JTLS0019-  12 days Kenya lodge safari: Nairobi-Samburu- Mount Kenya- Aberdares - Lake Nakuru - Masai Mara-Lake Naivasha-Amboseli-Tsavo West

 12 days Kenya lodge safari: Nairobi-Samburu- Mount Kenya- Aberdares - Lake Nakuru - Masai Mara-Lake Naivasha-Amboseli-Tsavo West .
A safari through Kenya's wildlife and scenery highlights visiting Samburu, Mount Kenya, the Aberdares, lake Nakuru and Masai Mara.
A dozen days to explore Kenya's diversity on game viewing drives, scenery and cultural encounters.
Accommodation is offered in optional luxury lodge and tented camp units or economy lodges and camps
Transport is provided for in exclusive safari minibuses or 4x4 cruisers per group, family or couple.
The safari starts in Nairobi and finishes at either Nairobi or the Kenya coast beach hotels.
Safari starting point: Nairobi city hotels

Safari itinerary.
Day 1: Nairobi - Samburu Game reserve. 340 km: 6Hrs.-The highlight of this Reserve is the spectacular scenic beauty, rivers and forest. The local people have very rich and colorful cultural heritage. Wildlife includes, leopards, hippos, elephants, lions, reticulated giraffes, grevy’s zebras, bongos and crocodiles in the Uaso Nyiro River.
Accommodations: Several Game Lodges & a public campsite located inside the park.
Depart Nairobi for the Samburu game reserve.
The drive takes you through the Kenya highlands via tea, coffee and subsistence farmlands. You shall experience different climatic and vegetative zones on today's road journey.
Arrive at your Samburu lodge or tented camp for lunch.
Afternoon game viewing drive.
Dinner and overnight at your lodge or tented camp.
Day 2: Samburu Game Reserve.

Day spent at the Samburu game reserve with game viewing drives.
Game viewing is concentrated along the Ewaso Nyiro River, the lifeline of this semi desert environment.
Meals and overnight at your lodge or tented camp.
 

Day 3: Samburu Game Reserve - Mount Kenya: 180 km: 3 Hrs.-These parks and game reserves are part of the most fascinating sanctuaries in terms of scenic splendors and the great variety of wildlife. Mount Kenya N. Park lies at an altitude of approximately 3,400m – 5,200m. It offers mountain attractions and flora & fauna found at different altitudes. The wildlife includes colobus monkeys, bushbucks, elephants, olive baboon, waterbucks, leopards, giant forest hogs, genet cats, hyena and the elusive bongo.
Game viewing drive at the Samburu game reserve.
We head for the cooler Mount Kenya region at the base of the Mount Kenya.
Lunch at your lodge. Afternoon optional hiking opportunities.
Dinner and overnight game viewing from the comfort of your tree hotel.
 

Day 4: Mount Kenya -Aberdares: 80 km: 1 Hr.-The Aberdare ranges lie at an altitude of about 2134-4268 m and is home to the first tree hotel in Africa and harbors significant memories in world history. In 1952, Queen Elizabeth 11 learnt of her accession to the British throne while she was a guest at the Tree Tops Lodge following the death of her father King George V1. It is also at the nearby town of Nyeri that lays the remains and tomb of Lord Baden Powel, the founder of the Worldwide Boy Scouts Movement.
Accommodation: Lodges, self-catering bandas, public campsite.
Break fast at the Mount Kenya.
Morning spent with optional natural activities.
Proceed to the Aberdares. Lunch at a base hotel.
Afternoon transfer to a tree hotel.
Evening, dinner and overnight game viewing from the comfort of your tree hotel.
Day 5: Aberdares - Lake Nakuru National Park: 240 km: 4 Hrs.-160 km from Nairobi. A shallow alkaline lake on the edge of Nakuru town is worlds famous of levels that determines the quality of algae on which the birds feed millions of greater and lesser flamingos which depends on the water. It is a sanctuary for the black and white rhinos and the rare Rothschild’s giraffe.
Accommodation: Lake Nakuru Lodge & Lion Hill Lodge. Also available, a hostel & a guesthouse, Makaria Falls campsite, all located inside the park.

