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Day
1 – Nairobi
Met
on arrival at Jomo Kenyatta International
Airport by a representative of African Horizons
Travel and Safaris. The airport is
located 20kms from the capital city, Nairobi.
The temperatures are warm and moderate. It
is inhabited by more than 2,000,000 people
of all races offering a wide variety of different
cultures. Drive to Jacaranda Hotel for overnight
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Day 2 – Mountain Lodge
Commence your safari at 0900hrs and drive
north to Mountain Lodge arriving in time
for lunch. Spend the afternoon game viewing
as the animals come to the waterhole. Dinner
and overnight at Mountain Lodge.
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Day
3 – Samburu Game Reserve
After breakfast continue north to Samburu
Game Reserve arriving in time for lunch.
Afternoon game drive in the area. Samburu
Game Reserve lies in the lower curve of
the dry northern Kenya region. The main
water source, the Uaso Nyiro River, feeds
the riverine forest and swamps. The patches
of forest and doum palm dotting the landscape
provide an ideal setting for primates, hippo
and crocodile. Elephant families visit the
river’s shallows to immerse in the cool
water. Other animal life include game only
seen on the north of the Equator namely
Grevy’s zebra, Beisa oryx and reticulated
giraffe. There are also gerenuk gazelle,
the Somali Ostrich, elephant, buffalo, leopard,
lion and the common savannah game. Dinner
and overnight at Samburu Serena Lodge (FB).
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Day
4 – Samburu Game Reserve
Full day in Samburu with game drives in
the morning and afternoon. All meals and
overnight at Samburu Serena Lodge (FB). |
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Day 5 – Lake Nakuru
National Park
After breakfast depart for Lake Nakuru National
Park arriving for late lunch. In the afternoon
proceed on a game drive along the lakeshores.
Lake Nakuru National Park was created in 1961,
and since then the park has increased considerably
in size and now covers an area of 200sq km.
The lake lies in the park and has been given
the conservation world’s Ramsar Site designation.
It is a shallow soda lake. It is the most
famous of the Great Rift Valley lakes with
“the world’s greatest ornithological spectacle”.
There is an opportunity of viewing over thousands
of flamingos along with tens of thousands
of other bird species. It is a magnificent
sight. The flamingos migrate from time to
time if food gets scarce. The lake is very
shallow and the level fluctuates by up to
four metres annually. When the water is low
the soda crystallises out along the shoreline
as a blinding white band of powder. There
are areas of grassland, bush, forest and rocky
cliffs and there are many other animals to
be viewed, white rhino, the rare Rothchild’s
giraffe, waterbucks, warthogs, large herds
of buffalo, Thomson’s gazelle, leopard, hyrax,
hippos and many more animals. Return for dinner
and overnight at Lake Nakuru Lodge (FB). |
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Day 6 – Nakuru National Park
Full day Lake Nakuru with morning and afternoon
game drives. All meals and overnight Lake
Nakuru Lodge. |
Day
7 – Masai Mara Game Reserve
Depart after breakfast and drive across
the floor of the Great Rift Valley to Masai
Mara Game Reserve. Arrive for lunch and
afternoon game drive. Masai Mara is justifiably
one of the most famous reserves in Africa.
With good reason as this is the Kenyan section
of the Serengeti Plains and wildlife abounds.
It is also traditionally the land of the
Maasai people. The Masai people, after whom
the park is named, are nomadic. While on
game drives, you will often notice young
tribesmen herding their cattle amongst the
plains game. The Mara is 1,510sq km of open
grassland dotted with the distinctive flat-topped
acacia trees. It is watered by the tree-lined
Mara River and it’s tributary the Talek
River. The western border of the park is
the spectacular Oloololo Escarpment.
It is also difficult part of the Mara to
access because of the swampy grounds.
There is plenty of game in the Mara. The concentration
of game is at its highest in the months of
July through October when the Mara is the
host to the annual migration of more than
two million wildebeest. Dinner and overnight
at Sarova Mara Camp (FB). |
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Day
8 & 9 – Masai Mara Game Reserve
Spend the next two full days in the Masai
Mara with morning and afternoon game drives.
All meals and overnight at Sarova Mara Camp
(FB). |
Day
10 – Masai Mara Game Reserve
After breakfast leave Mara Fig Tree and
drive to Mara Serena Lodge with game drive
and picnic lunch en-route. Spend the rest
of the day at leisure. Dinner and overnight
at Mara Serena Lodge (FB). |
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Day 11 & 12 – Masai Mara Game Reserve
Spend the next two full days with morning
and afternoon game drives in the Masai Mara.
All meals and overnight at Mara Serena Lodge.
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Day
13 – Nairobi
After breakfast transfer to the Mara airstrip
for your flight departing at approximately
1100hrs. Met on arrival at Wilson airport
Nairobi at approximately 1215hrs. Proceed
to the Karen Blixen Museum for visit. Transfer
to the Nairobi Hilton Hotel to check in
and freshen up. Pick up at 1900hrs and transfer
to the Carnivore Restaurant for dinner.
Overnight at the Nairobi Hilton (BB). |
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Day 14 – Departure
Day
rooms at Hilton Hotel until transfer to the
Jomo Kenyatta International Airport for your
departure flight |
Price
includes
meals indicated, transfers, park fees, game
drives, accommodation in 4 star hotels &
lodges, wildlife biologist tour leader.
Not
included
Laundry, tips, flights, drinks, domestic
& international airport taxes, all expenses
of a personal nature.
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