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NAH 321LUX - 14 Days - Kenya Adventure
Game Viewing Safari
This safari takes you to four of Kenya's game sanctuaries
with a different experience at each reserve. You will experience
the famous Maasai Mara,Amboseli,Mount Kenya and Samburu National
Reserves.You will stay in mid-range lodges during your stay
here and you will travel alone with our driver/guide in a
private minibus perfect with a pop up roof for game viewing.
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 Day 1: Arrival- Nairobi-Amboseli;
On arrival at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport you
will be met by our tour manager who will welcome and brief
you on your safari.You will then drive to Amboseli arriving
in time for lunch. Thereafter have game drive in the park
till dusk.
Dinner and overnight at Amboseli Sopa lodge.
Day 2: Amboseli;
A cup of coffee or tea and you are ready to set off on your
dawn game viewing drive.Wildlife is most active at this time
of the day and you can see Mount Kilimanjaro as your photo
background. Return to your safari lodge for a late breakfast,
and spend the rest of the morning relaxing by the swimming
pool. Another game viewing drive this afternoon. Plant your
own acacia tree as part of the Amboseli Reforestation project,
and receive a special certificate.
Amboseli
sits on the lower slopes of mighty Mount Kilimanjaro Africa's
highest mountain whose peak lies across the boarder in Tanzania.
It is quite an experience to see Kilimanjaro hovering above
the clouds in an early morning. The animal pictures arising
against the dramatic backdrop of the mountain will thrill
the photography enthusiast. Amboseli national park is renowned
for its huge elephant herds. You will also see buffalo, black
rhino’s zebras, wildebeest and other plain animals.
Dinner and overnight at Amboseli Sopa lodge.
 Day 3: Amboseli;
Proceed for an early Pre-breakfast game drive. Return to the
lodge for heavy breakfast. After breakfast proceed for another
game drive where plains game namely zebra, wildebeest, giraffe
and various antelopes can be seen. You will have a lunch and
leisure break at the lodge then end with an evening game drive,
looking out for the peak of Kilimanjaro which may be seen
during clear weather from the observation hill. Large herds
of elephants and hippo can be seen bathing in the swampy grounds
whose water source is Mt., Kilimanjaro.
At Amboseli National Park, the combination
of scenery, people and animals is what makes the Amboseli
national park of fascinating. Beautifully situated at the
foot of the towering Kilimanjaro, it is the home of the brightly
painted Maasai tribe, here you can see lions , cheetahs, spotted
hyenas and wild dogs as well as gnus , Kaffir buffaloes, Burchell's
zebras and herds of elephants . All these animals come to
drink at water holes consisting of small lakes or muddy ponds
kept filled up by water from the melting snows of Kilimanjaro.
The northern lake Amboseli contains water only after rain.
Dinner and overnight at Amboseli Sopa lodge.
Day 4: Amboseli -Samburu;
After breakfast leave for Samburu National Park as you enjoy
your last game drive in the Park.You will have Lunch and late
afternoon game drive in the Samburu Game Reserve, home to
the rare and unusual reticulated giraffe, gerenuk, Gravys
zebra and beisa Oryx.
Dinner and overnight at Ashnil Samburu camp.
 Day 5: Samburu;
A full day of game viewing in the Samburu Game Reserve. Herds
of elephant gather at the river to drink while crocodile bask
on nearby sandbanks. You may be lucky to spot the very elusive
leopard in a nearby acacia tree. Samburu is also an ornithologist's
paradise, with numerous species migrating during the northern
winter. A visit to the Samburu cultural village can also be
arranged.
Samburu national reserve is a wild
life haven. Here you will sport Africa's big cats-lions, cheetahs
and the elusive leopard. Some animals are unique to this northern
Kenya Park; gravy's zebra, reticulated giraffe, kudus and
gerenuk. The Ewaso Nyiro River, the boundary with the neighbouring
buffalo spring s national reserve, is where the elephants
buffalo and other animals species gather for a drink. You
will find the scenic semiarid landscape quite dramatic. The
reserve is located within the lands of the colorful semi-nomadic
Samburu tribesmen.
Dinner and overnight at Ashnil Samburu camp.
 Day 6: Samburu-The Ark;
After breakfast,drive south this morning, passing through
the town of Isiolo, arriving at the Aberdares Country Club,
built on the foothills of the Aberdares mountains. Enjoy a
buffet lunch, followed by a special transfer to "The
Ark", your luxury lodge built on stilts deep in the heart
of the Aberdares forest. The floodlit natural waterhole allows
all night game viewing from the comfort of the lodge. There
is also an underground "bunker" which brings you
eye to eye with wildlife at the waterhole.
Dinner and overnight at The Ark.
Day 7: The Ark- Mount Kenya Safari Club;
A short drive this morning to the incomparable Mount Kenya
Safari Club. The Club is built on the equator facing Mount
Kenya surrounded by hundreds of acres of magnificent gardens.
