African Safari Dreams -Best of Kenya

Day 1 -

Arrival/Nairobi:- Upon arrival at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport you will be met by our representative, who will welcome and transfer you to a hotel apartment for overnight.
Day 2 -

Full day in Nairobi:- You spend the day in Nairobi sightseeing and visiting a hospice among others. Dinner at Eunice’s house; followed by overnight at the hotel apartment.
Day 3 -
Full day in Nairobi:- Morning visit to Daphne Sheldrick Animal Orphanage, followed by visit to Kazuri beads/shopping among others. Overnight at the hotel apartment.

Day 4 –

Nairobi/Amboseli:- Pick up from your hotel after breakfast, and you drive south to Amboseli National reserve at the foot of snowcapped Mt. Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest peak, arriving in time for lunch followed by an afternoon game drive in the park. Dinner and overnight at Amboseli Serena Lodge.

Day 5 –

Amboseli National Park:- The day spent game viewing in the park with extensive morning and afternoon game drives. Meals and overnight at the lodge.

Amboseli National park is one of the most popular wildlife sanctuaries in Kenya. It is situated close to Kenya. It is situated close to Kenya- Tanzania border, The Park lies at the foot of Mt. Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa (5,896m) whose snow-capped summit presents a splendid view on clear days. Amboseli National Park is often referred to as “The home of Elephants’ some of the largest Elephant herds are found here. The Game Park also contains vast groups of Zebras, Wildebeests, Giraffes, Buffalos, Hippos and Antelopes. Also to be found in Amboseli are lions, leopards, Cheetahs, Rhinos and many species of plain game.

Day 6 –Amboseli/Nairobi:- Morning game drive to further explore the park and after breakfast you drive to Nairobi with lunch enroute to arrive late in the afternoon. Drop off at the hotel apartment for overnight.

Day 7 – Nairobi/Sweetwaters:- Departing Nairobi in the morning after breakfast, you drive to Mt Kenya driving through the lush green agricultural land where you pass through coffee and tea plantations. Arriving in time for lunch. Afternoon visit to the chimps sanctuary and a game drive around the Sweetwaters game sanctuary. Dinner and overnight at Sweetwaters Tented Camp.

Day 8 –

Sweetwaters:- You spend the day game viewing in this private sanctuary, the only one of its kind in Kenya and visit the chimps. It is home to the Big 5: Rhino, among other game. The sanctuary is also home to hundreds of bird species including Saddlebill stock, hamerkop, spoonbill, ostrich, gineafowl, spurfowl and secretary bird.

Dinner and overnight at the Tented Camp.

Day 9 –Sweetwaters/Samburu:- After breakfast, you proceed further northern to the wild and rugged, Samburu, fiercely beautiful with its arid savannahs watered by the lovely Uaso Nyiro River. Samburu National Reserve, one of the 56 protected areas in Kenya. It is famous in North of the equator because of the richness of flora and fauna. It lies on the flood plains and bottom land of Ewaso Nyiro drainage system in the Great Rift Valley. It has more than 2 dozen plants communities, but thorny scrubs which cover much of the reserve and the most common are Acacia family trees and the Down palms. Meals and overnight at Samburu Sopa Lodge.

Day 10 - 
Samburu:- You spend the day game viewing in the park as you capture as many photos as possible. Samburu National Reserve has over 50 species of wild animals in the reserve including unique species of Grevy Zebra, Reticulated Giraffe, Besia Oryx, Greater and Lesser Kudu, Gerenuk, Somali ostrich, pancake tortoise and others.

Dinner and overnight at the Lodge.

Day 11 - Samburu/Lake Nakuru:- After breakfast, you head south to Lake Nakuru with packed lunches to arrive in time for a late afternoon game drive in the park, where you will have a chance to visit a unique sanctuary catering for a sizeable number of the endangered rhinoceros and the Rothschild giraffe. Waterbucks as well as the predators such as the lion and leopard are common at the park. Also to be seen is a myriad different variety of birdlife in and around the lake with approximately 400 bird species recorded.

Meals and overnight at Lake Nakuru lodge.

Day 12 - Nakuru/Maasai Mara:- Morning game drive to further explore the park before heading south to the Masai Mara Game Reserve—jewel of Kenya's Game Park. This enormous Reserve actually part of the vast Serengeti plains is famously known for it's spectacular great wildebeest migration and is a true home of the big five-Lion, Elephant, Leopard, Rhino and Cape Buffalo. Stop-over for your picnic lunch, and view game enroute to Basecamp Mara for dinner and overnight.

Day 13 - Masai Mara:- Full day in the Mara with extensive morning and evening game drives. Masai Mara is known as Africa’s Greatest Wildlife Reserve, situated in southwest Kenya. Famous for the abundance of lion, the Great Wildebeest Migration and the Maasai people, well known for their distinctive custom and dress, it is without a doubt one of Africa’s most famous safari destinations.

Masai Mara National Reserve stretches 1,510 sq km (580 sq miles) and raises 1,500-2,170 meters above sea level. The terrain of the reserve is primarily grassland and riverine forest with clumps of the distinctive acacia trees. It’s about 270 km from the capital city Nairobi and takes about 5-6 hours by road or 40-45 minutes by flight. The Masai Mara Ecosystem holds one of the highest lion densities in world and this is where over TWO MILLION Wildebeest, Zebra and Thomsons Gazelle migrate annually. Its hosts over 95 species of mammals and 570 recorded species of birds.
Meals and overnight at the Tented Camp.

Day 14 – Masai Mara/Nairobi:- Early morning game drive to further explore the park and after breakfast, you depart for Nairobi to arrive in the late afternoon. Refresh prior to transfer to the world famous Carnivore Restaurant for dinner. Drop off at the hotel apartment for overnight.

What is included in the price:-

-Transportation in special safari Minivan comfortable for game drives -Services of an English-speaking driver/tour guide
-Game drives
-Full board accommodation at the lodges

-Game park entrance fees
-1 liter bottled Water per person per day
-Flying Doctors Service for emergency evacuation cover -Accommodation in Nairobi on bed & breakfast basis
-Dinner at Carnivore Restaurant on day 14
-Arrival and departure airport transfers
-Visit to Local villages at Amboseli, Samburu and Masai Mara

What is NOT included in the price:-

-Extra meals in Nairobi
-Personal travel insurance.
-International air flights
-All airport taxes and visas.
-All personal expenses; e.g. laundry, telephones, beverages, tips, portage, etc.
-Any other extras not stated as included above

Day 15 –

Depart Nairobi:- You spend the morning shopping, prior to transfer to the airport to catch your flight home.

Arabian nights in Dubai Pretour available as per request.