After breakfast at your hotel/ residence we pick you up and drive to Mombasa town. Next, we explore the Mombasa “Tusks” – symbolic representations of entrance into the heart of the town. The tusks were built to commemorate the visit of Queen Elizabeth to the town in 1952, as they lay directly on the path from the port.
Visit the Fort Jesus Museum – Mombasa’s most popular tourist attraction. The fort, located along the coastline near the Old Town, is a monumental piece of architecture that was built in the 16th century by the Portuguese.The fort has a museum that displays various artifacts from the era when Mombasa served as a transit point for the slave trade and commodities.
Old Town is best seen when explored on foot with an experienced guide, as the streets are too narrow to accommodate many vehicles. The town’s inhabitants are mostly of Arab origin whose forefathers once roamed the same streets of the town.
Proceed to the Mwembe Tayari open-air market where you will learn about the food spices, foods, and vegetables. Meet different traders buying and selling different types of goods.
After lunch, visit Haller Park – the largest animal sanctuary in Mombasa. Located in Bamburi next to the Cement Factory, the park boasts an enormous variety of animals, reptiles, insects, and botanical gardens.
Walking along the trail is the ideal way to look at the various animals, and on many occasions holding or feeding a reptile such as a snake is allowed under the close supervision of a guide.
The park is home to buffaloes, eland antelopes, giraffes, waterbucks, oryxes, snakes, crocodiles, hippos, tortoises, and different types of bird species. It was previously a barren piece of land that had been stripped of its resources through limestone mining and was redeveloped through reforestation and conservation efforts.In the late afternoon, board your transport to be dropped off at your beach hotel or cottage.
