UPMARKET SAFARIS IN KENYA

• Best Kenya Wildlife Safari - 14 Days / 13 Nights
• Best Of Kenya Wildlife Camping Adventure Safari -12 Days/ 11 Nights
• Best Budget Camping Safari in Kenya - 12 Days / 11 Nights
• Best Couple wildlife safari-8 Days / 7 Nights
• Rift Valley & Kenya Highlands Camping Adventure -7 Days / 6 Nights
• Best Couple Wildlife Camping Safari in Kenya -6 Days / 5 Nights
• Best Wildlife Safari in Kenya – 4 Days / 3 Nights

Best Kenya wildlife Safari-14 Days / 13 Nights

Highlights: This is a budget camping adventure which starts from Nairobi and ends in Nairobi. You will be able to visit the 7Th wonders of the World Maasai Mara from Nairobi then proceed to Nakuru National Park and then to Samburu National Park. You will stay in tents or Guest houses at the various campsites within the Maasai Mara National Reserve, Nakuru National Park and Samburu National Park. (Maasai Mara - Naivasha - Nakuru - Bogoria -Baringo - Samburu - Mount Kenya - Amboseli - Tsavo West - Tsavo East - Nairobi Or Mombasa)

Itinerary:

Day 1: Nairobi - Maasai Mara

On arrival at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, or if you are staying in a Nairobi City Hotel, our tour manager will meet you and brief you on your safari, and thereafter depart Nairobi for Masai Mara Game Reserve, picnic lunch en-route. On arrival proceed to the campsite .After a short rest proceed for a game drive in search of black maned lions, elephants, leopards, cheetah, buffalos and other plains game.

Return to the camp for dinner and overnight.

Day 2: Maasai Mara
Early breakfast followed by a full day of game drive within the reserve.

Masai Mara is renowned for its high animal concentration and abundance. Black-maned lions, elephants and buffalo can be seen (3 out of the big 5) though luck is essential for spotting leopard and rhino, which make the other two. The reserve is essentially the northern extension of Tanzania's Serengeti National Park and is home to numerous plains game including wildebeest, common zebra and the Maasai giraffe as well as antelopes like Thompson's gazelle, hartebeest, impala and dik dik among others. You will have a break for your picnic lunch at the hippo pool where hippos are in view and with luck, crocodiles.

Return to the campsite for dinner and overnight.

Day 3: Maasai Mara
Morning game viewing in the Mara with an option nature walk or visit to a nearby Maasai village in between the meal breaks. (Maasai village visit available at extra cost).

It is estimated half of the world's surviving population of mountain gorillas -300 live within Bwindi and Mgahinga boundaries. Bwindi National Park is located in the southwestern part of the country at the edges of Kigezi Highlands once known as Switzerland of Africa before the drop of the Western Rift Valley. Both National Parks offer a dramatic steeply forested landscape and are incredibly dense, but crisscrossed by numerous animal trails allowing access to tourists. Among the gorilla families that live in this forest have been habituated for tourism and although trekking may be strenuous the viewing of the gorillas in their natural habitat is an experience long to be savored. Apart from the gorillas, there are a variety of primates to be seen including the blue monkeys, red tailed monkeys, and black & white colobus monkeys. The great blue turacos are often seen and even for a non bird watcher they are marvelous sight.

Dinner and overnight at Camp site.

Day 4: Maasai Mara - Naivasha
After breakfast, depart for Lake Naivasha. After lunch, visit Hells Gate National Park and the geothermal power plant.

Proceed to a luxury lodge or tented camp by the lake for dinner and overnight.

Day 5: Lake Naivasha - Lake Nakuru
Depart after breakfast and drive to the home of millions of flamingos and the home of the white rhino and about 350 different species of birds.

It is known as an ORNITHOLOGICAL PARADISE. Lake Nakuru is a soda lake on the floor of the Rift valley. It is famous due to its being a home to about 1.5 million flamingo's and the over 450 species of birds found here. The sight of the millions of flamingos is quite spectacular. From a distance the lake appears ringed in pink. The Lake has also earned a reputation as an important haven for endangered species - particularly the Rothschild Giraffe and the black and white rhino. It is a home to Lions, waterbucks, buffalos, baboons and pelicans.

Dinner and Overnight at a Lake Nakuru Lodge or Sarova Lion Hill

Day 6: Lake Bogoria - Lake Baringo
After breakfast, drive to Lake Bogoria where the hot water springs abound and plenty of medicinal springs. After lunch, visit Lake Baringo. At an extra cost, have one hour boat ride which enables you to see hippos at a close range.

