Saturday, November 23
Ferry to Mwanza, a bustling town on the shores of Lake Victoria. Dance at night
Accommodation: Hadjens Hotel
Day 16 – Sunday, November 24, 2024
One big day of overland travel – local style – taking the ferry and buses
Aim to get a window seat!
Day 17 – Monday, November 25
Relax. Explore Kigali, the capital of Rwanda.
Learn about the 1994 atrocities at the genocide museum
See how the country has bounced back to become “the Singapore of Africa”
After traveling more adventurously over the past week, enjoy more comfortable accommodation.
Accommodation: OMX Hotel Kimi
Day 18 – Tuesday, November 26
Optional Extra – Off to the Volcanoes National Park to see the world’s largest primates
If you’re not coming to the gorillas, there are other much cheaper nature options in Rwanda.
The gorilla experience is so expensive due to the very high fee the government charges in order to manage tourist demand. Only 90 tourists get to see the gorillas every day.
Accommodation: Five Volcanoes
Some will stay in Kigali at the OMX Hotel.
Day 19 – Wednesday, November 27
Wake up early to see the gorillas.
Head back to Kigali in the afternoon.
Last night all together! Dinner and find a place to dance!
Accommodation: OMX Hotel Kimi
Day 20 – Thursday, November 28
It’s time to board the plane and head home.
We fly out of Kigali, with short and sweet layovers in Nairobi and Dubai.
Day 21 – Friday, November 29
Arrive back in Adelaide in the evening
Costs
- $5950 per person twin share for the 3-week trip.
- A payment plan of $120 per week is available
- $4750 per person twin share if leaving the group on the 19th of November.
- This includes
- overland transport – buses, trains, ferries, and 4×4 safaris
- All breakfasts, lunches, and dinners are included.
- Tour guides and dance teacher chaperones
- Transfers from airport/train stations to hotel
- Doesn’t include
- Flights, to be booked separately, are approximately $3000
- Tips
- Visas
- Personal spending money
- Ubers to/from venues (costs are very cheap)
- November 26 + 27th optional tour
- 2-day / 1-night gorillas – optional extra – $3100 per person twin share ($160 single person supplement)
- 2-day / 1-night golden monkey – optional extra – $750 per person twin share ($160 single person supplement)
- Single Person Supplement
- $2000 for the whole trip (excluding the optional Gorilla trip)
- $510 if departing on the 19th of November
- Pay your deposit here
Flights
You can book your flights yourself, or work with Jacqui, a travel agent and QuickSteps member who has traveled with QuickSteps on many trips.
(08) 8202 8157
Going over
Adelaide – Dubai
9 Nov 22:35 – 05:15+1
Travel time: 13 hrs 10 min
Emirates EK 441
4 hrs 5 min layover
Dubai to Mombasa
10 Nov 09:20 – 13:55
Travel time: 5 hrs 35 min
flydubai FZ 1289
Returning
Kigali – Nairobi
28 Nov 09:10 – 11:40
Travel time: 1 hrs 30 min
Kenya Airways KQ 471
5 hours 5 min layover
Nairobi to Dubai
28 Nov 16:45 – 22:45
Travel time: 5 hrs
Emirates EK 720
3 hrs 15 min layover
Dubai – Adelaide
Travel time: 12 hrs 20 min
29 Nov 02:00 – 20:50
Emirates EK 440
Trip Memo
Please review and sign the trip memo:
https://form.jotform.com/223428547944465
Visas
Kenya:
It seems to be a very easy-to-use system. You don’t even need to type in your passport number, it detects it when you upload your passport photo.
Best to do it on a device with a camera as it takes a selfie! But…..it can only be used up to 3 months before arrival, so we have to wait. Tanzania:
https://visa.immigration.go.tz/
Not as easy as the Kenyan visa application, but still a pretty good system.
It was a bit fiddly trying to get my passport photo and a photo of my biometrics page below the 300kb file size limit.
You need to provide information on your hosts and arrival dates. See here:
https://tinyurl.com/25294ydmRwanda:
This is the easiest. Citizens of all countries get a visa on arrival – at all border posts, including the land border from Tanzania.
Important Notes:
– There will be small changes to the itinerary as we get closer to the date, and based on what happens on the ground when we get there.
– It’s important to take out your travel insurance when you book your tour. Don’t leave it until the last minute to book your travel insurance, because you want to be covered in case you need to cancel your trip due to a last-minute emergency at home.
