Kenya Lodge Safaris, Kenya Luxury Lodge Adventures,
Luxury Tours in Kenya, Africa Adventure Safaris
Kenya Wildlife Viewing Adventure
- 7 Days - AAS 119
THE GREAT RIFT VALLEY, MASAI MARA & AMBOSELI
Day 01:
Nairobi
Met on arrival by our courtesy team then proceed to your five
stay hotel where accommodation is on bed and breakfast basis.
(An optional dinner at the famous Carnivore Restaurant will cost
US$ 30 per person inclusive of transport) Airport to City Center
18 Kilometers.
Day 02:Nairobi - Amboseli
After an American breakfast drive Southeast to the Amboseli National
Park arriving in time for lunch. Afternoon enjoy a game-drive.
The views of Mount Kilimanjaro will be spectacular. Dinner and
overnight at Amboseli Ol Tukai Lodge or Amboseli Serena Safari
Lodge
Nairobi to Amboseli Serena 240 Kilometer
Day 03: Amboseli
After early morning and late afternoon game-drives which are the
highlight of the day. Dinner and overnight at Amboseli Ol Tukai
Lodge. or Amboseli Serena Safari Lodge
Day 04: Amboseli - Lake
Naivasha
After an American breakfast drive into the Great Rift Valley to
Lake Naivasha Country Club or Lake Naivasha Simba Lodge with lunch
en route in Nairobi at the Toona Tree Restaurant. Enjoy boat ride
on the lake. Dinner and overnight at Lake Naivasha Country Club
or Lake Naivasha Simba Lodge.
Amboseli to Lake Naivasha 310 kilometers.
Kenya Holiday Paradise Tours
- 11 Days AAS - 120
MASAI MARA/LAKE NAKURU/SAMBURU/AMBOSELI/TSAVO
WEST AND EAST
Day 1 Nairobi/Masai Mara
8.45 to 9.15 A.M. Pick from your Nairobi
hotel. 9.30 A.M. Depart for the Masai Mara Game Reserve with stops
at the viewpoint of the Great Rift Valley and Narok town for lunch
and refuelling. Arrive in time for a late afternoon/early evening
game drive enroute to the lodge or campsite for dinner and overnight.
Day 2 Masai Mara
Early breakfast then proceed for a full day of game viewing in
the reserve. The day will be taken up tracking game with your
guide though there will be a break for a picnic lunch at the hippo
pool. The abundance and variety of game in this reserve is nothing
short of amazing. Practically every mammal can be seen in the
Mara with a few exceptions. Various antelopes, scavengers like
hyena and vulture are common. The reserve contains all the cats
that are; lion, cheetah and leopard; sighting leopard needs luck
more than just being there but lions are abundant and there are
excellent chances for spotting cheetah. The hippo pool is a popular
spot to watch out for hippos; with luck, you may catch crocodile
basking on the rocks. Elephants, buffalo, the Masai giraffe, wildebeest
and the common zebra abound. Return to the lodge or campsite for
dinner and overnight.
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Day 3 Masai Mara
After breakfast proceed on another game-viewing session. After
lunch you will have the option to go for a game drive or at extra
cost, visit a nearby Masai village to see their nomadic lifestyle.
Both activities will end at the lodge or campsite in the mid evening
where you will retire for the night after dinner.
Day 4 Masai Mara/Nakuru
After breakfast, depart the Mara region for Nakuru. The drive
offers panoramic views of Mt. Longonot and Lake Naivasha from
afar: this means that you will see them from the main highway.
Arrive Nakuru in time for dinner and overnight at the lodge or
campsite.
Day 5 Lake Nakuru/Samburu
Wake up to an early morning game drive in Lake Nakuru National
Park. Flamingos and other water birds that thrive in a salt-water
environment can be seen. With luck you may track the white rhino
and the Rothschild's giraffe which both have endangered species
status. The park is 188km and is home to cats (both lion and leopard),
various antelopes, grazers like warthog and the waterbuck and
Cape buffalo that breed near the shoreline. After the game run,
depart Nakuru for Samburu 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 will
be at Nanyuki, which is at the foothills of Mt. Kenya. Arrive
Samburu in the evening, which a game drive enroute to the lodge
or campsite where you will retire for the night after dinner.
Day 6 Samburu
Morning and afternoon game drives in Samburu with a lunch and
leisure break in the mid afternoon. The reserve is home to rare
drought resistant animals that are peculiar to the semi-arid region
north of the equator. These include the reticulated giraffe, grevy's
zebra, the Beisa Oryx, gerenuk and the blue-shanked Somali ostrich.
Samburu is dry most of the year but is watered by the Ewaso Nyiro
River, which rises in the Aberdare's and drains in the Lorian
swamp north of Shaba National Reserve. All meals and overnight
at the lodge or campsite.
Day 7 Samburu/Amboseli
After breakfast depart for Amboseli via Nairobi. In clear weather,
you may see Mt. Kenya's peak. You will also by-pass very pleasant
countryside which coffee and tea plantations. Lunch will be taken
enroute. Arrive Amboseli in the evening with a brief game drive
enroute to the lodge or campsite for dinner.
Day 8 Amboseli
After breakfast, proceed on a game drive in this park, which lies
in a dried-up lakebed. There are swamps and springs fed by underground
rivers from the melting snows of Mt. Kilimanjaro, which give permanent
water to the wildlife. The animals seen here include lion, elephant,
wildlife, cheetah, buffalo, plains game and the rare Taita weaver
and the gerenuk. The animals are mainly found around the Ol Kenya
swamp. If the weather is clear and there is no low cloud cover,
you may see the peak of Mt. Kilimanjaro, which forms a beautiful
backdrop to the park. The observation hill offers a view of the
entire park and beyond. An afternoon game drive will follow after
lunch. Rest of meals and overnight at the lodge or campsite.
Day 9 Amboseli/Tsavo West
After breakfast depart Amboseli for Tsavo West National Park,
lunch enroute. You will visit the Shaitani Lava flows as the area
where the park lies is of volcanic origin. The Mzima Springs which
contain 20 million tonnes of crystal - clear water from the underground
streams of the nearby Chyullu Hills are an additional attraction;
various aspects of marine life including hippos, crocodile and
fish can be seen from the specially constructed underground glass
tank. The animal species seen at Tsavo are hippo, crocodiles,
elephant, gazelle, zebra, giraffe, various birds, buffalo, and
kudu in a thick acacia setting. Dinner and overnight at the lodge
or campsite.
Day 10 Tsavo West/Tsavo
East
A morning game drive will follow after breakfast and probably
view the rock hyrax, squirrels and mongooses as the park contains
a large population of these. Depart for Tsavo East National Park,
lunch enroute. Here, only the section south of the Galana River
is open to the public for game drives; the rest of the park serves
as a wilderness for the animals to retreat into. Here the dried
up Aruba dam can be seen plus crocodiles at the crocodile point
below the Lugard falls. Dinner and overnight at the lodge or campsite.
Day 11 Tsavo East/Nairobi
After breakfast, your final game drive will follow during which
you may see plains game, zebra, antelope, lesser kudu, ostrich,
and large herds of elephant and kudu. Lunch will be taken enroute.
Arrive in Nairobi in the evening.