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GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS - Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania


All references to the "Company" in these terms and conditions shall mean HIROLA
TOURS AND SAFARIS LTD, a limited liability company providing destination management
services in Eastern (Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda & Uganda) Africa. All references to
"the Organizer" shall mean the person, firm or company contracting with the Company
for Services (hereinafter defined) to be provided to Clients (hereinafter defined).

All references to "Client" shall mean the person, firm or company to be provided
with Services by the Company and which are contracted for with the Company by the
Organizer and shall include any person in any party accompanied or paid for by such
person, firm or company and the personal representative of all such persons.

These terms and conditions shall apply to all contracts made by the Company with an
Organizer/Client and constitute entire and exclusive agreement between the Company
and the Organizer/Client. No subsequent agreement in any way altering these terms
and conditions shall be binding on the Company unless made in writing and signed by
an authorized officer of the Company.

1) Organizer' s contracts:
In all the contracts agreements or arrangements with the Clients which involve or
may involve the Services of the Company in any capacity, the Organizer shall state
clearly and unambiguously that:
i. the Organizer is the principal and sole contractor with the clients or where the
context so admits retail agents and other corporate bodies and persons [hereinafter
jointly and severally called "the Retailer"] and the Company is at all times the
agent of the Organizer and acting solely on behalf of the Organizer.
ii. The Company shall be exempted from and in cases indemnified by the Organizer
against all or any liabilities for acts, defaults or omissions of any third party.

2) Indemnity
The Organizer shall indemnify the Company in full against all or any claims by any
Retailer or Client for any breach of contract whatsoever and howsoever caused.

3) Tour arrangements
The Company will use their best endeavours to ensure that the transport,
accommodation, meals and other agreed services [herein called "Services"] provided
are fully in compliance with the information given to the Organizer but the
liability of the Company to the Organizer to the breach of contract is restricted to
liability where by the negligence of themselves, their servants or agents all or
some Services are not provided in which event such liability shall be limited to the
Company indemnifying the Organizer against claims by the Client only for the actual
costs of the Service which was to have been provided, excluding all consequential
damages whatsoever and wheresoever suffered or incurred including but not limited to
the costs of air fares to and from the respective destination or any other such
incidental or indirect costs whatsoever. In case of any such failure to provide any
Service contracted for, the Company shall have the right to substitute alternative
services of equal value subject always to such services being available; without
prejudice to the foregoing:-

i. The Company accepts no liability in the event of Services not being carried out
or being altered by any matter whatsoever beyond their control. Such matters include
but are not limited to the closure of National Parks, Sanctuaries, Hotels/Lodges and
such like matters and the Company reserves the right to make such alterations to the
itinerary when in its sole judgment it is deemed necessary or desirable for the
comfort, convenience or safety to Clients.
ii. The Company accepts no liability for alleged inferior or inadequate Services or
transportation vehicles nor for the negligent, careless or wrongful acts or
omissions of hotel keepers, inn keepers, lodge keepers and such like persons and
their servants and agents or any other person not in the employment of the Company.
iii. The Company accepts no liability for damages directly or indirectly arising out
of delay in departures or arrivals occasioning the missing of roads, rail, ship or
aircraft connections.
iv. The Company accepts no responsibility for airline reservations and
reconfirmations nor any liability for damages arising from any changes of airline
schedules, cancellation of flights or errors and mistakes made by airline offices or
travel agents. As regards all dealings with or for any Client relating to or
touching upon air travel, airports, air bookings, travel agents and airlines, the
Company legal relationship and standing is merely that of an intermediary between
such third parties and the Organizer, Retailer, and Client without any liability to
or for any of these parties such negation and waiver of liability being in all
respects a pre-condition of all contracted relationships between the Company and the
Organizer. The organizer must advise all the clients to protect their interest by
insurance and careful attention to all documentation supplied to them by all such
third parties.
v. The Company accepts no responsibility or liability in the event that Services of
equal value having been offered to Clients are declined.
vi. The Company may in their discretion employ sub-contractors to carry out all or
any part of the Services in which event the indemnity provided in condition 2 above
and the exemption provided by this condition and condition 9 and 10 below shall be
deemed to apply also to the sub-contractor.

