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Option 1: 7 Days Masai Mara
– Naivasha/Hell's Gate – Nakuru – Samburu
Option 2: 7 Days Masai Mara
– Naivasha/Hell's Gate – Nakuru – Amboseli
Option 3: 7 Days Masai Mara
– Naivasha/Hell's Gate – Nakuru – Bogoria –
Baringo
Option Beach: 3-5-7 days
extra on the coast available on all itineraries
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Option 1: 7 Days Masai Mara – Naivasha/Hell's
Gate – Nakuru – Samburu
Day 1: Nairobi - Masai Mara
After breakfast, we will pick you up from your Nairobi hotel and
thereafter depart for Masai Mara Game Reserve via the viewpoint
of the Great Rift Valley, lunch en route. Arrive in time for an
afternoon game drive in this pristine, unequalled ‘big game
country’.
Dinner and overnight at the lodge /camp-site
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 Masai giraffe abound as well as hippos and
a wide variety of antelopes including impala, dik dik, hartebeest,
Grant’s gazelle and Thompson’s gazelle among others.
We will cater for a picnic lunch at the hippo pool.
At around 4:30pm there is a choice between a game drive, nature
walk escorted by our armed Masai guides and visit a local Masai
village to see their nomadic lifestyle; the Masai are famous for
their bravery, as they have co-existed with the animals over the
years. All meals and overnight at the lodge or camp-site
Day 3: Masai Mara – Naivasha / Hell's Gate
After breakfast, another morning of tracking game with your guide
in this reserve which 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.
Alternatively nature walk escorted by our armed Masai guides or
visit to the Masai village. Early lunch at the lodge or camp-site
After lunch, leave Masai Mara for Lake Naivasha. Lake Naivasha,
a Wetland of International Importance (RAMSAR), is a papyrus-lined
freshwater lake, surrounded by fever tree acacias, visited by hippos,
giraffe, buffalo and colobus monkeys and a world class birding destination
with over 400 avian species. Hell's gate national park is one of
the only two parks in Kenya where you can walk or cycle without
a ranger.
Night in Lake Naivasha
Day 4: Naivasha / Hell's Gate – Nakuru
Morning game drive or nature walk/cycling. After lunch proceed to
Lake Nakuru and reach it in time for lunch. Game drive in this park
the abode of various water birds that breed in the lake’s
salty water including flamingos, white pelicans and marabou stork;
white rhino may be seen as well as the rare Rothschild’s giraffe,
cape buffalo and other plains game in this park that is 188 square
kilometres.
Dinner and overnight at the lodge / budget hotel
Day 5: Lake Nakuru - Samburu
Early morning drive in the park. After breakfast depart for Samburu
Game Reserve 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 1880’s. Lunch in Nanyuki. Arrive in
time for a short evening game drive. Dinner and overnight in a lodge
or in a camp-site
Day 6: Samburu
Morning and afternoon game-viewing sessions tracking the rare, drought
resistant animals species which can only be seen north of the equator;
these are: the reticulated giraffe, grevy’s zebra, the gerenuk
or giraffe-gazelle, Beisa Oryx and the blue shanked Somali ostrich.
The Ewaso Nyiro River traverses this park, it’s source being
the Aberdare ranges. There are therefore very high chances of spotting
crocodile in a natural environment though its water level varies
seasonally. You will have a lunch and leisure break in the mid afternoon.
Rest of meals and overnight at a lodge / camp-site
Day 7: Samburu - Nairobi
After breakfast, depart Samburu for Nairobi, lunch en route, with
scenic views of Mt. Kenya’s peak if the weather permits. Very
pleasant countryside with tea and coffee plantations will be by-passed
en route to Nairobi. Stop-over for relax or nature walk to Chania
Falls and Thika Falls. Arrive in Nairobi the evening.
Option 2: 7 Days Masai Mara – Naivasha/Hell's
Gate – Nakuru – Amboseli
Day 1: Nairobi - Masai Mara
After breakfast, we will pick you up from your Nairobi hotel and
thereafter depart for Masai Mara Game Reserve via the viewpoint
of the Great Rift Valley, lunch en route. Arrive in time for an
afternoon game drive in this pristine, unequalled ‘big game
country’.
Dinner and overnight at the lodge /camp-site
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 Masai giraffe abound as well as hippos and
a wide variety of antelopes including impala, dik dik, hartebeest,
Grant’s gazelle and Thompson’s gazelle among others.
We will cater for a picnic lunch at the hippo pool.
At around 4:30pm there is a choice between a game drive, nature
walk escorted by our armed Masai guides and visit a local Masai
village to see their nomadic lifestyle; the Masai are famous for
their bravery, as they have co-existed with the animals over the
years. All meals and overnight at the lodge or camp-site
Day 3: Masai Mara – Naivasha / Hell's Gate
After breakfast, another morning of tracking game with your guide
in this reserve which 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.
