7 Days 5 Nights Kenya Safari Explorer
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9Days 6Nights Legends of Kenya Safari TOUR HIGHLIGHTS ACCOMODATION Masai Mara Masai Mara : Tipilikwani Camp * Annual migration happens in the Masai Mara Lake Nakuru : Mbweha Camp * Exceptional game viewing: all predators Amboseli : Tortilis Camp * Tremendous views across the plains Tsavo West : Kilaguni Serena Lodge * Mara River Hippo Pools * Traditional Masai culture LAND ROUTE Lake Nakuru * Over 1 million flamingos * Over 400 species of birds * Plentiful and easy game viewing: leopard, white & black rhino * Picturesque landscape Amboseli * Top destination for Kenya Safari * Perfect view of world’s tallest mountain * Snow-capped peak of Kilimanjaro in the background * Excellent year-round game viewing Tsavo West National Park * Cover a huge area of uninhabited wilderness * Over a hundred elephant in sight with their photogenic ruby colour * Rugged rocks and mountains * Altitudes range from 1,000 to 6,000 feet above sea level * ‘Man-eaters of Tsavo” Mombasa * Fascinating commercial and cosmopolitan seaport town * Wide harbor, commercial shipping mingles, traditional sailing dhows * Exotic old town, among narrow winding streets and Arab architecture * Women wearing traditional bui bui * Streets are alive with bright colors of the traditional coastal khanga and kikoy DAY 01 : SINGAPORE – NAIROBI (MEAL ON BOARD) Depart Singapore to the capital of Kenya, Nairobi, on Kenya Airways, The Pride of Africa. DAY 02 : NAIROBI - MASAI MARA GAME RESERVE 5.0 hours/290km (B/L/D) Jambo! Karibu! It is an early morning’s touch down in Africa – at Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. As you gather your baggage and walk out of the baggage hall, your hosts in Kenya eagerly await your arrival in traditional African smile and style - wet towels and champagne. It is a tradition in Africa to present a gift as an expression of joy and happiness - what better gift than an authentic safari hat and other safari souvenirs! We take a scenic drive via Narok to the Masai Mara National Reserve offering wonderful scenery and plenty of game. It is perhaps the only region left in Kenya where the visitor may see animals in the same super-abundance as existed a century ago. Arrive for lunch at your lodge. Check in a Tipilikwani Camp which is set in the middle of Masai Mara, home to one of the modern wonders of the world. 9 Days 6 Nights Legends of Kenya Safari KQ107LKS Enjoy an afternoon game viewing drive in this vast and expansive reserve teaming with game. Be on the look-out for the 'big five'. Mara is famous for and the most sought after in the early 20th century when Kenya was a hunters' paradise. Killing any of them gains one some class, pride, and heroism. These include the lion, Cape buffalo, the savannah elephant, black rhino and the elusive leopard. The vast savannah grasslands as far as the eye can see is home to impalas, Masai giraffes, waterbucks, wart hogs, Thompson & grand gazelles, topis, the resident wildebeests among many others. Return to your camp for dinner. Overnight in Masai Mara - Tipilikwani Camp or similar. DAY 03 : MASAI MARA GAME RESERVE (B/L/D) Full day in Masai Mara with morning and afternoon game viewing drives in search of the 'big five'. Masai Mara is the northern most extension of the Serengeti Plains and one of the richest wildlife Game Reserves. It is home to the awesome black-manned lion, the elusive leopard, stately giraffes, vast bulk of elephants, rhino, thundering herds of zebra, migrating wildebeest and numerous other plains game. You may opt to visit a traditional Maasai Manyatta (off the beaten track) and experience the culture of this world famous community. The Masai still live as they did for centuries -interact with these nomadic people and experience their way of life as you learn about their customs and traditions. Return to your camp for dinner. Overnight in Masai Mara - Tipilikwani Camp or similar OPTIONAL: Today’s adventure begins just before dawn. Flames from the hot air balloon burners light the darkness as the crew inflate their craft. The first, pink tongues of sunlight flicker across the skies and the hot air balloon fills then rises. Suspended in a basket beneath the rainbow-coloured canopy, you're off for a game-viewing adventure with an entirely different perspective. Apart from the occasional hiss of the burners, a lion's roar, elephants crashing through the bush, baboons perched in the tips of the trees startled and screeching to see something above them, the flight above the Masai Mara plains is magically silent. At the end of the flight, the passengers are treated to a champagne breakfast in the bush, complete with flowers. China and crystal are set out on the table that is placed under a convenient acacia tree. The finishing touch to the flight is a game drive back to the camp, and the possibility of seeing the same pride of lions, or herd of elephants that had been viewed while