Dinner and overnight at a Island Camp Baringo

Day 7: Nakuru - Samburu
After breakfast, depart for Samburu via the Thompson falls. Lunch en-route, arriving late afternoon.

Dinner and overnight at a Ashnil Luxury Camp.

Day 8: Samburu

After breakfast, depart for an early morning game drive. Return to a camp for lunch. At 04.00 pm. You will be taken for another game drive till dusk.

Samburu National Reserve is a wildlife haven. Here you will spot Africa's big cats - lions, cheetahs and the elusive leopard. Some animals are unique to this northern Kenya Park: Grevy's zebra, reticulated giraffe, kudu and gerenuk. The Ewaso Nyiro River, the boundary with the neighboring Buffalo Springs National Reserve, is where the elephants, buffalo and other animal species gather for a drink. You will find the scenic semiarid landscape quite dramatic. The reserve is located within the lands of the colourful semi-nomadic Samburu tribesmen.

Dinner and overnight at a Ashnil Luxury Camp.

Day 9: Samburu - Mount Kenya
After breakfast, depart Samburu for Mount Kenya (Nanyuki) arriving in time for lunch. After lunch, visit the Mau Mau caves (where Kenyan Freedom Fighters could hide from the British Troops during the struggle for Independence).

Mount Kenya National Park: The national park around Mt Kenya 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 a lodge or luxury camp.

Day 10: Mount Kenya - Amboseli via Nairobi
After breakfast, drive south via the biggest open-air market in East and Central Africa (Karatina). Proceed to Nairobi arriving in time for lunch in one of the restaurants Flame tree or Carnivore. Continue to Amboseli via Kenya/Tanzania border (Namanga) arriving in Amboseli late in the afternoon. An evening game viewing drive will be done if time allows.

Dinner and overnight at a lodge or luxury camp.

Day 11: Amboseli
Early morning game drives before breakfast. After breakfast have a whole day game viewing.

Amboseli National Park has 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 , Burch ells 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.

Optional: Maasai Village visit Nature walk OR Swimming in one of the lodges pools (all at extra cost).

Return to lodge or luxury camp for dinner and overnight.

Day 12: Amboseli - Tsavo West
After breakfast, drive via Chyullu hills to Tsavo West National Park, arriving in time for lunch. Afternoon game viewing drive and a visit to Mzima Springs; (The source of drinking water for Mombasa).

Return to lodge or luxury camp for dinner and overnight.

Day 13: Tsavo West - Tsavo East
After breakfast, drive to Tsavo East National Park which is renowned for its large numbers of Elephants and the famous Man Eating Lions (during the building of the Kenya / Uganda Railway in 1890).

Tsavo East and Tsavo West, both national parks are managed separately but together they form the largest reserve in East Africa. The northern part of Tsavo east may not however be visited by tourists. Nevertheless the Tsavo national park founded in 1947 is one of the most visited tourist attraction in Kenya. In spite of its arid countryside and savannah vegetation about 60species of mammals and 400 different species of birds are to be found here. The Tsavo is particularly famous because of its dramatic scenery and the Red Elephants which owe their colors to the dust prevalent in this area as well as lions and cheetahs. There are many antelopes (Oryx, kudus, giants gazelles and giraffe) Burchell's zebras, Masai giraffes baboons and vervet monkeys of the birds the most impressive is the Maasai ostrich. Where there is water such as at Mzima springs, crocodiles and hippos can also be seen.

Lunch on arrival. Game viewing drive follows after lunch till dusk.

Dinner and overnight at a lodge or luxury camp.

Day 14: Tsavo East - Nairobi or Mombasa
After breakfast and your final game drive, return to Nairobi or proceed to Mombasa for further vacation at the coast.

End of Safari

Package Cost Shall Be Provided According To Group Numbers and Period of Travel

Package Includes:
• all game parks or national parks entrance fees
• all game drives in the various parks accompanied by our professional English-speaking driver cum guide
• transport by comfortable safari vehicles with hatch-roofs
• all campsite fees
• all camping equipment (except sleeping bags)
• accommodation in the campsite
• three sumptuous meals per day whilst on safari, prepared and served by our cook

Package Excludes:
- Hot air Balloon flight in Maasai Mara -US$ 450 per person extra
(Price is subject to confirmation at the time of booking.)
- Tips to driver guide, cook and porter.
- Extras at the lodges -tips, drinks, telephone, laundry etc
- Items of personal expenses

Rift Valley & Kenya Highlands Camping Adventure -7 Days / 6 Nights

Highlights: This is a budget camping adventure which starts from Nairobi and ends in Nairobi. You will be able to visit the 7Th wonders of the World Maasai Mara from Nairobi then proceed to Nakuru National Park and then to Samburu National Park. You will stay in tents or Guest houses at the various campsites within the Maasai Mara National Reserve , Nakuru National Park and Samburu National Park.

