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JTLS 0010-10 Days
Kenya lodge safari: Aberdares, Lake Nakuru,
Maasai mara, Amboseli,
Tsavo west, Mombasa
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Day 1: Nairobi-aberdares-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.
Transfer to Nyeri for lunch at
the Out span Hotel. Later transfer to the Aberdares National
Park for an evening of game viewing from Treetops Hotel
balconies. Have dinner and overnight at the Treetops Hotel
Day 2: Aberdares-Lake Nakuru-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.
Breakfast
and drive south towards Lake Nakuru National Park. Have lunch
at Nakuru before proceeding for an afternoon game drive in the
Park. This is a shallow soda lake, which inhabits more than a
million flamingoes. The Lake Nakuru National Park also has a
Rhino sanctuary. Other animals to be seen here are lion,
buffalo, waterbuck, warthog and hippo. Take dinner and
overnight at Lake Nakuru lodge.
Day 3: Lake Nakuru- Masai
Mara-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.
After breakfast leave for Maasai Mara Game
Reserve, arriving in time for lunch. After lunch proceed for
an afternoon game drive in the game reserve, which is Kenya's
finest wildlife sanctuary. Including migrants, well over 450
species of animals have been recorded here. Although July,
August and September are the months when the Mara plains are
filled with migrating wildebeest and zebra, there is also
resident wildlife year round. The famous Maasai tribesmen live
within the dispersal area of the game reserve. Dinner and
overnight at Mara Simba lodge/ Sopa lodge.
Day 4: Masai
Mara
Morning and afternoon game drive in the
Maasai Mara National Reserve. Meals and overnight at MaraSopa
lodge or Nyumbu camp.
Day 5: Masai Mara
Morning and afternoon
game drive in the Maasai Mara National Reserve. Meals and
overnight at Mara Simba/ Sopa.
Day 6: Masai Mara-
Amboseli-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
Morning return to Nairobi arriving around
noon. After lunch at the Nairobi Safari Club, drive via
Namanga to Amboseli National Park. Evening game drive. Have
dinner and overnight at Amboseli Kibo camp. Involves long
drive)
Day 7: Amboseli
Morning and afternoon
game drive in the park. Have dinner and overnight at the
Amboseli Kibo camp.
Day 8: Amboseli-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.
Take a morning drive via the
Shetani lava
flow to Tsavo West National Park. Do an afternoon game
viewing. Overnight Tsavo Ngulia camp.
Day 9: Tsavo West National Park
Day at
game drive including a visit to the Mzima Springs replenished
with million liters of crystal-clear water every day from
underground streams stemming from lava massif known as Chyulu
Hills. Mzima forms a haven for rich wildlife pageant. All
meals and overnight at Ngulia safari camp.
Day 10: Tsavo West National Park-Mombasa drop
off.
Morning drive south to Mombasa arriving
around 1230 hours and drop off at a Mombasa Hotel. The
Cost of the safari ranges from US$2250 per
person
