Hells gate National Park

Hells gate National park lies 90 Kms North west of Nairobi and 5kms to the south of Lake Naivasha in Kenya. The park covers an area of 62sqkms and can be accessible through the Elsa Gate or the Olkaria station gate along the Moi-south lake road.

The park is mainly comprised of of savannah ecosystem which harbours a wide variety of wildlife such as buffaloes, zebras, gazelles, baboons, elands, warthogs, masai girraffe and if luck enough you could also spot a lion, cheetah or leopard. There also over 100 species of birds including vultures, Verreaux's Eagles, augur buzzard and swifts.

The parks main features include the Fischers tower discovered by a german explorer in 1889,

Fishcers Tower

The Natural scenic rock landscapes a walk to the Ol Njorowa gorges which crowns the adventure experience as well as the hot springs

The Hot springs

A walk through the Ol Njorowa gorge

Other activities include rock climbing, biking, picnic, camping among others.

Rock Climbing

If you are looking for an adventure of a lifetime; then this is the place to be.  The place is ideal for picnics, corporate teambuilding, parties, camping as well as parties in the wild!!

Kindly feel free to contact us and we will take you there....At Transwest we believe in meeting our customer expectations for a satisfactory experience!



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Our Company Profile

COMPANY PROFILE TRANSWEST EVENTS AND TOURS ORGANIZERS

Transwest Events and Tours Organizers is a small company registered and licensed to operate under the Ministry of Tourism TILA Act Cap 381 of the laws of Kenya. The company was founded  by a young entrepreneur with the vision of sharing the wonders of Kenya with those who are eager to explore some of Kenya's most magnificent destinations areas that combine pristine, natural beauty, incredible wildlife, cultural diversity and remote, unspoiled and untamed wilderness. 

We target both domestic and international tourists ; students , individual groups, families, and corporate clients who wish to explore the beauty of our country Kenya. 

We appreciate the diverse culture of Kenyans thus we ensure our guests get to interact with the host community in order to promote peace and understanding in Kenya. We encourage and organize domestic tours around the country to enable domestic tourists take pride and enjoy this beautiful country by offering affordable packages and ensuring they get an enjoyable experience and value for money.

Our Vision: 
To be the leading tours and events company with an effort to promote responsible tourism and give back to the community.

Our Mission:
We are committed towards ensuring our clients realize the true African dream holiday as well as tailored event solutions that bring them exceptional results and value for money.

Core Values
- Integrity
- Competence
- Reliability
- Honesty
- Quality Service Delivery
- Value for Money

Our Management/ Staff

Our professional Staffs are inspired to providing outstanding personalized quality services, Innovative ideas and unwavering dedication towards a satisfactory experience. They are well equipped with knowledge of the various tourism destinations in Kenya, attractions, as well as advise on the various hotels and lodges that you could choose for your weekend getaway, family holiday as well as conferences, teambuilding events and retreats.Currently Transwest has 7staff some who are on temporary basis inclusive of the Top Management

Why Us?

Our services are dependable and tailored to meet your specific needs and expectations. We take the time to discuss your interests, travel style, budget, and time frame; i.e all the factors that can influence your trip - to ensure we suggest a tour that's just right for you.

Our commitment is based on our core values and dedication to go an extra mile to make your vacation or event as memorable as possible as well as have value for money.

Our Products/ Service:-

Safaris:-

Whether you want to plan the perfect honeymoon, the daring Kenyan adventure holiday, the ultimate safari or a unique family vacation experience, Transwest Events and Tours Organizers has it all. Be it photographic safaris, adventure safaris, cultural safaris, educational safaris, day excursions, eco tourism and adventure travel.

All our trips are tailor-made to our guests' specifications - so no two trips will ever be alike. Whatever your special interest, we have something that will meet your needs. We do all the research, plan your itinerary, provide necessary information and cover all details.

Kindly visit our website (http://www.transwestours.com/) for packages to various tourist destinations in Kenya.

Hotel bookings

We offer a wide range of Luxury and budget hotels, lodges and tented camps to choose from to suit both domestic and International tourists for business travel, holiday makers, honey mooners, families, missionaries as well as church retreats.

Mara West Camp

Honeymoon Packages

Transwest will be glad to be your partner in planning your honeymoon to the rugged, romantic places off the beaten tracks for a unforgettable breathtaking experience. Our Honeymoon destinations include Kenya, Zanzibar and Seychelles. We sit down with you get to understand your interests, your budget and give you the best quote to make you dream come true! We take you to where you have never been before for a lifetime memorable experience where comfort and style is a priority.