Itinerary:

Day 1: Nairobi - Masai Mara

On arrival at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, or if you are staying in a Nairobi City Hotel, our tour manager will meet you and brief you on your safari, and thereafter depart for Masai Mara Game Reserve via the viewpoint of the Great Rift Valley, lunch enroute. Arrive in time for an evening game drive in this pristine, unequalled big game reserve.

Dinner and overnight at campsite.

Day 2: Masai Mara

This will be a day of tracking game with your guide, after an early breakfast.

The Mara's landscape is scenic savannah grassland on rolling hills, which enables the reserve to attract sufficient rainfall to maintain and support a large population of herbivores, together with the predators that follow. Elephant, lion, buffalo can be seen with relative ease though luck is a necessary factor for spotting rhino and leopard that complete the big five as the two animals are very timid and sparsely numbered. Plains game like wildebeest, zebra and Maasai giraffe abound as well as hippos and a wide variety of antelopes including impala, dik dik, hartebeest, Grants gazelle and Thompson's gazelle among others.

We will cater for a picnic lunch at the hippo pool. In the evening, return to the campsite for dinner and an overnight stay.

Day 3: Masai Mara

After breakfast, another day of tracking game with your guide till dawn.

Maasai Mara National Reserve borders Tanzania's Serengeti National Park and is the annual seasonal scene of the migration of close to 800,000 zebra and wildebeest that occurs between the two parks. In the afternoon there is a choice between a game drive and a nature walk escorted by our armed Maasai guides. At extra cost, you may visit a local Maasai village to see their nomadic lifestyle; the Maasai are famous for their bravery, as they have co-existed with the animals over the years.
All meals and overnight at the campsite.

Day 4: Maasai Mara -Nakuru

Maasai Mara Balloon ( Optional)
0630 hrs- early morning game drive - if you still want to go for more

OR

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.

After breakfast, leave Masai Mara for Nakuru with a stop for lunch enroute, with scenic views of Lake Naivasha and Mount Longonot, which are in the Great Rift from afar on the main highway.

Dinner and overnight at campsite

Day 5: Lake Nakuru - Samburu

After breakfast, a morning game viewing drive will follow in Lake Nakuru National Park, the abode of various water birds that breed in the lakes salty water including flamingos, white pelicans and marabou stork; white rhino may be seen as well as the rare Rothschilds giraffe, cape buffalo and other plains game in this park that is 188 square kilometres.

Depart for Samburu Game Reserve for dinner and overnight at the campsite; via the Thompson Falls, which are named after Joseph Thompson, one of the first European explorers who walked from Mombasa to Lake Victoria in the 1880s.

Lunch and game drive at Nyahururu - enroute.

Day 6: Samburu

Morning and afternoon game viewing drives in Samburu with a lunch and leisure break at the campsite in mid afternoon.

Samburu is north of the equator and contains rare, drought resistant animal species, which go for long periods of time without water. These include the reticulated giraffe, grevys zebra, the blue-shanked Somali ostrich, the gerenuk or giraffe gazelle and the beisa oryx. In the late afternoon (at an extra cost), go for optional activities like having a nature walk, visiting Samburu villages to see the nomadic lifestyle or swimming in the nearby lodges.

Dinner and overnight at campsite.

Day 7: Samburu - Nairobi

After breakfast, depart Samburu for Nairobi, lunch enroute, with scenic views of Mount Kenyas peak if the weather permits. Very pleasant countryside with tea and coffee plantations will be by-passed enroute to Nairobi. Arrive in the evening.

End of Services.

Package Includes:
• all game parks or national parks entrance fees
• all game drives in the various parks accompanied by our professional English-speaking driver cum guide
• transport by comfortable safari vehicles with hatch-roofs
• all campsite fees
• all camping equipment (except sleeping bags)
• accommodation in the campsite
• three sumptuous meals per day whilst on safari, prepared and served by our cook

Package Excludes:
- Hot air Balloon flight in Maasai Mara US$ 450 per person extra
(Price is subject to confirmation at the time of booking.)
- Tips to driver guide, cook and porter.
- Extras at the lodges tips, drinks, telephone, laundry etc
- Items of personal expenses

Best Wildlife Safari in Kenya 4 Days / 3 Nights

Trip highlights: This is a four days safari into one of the best wildlife sanctuaries in Kenya. The trip will start immediately after your arrival at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport onto Maasai Mara National Park through the Great Rift Valley. You will be able to see plenty of wildlife varying from Kenya's big five; the lion, elephant, rhino, buffalo, and the leopard among a host of other different animal species; not to forget the great interest in the park, the migration of wildebeests, making it the seventh wonder. You will travel in private minibus and stay in tented camps or lodges while on this safari.

