Tour Code: ASM: 226:
Tour Duration: 17 Days / 16 Nights:
Parks to Visit: Sweetwaters | Samburu | Lake Nakuru | Masai Mara | Amboseli | Tsavo.
Departure Days: Daily Departures with Exclusive use of Vehicle and Driver Guide.
Safari Transport Mode: Our road safaris in either our 7 passenger safari minibus or 4x4 Land Cruiser at a supplementary cost.
Day 1. Sweetwaters.
Depart Nairobi in the morning for the shoulders of Mt. Kenya, drive through rich farmlands of the kikuyu tribe who grow corn and coffee among other crops, enjoy the scenery as you explore the great rift valley on your drive to arrive at Sweetwaters Luxury Tented Camp for lunch. Afternoon game drive. Dinner and overnight at Sweetwaters Tented Camp.
Approx Transit time: 2.5 hrs
Meal plan: {B,L,D}
Day 2. Sweetwaters.
Full day at Sweetwaters game reserve.Early morning and late afternoon game drives.There are options that allows such unforgettable pleasures as night game drives, guided bush walks and both horse or camel riding across its game-teaming plains.Dinner and overnight at Sweetwaters Tented Camp.
Meal plan: {B,L,D}
Day 3. Samburu National Reserve
Depart Sweetwaters after breakfast and you drive to the north rugged semi desert region arriving in time for lunch. Afternoon game drive. Dinner and overnight at Samburu Sopa Lodge / Similar.
Approx Transit time: 3 hrs
Meal plan: {B,L,D}
Day 4 & 5. Samburu.
Early morning and afternoon game viewing drive at Samburu in search of the rarely found species the rare liver-red reticulated Giraffe, Grevy's Zebra, The long necked gerenuk Antelopes, Beisa Oryx, blue flanked Somali Ostrich, vulturine guinea fowl and also braving lions on the grass, Leopards in the trees and plenty of other plains game. In between meals there is optional visit to the Samburu villages. All meals and overnight at Samburu Sopa Lodge / Similar.
Meal plan: {B,L,D}
Day 6. Lake Nakuru National Park.
Early Morning Breakfast and depart southwards via Thomson falls for a brief stop before you proceed arriving Lake Nakuru in time for lunch ,.Afternoon game viewing at the Pink lake referred so for it's thousands of pink flamingos-it's a bird watchers paradise. It is a Rhino sanctuary and the "big five" except the Elephant can be seen here, dinner and overnight at Lake Nakuru Lodge / Similar.
Approx Transit time: 6 hrs
Meal plan: {B,L,D}
Day 7. Lake Nakuru National Park.
Full day in Lake Nakuru .The park's lake is internationally known for its Lesser and Greater Flamingos. Ornithologists often describe Lake Nakuru as "the most fabulous bird spectacle in the world". The Lesser flamingo can be distinguished by its deep red carmine bill and pink plumage unlike the greater, which has a bill with a black tip. The Lesser flamingos are ones that are commonly pictured in documentaries mainly because they are large in number. There are estimated to be over a million Lesser flamingos. These numbers are on a steady increase again.Early morning and late afternoon game drives. Dinner and overnight at Lake Nakuru Lodge / Similar.
Meal plan: {B,L,D}
Day 8. Lake Naivasha.
Morning game viewing at the Pink ,it is rhino sanctuary and a bird watchers paradise, drive to the Baboon rocks at the edges of the Park, look for warthogs and water bucks as you leave the Park for Breakfast at lodge, Afterwards depart for the adjacent Lake Naivasha in the Great Rift Valley.Lake Naivasha is one of the gems in a necklace of Rift Valley lakes, has a variety of bird life and hippo colonies. Lunch, Visit hell's Gate Park or take optional boat rides to explore the lake. All meals and overnight at Lake Naivasha Sopa Resort / Similar.
Approx Transit time: 1.5 hrs
Meal plan: {B,L,D}
Day 9. Lake Naivasha.
Lake Naivasha is the second largest freshwater lake in Kenya and one of only two freshwater lakes in the rift valley, the other being L. Baringo. Lake Naivasha is unusual in having no known outlet, normally a prerequisite for a freshwater lake! The lake edge supports dense vegetation which, in turn, supports a thriving bird population including the Grey-capped Warbler, Spectacled Weaver, Brimstone Canary and Red-billed Fire finch. All told the area has a bird list of over 350 species.Visit the Hell's Gate National Park.All meals and overnight at Lake Naivasha Sopa Resort / Similar.
Meal plan: {B,L,D}
Day 10. Maasai Mara .
