shimba hills full day tour from mombasa or Diani beach

Enjoy a complimentary hotel pick up from your beach hotel to shimba hills national reserve. Discover the wildlife, culture, and scenery of Shimba Hills National Reserve on a full-day tour from Mombasa with a professional tour guide.  The forest is an important bird area and is endowed with forest bird life while the grasslands hold localized species such as red-necked-Spur fowl, Croaking Cisticola and Zanzibar Red Bishop. The scenic Sheldrick Falls and the dense Mwaluganje Forest are also found here along with four campsites.

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   Shimba Hills National Reserve

   6 hours

   Pickup from your Mombasa hotel. After a brief introduction, you set off for shimba hills with great views of the country side off the beach. The area is inhabitated by the Digo community. Take an hour-long nature and culture tour with Shimba Hills Forest Guide Association: visit a Digo village to learn about local butterfly breeding practices. You Continue deeper into the park, where you’ll leave the car behind for a hike to Sheldrick Falls, which tumbles 82 feet (25 meters) into cool, clear pool that’s ideal for an afternoon swim. In addition to being important habitat for the endangered sable antelope. Watch for the elephants that live in pockets of lush rain forest, then scan the trees for ostrich eagles, cuckoos, and African hawks. Enjoy your hot lunch at Shimba Hills Green Safari Camp, where you’ll spend an easy-going afternoon with views of the Usambara Mountains and Mwaluganje Elephant Sanctuary, a community-based conservation project. After lunch, you will depart for mombasa.

• Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
• Children must be accompanied by an adult
• Dress code is formal

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.