Conference/ Business Travel

This includes bookings to the destination of choice for the MICE meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions in unrivalled selection of world class venues ranging from safari lodges to coastal resorts and from tented camps to eco-lodges.

Corporate Teambuilding Package

At Transwest we will help you in organizing your team-building event to ensure you  achieve improved teamwork in your organization thus improved  productivity levels within an organization. Some of the Outdoor activities a team can engage in includes:-

 Challenge wall, Trust games, Human knot, Vision pole, Nail balance skits, Spider webs, Land mines, Plate balancing, Ice breakers, throw the yarn, Equator skills, Tug of war

Among the benefits the team will reap from the teambuilding session is the ability to:-

· Break psychological and social barriers which hinder sound interpersonal relationships

· clarify the issues of Vision, Mission and goals

· Develop and sharpen leadership skills

· Build trust in each others ability in the organization

· Discover and challenge ones potential in order to give the best

· Understand the role of attitude change in organizational development.

· Value team work and strive towards practicing it by identifying their individual responsibilities within the team set-up

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Event Organizing/ Management
At Transwest events and tours organizers, we partner with you in event planning process form concept to completion. We ensure you receive tailored event solutions that bring exceptional results for you. Our professional Staffs are inspired to providing outstanding personalized quality services, Innovative ideas and unwavering dedication towards a satisfactory experience.

Count on us for 
- Exhibition decorations package (Based on your theme colours)
- Tents, tables and Chairs Hire
- Grounds Hire
- Corporate Galas and Parties
- Product Launches

-P.A system

-Social Events (wedding decors, planning and organizing, birthday parties,)

Our Corporate Social Responsibility (C.S.R) 

As part of Corporate Social Responsibility, we have a heart to give back to the community especially the disadvantaged and the poor. Our priority choice is making donations to the Children Homes as well as supporting community based eco-tourism projects by ensuring our guests visit at least one community cultural villages or spend a night in their Lodges to appreciate their way of life and improve their living standards.

We also care for the environments thus participate in tree planting activities for conservation and sustainable resources management organized by conservation activists. At Transwest we care for the upcoming Generations and in Reduction of Effects of Global Warming.

Our Clients

Our clientele base ranges from International tourists, corporate clients from private sector, Ngos, Government institutions, as well individual clients and students. These Market segments are based on the varied needs of each market. We always take time to understand your specific needs and tailor-make a solution which is right for you.

Contact Us!

Transwest Events and Tours Organizers

 P.O BOX 3746-00506; NAIROBI KENYA

Tel: 0572511352

Cell: +254 727 852 405/+254 702 027 555

E-MAIL:info@transwestours.com/ transwestours@gmail.com

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Nairobi Excursions

Transwest Events and Tours Organizers has readily available day excursions to fit clients with limited time. Excursions range from learning the rich history on a Nairobi City tour, touring nearby park for wildlife viewing or bird watching experience and a chance to sample rich cultural diversity possessed by Africa communities.

We will be glad to organize for you a day or two days Itinerary with Visits to the following places in Nairobi.

David Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage, Giraffe Centre & Karen Blixen Museum

A morning excursion to this extraordinary enterprise named after David Sheldrick, who for 30 years run Tsavo East National Park was founded to nurture orphaned elephant calves. The orphanage is now run by his widow, Dalphane, a conservationist who was the first to successfully raise baby elephants.

Some few minute drive is the Giraffe Centre. The centre is home to unique and endangered Rothschild Giraffe. The centre is run by the African Fund for Endangered Wildlife (AFEW) and is dedicated to educating schoolchildren, pupil and students on the need for wildlife preservation. This noble idea has pulled not only local Kenyan but also the visiting tourists. More than 160 species of birds have been identified in the 147-acre sanctuary. The centre has a coffee/tea house and gift shop stocked with giraffe mementos.

Next stop is the Karen Blixen Museum. The Museum stands on Out of Africa author Karen Blixen who lived in this estate from 1913-31. This is where she threw a grand dinner party for the Prince of Wales and she carried on a torrid relationship with aviator Denys Finch Hatton. The museum contains a few of her belongings and some of the farm machinery she used to cultivate the land for coffee and tea. There’s also some of her furniture, but most of it is found in the Macmillan Memorial Library. There is a magnificent view of the surrounding hills-Ngong Hills from her lawn, which is dominated by Euphorbia, the many-armed plant widely known as the Candelabra cactus.

Nairobi Animal Orphanage/Nairobi Safari Walk & Bomas of Kenya
Mid-morning visit to the Nairobi Animal Orphanage/Safari Walk. The animal orphanage has animals put in cages rescued from various wildlife parks and reserves being taken care of in the orphanage after recovery they are taken back to the field. 

