Summary
This tour will take clients to the best central highland mount Kenya through to samburu semi-arid national reserve home of the rare grevey Zebras.The group will visit the popular rhino and chimpazee sanctuary olpejeta and soaring into the great rift valley to see flamingoes and rhinos before finishing with the 8th great wonder animal paradise the MASAI MARA .
Activities
- Animal Tracking
- Ballooning
- Bird Photography
- Evening Drives
- Game Walk
- General Photography
- Hiking
- Morning Drives
- Wildlife Photography
- Game drive
- Photo-safari
Places
- Maasai Mara, Kenya
- Samburu National Reserve, Kenya
- Buffalo Springs National Reserve, Kenya
- Shaba National Reserve, Kenya
- Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya
- Mount Kenya, Kenya
Physical Condition
- Normal Physical Condition
Connectivity
- No WiFi but good phone coverage
Day-by-day Description
Day 1ARRIVAL NAIROBI – NAIROBI BOULEVARD HOTEL
Arrival Jomo Kenyatta Airport, met and assisted by Exciting Africa Holidays representative. Transfer to your hotel. The Rest of the day at leisure in Nairobi. Overnight at The Nairobi Boulevard Hotel Meal Plan {Bed & breakfast}
Other Benefits (On Arrival)
- Transfer
Location
Nairobi, Kenya
Travel Time: 1 hrs
Day 2MOUNT KENYA NATIONAL PARK – SERENA MOUNTAIN TREE LODGE
Day 2MOUNT KENYA NATIONAL PARK – SERENA MOUNTAIN TREE LODGE
Activities Included
Animal Tracking Bird Photography General Photography Wildlife PhotographyAfter breakfast we will leave Nairobi and drive northwards to the lush foothills of snow capped Mount Kenya - Africa's second highest mountain, arriving at the Lodge in time for lunch, you will relax in the balconies and lounges which provides superb vantage point (Viewing Bunker) for game viewing at the water hole. Nestled in the foothills between Aberdare and Mount Kenya National Park, the lodge is famous for its high perches and balconies, overlooking a salt lick and waterhole. Here we will enjoy the finest in high-altitude game viewing. Overnight at Serena Mountain Lodge Meal Plan {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}
Other Benefits (On Arrival)
- Transfer
Location
Mount Kenya, Kenya
Travel Time: 3 hrs
Day 4SAMBURU & SHABA GAME RESERVES – SAMBURU SOPA LODGE
Activities Included
Animal Tracking Bird Photography General Photography Wildlife Photography Game drive Photo-safariAfter breakfast, drive further north to the Shaba National Reserve, a small gem in the wildlife wilderness. This reserve takes its name from a cone of volcanic rock and is one of Kenya's most pristine game reserves. Lunch en-route at the Trout Tree Restaurant.Afternoon game drive en route to your lodge. Dinner and overnight at Samburu Sopa Lodge Overnight at Samburu Sopa Lodge Meal Plan {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}
Other Benefits (On Arrival)
- Transfer
Location
Samburu National Reserve HQ, Kenya
Travel Time: 3 hrs
Day 5SAMBURU & SHABA GAME RESERVES – SAMBURU SOPA LODGE
Activities Included
Animal Tracking Bird Photography Evening Drives Morning Drives Wildlife Photography Game drive Bird WatchingMorning and afternoon game drives.You have the opportunity to see the unique five. Wildlife found only in the northern frontier that is, Gerenuk, Grevy’s zebras, Oryx, Reticulated giraffes and the Somali Ostrich. This is Kenya’s semi-arid region characterized by vast, open landscape which also includes dried river beds, red volcanic soil, rock outcropping, river acacia trees and palm trees. Your luxury lodge accommodations are along the banks of the UasoNyiro River famous for its big crocodiles. Overnight at Samburu Sopa lodge Meal Plan {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}
Other Benefits (On Arrival)
- Transfer
Location
Shaba National Reserve, Samburu Province, Kenya
Travel Time: 8 hrs
Day 6SWEETWATERS WILDLIFE SANCTUARY – OVERNIGHT AT SWEETWATERS TENTED
Activities Included
Animal Tracking Bird Photography Evening Drives General Photography Morning Drives Wildlife Photography Game driveToday we travel to the exotic Sweetwaters Tented Camp in the secluded heart of OlPejeta Ranch and Rhino Reserve. Here, these magnificent beasts are given sanctuary from those who would take their lives to sell their horns. Here too, the Jane Goodall Institute operates a remarkable Chimpanzee Sanctuary where we meet the primates' face - to - face. Our camp also overlooks one of the busiest waterholes in the area and offers elephant, giraffe and myriad plains game. This is Africa as Teddy Roosevelt saw it years ago when he led one of the first safaris to tour Africa in comfort and splendor. Our tents at Sweetwaters will remind us of this bygone era. Overnight at Serena Sweetwaters Tented Meal Plan {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}
