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DAY
1
AMBOSELI
0700hrs,
Depart Nairobi after lunch, arriving
Amboseli
National Park
in time for lunch. You will have time at leisure at 1600hrs depart for
an afternoon game drive returning to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
This park affords everyone's classic image of East Africa - herds of
great animals moving across the dusty plains with the snow-capped
peak
of
Kilimanjaro
rising straight up in the background. Mount Kilimanjaro is
Africa
's highest mountain at 19,340 feet (5,895 meters). Although it is
situated inside
Tanzania
, the best views of the mountain are from Amboseli on the Kenyan side of
the border.
Dinner and overnight at Ol tukai Lodge.
DAY
2
AMBOSELI
0630hrs:
Depart for an early morning game drive.
0830hrs: Return to the lodge for breakfast followed by time at leisure.
1300hrs: Lunch at Ol tukai Lodge followed by time at leisure which can
be at the pool.
1600hrs: afternoon game drive till dusk. Dinner and overnight at Ol
tukai Lodge
DAY 3
LAKE
NAKURU
0700hrs: Check out and depart for
Lake
Nakuru
National Park
.
1300hrs: You will make an hours stop in
Nairobi
for lunch then proceed for
Lake
Nakuru
. With an en route game drive later check in for dinner and over night
at Sarova Lion Hill lodge.
Lake
Nakuru
National Park
is renowned for its spectacular flamingo population as one of the
world's greatest ornithological spectacles. Although
Lake
Nakuru
is primarily a bird sanctuary, there are a considerable number of
animals to be encountered, such as many large game animals such as
zebras, elephants and gazelles; this is one of our best chances of
seeing rhinos.
Lake
Nakuru
National Park
was the first place in
Kenya
to be selected as a rhino reserve. Here is one of the few places where
we can see Rothschild's giraffes.
DAY 4
MAASAI
MARA
0700hrs,
check out and depart for the famous Masai Mara National Reserve. Arrive
in time for lunch followed by time at leisure.
1600hrs depart for the afternoon game drive. Return to Keekorok Lodge
for dinner and overnight.
The Mara is the
land
of
African
legend: Lion are abundant throughout the park, as are the elephants,
giraffes, and a variety of gazelle species and zebra. Cheetah and
leopard are also regularly seen and, less commonly, rhino. The annual
wildebeest migration, one of nature's few remaining wildlife spectacles,
occurs in the Mara from July to September where the big animals and
their predators are to be present in abundance during the time frame of
this trip. Several species of Bee-Eater, the flying rainbow that heads
the list of the Mara's birds, occur in the reserve. As well as wildlife,
the Masai Mara is also home to many members of the colorful Maasai tribe
who may be seen around the borders of the park - Morans (warriors)
loping across the plains, young boys herding goats, or elders grouped
under a tree discussing matters of the day .A visit to a Maasai boma
(homestead) reveals this outstanding culture and customs.
DAY
5
MAASAI
MARA
0630
depart for a morning game drive, retuning to the lodge for breakfast
followed by time at leisure.
1300hrs you will have your lunch
1600hrs depart for an afternoon game drive till dusk and drive back to
the Keekorok Lodge for dinner and overnight.
DAY
6
NAIROBI
0730hrs
depart for
Nairobi
. Lunch will be at the famous carnivore restaurant. You will later be
transferred to your overnight hotel in
Nairobi
or to the airport for your flight back home. There is also an option of
proceeding for a beach holiday either on Kenyan coast or
Zanzibar
.
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