SAFARI OVERVIEW
Nairobi – Amboseli – Lake Nakuru – Masai Mara – Nairobi
Day 01: Nairobi
Arrival at Nairobi Airport, after customs and immigration formalities, you will be met by our Safaris representative for briefing and transfer to your hotel for check in and pre-safari briefing.
Meal Plan: Breakfast
Accommodation: Radisson Blu Hotel or Similar
Day 02: Nairobi Tour
After breakfast depart the Hotel at 09.00hrs for a tour around Nairobi starting with focal points in downtown Nairobi, then proceed to Karen area where we will visit the David Sheldrick Elephant orphanage, Giraffe Center and Karen Blixen Museum. Lunch will be on own arrangement either at Makutano Restaurant or Shopping Galleria Mall. Return to our Hotel late afternoon.
Meal Plan: Bed & Breakfast
Accommodation: Radisson Blu Hotel or Similar
Day 03: Nairobi – Amboseli
After breakfast, depart Nairobi at approximately 0730Hrs and drive south to Amboseli National Park.
The Amboseli ecosystem mainly savannah grassland and marshy swamps spreads across the Kenya-Tanzania border. The park is famous for being the best place in Africa to get close to free-ranging elephants among other wildlife species including Lions, Cheetahs, Zebras, and Wildebeest among others. Other attractions in the park include opportunities to interact with the native Masai tribe in their villages, and spectacular views of Mount Kilimanjaro as the park is located right at its base.
Relax after lunch then enjoy an evening game drive till dusk.
Meal Plan: Full Board
Accommodation: Amboseli Serena Safari Lodge or Similar
Day 04: Amboseli
You will be treated to two game drives on this day; an early morning and evening game drive. You will have the remainder of the day at leisure and open for any optional activities you may be interested in i.e. visiting a Masai Village, tree planting, swimming, nature walk or massage.
Meal Plan: Full Board
Accommodation: Amboseli Serena Safari Lodge or Similar
Day 05: Amboseli – Lake Nakuru
After breakfast depart Amboseli for your next destination – Lake Nakuru National Park. You will retrace your way back to the city of Nairobi passing by the stretching Konza and Kapiti plains.
You could opt for a picnic lunch or hot lunch on the shores of the fresh water Lake Naivasha. Proceed to Lake Nakuru arriving in time for an evening game drive.
The Lake Nakuru ecosystem comprises of the lake, surrounded by mainly wooded and bushy grasslands. The park supports a wide ecological diversity with Flamingos (Greater and Lesser) and other water birds being the major attractions of the area. The ecosystem provides for about 56 different species of mammals including the White Rhino, Lions and Buffaloes and a variety of terrestrial birds numbering nearly 450 species.
Meal Plan: Full Board
Accommodation: Sarova Lion Hill Lodge or Similar
Day 06: Lake Nakuru – Masai Mara
Early breakfast and depart your camp heading for the Masai Mara National Reserve. You will drive into Masai land passing through the Kedong and Suswa plains making a stopover at the Masai town of Narok. Continue towards the Masai Mara arriving in time for lunch and an afternoon game drive.
This is probably one of Kenya’s most visited reserves with an extraordinary density of animals including the Big five and many other varieties of plains game. Impressive and most notable is the wildebeest, zebra and gazelle instinct led migration from the Serengeti in Tanzania to the Masai Mara in Kenya. This journey happens annually between the months of July and October.
Meal Plan: Full Board
Accommodation: Sarova Mara Camp or Similar
Day 07: Masai Mara
Depending on the wildlife migration patterns and the weather, you could either opt for Morning and evening game drives or alternatively venture out for a full day game viewing within the game reserve.
Other optional activities on this day would be an early morning balloon flight over the Masai Mara plains or just enjoy the facilities within the lodge.
Meal Plan: Full Board
Accommodation: Sarova Mara Camp or Similar
Day 08: Masai Mara – Nairobi
Breakfast at the lodge and depart Masai Mara. Enjoy extra game viewing en route as you drive through the plains and the floor of the Great Rift Valley arriving in Kenya’s capital city of Nairobi early afternoon.
End of Savannah Classic SAFARI