4) Price Variation
The Company reserves the right to increase all or any of the prices without prior
reference to the Organizer in any of the following events:

i. Official devaluation or revaluation of the local destination currency against the
United States Dollar, the EURO, the Sterling Pound or the currency of the country in
which the booking is made (if different);
ii. Any statutory increase in taxes or other dues imposed by the local Governments
or any officer or agent thereof;
iii. Any local increase in the price of aviation fuel or motor vehicle fuel or any
other increase in the cost of transport which forms part of the Services;
iv. Any increase in the cost of accommodation or meals forming part of the Services;
v. Any increase in entrance fees to national parks, national reserves and
sanctuaries and any other entrance fees forming part of the Service;
vi. Any other increase in the Company operating costs or cost of providing the
Services which are beyond the Company control and which the Company has every
reasonable effort to prevent.

5) Deposit and payment
A deposit of 20% is required on booking and the balance to be paid not later than 35
days before the Services commence.

6) Cancellation
In the event of cancellation or variation of Services for whatever reasons the
Company shall be entitled to charge cancellation fees as set out hereunder:
Ø Cancellations received between 35 days and 25 days prior to commencement of
Services shall be charged at 25% of the total cost of Services.
Ø Cancellation received between 24 days and 15 days (48hours) prior to commencement
of Services shall be charged at 35% of the total cost of Services.
Ø Cancellation received between 14 days and 08 days (48hours) prior to commencement
of Services shall be charged at 50% of the total cost of Services.
Ø Cancellation received between 07 days and 03 days (48hours) prior to commencement
of Services shall be charged at 75% of the total cost of Services.
Ø Cancellations received within 2 days (48hours) or after commencement of Services
shall be charged at the full cost of Services - 100%.
The liability to reimburse the Company for the cancellation fees, non-refundable
booking fee, no-show fees, administration fee and the like shall in no way limit or
restrict the general rights of the Company to collect damages for breach of
Contract.

7) Non-payment by the date for commencement of services
In the event that the Company has not received payment in full by the Date for
Commencement of Services then the Company reserves the right in its absolute
discretion to withhold all or any of the Services and the Company shall be entitled
to collect the outstanding payment from the Client direct and to recover from the
Organizer all cancellation fees which they are entitled to charge as per para 6
above. The Company shall not be required to notify the Organizer, the Retailer or
the Client prior to the date for commencement of Services that the Services or any
part of the Services will be withheld.

8) Insurance
i. The Company is insured against any legal liability which may arise out of injury
or death to the Client in accordance with and to the extent required by the Laws of
respective local destination.
ii. The Company insurance does not cover illness, medical expenses, damage to or
loss of baggage and consequential damages arising from any one of these or at all
and the Organizer must advise Clients to effect their own insurance prior to their
arrival in the local destination and such insurance to cover as a minimum, death,
personal injury, medical expenses, damage to or loss of baggage and consequential
damages arising in the event of any one of the foregoing.

9) Injury illness and other risks
The Company accepts no liability for the injury illness infection or death of a
Client which is not covered by the Company insurance referred to in condition 8
above.

10) Loss of or damage to property
The Company accept no liability whatsoever for the theft of or other loss or damage
to the property of any Client howsoever caused.

11) Other general sales agents
Any other duly appointed General Sales Agents are merely Agents for the Company and
all contracts entered into by the Organizer shall be deemed to have been made
directly with the Company. All contracts made other than directly with Company are
subject to ratification by the Company.

12) Governing law
These terms and conditions shall be read and construed in all respects in accordance
with the Laws of respective local destination's government and the Company and the
Organizer shall submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the respective courts.
 

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