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	Heritage Hotels Group
P.O. Box 74888, Nairobi,Kenya
tel: +254 2 446651/447929

Runs nine properties, all in Kenya, ranging from four-star resorts (Voyager) to five-star camp sites (Intrepid brand).
Operates the Adventurers' Club for children 4-15 years at Mara and Samburu Intrepids, the Great Rift Valley Lodge & Golf Resort in Naivasha, Voyager Safari Lodge in the Maasai Mara, Voyager Safari Camp in Tsavo, and the Voyager Beach Resort in Mombasa. Each property has an Adventurers' Centre and team - a naturalist with plenty of local experience, plus one or two trained ‘child attendants' often with school experience, all with first aid training and all speaking at least two European languages.
Activities include child-oriented game drives, bird walks, and walking safaris in the camp grounds, studying wild ‘signs', identifying birds and insects, learning about local trees and plants, and competing in ‘bush treasure hunts'. Time is sometimes spent with local schoolchildren, swapping games and stories, making handicrafts, dancing and playing instruments, or assisting in community and environmental projects. Younger visitors will usually spend more time playing games with an educational element, while older children might embark on a Young Ranger Course, which teaches bush survival skills, studying specific species and ecosystems, herding and house-building techniques, and may involve assistance in game counts for local conservation programmes.
At each property specialist activities are available - camel safaris in Samburu, game walks in the tribal lands outside the Mara, mountain -biking and horse-riding at Rift Valley Lodge, and whale and dolphin-watching at the Voyager Beach Resort.
At the coast, the Adventurers' Club teaches about local fish and coral species before viewing the real thing on glass-bottom boat rides, snorkelling trips, plus scuba diving excursions for older Adventurers. Here there are also daily ‘Beach and Pool Olympics', games in the Fun Pool, sailing and snorkeling lessons, and sack races and treasure hunts on the beach plus outings to local attractions, from Mombasa's historic old town to Africa's largest crocodile farm and the world-famous Bamburi Nature Trail.

Sample Price US$575 per person, children half price, including full board accommodation, return flights from Nairobi and airstrip transfers.