Itinerary:

Day 1: Arrival - Nairobi -Maasai Mara National Park

On your arrival at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, you will be met by our tour manager who will brief you on your safari as you depart for Maasai Mara National Reserve arriving on time check in at the camp, take your Lunch and then depart for an afternoon Game viewing drive till dusk.

The Maasai Mara National Reserve, now the New 7th wonder of the world and 4th preferred tourist destination in the world is a home to wildlife in such abundance and variety that it is difficult to imagine. The most spectacular event of the natural world takes place here; The annual migration of millions of wildebeest and zebra from the Serengeti (Tanzania) in search of water and pasture while being followed on their heels by the predators of the savanna; lion, cheetah, wild dog, jackal, hyena and vulture. It hosts over 450 species of animals which include lions, rhinos, hippos, crocodiles, giraffe, wildebeests, zebras, buffalo, warthogs, hyenas, jackals, wild dogs, buffalo, leopard, many kinds of antelopes and elephants.

Dinner and overnight at Big Time Camp or similar.

Day 2: Maasai Mara National Park

Depart early in the morning for a pre-breakfast Game Viewing drive followed by breakfast there after at the campsite. Later in the afternoon you will depart for an afternoon Game viewing drive after your lunch till dusk.

The park inhabits a great number of wildebeests migrating from Serengeti National Reserve, Tanzania which makes the park almost the same with the same animal species. Their numbers are estimated in the million as this migration starts in July each year when over one million wildebeest along with large numbers of Thompson’s gazelles, zebra and other herbivores migrate from the Serengeti plains in Tanzania to fresh pastures in the north and then back south again in October.

Dinner and overnight at Big Time Camp or similar.

Day 3: Maasai Mara National park

Pre-breakfast Game viewing drive followed by a morning and an afternoon Game viewing drives the whole day with your lunch enroute. An option of balloon Game viewing is available.

OR

Optional Balloon Flight
You can opt to carry out your game viewing activity on an adventurous and unforgettable balloon flight over the spectacular Mara at an extra cost. This package includes a champagne drink in the wild making it much interesting.

Dinner and overnight at Big Time Camp or similar.

Day 4: Maasai Mara National park- Nairobi.

Depart morning after your breakfast for a visit at the Masai villages and get to learn their culture. Later in the day take your lunch at the campsite, check out and depart for Nairobi where you will get your flight back.

The Masai community is so significant to tourism industry when it comes to their culture. Starting from their dress code, the color red is so significant in that they scare away wild animals as they co-exist with them. They believe that God, Enkai, gave them cattle, therefore they believe that all the cattle belongs to them. That’s the reason why they have been known due to their cattle rustling. Although the Maasai are known for their nomadic life and cattle keeping, there is a group of agricultural Masai, known as IL Loikop, who look down upon by the cattle keeping group, the Wakwavi, since they believe they are the true Maasais created to keep cattle. A Maasai Homestead (enkang popularly known as the Manyattas) is made from cow dung and wooden sticks from the leleshwa plant. Women are the ones responsible for putting up these magnificent homes. However, a homestead contains several Maasai houses which are surrounded by a fence made also by branches of the leleshwa plant where the herds of goats and cows are confined in during the night hours. There are other Manyattas made far away in the wilderness during their Morans as they prepare their headset, the motonyik, before they return home.

End of Safari.

Cost Includes:
-Accommodation as stipulated in the itinerary
-Transport in 4x4 tour mini van
-Services of an English speaking tour driver/guide
-Game viewing drives and parks entrance fees as per itinerary
-All Government taxes and levies

Cost exclude
-Hot air balloon flight in the park- US$ 450 per person extra( Price is subject to confirmation at the time of booking)
-All items of personal nature e.g. telephone call bills, fax / email bills etc.
-Tips and gratuities to hotel, lodges, camp staff and driver- guide.
-Alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks
-Any local or international flight and departure taxes
-Laundry services
-Any other item not included in our itinerary
-Sleeping bag and other toiletries