ballooning. A flight certificate is issued on completion of the balloon safari. Back at Camp enjoy a sumptuous lunch and a well deserved rest. And/or enjoy a visit to a traditional Masai Manyatta. Experience the culture of this world famous community - the Maasai still lives as they did for centuries; interact with these nomadic people and experience their way of life as you learn about their customs and traditions. Continue with your afternoon game viewing drive before returning to your camp for dinner and overnight. DAY 04 : MASAI MARA - LAKE NAKURU NATIONAL PARK 5.0 hours/330km (B/L/D) After a hearty breakfast, depart for Lake Nakuru National Park, famous as the home to thousands of lesser and greater flamingo that form a pink hue over the 62km shallow alkaline Lake. This park also provides sanctuary for the endangered Rothschild giraffe, black and white rhino and the elusive leopard. Over 50 other animal species freely roam the park including waterbucks, impalas, Cape buffalo, wart hogs among many others. The scenery is breath-taking; a haven, rejuvenating the soul with the largest Euphorbia forest in Africa, great observation points including the lion hill, the honeymoon ranges and the Bahati hills. Other places of interest include the baboon cliff, the Mau escarpment and the Eburu crater. Arrive in time for lunch. Enjoy an afternoon game drive. Return back to your lodge for dinner. Overnight in Lake Nakuru National Park - Mbweha Camp or similar. 9 Days 6 Nights Legends of Kenya Safari KQ107LKS DAY 05 : LAKE NAKURU - AMBOSELI NATIONAL PARK 7.0 hours/385km (B/L/D) After breakfast depart through the scenic escarpment with breath-taking views of Lake Elementaita, Lake Naivasha and Mt Longonot and via Nairobi with en-route lunch to Amboseli National Park, which provides the classic Hollywood image of Africa. Set in rolling savannah scenery, it is dwarfed by the presence of the pink-tinged, snow-capped peak of Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest free-standing volcanic mountain in the world and topped by one fifth of all the ice in Africa. Against this magnificent backdrop roam vast herds of 'giant' elephant accompanied by a kaleidoscope of other fabulous beasts - lion, buffalo, cheetah, giraffe, baboon, gazelle hippo and wildebeest. Amboseli National Park is also an ornithological paradise with over 400 species of birds, all manner of reptilian, flora and fauna and some of the most soul- searing views in Africa. Arrive at your preferred choice of accommodation for check in. Enjoy an afternoon game viewing drive in search of the 'big five' among other animals. Her breath-taking scenery - one of the best places for a photogenic view of Mount Kilimanjaro; with its permitting weather. Return to your camp for dinner. Overnight in Amboseli National Park - Tortilis Camp or similar. DAY 06 : AMBOSELI NATIONAL PARK (B/L/D) Take pleasure on a full day in Amboseli with an early morning game drive. Return for breakfast, thereafter, the rest of the morning is at leisure. Enjoy lunch and some leisure time, before heading out for a late afternoon game viewing drive on this majestic backdrop to one of Kenya's most spectacular displays of wildlife - lion, elephant, leopard, rhino, cheetah, buffalo and hosts of plains' game. Return for dinner. Overnight in Amboseli National Park - Tortilis Camp or similar. DAY 07 : AMBOSELI - TSAVO WEST NATIONAL PARK 3.0 hours/170km (B/L/D) Enjoy a delicious breakfast followed by a drive to the Tsavo West National Park whose star attraction is Mzima Springs, a pool of crystal clear natural spring water from underground streams of the nearby Chyulu Hills and the Shaitani Lava flows. Tsavo West National Park contains a diversity of habitats, wildlife and a mountainous scenic landscape. The park’s habitats include open plains alternating with savannah bush and semi desert scrub, acacia woodlands; rocky ridges and outcrops and more extensive ranges and isolated hills; belts of riverine vegetation; palm thickets and on the Chyulu hills, mountain forest. In this park is where the famous ‘Man-eaters’ strode, killed many railway constructors in the 19th century before Col. Patterson shot them. Wildlife here include the elusive Leopard, cheetah, wild dogs, buffalo, rhino, elephant, giraffe, zebra, lion, plains game, crocodile, mongoose, hyrax, dik-dik, lesser kudu and porcupine. Prolific birdlife features 600 recorded species. Visit specially designed underwater viewing hides at Mzima Springs for observing water life -hippos, crocodiles and various species of fish. Lunch followed by an exciting afternoon game viewing drive. Return to lodge for dinner. Overnight in Tsavo - Kilaguni Serena Lodge or similar. 9 Days 6 Nights Legends of Kenya Safari KQ107LKS DAY 08 : TSAVO - NAIROBI - 5 hours/240 km (B/L/D) Amka! Wake up early to enjoy a scrumptious breakfast before heading off on your last trail of the African Savannah – hopefully you may spot some of the animal that may have eluded you.