Alternatively nature walk escorted by our armed Masai guides or
visit to the Masai village. Early lunch at the lodge or camp-site
After lunch, leave Masai Mara for Lake Naivasha. Lake Naivasha,
a Wetland of International Importance (RAMSAR), is a papyrus-lined
freshwater lake, surrounded by fever tree acacias, visited by hippos,
giraffe, buffalo and colobus monkeys and a world class birding destination
with over 400 avian species. Hell's gate national park is one of
the only two parks in Kenya where you can walk or cycle without
a ranger.
Night in Lake Naivasha
Day 4: Naivasha / Hell's Gate – Nakuru
Morning game drive or nature walk/cycling. After lunch proceed to
Lake Nakuru and reach it in time for lunch. Game drive in this park
the abode of various water birds that breed in the lake’s
salty water including flamingos, white pelicans and marabou stork;
white rhino may be seen as well as the rare Rothschild’s giraffe,
cape buffalo and other plains game in this park that is 188 square
kilometres.
Dinner and overnight at the lodge / budget hotel
Day 5: Lake Nakuru - Amboseli
After breakfast drive onto Amboseli National Park via Nairobi and
via the Namanga border point where you stop for lunch. Short game
drive enroute. Dinner and overnight at a lodge / campsite,
Day 6: Amboseli
A day of game drives in this park, which contains swamp grounds
in which elephants and hippos in abundance. A visit to the observation
hill will follow where you will look out for Mt. Kilimanjaro’s
peak if weather conditions permit. A variety of plains game, antelopes
and birds can be also be seen. You will have a lunch and leisure
break at the lodge in the mid afternoon. Rest of meals and overnight
at a lodge / campsite.
Day 7: Amboseli - Nairobi
After breakfast, proceed for your final game drive. An early lunch
will be taken then depart for Nairobi in the evening.
Option 3: 7 Days Masai Mara – Naivasha/Hell's
Gate – Nakuru – Bogoria – Baringo
Day 1: Nairobi - Masai Mara
After breakfast, we will pick you up from your Nairobi hotel and
thereafter depart for Masai Mara Game Reserve via the viewpoint
of the Great Rift Valley, lunch en route. Arrive in time for an
afternoon game drive in this pristine, unequalled ‘big game
country’.
Dinner and overnight at the lodge /camp-site
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 Masai giraffe abound as well as hippos and
a wide variety of antelopes including impala, dik dik, hartebeest,
Grant’s gazelle and Thompson’s gazelle among others.
We will cater for a picnic lunch at the hippo pool.
At around 4:30pm there is a choice between a game drive, nature
walk escorted by our armed Masai guides and visit a local Masai
village to see their nomadic lifestyle; the Masai are famous for
their bravery, as they have co-existed with the animals over the
years. All meals and overnight at the lodge or camp-site
Day 3: Masai Mara – Naivasha / Hell's Gate
After breakfast, another morning of tracking game with your guide
in this reserve which 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.
Alternatively nature walk escorted by our armed Masai guides or
visit to the Masai village. Early lunch at the lodge or camp-site
After lunch, leave Masai Mara for Lake Naivasha. Lake Naivasha,
a Wetland of International Importance (RAMSAR), is a papyrus-lined
freshwater lake, surrounded by fever tree acacias, visited by hippos,
giraffe, buffalo and colobus monkeys and a world class birding destination
with over 400 avian species. Hell's gate national park is one of
the only two parks in Kenya where you can walk or cycle without
a ranger.
Night in Lake Naivasha
Day 4: Naivasha / Hell's Gate – Nakuru
Morning game drive or nature walk/cycling. After lunch proceed to
Lake Nakuru and reach it in time for lunch. Game drive in this park
the abode of various water birds that breed in the lake’s
salty water including flamingos, white pelicans and marabou stork;
white rhino may be seen as well as the rare Rothschild’s giraffe,
cape buffalo and other plains game in this park that is 188 square
kilometres.
Dinner and overnight at the lodge / budget hotel
Day 6: Nakuru - Bogoria
After breakfast drive to Bogoria where the hot water springs abound
and plenty of medicinal springs. Dinner and overnight at a budget
hotel / lodge.
Day 7: Bogoria – Baringo - Nairobi
After lunch, visit Lake Baringo. One hour boat trip to see various
species of birds and very ancient caves. After lunch drive back
to Nairobi and arrive in the evening.
Option Beach
The option for extra 3-5-7 days on the coast is available on all itineraries.
Main locations on the coast are Mombasa, Malindi, Lamu, Diani Beach,
Watamu, Tiwi.
Transport via train, bus or flight
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