Day 01 ARRIVAL - NAIROBI
Met on arrival at Jomo Kenyatta International airport and transferred to
Intercontinental Hotel. This is a 5* Star hotel in the city center neighbouring Kenya Parliament, Uhuru Park and City Hall and with the beautiful Nairobi tree lined streets surrounding it.
Lunch and dinner on own arrangements.
Overnight at Intercontinental Hotel – Bed & Breakfast basis.
Day 02 NAIROBI – MAASAI MARA NATIONAL RESERVE
Buffet breakfast at the Intercontinental Hotel
0730 hrs. Morning drive to the Maasai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya’s finest and best known
game reserve. This journey takes you through the Great Rift Valley View Point where you will have a stop over for a photographic session.
1300 hrs. Lunch at Mara Sopa Lodge
1600 hrs. Afternoon game viewing drive.
The greatest attraction in the Mara is watching the animals in their natural element; a lion's roar, a cheetah making a kill, and the big elephant herds are all very fascinating events.
This is the traditional land of the Masai people, nomadic herders who choose a traditional lifestyle and who are permitted to graze their cattle in the area. A proud and largely aloof tribe who have held on to their customs and traditions for hundreds of years. The park's habitats include the forests along the banks of the Mara and Talek Rivers, acacia forests and open savannah.
Dinner and overnight at Mara Sopa Lodge.
Day 03 MAASAI MARA NATIONAL RESERVE
Another day spent in the Mara with morning and afternoon game viewing drive in the rolling plains, woodland and rivers that make up the Mara.
There are very high chances of seeing the 'big five'
All meals at the lodge.
Overnight at Mara Sopa Lodge.
Day 04 MAASAI MARA - LAKE NARURU NATIONAL PARK
0700hrs Buffet breakfast at the lodge.
0800hrs Morning drive to Lake Nakuru National Park. Lake Nakuru is one of the alkaline Rift Valley lakes and a fantastic bird sanctuary, its shores populated at times by more than one million flamingoes. The famous ornithologist Roger Tory Peterson defined it as "the greatest bird spectacle on earth". The fortunate sentence has now become a cliché and is used up to fed-up-ism for promotional purposes.
This is the second most accessible park, since Nakuru is the fourth city in the country and the head town of the Rift Valley.
1300hrs Lunch at Lake Nakuru Lodge.
1530hrs Afternoon game viewing drive in the park. This is Kenya's first rhino sanctuary. The Rothschild giraffes have also been rehabilitated here at a time that they were endangered. You are almost certain to see the most elusive of the cats family, the leopard
Dinner and overnight at Lake Nakuru Lodge.
Day 05 LAKE NAKURU – ABERDARE NATIONAL PARK
0730hrs Buffet breakfast at the lodge.
0830hrs Drive off to the Aberdare ranges. The drive is very scenic and offers memorable photo opportunities.
The Aberdares are the third highest range of mountains in Kenya, reaching a summit of just over 4000m. This massive range is well known for its thick salient forests, and their prolific game. It is an important water catchments area and indeed throughout most of the year it gets rain and mist.
Lunch at the Aberdare Country Club .
After lunch you will be transferred in hotel vehicles to the Ark.
Afternoon tea and coffee at a tree hotel.
The Ark is set in thick woodland at the heart of the Aberdare National Park and is designed with numerous viewing decks, balconies and lounges that allow you to watch animals visiting the waterhole and salt lick.
A ground level viewing area provides excellent photographic opportunities and a loodlit waterhole allows all-night game viewing.
Dinner and overnight at the Ark.
NB: ONLY SMALL OVERNIGHT BAGS ARE ALLOWED TO TREE HOTELS. THE OTHER LUGGAGE WILL BE STORED AT BASE HOTELS. CHILDREN UNDER 7 YEARS OF AGE ARE NOT ALLOWED AT THE TREE HOTELS.
Day 06 ABERDARE - MOUNT KENYA
0730hrs Buffet breakfast at the Ark.
0830hrs Morning transfer by hotel vehicles to Aberdare Country Club to rejoin you driver guide and retrieve your stored luggage.
Drive to the Mount Kenya region, via the Aberdares Mountains..
1230hrs Lunch at Mount Kenya Safari Club.
Afternoon at leisure to enjoy the amenities offered by the hotel.
Dinner and overnight at Mt. Kenya Safari Club .
Day 07 MT.KENYA – NAIROBI - DEPART
0730hrs Buffet breakfast at Mt. Kenya Safari Club.
0900hrs Morning drive to Nairobi.
Lunch on own arrangements
Afternoon transfer to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport for your departure flight or have a beach holiday in the palm fringed beaches of the Kenyan coast at extra cost.
Safari has become a byword for romance and adventure. This original home of the Safari. Whatever you are seeking on your journey, you will find it in Kenya. |