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DAY 1 MASAI MARA GAME RESERVE
Welcome to Kenya, our homeland of safari adventure that has continued to thrill from time immemorial.
Depart thereafter at 0730 for Masai Mara, driving south west to what has been aptly dubbed as the “ultimate game viewing destination in the world,” home to the largest wildebeest migration across two countries. Descend into the Great Rift Valley, breif rest halt at Narok town, proceed further south arrive at the lodge by 1230. Lunch. Afternoon game viewing drive at 1600, return by 1845. Dinner and overnight. FB.
DAY 2 MASAI MARA GAME RESERVE
Early morning game viewing run at 0630 (optional Balloon Safari with Champagne Breakfast, additional cost), return for breakfast by 0900. Day at leisure.
Blessed with an outstanding concentration of animals and panoramic views of across the plains and dotted woodlands, the Masai Mara provides an experience unsurpassed. As the northern extension of the great Serengeti grassland, the reserve is host to the annual migration of over a million wildebeest –the most awesome wildlife spectacle on planet earth.
The Mara covers an area of about 1,500 square kilometers in the south-western corner of Kenya, is not fenced and bordered on the west by the Olooloo escarpment and in the east by the Ngama hills. The common language of the Masai is Maa in which the word Mara means spotted –referring to the clusters of bush which dot the plains.
In addition to the wildebeest and hordes of zebra which join them in their annual pilgrimage for pastures, the Masai Mara supports the lion, cheetah, elephant, kongoni, topi, Thomson’s gazelle and the Defassa waterbuck, as well as eight species of primate.
Lunch at 1230. Early afternoon at leisure. Game viewing run at 1600. Return by 1845. Dinner and overnight. FB.
(optional full day game drive with a picnic lunch)
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Breakfast at 0700, depart at 0730 for Nakuru, driving to the floor of the Great Rift Valley. Arrive at the lodge by 1200, time at leisure. The lake is home to millions of flamingo which give the lake an unmistakable pink hue on the horizon. Lunch at 1230, early afternoon at leisure, game viewing run at 1600. The park hosts the endangered white rhino, lions, buffaloes, the elusive leopard and hordes of plains game. Return to the lodge by 1845. Dinner and overnight. FB.
DAY 4 ABERDARE NATIONAL PARK
Early morning game viewing run at 0630, return for breakfast by 0900. Depart at 0930 for Aberdare. Drive through plush Kikuyu farmlands as you ascend the Great Rift Valley watching the landscape alternate from rolling green hills to plains. Breif rest halt at Nyahururu Falls, the Equator point. Arrive at the club set on a foothill called Mweiga at 1100, time at leisure, lunch at 1230, transfer at 1415 to The Ark, located in the heart of the Aberdare Rain Forest and providing a front seat to the never ending theatrics of the animals at the waterhole. Arrive by 1515, afternoon and evening at leisure, the “treehotel” stands on wooden stilts overlooking a waterhole from which animals can be viewed throughout the day and night (the waterhole is lit by powerful spotlights strategically positioned). Dinner and overnight. FB.
DAY 5 OL PEJETA CONSERVANCY
Breakfast at 0730, depart by 0800 for the club, arrive by 0845, depart for Nanyuki. Brief rest halt at yet another Equator point, Nanyuki. Proceed onwards to Sweetwaters to arrive at the camp by 1045, time at leisure. Lunch at 1230, early afternoon at leisure. Depart at 1545 on your afternoon game drive, visit the chimp sanctuary and Morani, the tame rhino. The Sanctuary is home to the endangered Chimpanzee species, many are babies and orphans rescued from Central African countries where the trade in bush meat (meat from chimps killed by illegal forest loggers and sold to unsuspecting customers). Return to the camp by 1815. Dinner and overnight. FB.
DAY 6 NAIROBI
Early morning game run at 0630, return to the lodge by 0830 for breakfast. Depart for Nairobi at 0930, arrive by 1230, drop off with memories of your African safari to cherish.
End of safari.
