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SDD
03 : KENYA WINGS SAFARI
9Nights/10Days
: Nairobi - Amboseli - Mt. Kenya - Samburu - Masai Mara - Nairobi
Day
01 : NAIROBI
Arrive into Jomo Kenyatta International Airport today and other
after clearing customs and immigration, you will be met by our safari
representative and transferred to the historic Norfolk Hotel. Dating
from Kenya's colonial days' the Norfolk is a landmark in Nairobi.
The hotel is rich in history, enhanced by - to-the-minute facilities
and amenities including a heated swimming pool, health club (fully
equipped gym aerobic room, sauna & steam rooms), salon, news-
stand, and gifted shops. The Norfolk is located in downtown Nairobi
opposite the National Theater. Overnight at NORFORK
HOTEL (BB).
Day
02 : NAIROBI - AMBOSELI
After breakfast you'll be met by your safari driver/ guide and proceed
south to Amboseli National park. Amboseli is known for its enormous
elephant's population and other big game that attracted to the area
by underground springs fed from mt. Kilimanjaro. Your home for the
next two nights will be at the Amboseli Serena Lodge. Built in the
style of a Maasai village, this unique lodge enjoys one of
the best game-viewing locations in the park. From the comfort of
the dining terrace you can watch animals come down to the swamp
to drink. Arriving in time for lunch, you'll have some time to relax
before departing on an afternoon game drive in the park. With luck,
the cloud cover will lift to reveal the spectacular mt.kilimanjaro.
Return to the lodge in the early evening in time for a sundown and
dinner. Overnight at AMBOSELI SERENA LODGE
(LD)
Day
03 : AMBOSELI
Awaken at dawn and depart on an early morning game drive while the
light is just perfect for photographing the magnificent mt.kilimanjaro.Return
to the lodge for breakfast. This afternoon you may want to take
a dip in the pool and do some game-viewing from the terrace. In
the late afternoon you'll have opportunity to take a nature walk
a naturalist. Overnight at AMBOSELI SERENA
LODGE (BLD)
Day
04 : NAIROBI - MT KENYA
This morning after an early breakfast you'll be driven to the Amboseli
airstrip by staff and depart on the scheduled flight to Nairobi'
where you will be met by your driver/ guide (who left for Nairobi
the day before).You'll drive north into the central Highlands' passing
a patchwork quilt of kikuyu farms and some of Kenya's famous coffee
and tea plantations. You'll arrive at the mt.kenya safari club in
time for lunch. After lunch you can explore the beautiful grounds,
take a swim or just refresh in the cool mountain air. Be sure to
visit the animal orphanage next door where you may be at to have
some personal contact with some of the orphanage babies. Overnight
at MT. KENYA SAFARI CLUB (BLD)
Day
05 : MT KENYA - SAMBURU
After a huge breakfast you'll depart with your driver/ guide and
continue north into the semi-arid, dessert landscape of samburu
country. With it's doum palms and riverine forest, samburu National
Reserve has an exotic feel to it. The uaso Nyiro sand river runs
through the reserve, making it a draw for large number of wildlife,
including: Lion, cheetah, leopard, and many elephants. The birdlife
is phenomenal, and will make an avid birder out of the most reluctant.
You also will see animals unique to this northern region, like the
long- necked gerenuk, the reticulated giraffe, Beisa Oryx, Grevy's
zebra, and the dainty dik-dik.
Enjoy a game drive on the way to your luxury tented cam, situated
in the shade of tall acacia along the Ewaso Nyiro River, a favorite
hang-out for herds of Elephant passing through. The beautifully
appointed bedrooms tents, showers, and flush toilets. After lunch
and time to relax you'll be off for an afternoon game drive in this
spectacular game reserve. Overnight at SAMBURU
INTREPIDS CAMP (BLD).
Day
0 6 : SAMBURU
You'll have morning and afternoon game drives, with opportunities
to take some outstanding photographs in the low morning and afternoon
sunlight. As samburu is one of the smaller parks, chances for sporting
all the big five as well as species unique to samburu such as the
Grevy's zebra are excellent. In between game drives, you can do
some excellent bird watching from the verandah of your tent. SAMBURU
INTREPIDS CAMP (BLD).
Day
07 : SAMBURU - MAASAI MARA
After a leisurely breakfast, you'll be transferred to the airstrip
for the scheduled flight to the Maasai Mara. The Maasai Mara is
a jewel of Kenya's game parks, located in the northern section of
the great Serengeti plains. The reserve is the home of the "big
five"….elephant, lion, leopard, buffalo and Rhino, as well
as cheetah, zebra, giraffe, wildebeests, hippo, impala gazelle and
numerous other wildlife's including hundreds of species of birds.
Your accommodation
for the next three nights will be at kitchwa Tembo, one of the Mara's
luxury tented camps, allowing you to experiemence nights "in
the bush" with all of the comforts of home. Overlooking the
endless game-filled plains of the maasai-Mara and shaded by the
dense forest canopy, thioasis of Hemingway- style tents nestles
below the oloololo Escarpment. Each luxurious tent affords sweeping
views over the greatest grassland system on earth, still under the
guardianship of the pastoral Iikareskeshe Maasai tribe. Exciting
game- drives and interpretive bush-walk with resident guides and
naturalists reveals the wonders of the Mara.
After checking in and enjoying lunch you will have some time to
relax and take A dip in the pool before again meeting up with your
private guide and departing on an afternoon game in search of the
big five. The low afternoon light is perfect for photographing the
beautiful rolling plains of the Maasai Mara. Overnight at KITCHWA
TEMBO LUXURY CAMP (BLD)
Day
08 & 09 : MAASAI MARA
This morning, and the next, you will be awakened before dawn and
after a cup of tea or coffee, you'll set out at sunset on an early
morning game drive. The Mara is magical in the morning; the birds
are singing, the morning air smells fresh and cool and the wildlife
are just waking up to greet the day. Zebras frolic and greet each
other, a pair of jackals prance through the grass in search of mice,
a rabbit, baboons chatter noisily and curious giraffe watch you
as they nibble on their breakfast of acacia leaves. You may come
upon a lion family feeding together on last nights kill, or a leopard
snoozing in a tree.
After returning to the camp for a sumptuous buffet breakfast you
will depart with your driver/guide on a mid-morning game drive-
this time venturing deeper into the Mara. Don't forget to look for
the "little five"
-The Thompson's gazelle, jackel, African hare, vervet, monkeys and
branded mongoose. These little animals can be just as exciting and
more fun to watch than the more popular larger animals.
Each day you'll
return to your camp for lunch and after sometime to relax at the
pool to do some birdwatching from the verandah of your tent, you
will depart on afternoon game drives. The vast plains are full of
surprises- and you may encounter a lion pride with playful cubs
in the shade of acacia tree along the dozing members of the pride.
Also, be on the lookout for families of Ostrich parading over the
plains. Return each late afternoon to camp for dinner and overnight.
Overnight at KITCHWA TEMBO LUXURY CAMP
(BLD)
Day 10 : MAASAI MARA - NAIROBI - FLY
After breakfast you will say good-bye to the bush and transfer to
the airstrip where you will depart the 11:00am flight back to Nairobi's
Wilson field. Upon arrival you will be met and transferred to the
Norfolk Hotel where you will have the use of a dayroom before your
evening transfer to Jomo Kenyatta International airport for your
international flight.
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