17 DAYS SAFARI: THE GREAT SAFARI TO THE PARKS & RESERVES OF
KENYA.
DAY
1: NAIROBI
Arrive
Nairobi. Welcome to Nairobi, Kenya's cosmopolitan capital. Once little more than
a watering hole for Masai tribes, today's Nairobi is the largest city between
Cairo and Johannesburg.
If
arrival is in the morning, then in the afternoon we drive to Karen
Von Blixen's former home, now a museum. Continue to the Giraffe
Center where you can feed and photograph giraffe from an elevated
platform. Return to the hotel early this evening.
** Complimentary
dinner at The Carnivore Restaurant**. Nairobi has many restaurants
offering a variety of exotic and African cuisine. However, none
beats Carnivore for its uniqueness: It is for carnivorous. It is
the only place you can get a variety of game Meat served in one
meal. Its succulent steaks and barbecue dishes are recommended for
every one especially as a welcome or a farewell Dinner/Lunch. Overnight
at Panafric hotel or similar.
DAY
2: NAIROBI - MOUNT KENYA
Depart Nairobi after breakfast and drive north to Nyeri and the
Outspan Hotel. After lunch, continue to your tree hotel for a nocturnal
game viewing experience. Dinner and overnight at Treetops lodge
or the Ark.
DAY
3: MOUNT KENYA - SAMBURU
Drive north to Samburu where the climate is drier and the land is
semi-desert. Spend the next two days exploring the Samburu Game
Reserve. Keep your camera and binoculars ready, as the wildlife
is plentiful. See the thin-striped Grevy's zebra, reticulated giraffe,
blue-necked Somali ostrich and Beisa Oryx, all species only found
north of the equator.
The long-necked
gerenuk, a graceful antelope, spends most of its time here in a
bi-pedal stance seeking succulent leaves. Later, relax at your camp
on the banks of the Ewaso Ngiro River deep in the reserve. Accommodation
is provided in luxuriously-appointed rooms set under thatch, with
en-suite facilities and private veranda. All meals and overnight
at Samburu Serena lodge
or similar.
DAY
4: FULL DAY SAMBURU
Full day spent viewing game inside the Samburu game reserve. All
meals and overnight at the Samburu
Seren lodge. or similar
DAY
5: SAMBURU - LAKE BARINGO
After breakfast, game drive enroute to
Lake Baringo. This is a fresh water lake in the Rift Valley, covering an area
of 170 square kilometer, with a depth of 12 meters. KAMPI YA SAMAKI is the center
of exploration in lake Baringo. This is a spectacular and mellow place to visit
particularly with the Boating trips to the islands such as the 'Devil's island'
and also with the bird walk, together with the various water sports available
to tourists. All meals and overnight at Lake Baringo lodge.
DAY
6: LAKE BARINGO - LAKE BOGORIA
After breakfast, proceed to Lake
Bogoria. This is a shallow lake found in the Rift Valley, covering an area of
30 square kilometer, with a depth of 9 meters and home to flamingos. Other attractions
are the HOT SPRINGS and GEYSERS (with the Hot Springs boiling hot), gazelles,
greater kudu, and impala. The sheer face of the north eastern ends of the Aberdares
Ranges dominates the eastern side of the lake. All meals and overnight at Lake
Bogoria hotel.
DAY
7: LAKE BOGORIA - LAKE NAKURU
After breakfast, drive to Lake Nakuru national park for game drive.
This is 200-sq. km shallow Soda Lake lying in the volcanic strewn
Rift Valley and is one of a chain of lakes stretching the length
of Kenya from Tanzania to Ethiopia.
It is world's
greatest bird spectacle with millions of pink flamingos and pelicans,
birds of prey like vulture, eagle and such animals as waterbuck
and black rhino, buffalo, Reedbuck, gazelle, leopard, hyrax, hippos,
velvet-monkey, Rothschild giraffe and baboon. This is an ideal place
for ornithologists and photographers. All meals and overnight at
Lake Nakuru lodge or similar.
DAY
8: LAKE NAKURU - MASAI MARA
Leave early today, climbing out of the Rift Valley escarpment, to enter the Masai
Mara Reserve, part of the Serengeti ecosystem. After lunch, be ready to experience
some of the best game viewing in Kenya's most exciting game reserve. All meals
and overnight at Mara Sopa lodge or similar.
DAY
9: MASAI MARA
Morning and afternoon game drives should reveal lion, elephant,
giraffe, buffalo, zebra, topi, hartebeest, cheetah, gazelle, wart
hog, and abundant bird life. All meals and overnight at Mara
Sopa lodge or similar
DAY
10: MASAI MARA
A morning Game drive to this vast, open grasslands of the Serengeti-Mara
ecosystem are home to over 3million large mammals. In our game drive
we have a very good chance of seeing all the major Plains animals
including lion, leopard, buffalo, elephant, rhino, hyena, cheetah,
jackal, warthog and many species.
All meals and
overnight at Mara Sopa lodge
or similar
DAY
11: MASAI MARA - NAIROBI
After breakfast, leave lodge for the last game drive and return journey to Nairobi.
Picnic lunch enroute and arrive Nairobi in the afternoon or early evening. Overnight
at Panafric hotel or similar.
DAY
12: NAIROBI - AMBOSELI
Depart at 09.00 hrs and drive south through vast Maasai country,
Via Namanga Border town then on to Amboseli National Park. Picnic
Lunch is served enroute. Arrive in the camp late afternoon and settle
down. Time permitting, proceed for a short game drive to see Rhino,
Giraffe, Lion, Elephant and many more with Mt. Kilimanjaro (Africa's
highest peak) providing a beautiful background. Dinner and overnight
at the Amboseli Sopa lodge or similar.

DAY
13: AMBOSELI - TSAVO WEST
Pre-breakfast game drive from 06.00hrs
to 08.00hrs. after breakfast, depart to Tsavo West national park with game drive
enroute to the lodge. Afternoon game drive from 16.00hrs to 18.00hrs when you
drive back to the lodge for dinner and overnight. All meals and overnight at the
Kilaguni Serena Safari Lodge or similar.
DAY
14: TSAVO - MOMBASA
Breakfast
at the lodge then drive to Mombasa.
The City of Mombasa provides an interesting experience with the
old Portuguese Fort Jesus, Old Town, Markets and Shops. An extensive
variety of excursions are available to sample the local culture
and the famous Kenyan wildlife. Check into Mombasa beach Hotel for
dinner and overnight. All meals at the hotel.
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DAY
15: MOMBASA
Full day own leisure at the hotel. Accomodation at mombasa beach
hotel on half board basis.
DAY
16: MOMBASA - NAIROBI / AIRPORT
Breakfast
at the hotel then transfer to the airport for flight back to Nairobi. You will
then check in for your international flight back home.
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