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10 Days Kenya Explorer Safari tour -
Highlights of Kenya
Kenya explorer luxury tour covers to the best parks and
reserves in Kenya safaris at Mount Kenya National Park, Samburu Game Reserve,
Sweetwaters Private Game Sanctuary, Lake Nakuru
National Park famous for flamingos and
ends up with Maasai Mara Game Reserve.
Day 1: Arrival - Nairobi
On arrival at Nairobi Airport, met and assisted.
Transfer to your deluxe city hotel, Nairobi Serena
Hotel, for an overnight rest.
Day 2: Nairobi - Mount Kenya
Depart Nairobi towards Central Kenya highlands arriving
at Mountain Lodge in time for lunch. The only 'tree
hotel' ever to be built on the slopes of Kenya's
legendary Mount Kenya, Mountain Lodge offers a matchless
game viewing opportunity whilst combining a glorious
panorama of mountain vistas with the primordial
splendors of an ancient rainforest. Floating 2,195 m
high on the flanks of Kenya's highest mountain and
secreted deep within her largest forest reserve, the
lodge offers not only the champagne-clarity of mountain
air, the tranquility of the forest and a colorful
cavalcade of wildlife but also the chance of scaling the
icy peaks of Africa's second-highest mountain. Afternoon
leisure and overnight floodlit game viewing. Optional
nature walk can be arranged at US$ 40 per person. Dinner
and overnight stay at Mountain Lodge Serena, B,L,D.
Day 3: Mount Kenya - Samburu Game Reserve
Depart further north past the equator to Samburu
arriving at Samburu Serena Lodge in time for lunch.
Samburu National Reserve, a place of endless skies,
dust-red plains and palm-fringed rivers, lies on the
fringes of the vast and arid desert once known as the
Northern Frontier District, whose heat-scorched
scrublands extend beyond the jade-green waters of Lake
Turkana. Samburu provides one of the few sanctuaries in
Kenya for the endangered Grevy zebra, the rare beisa
oryx and the blue-shanked Somali ostrich whilst large
herds of elephant roam the gaunt hills. Afternoon game
drive. Dinner and overnight stay at Samburu Serena
Lodge, B,L,D.
Day 4: Samburu Game Reserve
Morning and afternoon game drives in Samburu. Meals and
overnight stay at Samburu Serena Lodge, B,L,D.
Day 5: Samburu - Sweetwaters Game Sanctuary
Breakfast and departure to this private game sanctuary.
Afternoon is free for optional activities as game
viewing, walking safaris or night game drives. Includes
visit to chimpanzee sanctuary. The sanctuary also boasts
of "The Big Five" (lion, leopard, elephant, rhino and
buffalo) plus an exciting catalogue of; giraffe, zebra,
eland, oryx, waterbuck, Grant's gazelle, Thompson's
gazelle, cheetah, silver-backed jackal, hartebeest,
baboon and several hundred bird species. Sweetwaters
Tented Camp is designed to offer a charming blend of
under canvas ambiance and uncompromising luxury. One of
only four private game reserves in Kenya, it also allows
such unforgettable pleasures as night game drives,
guided bush walks and both horse or camel riding across
its game-teaming plains. Lunch, dinner & overnight at
Sweetwaters Tented Camp, B,L,D.
Day 6: Sweetwaters - Lake Nakuru National Park
Depart to Lake Nakuru National Park via Nyahururu Falls
to arrive in time for lunch at Sarova Lion Hill Lodge.
Set on a plateau in an elevation above Lake Nakuru ,
Sarova Lion Hill Game Lodge has 67 chalets all
overlooking the lake, within the Lake Nakuru National
Park . It is the perfect place to experience one of the
world's largest ornithological spectacles, The Pink
Flamingo, or a rich concentration of wildlife including
black and white colobus monkey and is also a famed Rhino
Sanctuary. In the afternoon proceed on a game drive in
this famous ornithological spectacle for flamingoes.
Dinner and overnight at Sarova Lion Hill Lodge, B,L,D.
Day 7: Lake Nakuru - Masai Mara
Drive to Masai Mara Game Reserve arriving in time for
lunch. Masai Mara National Reserve is a pristine
wilderness of haunting beauty, it promises its visitors
a profusion of wildlife, prolific bird life and the
unprecedented opportunity of catching up with all the
members of the 'Big Five' in one morning. The 1,800 sq
kilometres of this veteran reserve offers the classic
mix of African imagery; miles of lion-gold grasslands,
shoals of lilac-misted hills, a meandering river, acres
of thorn-bush and mile upon mile of undulating
wilderness. The Mara Serena Lodge is built in a
traditional Maasai Manyatta village of domed huts,
depicting a true Maasai lifestyle blending in very well
with the environment. Rooms are en suite overlooking the
plains and with excellent game views. It has a swimming
pool overlooking a waterhole where big game come to
feed. Afternoon game viewing. Dinner and overnight stay
at Mara Serena Lodge, B,L,D.
Day 8 and 9: Maasai Mara
Two full days in the Masai Mara. Each day with two game
drives - morning
and afternoon game drives. All meals and overnight stay
at Mara Serena Lodge, B,L,D.
Optional activities:
1. Hot air balloon Safari: US$ 425 per person
2. Visit to a local Maasai village: US$ 25 per person
3. Nature walk: US$ 45 per person
4. Day fishing expedition to Lake Victoria: US$ 475 per
person
Day 10: Maasai Mara - Nairobi
Drive back to Nairobi to arrive in the afternoon. Day
rooms provided at Nairobi Serena Hotel. Optional last
minute shopping in Nairobi. Later enjoy farewell dinner
at the famous game meat restaurant, The Carnivore
Restaurant. Transfer to Jomo Kenyatta International
Airport for your outbound flight, B,L,D.
Tour Cost: US$ 2,520 Per Person Sharing. Single room
supplement: US$ 645.
*Upgrade to a flight from Masai Mara to Nairobi: US$ 145 per
person extra with taxes inclusive.
Tour Cost Includes:
-All ground transport whilst on safari in a comfortable
safari vehicle equipped for game viewing, photography
and touring
-Full board accommodation and meal plan as described,
B=Breakfast, L=Lunch and D=Dinner
-Accommodation in double/twin/triple rooms.
-All park entrance fees to include government taxes
-Service of an English speaking professional
driver/guide
-All game drives as detailed in the itinerary
-Bottled water whilst on safari
-Start and end at JKI Airport
-Carnivore Restaurant lunch
Tour Cost excludes:
-Tips
-Laundry
-Beverages/Drinks
-International flights
-Visas
-Items of a personal nature
-Optional activities and any other extras not detailed
in the above itinerary
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