The Nairobi Safari walk is a conservation education facility designed to enhance visitors’ appreciation of the East Africa flora and fauna. It’s a showcase of Kenya’s vast natural diversity. Kenya’s three main ecosystems, the wetlands, savannahs and forests are represented here with their inhabitants. Animals in the safari walk are kept in their natural habitat. In the safari walk one is able to see all the other big five except the elephant.

Next stop is the neighbouring Bomas of Kenya. This is a cultural centre where will get a chance to glimpse of the lifestyles of the various communities/tribal peoples in Kenya at this collection of traditional bomas, or homesteads. This cultural center features a lively performance by the Harambee traditional dancers and the Jambo Jambo acrobats with there more entertaining and authentic dances. Apart from the traditional dances a chance sample some of the Kenya’s Traditional huts built in the Bomas grounds.

Nairobi National Park/Giraffe centre/Mamba Village and Ostrich Park

This involves a Morning game drive in search for wildlife in the park then  later visit the Giraffe centre then to Mamba Village.

Nairobi National Park

This is the only park in the world with close proximity to the capital city. The park covers  approximately 114sq km area. The park hosts many wild animals such as lions, buffalo, cheetahs, zebras, leopard, Masai giraffe, as well as several types of antelopes (impalas , Thompson gazelle as well as grants gazelle) .Nairobi also has over 400 species of birds.

Also Get a chance to feed the Rothschild Giraffe with pellets at the Giraffe centre

Mamba Village/ Ostrich Park

These are located just up the road from the bomas of Kenya off the langata road. Its always thrilling to watch the crocodile families beside their shallow pools. Feeding time is quite a spectable as the attendants walk into the crocodiles enclosures to toss chunks of meat(rotten) into their mouths . One can also do a boat ride to the ostrich park in the manmade lake where you could watch the ostrich birds

Ngong Hills Forest Sanctuary

The Ngong hills stand 25kms south east of  Nairobi on the very edge of  the great rift valley. Rising to 2460 metres they form a natural divide between small-scale farming developments on the Nairobi side and the arid floor of the riftvalley where Masai Graze their herds.  A walk along the grasy crest of the hills rewards you with views of both the city, Nairobi National Park,as well as the great rift valley.

Railway Museum/Nairobi National Museum/Snake Park

The Railway museum is located off the Uhuru Highway in the city centre . It represents the historical growth of Kenya through the construction of the Mombasa-Kisumu railway line. The museum  offers a resource centre, main gallery as well as outdoor collection of the steam engines built at the turn of the century. The carriages are full of historical photographs and relics from the time when railway construction workers arrived in Nairobi. In the workshop you will find the steam locomotives as well as carriage used during the hunt for the man-eaters (lions) in Tsavo which waited for the hunters to sleep then darg them away for the dinner. The visit to this park offers such a fascinating experience with stories on humble beginnings of Nairobi.

The National Museum is one of the Nairobi’s most popular attractions; the museum has extensive collections in mammology, ornithology, palaeontology, ichthyology, and ethnography. On the prehistory section, some of the Meave and Richard Leakey are housed here in the Hominid Vault, and there are reproductions of the rock art uncovered by Mary Leakey. There are also excellent paints by the Joy Adamson, better known as the author of Born Free. At the courtyard, the life-size statue of the Ahmed, famous for his 300 pound tusks. The pachyderm was protected by presidential decree until his death in 1974.

Down outside stairs is the Reptile Park, at the park a close look to some of the poisonous snakes like; Africa-Black Mamba, Puff adder, Rock Python, Gaboon and Mount Kenya Horned Vipers, Egyptian and Black-necked Spitting cobras, Boomslang, Speckled sand snake, as well as non-poisonous the Sand Boa.

Nile crocodile (Mature and juvenile), Alligator, Monitor Lizard, Terrapins and Tortoise are also in the park. An aquarium displays marine and freshwater fish.

Based on above; Nairobi has so much to offer, therefore a 1-3days itinerary for Nairobi would be good to experience all the above. Sidetrips from Nairobi can also be organized to Lake Naivasha Kenya, Lake Nakuru, Lake Bogoria, Lake Baringo,The Masai Mara game reserve, The Amboseli National Park as well as The Tsavo east and West National Parks. 

All our trips are tailored to our guests' specifications-so no two trips will ever be alike. Whatever your special interest, we have something that will meet your needs. We do all the research, plan your itinerary, provide necessary information, and cover all details-all you need is pack your bag and prepare for the African vacation of a lifetime.

