Costs Breakdown

[gr2m]

Plan is to spend a maximum of 2000 $ each.

• initial roundtrip Nairobi and back (~700 $ from Europe)
• vaccination:
• visa total: ~50 $ per country (ideally get before, start 1–2 months before trip) => 200 $ / person
• lodging total: ~ $1500 / location / 10 people => ~ $600 / person
• travel total: 4 × flights = 611 $ / person
• Demo Africa Ticket: ~ $100 / Person

total: ~

1. Nairobi, Kenya (visa 50 $, valid for both beginning and end b/c we’re not leaving the East African Community)
   • lodging:
   • * 3 rooms / week / 10 people: ~2.000$ (http://www.kenyacomfort.com/docs/kch_rates.htm)
   • * Let's get quotes for this beauty: https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/8779
   • * 2 dorm tents / week / 10 people: ~1.000$ (http://www.wildebeestecocamp.com/http/accommodation/dorm/index.html)
   • travel to Kampala: (by car 670 km / 9 hours)
   • * Bus: 12h, ~25$ / persion according to @andi-g
   • * Plain: 1:10 $ 118 (http://www.air-uganda.com/content/flights-fares)
2. Kampala, Uganda (visa 50 $)
   • lodging:
   • travel to Kigali: (by car 520 km / 7 hours – we could do that)
   • * http://www.onatracom.rw/ or http://www.kampalacoach.com/, ~15 $ / person
   • * Plain: 1:45 $ 100 (http://www.air-uganda.com/content/flights-fares)
3. Kigali, Rwanda (visa free for Germany, US & UK)
   • lodging:
   • * 5 rooms / week / 10 people: ~$2100 (http://live.ipms247.com/booking/book-rooms-579)
   • travel to Dar es Salaam: (by car 1500 km / 20 hours) we should fly that one
   • * rwandaair: 165.00$ / person
4. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (visa 50 $, 100 $ for US)
   • lodging:
   • * 1 house / 1 week / 10 people: $ 900 (https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/358073)
   • travel back to Nairobi:
   • * by car: 950 km / 12 hours
   • * bus: ~25$ (http://www.scandinaviagroup.com/Scandinavia%20Express/scandinavia_express_routemap_tanzania_darnbo.html)
   • * plain: 1:40h, $ 228 (http://www.fly540.com/)

[jancborchardt]

Ok, I got some initial visa cost info (~250 $ total) and added the travel distance. Next up is checking travel costs. If you have any other cost estimates (for lodging and events) please put it directly in @gr2m initial post.

[gr2m]

I think we can leave out the events for now, but it would be great to get some estimates for travel and lodging for each location.

[gr2m]

fly540.com was recommended to me once, but it only offers flights Dar Es Salaam -> Nairobi, wich is $ 228 / person

[gr2m]

I found a house in Dar es Salaam, 1 week for up to 10 people, $900 https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/358073

just to get an idea ...

[gr2m]

I'd suggest to leave out the events of the costs break down. Makes the whole thing simpler. And for the events, we definitely need sponsors, so it's an entirely separated task

[ghost]

I've had two great experiences with AirBnB. A single house would make things simpler. Agreed with gr2m on leaving the event costs out of the pricing sheet. Maybe we can put together a separate pricing sheet for events.

[ghost]

FYI, If I book right now, it'll cost me approx. $1600 USD to get to Nairobi.

[ghost]

From SFO

[gr2m]

I'd also suggest to leave out vaccination, as they are differences for each participant, just as it is with flights.

[gr2m]

We need to add tickets to http://www.demo-africa.com/ to the costs breakdown, but I couldn't find out what the costs have been this year. Let's say they are 100$, I'm positive we'll end up with a costs breakdown of below $ 1500 USD.

Shall we close this ticket? @jancborchardt

[jancborchardt]

Yeah, looks good!

[gr2m]

check for flights (evtl. sponsoring) http://www.fastjet.com/tz/ http://www.statravel.de/ (make direct inquiries)