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Information
Tour Code : ASSL-018
Start : Nairobi
End : Nairobi
Tour Duration: 11 Days
Highlights : Amboseli National Park, Mount Kilimanjaro
Views, Samburu Game Reserve, Aberdares National park,
Spectacular Great rift Valley, Wildlife encounters in the Masai
Mara Game reserve, Flamingo flocks around Lake Nakuru
Accommodations: Twin/doubles in Luxury lodges
Group Size: 2 pax and above; guaranteed departure
Description : A safari to the north via the high shoulder
of Mountain Kenya to the Game Reserve of Samburu then to Lake
Nakuru one of the alkaline Rift Valley lakes and a fantastic
bird sanctuary. Its shores are eye catching being home to more
than one million flamingos. In addition you can find other birds
species, leopards, lions and rhinos at Lake Nakuru national
park. The Maasai Mara is a Game Reserve and widely known as the
migrating land of animals. It is sometimes referred to as a
National Reserve. The Maasai Mara Game Reserve is simply
referred to as the Mara. While at the Mara Reserve you have
various options of places where you can board. Mount Kenya
region is in the central province of Kenya.
11 Days Amboseli /Aberdares /Samburu//Lake Nakuru/Maasai Mara
Day 1: Arrival - Nairobi
Arrival at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. Transfer to
Fairview Hotel for overnight stay.
Day 2: Nairobi –Amboseli
Pick up from your hotel at 0730 hrs. A safari briefing session
with our Tour consultant before starting off the safari to
Amboseli National reserve at the foot of snowcapped Mt.
Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest peak. Arrive in time for lunch.
Afternoon game drive is taken. Dinner and overnight at Amboseli
Serena Lodge
Day 3: Amboseli National park
A full day in this photogenic park. Morning and afternoon game
drives are offered. Meals and overnight at Amboseli Serena
Lodge.
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Amboseli National park is one of the most popular wildlife
sanctuaries in Kenya. It is situated close to Kenya. It is
situated close to Kenya- Tanzania border, The Park lies at the
foot of Mt. Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa (5,896m)
whose snow-capped summit presents a splendid view on clear days.
Amboseli National Park is often referred to as “The home of
Elephants’ some of the largest Elephant herds are found here.
The Game Park also contains vast groups of Zebras, Wildebeests,
Giraffes, Buffalos, Hippos and Antelopes. Also to be found in
Amboseli are lions, leopards, Cheetahs, Rhinos and many species
of plain game.
Day 4 : Amboseli – Aberdares National park
We leave Amboseli, viewing game as we drive via Nairobi to the
Aberdares National park lunch at The Aberdares Country Club.
Afternoon transfer into Aberdares National Park and on to The
Ark Lodge for bird watching and overnight floodlit game viewing
from the lodge viewing decks. Ark Lodge, set in the heart of the
Aberdares National Park, is an unique tree lodge with a veranda
that overlooks a floodlit waterhole and saltlick allowing
undisturbed views of wildlife visiting the waterhole. Elephant,
rhino, leopard, bushbuck and occasionally an elusive bongo and
giant forest hog have been sighted. The 60 guest rooms are all
en-suite. All cabins have private bathrooms with shower, and are
comfortably furnished with bedside lamps and carpeted floors to
ward off the evening and morning chill. Resembling and named
after Noah's Ark, The Ark Tree Lodge is designed with 'decks'
from which numerous balconies and lounges provide superb vantage
points for game viewing. A ground level bunker provides
excellent photographic opportunities and takes you closer than
you would believe possible to the wildlife. Dinner and overnight
at The Ark Lodge,
Day 5 : Aberdares National park - Samburu
National Reserve
After breakfast we proceed further north across the Equator to
the edge of the Northern Frontier. Arrival will be in time for
lunch and an afternoon game drive returning in time for a sun
downer and dinner at the Samburu lodge or Samburu Ashnil lodge
- Samburu is part of a lava plain that includes a diverse
landscape of thorn scrub, red dirt, dried river beds, broken
volcanic rock, steep hills, and rocky outcroppings. This reserve
is becoming one of Kenya's most admired stops after the Mara.
Sights of the peculiarly branched doum palms and thorn trees
give an unusual look to the region.