Send your inquiries to Transwest Events and Tours Organizers and you rest assured of an experience beyond expectations.

URL: http://www.transwestours.com/

Tel: +254 572511352/ Mobile: +254 727 852 405

Nairobi City Walking Tour

3 Hrs Nairobi City tour

The Nairobi city tour takes you through unique building with rich political, historical and religion background located within the city centre. The tour starts at the City Market, Jamia Mosque, Macmillan Memorial Library, National Archives, and Nairobi Railway Museum through City Square (KICC & Parliament building) to Capital Hill for the climax with panoramic view of the City centre -‘Green city in the Sun’.

City market

Designed in 1930 as an aircraft hanger, this vast space is a jumble of colour, noise, and activity for flower business, fruits, and vegetables. Near the city market is the Biashara street where you can purchase kikois, kangas at an affordable price.

Jamia Mosque

Built in 1925, this mosque known for its elaborate white-and-green facade. The ornate touches on its cupolas and minarets contrast with the simple and spacious interior. On holy days the outside courtyard fills with Muslims, all facing the holy city of Mecca. Five clocks show the times for the five daily prayers.

Macmillan Memorial Library

Like the New York Public Library, this building has two lions guarding the entrance. Dating from 1928, this impressive neo-classical structure was a gift of the widow of Sir Northrup Macmillan, an American expatriate knighted for his service during the World War II. The reference library also contains furniture from the home of Karen Blixen, author of Out of Africa.

The Kenya National Archives

Originally the Bank of India, this archive holds interesting art and craft artifacts collected by Joseph Murumbi –the Second Vice-president of the Republic of Kenya. Also displays of musical instruments and weapons. On the first floor, photographic gallery with photos taken during memorable times of formerly Heads of State i.e. late President Kenyatta and President Moi.
Nairobi Railway station/museum

The Railway Museum was established to preserve relics and records of East Africa railways and harbours, this museum is great fun. You will see the rhino catcher that Teddy Roosevelt rode during his 1908 safari. Climb into the carriage where Charles Ryall, a British railroad builder, was dragged out by a hungry lion ‘Man Eaters of Tsavo’. There are great photos and posters collection on display.

City square-KICC, Law court, Parliament Building

At the square stands a large statue of Jomo Kenyatta, the country’s first president, sits in the centre of this wide flagstone courtyard. Also stands the 28-storey office tower, the Kenyatta International Conference Centre. During conferences the flags of the represented countries fly as the wind sway them, fountains are gushing, making it one of Nairobi’s most colourful scenes.

Capital hill

The hill is located on the upper front of the Uhuru Park overlooking the city centre. From the hill, a panoramic view of the ‘Green city in the Sun’ - Nairobi capital city of Kenya is witnessed with the protruding building story in the Central Business District.

For Visitors to Kenya who are around Nairobi for 1day or 2days we will be happy to take you through the city for a glimpse of how the City of Nairobi looks like. Call us on Tel: +254 0572511352/ Mobile: +254 727 852 405 

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A visit to the Karen Blixen Museum

Karen Blixen, the Out of Africa Author lived in this estate from 1913-1931. This is where she threw a grand dinner party for the prince of wales and where she carried a torrid relationship with the aviator Denys Finch Hatton. 

Karen and the Boyfriend lived in separate bedrooms and thus denys would only visit Karens bedroom when she was in good moods. She had some indicating lights to enable denys to know when n when not to see her. The red light would indicate she was in a bad mood while the green light  indicated she was in good moods and so Denys was welcome to her bedroom for any intimacy!!

The house has wall paintings and photos of Karen and his Husband as well as the boyfriend and the workers as well as furnitures and farm machinery she used to cultivate tea and coffee plantations during that time she lived in Kenya.

Karen loved hunting and she wore two hats when going to hunt as she believed the Africa sun was too hot that it could damage her brain. In the house you will be able to see photos of Karen hunting and having killed a lion then evidences that she was a good hunter!!

In the compound she could watch the Ngong Hills which look like Knuckles which was so breathtaking. She for her and the boyfriend to be buried there but unfortunately she died while she was in Denmark her home country thus only Finch Hattons was buried at the Ngong Hills who died before Karen after a plain crash in Voi.

We will be glad to take you to this museum which has alot of History about Karen Blixen as well as a hike to the Ngong Hills for a breathtaking view of the of the Great Riftvalley as well as the city of Nairobi.

This is where Karen felt she belonged and ought to be and anyone who visits the hills feels the same affinity with this landscape.

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