Break fast at your tree hotel base.
Depart the Aberdares for the lake Nakuru national park.
Stop over to view the Thompson falls at Nyahururu.
The drive through farming country and homesteads via the Great Rift Valley escarpment is scenic.
You arrive at the lake Nakuru national park in time for lunch at your lodge.
Afternoon bird watching and game viewing drive. The lake Nakuru national park hosts hundreds of thousands of the flamingoes and other bird species.
The lake Nakuru national park in its sanctuary hosts the black and white rhinos. Dinner and overnight at your lake Nakuru lodge.
Day 6: Lake Nakuru National Park - Masai Mara Game Reserve: 265 km: 5 Hrs.-This reserve is Kenya’s most popular game sanctuary, most famous and visited game reserve in Kenya. The park adjoins the Serengeti park of Tanzania. A land of undulating hills and rolling grasslands supports a huge animal population. During the months of July to September, millions of wildebeests and zebras migration overflow into the Mara from the Serengeti national park in Tanzania. The black manned lion dominated the Mara, cheetahs, elephants, cape buffaloes, giraffe, gazelle, antelope and many other plains game are to be found here.
Accommodation: Game lodges, Luxury tented camps, public and privately owned campsite.
Masai Mara is the most famous wildlife conservation area in Kenya and indeed the world. This game reserve is home to
a rich variety of wildlife in a natural and untouched state.

Bird and game viewing drives at the lake Nakuru.
Breakfast at your lodge.
Depart for the Masai Mara game reserves with stopovers at the scenic points. Lunch at the masai Mara game reserve. Afternoon game viewing drives.
Meals relaxation and overnight at your lodge or tented camp.
Day 7: Masai Mara Game Reserve.

At the Masai Mara game reserve with unlimited game viewing drives.
The Masai Mara hosts the highest concentration of game per sq km than any other park in the region.
Simply stated , Masai Mara is a one stop shop for game and scenery viewing. All meals and overnight shall be at your lodge or tented camp.
Day 8: Masai Mara Game Reserve- Lake Naivasha: 260 km: 5 Hrs.-A very picturesque fresh water lake. There is good fishing, boat trips or a visit to the crescent island. Nearby is the dramatic hells gate gorge reserve over shadowed by the mysterious Longonot. Hells gate is ideal for nature walks of between 1 to 5 hours, amongst the wildlife.
Accommodation: Lodges & privately owned campsites
Game viewing drives at the Masai Mara.
Depart Masai Mara for the lake Naivasha.
Lunch at the lake Naivasha Afternoon optional lake activities including boat rides and nature walks Dinner and overnight at your lake shore lodge.
Day 9: Lake Naivasha- Amboseli National Park.-This national park covers 1260sq kilometers and lies on the border of Kenya and Tanzania. A real gem of the park situated right at the foot of Africa’s highest mountain Kilimanjaro 5895m. Elephants abounds in the forest and swamps feeding on the lush grasses. Cheetah, giraffes, impalas, leopards, zebras, wonder on the open plains. It is definitely photography’s paradise!
Accommodation: Luxury lodges & tented camp, public campsites
A bird and nature walk at the lodge gardens on the shores of lake Naivasha. Breakfast at your lodge.
Proceed to the Amboseli national park with a lunch stop at Nairobi.
Arrive at the Amboseli in time for an afternoon game viewing drive.
Meals and overnight at your Amboseli lodge or tented camp.
Day 10: Amboseli.
Day spent at the Amboseli national park with game viewing drives.
The Amboseli national park is small and compact.
The mount Kilimanjaro on clear days offers a dramatic background for wildlife photography.
Breakfast, lunch, dinner and relaxation at your lodge or tented camp.
Day 11: Amboseli National Park - Tsavo west National Park-Tsavo National Park [over 20,000 sq. km] is the largest game sanctuary in the world comprising of Tsavo East, Tsavo West, Chyulu Hills & the world’s largest lava flow. It is located half way between Mombasa and Nairobi. The outstanding features are the huge populations of red elephants, which derive their red colorings from the rich red earth of the park. Other wildlife to be seen includes, buffaloes, rhinos, lions, hippos, leopards, crocodiles, kudus, gerenuks, zebras and many more plains game. The park has over [500] species of birds].

In Tsavo west are the Mzima springs where hippos and crocodiles can be viewed from the underwater hides. Further south adjoining the park is the Taita hills sanctuary.
Accommodations: Game lodges & public camp sites, self-catering bandas.

Game viewing drives at the Amboseli.
Proceed to the Tsavo West.
Lunch at your lodge or tented camp.
Scenery and game viewing drives at the Tsavo west.
Meals and overnight at your lodge or tented camp.
Day 12: Tsavo West National Park- Nairobi or Mombasa.
Game viewing drives at the Tsavo west.
We shall visit the Mzima springs to view hippos, crocodiles and exotic fish.
Later depart for Nairobi or the Mombasa and Kenya coast beach hotels.
 

 

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