There is a wide choice of facilities including heated swimming
pool, tennis courts, golf course, horse riding, trout fishing,
a fully appointed health and beauty club. Your luxury room
even has a fireplace and a log fire will lit while you are
at dinner. Spend the afternoon enjoying the many facilities
at the Club.
Dinner and overnight at Mt Kenya safari lodge.
Day 8: Mount Kenya Safari Club - Sweet Waters;
After breakfast, drive to sweetwaters a paradise in an arid
area. Watch the game in an upclose view. Sweetwaters is a
paradise to the Maasai given the name sweetwaters as it was
a well watered place why their animals came to drink water.
Have lunch at sweet water Serena. After lunch visit the adjacent
animal sanctuary, the Olpejeta Conservancy where you can only
see the chimps in Kenya. The chimps were once captives in
their indigenous countries of Burundi, Rwanda and Congo.
Dinner and overnight
at Sweetwaters Serena Tented Camps.
Day 9: Sweetwaters-Mount
Kenya National Park;
After breakfast drive
to Mount Kenya national park passing meandering through the
valleys of Nyambene hills and arrive at mountain lodge in
good time for lunch. After lunch have view game from the tree
lodges balcony and take a nature walk guided by an experience
naturalist.
Mt Kenya national park
is very different from all others. For one thing, the protected
area only starts at a height of 3,300meters above sea level
and because of the rough mountain country is unsuitable for
a motor safari. For another, although many animals live here
(e.g. Elephants, Buffaloes) you do not see many of them except
at the water hole by the mountain lodge where particularly
at night many animals can be observed. The unique vegetation
and fantastic scenery attract mountaineers and botanists who
can plunge through mountain forests draped with lianas, bamboo
and fields of giant heather before coming to the Alpine moorland,
bizarre volcanic formations and finally, the eternal ice and
glaziers of the summit region.
Dinner and overnight
at Mountain Serena Lodge.
 Day 10 : Mount
Kenya National Park;
After breakfast, have a full day hiking the second highest
mountain in Africa. This is an average hiking place for every
one. Picnic lunch.
Dinner and overnight
at Mountain Serena lodge.
Day 11 : Mount Kenya - Maasai Mara;
After breakfast, drive south through the Great Rift Valley
and into the world famous Maasai Mara Game Reserve. Lunch
at the lodge followed by an afternoon game drive in this spectacular
wildlife theatre.
Dinner and overnight at Sopa lodge or Keekorok lodge..
Day 12: Maasai Mara;
After breakfast, have full game drive in Masaai Mara National
Reserve. Drive back to the lodge for your lunch, then afternoon
game drive till dusk.
The Maasai Mara , now the 7th wonder of the world and 4th
preferred tourist destination in the world is a home to wildlife
in such abundance ad variety that it is difficult to imagine
The annual migration of the wildebeest and the zebras from
the Serengeti in such of water and pasture while being followed
on their heels by the predators of the savannah; Lion, cheetah,
wild dog, jackal, hyena, and vultures. It hosts over 450 species
of animals which includes lions, rhinos, hippos, crocodiles,
giraffe, wildebeests, zebras, buffalo, leopard, many kinds
of antelopes and elephants.
Dinner and overnight at Sopa lodge or Keekorok lodge.
Day 13: Maasai Mara;
Sunrise over the open grassland signals the start of a full
day on the game-filled plains; photograph the stately black
maned Lion, Cheetah, or Leopard, stocking defenseless herds
of Wildebeest and other herbivores. The Masai Mara is famous
for its black maned lions, elephants and buffalo that make
three out of the big five though luck is essential for spotting
the other two namely parks animal concentration and abundance
is second to none. We will cater for a picnic lunch at the
hippo pool where with luck you may spot crocodiles basking
on the rocks. Numerous plains game including antelopes, wildebeest,
zebra, and Maasai giraffe can be seen as well as scavengers
like hyena and vulture. In the late afternoon (at an extra
cost), go for optional activities like having a nature walk,
visiting Maasai villages to see the nomadic lifestyle or swimming
in the nearby lodges.
OR Optional (On one of the days)
Take the opportunity
to fly over the Mara in a Hot air Balloon provided at an extra
cost. The balloon package includes a champagne breakfast in
the wild! If you can spare the money, viewing abundant game
afloat a balloon is an unforgettable experience.
Dinner and overnight at Sopa lodge or Keekorok lodge.
Day 14: Maasai Mara-Nairobi;
After breakfast, depart the Mara region for Nairobi with lunch
enroute, arriving in the late afternoon / early evening for
your departure to your next destination.
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| Package Cost Shall Be Provided According To Group Numbers
and Period of Travel |
Package Includes:
- All park entrance fees
- Full board accommodation on safari
- Service of a French speaking driver/guide
- Transport based on a safari minibus with pop up roof for
game viewing
- Driver allowances and park fees for vehicle and driver
- Game drives as per the Itinerary
- Government taxes
Package Excludes:
- Extras at the lodges i.e. drinks, telephone, laundry etc.
- International flight
- Departure tax
- Tips to porters and drivers
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