Breakfast and depart for the famous Maasai Mara crossing the loita plains, see red clad maasai warriors tend their multi-colored herds amongst plains game. Arrive Mara in time for lunch at lodge. Afternoon game drive inside Kenya's most scenic Park where you are almost guaranteed of confronting all the "Big Five". Dinner and overnight at Mara Sopa Lodge / Similar.
Approx Transit time: 5 hrs
Meal plan: {B,L,D}
Day 11 & 12. Maasai Mara National Reserve.
Breakfast and leave with picnic lunches for a full day game drive inside the Park. Game viewing is excellent year round. Game includes: elephant, Black Rhino, buffalo, plains zebra, roan antelope in small numbers, white-bearded gnu, Oribi, warthog, Thomson's and Grant's gazelle, hartebeest and the big cats; the rivers are home to hippo and crocodiles. Maasai Mara has the largest population of lion.Birdlife is as profuse as wildlife. This include red winged schalow's turaco, white-tipped crest, ross turaco, orange buff pel's fishing owl, wary guinea fowl. The open plains birds include Jackson's bustard, black-bellied hartlaubs bustard. 53 species of birds of prey have been recorded. Secretary birds are common.Meals and overnight at Mara Sopa Lodge / Similar.
Meal plan: {B,L,D}
Day 13. Maasai Mara - Nairobi - Amboseli.
Breakfast and depart with game viewing enroute as you leave the park . Arrive Nairobi for enroute lunch, Afternoon you proceed to Amboseli National Park at the foot of the mighty snow-capped Mt. Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest peak,dinner and overnight at Amboseli Sopa Lodge / Similar.
Approx Transit time: 8 hrs
Meal plan: {B,L,D}
Day 14. Amboseli National Park.
Breakfast and proceed for a full day of game drives in the photogenic Park.
This park is renowned for its elephants, who may be seen in herds over 100 strong drinking from the surface springs. There are so many of them that their penchant for pushing down trees is destroying the habitat that sustains them. Big old bull elephants carry some of the largest tusks to be seen anywhere in Africa and is a renowned feature of this park.Also happily roaming the grasslands are buffalo, wildebeest, zebra, giraffes, impala and warthog. Attendant carnivores include lion, leopard, caracal, cheetah, jackal, hyena and serval cat. Unfortunately any rhino are long gone from this area after intensive poaching. Birdlife is extremely good and you can expect to see pelicans, bee-eaters, kingfishers and many types of eagles .Dinner and overnight at Amboseli Sopa Lodge / Similar.
Meal plan: {B,L,D}
Day 15.Tsavo West National Park .
Breakfast and depart via shaitani lava flows to Tsavo west arriving for lunch at Kilaguni lodge/similar. Afternoon game drive extending to mzima springs. Dinner and overnight at Voyager Ziwani Camp / Similar.
Approx Transit time: 2.5 hrs
Meal plan: {B,L,D}
Day 16.Tsavo West National Park.
Full day in Tsavo west with early morning and late afternoon game drives.Tsavo West's bio-diversity is amazing. The landscape is a mixture of grassland and forest shrub vegetation. Thus driving and exploring the vegetation almost assures you close encounters with the following animals: lions, leopard, cheetah, zebras, giraffes, antelopes, kongoni, waterbuck, klipspringer, impala, gazelles, buffalos, and elephants. The bird life is as varied as the landscape, from the conspicuous flocks of Golden-breasted Starlings around most of the park to the dull, skulking Evergreen Forest Warbler in the Chyulu hills. Tsavo is home to both species of Kenyan Ostrich with the Common Ostrich present in Tsavo West and the Somali Ostrich in Tsavo East. Hartlaub's Bustard .All meals and overnight at Voyager Ziwani Camp / Similar.
Meal plan: {B,L,D}
Day 17. Nairobi.
Early Morning game drive to savour the beauty of the park, breakfast at lodge and depart for Nairobi arriving at around 1400 hours. Transfer to the airport for your flight out.
Approx Transit time: 5.5 hrs
Meal plan: {B}
End of Tour.
Note: all our safari packages include the following unless specified otherwise.
Inclusive in Safari Cost:
Airport transfers
Transportation in 4x4 Van fitted with HF Radio communication and pop-up roof for easy viewing and photographing
Full board accommodation on safari
All park entrance fees and government taxes
Services of English speaking skilled and experienced driver/guide
Extensive game drives in the national parks
1L bottle mineral water per person per day on game drives
Flying doctors emergency evacuation services
Exclusive in Safari Cost:
Hotel Accommodation before and after Tour
Airport departure Tax
visa fee
Driver/guide gratuities
Laundry
Personal Toiletries
Alcoholic drinks
Beverages
Domestic Flights
International flights (from/to home)
Tips (tipping guideline US$10.00 pp per day)
Personal items guideline US$10.00 pp per day)
Personal items Tips (tipping(souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.)
Drinks.
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