Best of Kenya Safari
Big Cat and the Best of Kenya Safari.
Type : Lodge Safari Duration: 8 nights 9 days
Locations Visited: Amboseli National Park, Lake Naivasha, Lake Nakuru, Rift Valley, Samburu Game Reserve, Masai Mara
Description:A safari to Amboseli National Park, the Great Rift Valley with its spectacular scenery and birdlife, a Treehotel, the rugged landscapes of Samburu and, by air, to the teeming wildlife of the Masai Mara.
Day 1 Nairobi - Amboseli
Travel in the morning to Amboseli, at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest mountain at 5,895m, for lunch, an afternoon game drive, dinner and overnight.
Day 2 Amboseli
A full day in Amboseli with morning and afternoon game drives to search for some of the small herds of elephant which inhabit the swamps, the elusive leopard and the many species of plains game which have made this wildlife sanctuary their home. The snow-capped peaks of Mount Kilimanjaro form a spectacular backdrop to your game photographs.
Day 3 Amboseli - Rift Valley
After breakfast you drive back to Nairobi and stop for a lunch of roast meats at the Carnivore Restaurant before continuing west of Nairobi, dropping down the escarpment into the Great Rift Valley and onto your hotel overlooking one of the Rift Valley lakes for dinner and overnight.
Day 4 Rift Valley - Treehotel
You drive around the northern tip of the Aberdares to your base hotel for lunch and are later transferred to a Treehotel for an evening of game viewing, dinner and overnight.
Day 5 Treehotel - Samburu
You drive north, across the Equator, to Samburu Game Reserve arriving at your lodge in time for lunch, an afternoon game drive, dinner and overnight.
Day 6 Samburu
A full day in Samburu with morning and afternoon game drives to search for varieties of game unique in Kenya to these northern parks. Crocodile and hippo share the Ewaso Nyiro River with the many small herds of elephant which bathe and frolic in the muddy brown waters during the heat of the day before returning later to browse on the lush vegetation of the riverine forest. Meals and overnight at your lodge.
Day 7 Samburu - Masai Mara
After breakfast you drive to the town of Nanyuki where you catch a flight by light aircraft to the Masai Mara. On arrival in the Mara you are transferred to your lodge or camp for lunch, an afternoon game drive, dinner and overnight.
Day 8 Masai Mara
A full day in the Masai Mara with morning and afternoon game drives. The grasslands abound with plains game and the rivers which traverse the Reserve are teeming with crocodile and hippo. Many prides of lion have made the Mara their home and leopard and cheetah are often sighted.
After an early morning game drive and breakfast, return flight to Nairobi. Arriving in time for lunch.
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