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About Kenya and Tanzania Travel Plan

Kenya and Tanzania Travel Plan is a small, internet based Kenya tour operator, offering you a unique way of independent travel around Kenya and Tanzania. Our Kenya travel specialists will help you build your own trip, handing you complete control of your holiday. As a Kenya tour operator, we pride ourselves on providing excellent service levels which continue throughout the life of your booking.

Kenya and Tanzania Travel Plan is part of Rickshaw Travel, an online adventure tour operator made by travellers for travellers. It is born out of the idea that there are hardly any independent travel options available for more adventurous travellers. 

Our trips are very individual, so we're able to use small-scale, authentic accommodation with local character and a warm welcome. With Rickshaw Travel, you won't find large group coach tours but instead you'll travel by trains, buses, private car, planes, and sometimes minibus. Flexibility and independence are fundamental, which is why we organise as much or as little as our clients wish.

We also like to give something back to local communities, which is why we sponsor various charity projects. See our responsible travel page for more information.

We're able to keep our prices low because we don't produce flashy brochures or run luxury shops. However, you're more than welcome to visit our Kenya and Tanzania specialists during your travel planning! We are based in Brighton, on the South Coast and we're the sister company of round the world specialists, Travel Nation.

Laura Clark

Kenya and Tanzania travel specialist

I first visited Africa back in 2006 when I spent 3 months volunteering on a game reserve in South Africa. The excitement of a game drive in the African bush will never get old for me, I just keep going back for more.

That taster spurred me on to explore more of Africa and I set off on a 7 month trip around Southern and Eastern Africa in 2008. Nothing really compares to the open plains of the Serengeti, which is every bit as awe inspiring as those nature documentaries suggest. And don’t even get me started on Zanzibar, a trip of just a few days turned into just over a month! I just couldn’t quite drag myself away from those sandy beaches, Kilimanjaro beers and the most spectacular sunsets I’ve ever seen.
 
I recently returned to Kenya and spent a month travelling through the country, taking some amazing game drives and being stunned by just how beautiful and diverse the country is. Walking through the Loita plains with the Masai and watching large herds of elephants in Amboseli are definite highlights. At the end of my time in Kenya I squeezed in some time on the beautiful island of Lamu, a place that's not only blessed with some amazing beaches but also a real laid back Swahili vibe. I loved my time on the island and it is now competing with Zanzibar for my top paradise beach destination! 

Kenya tour operator - Laura Clark
Kenya Tour Operator - Kieran Maartens

Kieran Maartens

Kenya and Tanzania tour operator

Africa to me is a place of adventure, of possibilities. There is something special about it, something which defines it from all other places as unique. It's one of the last places on earth that's still truly wild, and there is nothing better than waking up to an African dawn.

I grew up in South Africa, and in my twelve years there I gained a real appreciation for all things African. I remember it especially for the vast landscapes, the summer storms, the amazing wildlife, and the friendly people.

I haven’t been to Kenya or Tanzania, but they are next on my list. The wildebeest migration, the Maasai warriors... I’ve seen the documentaries plenty of times, but now I want to go and see it for myself!

Haydn Wrath

Managing director

I left the University of East Anglia in 1984 and escaped what seemed a very grim England by spending the rest of the 1980s travelling and working round the world. During this time I put in some usual stints as an English teacher in Tokyo, a landscape gardener in Sydney and a tarmac layer's assistant in Alaska. In 1990, I joined Bridge the World Travel Centre in London as manager of the World-wide department, where I was able to put my degree in Politics and Philosophy to good use.

I fulfilled my ambition to set up a specialist travel company in 2001 when I founded Travel Nation, and later in 2008 Rickshaw Travel.

I have continued to travel to many countries over the last couple of decades and am always utterly charmed by the people and the atmosphere I experience. Independent travel has so much going for it that it really can be all things to all people. Also of course, in common with so many other visitors, when travelling, I am in food paradise...
Kenya tour operator - Haydn Wrath

Your financial protection

Kenya and Tanzania Travel Plan is part of Rickshaw Travel Ltd which is a fully licensed and bonded tour operator.

We hold an Air Travel Organisers License (ATOL number 9728) issued by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). This means that in the unlikely event of our insolvency, any holiday arrangements made with us in conjunction with flights from the U.K. are 100% protected.

In addition we are also members of ABTA (ABTA number Y0484). This means that in the unlikely event of our insolvency, any land only trips are 100% protected(i.e. where international flights haven't been booked through us).

Kenya and Tanzania Travel Plan, part of Rickshaw Travel

Kenya and Tanzania Travel Plan is part of Rickshaw Travel. Rickshaw Travel is a UK based ABTA / ATOL bonded tour operator. We specialise in providing solutions for holiday makers who want to travel independently, taking in the highlights of a country, but with arrangements made in advance. Our travel style is to use comfortable, but smaller scale accommodation that has an authentic feel. We promote responsible tourism and also sponsor a number of community projects in the countries in which we operate.

We also operate in the following 10 other countries in Asia and Latin America, where we offer trips of a similar style:

Asia:Americas:
Thailand Travel PlanPeru Travel Plan
Vietnam Travel PlanArgentina Travel Plan
India Travel PlanBrazil Travel Plan
China Travel Plan 
Indonesia Travel Plan 
Malaysia Travel Plan 
Cambodia Travel Plan 
Laos Travel Plan