Day 6 :Samburu National Reserve
The whole day will be spent relaxing and leisurely
exploring the Samburu National Reserve through morning and
afternoon game drives. You may opt to do some of the activities
offered at the lodges and a visit to Samburu Villages. Dinner
and overnight stay at Samburu Lodge or Samburu Ashnil Lodge
The light and vast openness creates a lonesome panoramic beauty
and the permanent water supply acts like a lure for the abundant
species found here. The region is home to the uncommon Grevy’s
zebra with huge fury ears, gerenuk antelope standing on hind
legs to feed, Somali ostriches with distinct blue legs and the
shy Oryx. Elephant and crocodile are guaranteed sightings,
excellent bird watching with numerous varieties of weaverbirds
and the martial eagle. Leopard sighting is also a special
feature here.
Day 7: Samburu - Lake Nakuru National park
Depart Samburu after breakfast and proceed south to lake Nakuru,
which is often referred to as the pink lake for it’s great
masses of pink flamingos. Arrive in time for lunch. Afternoon
game drives followed by dinner and overnight stay at a Sarova
Lion Hill or Flamingo Hill Tented Camp -
Lake Nakuru's claim to fame is anchored on its flamingo's and
the over 400 species of birds found here. The lake itself is a
soda lake on the floor of the rift valley. The sight of the at
times 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. Lions, waterbuck, buffalo and baboons are all
residents here.
Day 8 Lake Nakuru - Maasai Mara
Breakfast then view game as we exit the park and drive to via
the Great Rift Valley to arrive at Maasai Mara in time for lunch
at a Lodge. Full afternoon game drive till dusk when we return
to Mara Sarova Camp or Keekorok Lodge/Ashanil Lodge for dinner and Overnight
stay
Day 9/10 Maasai Mara
Full days spent exploring the park in search of the big 5.Early
morning and late afternoon game drives are offered. Optional hot
air balloon safari can be arranged at an extra cost of US$ 450.
Dinner and overnight stay at Mara Sarova Camp Lodge or Keekorok
Lodge or Ashnil Lodge
The Mara offers wildlife in such variety and abundance that it
is difficult to believe: over 450 species of animals have been
recorded here. You will easily see lions, rhinos, hippos,
crocodiles, giraffe, wildebeests, zebras, buffalo, warthogs,
hyenas, jackals, wild dogs, buffalo, leopard, many kinds of
antelopes and elephant. It is in the Mara that perhaps the most
spectacular event of the natural world takes place. This is the
annual migration of millions of wildebeest and zebra from the
Serengeti (Tanzania) in search of water and pasture. Following
on their heels are the predators of the savanna- lion, cheetah,
wild dog, jackal, hyena and vultures.
Day 11: Maasai Mara - Nairobi
Morning game drive. Drive to back to Nairobi to arrive in the
afternoon. Drop off at Fairview hotel to freshen up before going
for Dinner at the Carnivore restaurant. Transfer to Jomo
Kenyatta International Airport for your home bound flight.
Safari price Cost Includes:
-Transport on custom made 8 seater tour van ideal for game
viewing and photography
-Full board accommodation whilst on safari
-Accommodation in double/triple room
-1 Night hotel accommodations in Nairobi on BB
-All park entrance fees to include government taxes
-Service of an English speaking professional driver/guide
-All game drives as detailed in the itinerary
Complimentary return airport transfers
-Bottled water whilst on safari
-Dinner at the Carnivore Restaurant
-Start and end in Nairobi.
-Personalized service
Tour Cost excludes:
-Tips
-Laundry
-Beverages/Drinks
-International flights
-Visas
-Items of a personal nature
-Any other extras not detailed in
-Hotel accommodations in Nairobi after the safari
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Popular Kenya
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possibility of seeing "the big five" and many other species
of game. This is where the great wildebeest migration is a
spectacle to behold for any would be visitor to Kenya mainly
in July and August of each year. Accommodation at Mara Sopa
lodge
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4 Days Masai Mara Lake Nakuru National Park
A safari to
the world famous Bird Sanctuary of Lake Nakuru, then South
over the Mau Escarpment to Kenya's greatest concentration of
game - the Masai Mara- Kenya's most popular game park, with
the possibility of seeing all the big five and many other
species of game. This is where the great wildebeest
migration is a spectacle to behold for any would be visitor
to Kenya mainly in July –October each year
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5 Days Masai Mara Lake Nakuru National Park
A safari to
the world famous Bird Sanctuary of Lake Nakuru, then South
over the Mau Escarpment to Kenya's greatest concentration of
game - the Maasai Mara- Kenya's most popular game park, with
the possibility of seeing all the big five and many other
species of game. This is where the great wildebeest
migration is a spectacle to behold for any would be visitor
to Kenya mainly in July –October each year
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Ark, Sweetwater's chimpanzees ,flamingoes at Lake Nakuru
National park, Kenya's most celebrated park - Maasai Mara
for the big 5 and the annual wildebeest migration.
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