Kenya Travel Guide & Manual - International Luxury Travel Market

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There's only one way to
rove the land in style
Let’s face it: there’s nothing quite like a Land
Rover when it comes to that traditional safari
experience. Now there’s a new and more powerful
Land Rover on its way to Kenya
Land Rovers have been in Kenya since 1948.
This remarkable fact shows the longevity of
the marque as well as the sheer suitability of
the vehicle in a country where roads – although
greatly improved in recent times – still leave
something to be desired.
So whether it’s for wildlife conservation, game
park management or just trying to sell an authentic
safari, the classic Land Rover Defender,
with its bags of tradition and go-anywhere capability,
is everyone’s idea of what an off-road
vehicle in Africa should be.
Clearly, it is more expensive than a standard
safari van, but then again there is no comparison
as a Land Rover’s permanent 4x4 transmission
makes it suitable for off-road driving in
the game parks all year round. Quite simply, it
is the vehicle that discerning visitors to Kenya
expect to see and ride in as part of their safari
experience.
What’s more, the Land Rover keeps getting better,
even if its basic and ageless design seems
to stay more or less the same. A new 2.4TDi
common-rail engine with a six-speed gearbox
hit the Kenyan market in mid 2007, replacing
the five-cylinder 2.5Td5 turbocharged unit. The
new and more refined engine produces a beefy
360 Nm of torque – 20 per cent more than the
venerable Td5.
Although the new engine is designed to reduce
carbon emissions and to comply fully with
tough European EU4 emissions legislation,
Kenyan buyers will be pleased to learn that
it has been developed to tolerate variable
quality high-sulphur fuels. Even before the
introduction of the new high-output unit, Land
Rover diesel engines were already the most
cost-effective in terms of fuel consumption.
SPREAD OF RATIOS
The new six-speed manual transmission features
a wide spread of ratios. The lower first
gear offers a reduction in crawl speed and
improved pull-away to make off-road driving
even easier. While the additional sixth gear
may not get used every day in the game park,
it does provide smoother cruising performance
for airport pick-ups and long-distance guest
transport.
For safari operators, local distributor CMC
Land Rover has a highly attractive zero deposit
finance package with payments advantageously
scheduled across 60 months.