Kenya

Tour Summary

This Kenya set deputure explores Kenya and its beautiful wildlife.The departure dates
are as stated on the table.

Day 1: Saturday: Nairobi You are met on arrival at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and transferred to your hotel. Overnight stay at Safari Park Hotel or similar.   Day 2: Sunday: Samburu Game Reserve Breakfast at the hotel then check out and depart heading north to Samburu Game Reserve. You arrive at the lodge in time for lunch. Samburu National Reserve has harsh, dramatic terrain. The Samburu people said to be cousins to the Maasai are similarly dramatic and unique. Dressed in bright red, with their braided hair and skin daubed with red ochre, the "moran", the youthful warriors of the Samburu usually with a spear-in-hand, are a wonderful sight. Although most of the reserve is arid, Uaso Nyiro River provides a permanent water supply. Riverine forest fringe the river banks with the doum palm taking the day as its fruits are a delicacy for the elephants. The animal species found here are adapted to the arid environment, and are particularly found in the northern frontier. They are; the beisa oryx, gerenuk, grevy's Zebra, and reticulated giraffe. One should also expect to see leopard, elephants among other animals. Somali ostrich can also be traced. Dinner and overnight at Samburu Serena Lodge. Day 3: Monday: Samburu Game Reserve Early morning and afternoon game drives in the reserve. All meals and overnight stay at Samburu Serena Lodge.   Day 4: Tuesday: Mount Kenya National Park Depart after breakfast and drive to Mount Kenya National Park. You will arrive at the lodge in time for lunch. You spend the rest of the afternoon at leisure viewing animals from the balcony of your hotel. Nights here are interesting with plenty of animals coming to the water hale to drink and leak salt. Dinner and overnight at Serena Mountain Lodge.   Day 5: Wednesday: Lake Nakuru National Park Breakfast at the tree lodge then depart for Lake Nakuru National Park. Lunch is at the lodge followed by time to relax before embarking on the afternoon game drive in search of the lion, leopard and black and white rhinos among other animals. A stop at the baboon cliff will give you magnificent view of the lake. The grater and lesser flamingos both shade the lake pink. Dinner and overnight at Flamingo Hill Camp. Day 6: Thursday: Maasai Mara Game Reserve Depart after breakfast and drive across the floor of the rift valley climbing the western escarpment to Maasai Mara arriving in time for lunch at the lodge. Maasai Mara boasts an astonishing amount of game and is probably Kenya’s most famous reserves. The Mara landscape is stunning with endless savannas dotted with thorn trees. The famously black-maned Mara lions are possibly the stars of the Mara show, but cheetah, elephant, kongoni, topi, Thompson's gazelle, waterbuck, hyena, and primates are all here too. Birding is also excellent. Maasai Mara is the northerly end of the Great Migration; that great primeval surge of wildebeest, zebra and antelope that sweeps in from Serengeti as grass in Serengeti starts to fail. As it is naturally, they are tracked by the predators that pick off the weak, the stragglers and the young. The crossing over to Kenya is normally in July but the whole episode depends on the forage in the two parks. Later in the afternoon embark on an afternoon game drive in search of animals in the savannah. Dinner and overnight at Mara Leisure Camp.   Day 7: Friday: Maasai Mara Game Reserve Early morning game drive in the reserve returning to the lodge for late breakfast followed by the rest of the morning at leisure. Lunch at the lodge. Later in the afternoon depart for an afternoon game drive. Dinner and overnight at Mara Leisure Camp. Day 8: Saturday: Return to Nairobi and depart Depart after breakfast and drive to Nairobi arriving in time to arrange for own lunch. Thereafter transfer to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport for your onward international flight.