点评:The forest is quite unique. The entrance fee is 725 Kenyan shillings per non resident adult. We explored it with Willie, a freelance tour guide we found through the official Arabuko Sokoke website. He charged us 2,500 KES for a three-hour tour, during which we walked through the forest and saw birds, insects, butterflies, monkeys, and the shrew. Overall, it was a very nice experience.
However, when organizing the tour, he told us that access to the forest was only possible by car and that he would arrange transportation for a minimum of 4,000 KES (half of the total cost of the entire activity), since we didn’t have our own car. In reality, we were perfectly willing to get there by tuk-tuk or on foot. The car only took us to the pond where elephants come to drink—a 15-minute drive—after which the rest of the morning was spent walking, which was actually the best part of the experience.
This extra cost felt completely unnecessary, especially since the car just waited in a parking lot for three hours. I would have much preferred to spend that money supporting the forest itself rather than on unused transportation, and the whole situation felt a bit like a setup.
翻译:这片森林非常独特。非居民成人门票为725肯尼亚先令。我们通过阿拉布科索科克森林的官方网站找到了一位名叫威利的自由导游,并跟随他游览了这片森林。他收取了我们2500肯尼亚先令的费用,带我们进行了三个小时的游览。期间,我们漫步森林,看到了各种鸟类、昆虫、蝴蝶、猴子和鼩鼱。总的来说,这是一次非常棒的体验。
然而,在安排行程时,他告诉我们只能开车进入森林,而且由于我们没有自己的车,他可以安排交通,但费用至少为4000肯尼亚先令(相当于整个行程总费用的一半)。实际上,我们完全可以乘坐嘟嘟车或步行前往。汽车只把我们送到大象饮水的池塘——车程15分钟——之后,剩下的时间我们都在步行,而这恰恰是整个体验中最精彩的部分。
这笔额外的费用感觉完全没必要,尤其是车子只是在停车场停了三个小时。我宁愿把这笔钱用来支持森林保护,而不是花在闲置的交通工具上,而且整件事感觉有点像个圈套。