Other Benefits (On Arrival)
- Transfer
Location
Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Nanyuki, Kenya
Travel Time: 6 hrs
Day 7LAKE NAKURU NATIONAL PARK – SOPA Lodge
Activities Included
Animal Tracking Bird Photography Evening Drives Morning Drives Wildlife Photography Game driveAfter breakfast, drive to Lake Nakuru National Park arriving in time for lunch at the lodge .You proceed for an afternoon game drive in the Lake Nakuru National Park, famous as the home to thousands of greater and lesser flamingo. This park also provides sanctuary for Rothschild giraffe, rhino and leopard. Arrive for lunch at your lodge. Afternoon game drive until sunset. Overnight stay at Lake Nakuru Sopa lodge Meal Plan {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}
Other Benefits (On Arrival)
- Transfer
Location
Lake Nakuru National Park, Nakuru, Kenya
Travel Time: 6 hrs
Day 8LAKE NAKURU NATIONAL PARK – BOGORIA - NAIVASHA SOPA LODGE
Activities Included
Animal Tracking Bird Photography Evening Drives Morning Drives Wildlife PhotographyAfter breakfast,and early morning game viewing check and drive to the Scenic and alkaline Lake Bogoria. In recent years this lake has become another favorite home of the millions of flamingo which seasonally visit its shores. It is a really unspoilt area with no tourist accommodation at all, and on the western shore a series of hot springs and geysers erupt. The heat is such that it would be possible to boil en egg over if anyone could venture close enough You will enjoy picnic lunches and later drive through the great rift valley to Lake Naivasha . Overnight at Naivasha Sopa lodge Meal Plan {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}
Other Benefits (On Arrival)
- Transfer
Location
Lake Bogoria, Kenya
Travel Time: 6 hrs
Day 9 to Day 10MASAI MARA NATIONAL RESERVE – MASAI MARA SOPA LODGE
Activities Included
Animal Tracking Bird Photography Evening Drives Wildlife Photography Game drive Bird WatchingAfter a leisure breakfast at the Naivasha Sopa lodge – clients may enkjoy aboat ride and later , depart overland to the Maasai Mara Game Reserve-jewel of Kenya's Game Park. The Maasai Mara is Kenya's finest and most outstanding wildlife sanctuary where gentle rolling grassland ensures animals are never out of sight. The climate is gentle, rarely too hot and well spread rainfall year round. The sensation of the great wildebeest migration between July and October is unparalleled. The wildlife is far from being confined within the Reserve boundaries and an even larger area extends beyond the game Reserve. Centuries of close association with the wildlife has resulted in an almost symbiotic relationship where wildlife and Maasai people live in peace with one another. After lunch, explore the Reserve on a late evening 'Spice' game drive. No matter how much you have thought about Africa, this is more than you expected—the big five-Lion, Elephant, Leopard, Rhino and Cape buffalo are in abundance. Overnight at the Masai Mara Sopa Lodge Meal Plan {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}
Other Benefits (On Arrival)
- Transfer
Location
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
Travel Time: 8 hrs
Day 1MASAI MARA NATIONAL RESERVE – MARA SOPA LODGE
Activities Included
Animal Tracking Bird Photography Evening Drives General Photography Morning Drives Wildlife Photography Game drive Bird Watching Photo-safariWe rise early for breakfast and then depart for a full-day game drive. Wildlife in the Maasai Mara is so abundant and so varied that you will find the early hours bring game sighting quite different from the drives later in the day. In particular, be alert for many of the bird species that inhabit this wilderness. We enjoy a picnic lunch out in the African bush and then resume our game drive. Dinner is at the lodge this evening. Overnight at the Masai Mara Sopa Lodge Meal Plan {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}
Other Benefits (On Arrival)
- Transfer
Location
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
Travel Time: 8 hrs
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