African Skimmer Safaris

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$1,741 to $2,404 pp (USD)

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Arrival (See Getting There for more details)

Arrival (See Getting There for more details)

  • You'll be collected from the airport.
  • Accommodation before the tour starts can be arranged for an extra cost.

Day 1

Nairobi -Aberdares

Nairobi -Aberdares

Arrive in Nairobi where you will be welcomed by our representative and after a briefing drive towards the north central Kenya. Drive through the green highlands of Kenya to the Aberdares country club for lunch. As you wait for your transport to the Ark you will have a complimentary nature walk around the sanctuary and after you will be driven to the Ark for overnight You will have a chance of viewing the wildlife from the balcony. Overnight, dinner and breakfast at the lodge.
NB:Kindly pack what you need for the night. The other luggage will be left in a safe store for picking the next morning.

Main Destination:
Aberdare National Park
Best Time To Visit June to September and December to February (Driest months)
High Season June to October and December to March
Best Weather June to September and December to February (Less rain)

Wildlife in Aberdare NP

ElephantCommon
BuffaloCommon
ZebraOccasional
HyenaOccasional
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LionNone
HippoNone
Accommodation:
The Ark
  • Mid-range lodge located inside Aberdare NP
Meals & Drinks:
  • Lunch & dinner (Breakfast not included)
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 2

Aberdares- Lake Nakuru National Park

Aberdares- Lake Nakuru National Park

After breakfast, you will be driven back to the base hotel, collect your luggage. The African Skimmer Safari guide will be waiting. Drive towards Lake Nakuru National Park with a brief stop at the equator for demonstration. Proceed down south west through the rift valley. You are expected to arrive there time for lunch and check in at Lake Nakuru Sopa. Game drive at 1600hrs. Here you will have a chance of spotting the white rhinos and if lucky the black rhino. Lions and Leopards too are found in the park and other grazers they prey on e.g. Zebras, gazelles, buffaloes, water bucks and the endangered Rothschild giraffes. Over night at lake Nakuru sopa resort.

Main Destination:
Lake Nakuru National Park
Best Time To Visit June to February (Best for wildlife viewing; little rain)
High Season July to February (The park gets very busy)
Best Weather June to February (Little rainfall)

Wildlife in Lake Nakuru NP

GiraffeCommon
BuffaloCommon
ZebraCommon
HippoCommon
Black RhinoOccasional
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LionOccasional
LeopardOccasional
HyenaOccasional
Accommodation:
Lake Nakuru Sopa Lodge
  • Mid-range lodge located inside Lake Nakuru NP
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 3

Lake Nakuru N P - Lake Naivasha

Lake Nakuru N P - Lake Naivasha

After breakfast check out and have an enroute game drive on your way to Naivasha. You can decide to do the boat before or after lunch. Check in at Sawela Lodge for Lunch. Set in one hundred and fifty acres of grassland studded with Acacia bushes and trees, the resort is not only home to our resident giraffe, waterbuck and both Vervet and Colobus monkeys, but it is also a night stop for the hippos when they leave the lake every night to come and trim the grass on the expansive lawns. Dinner and overnight at the lodge.

Main Destination:
Lake Naivasha (Naivasha)
Accommodation:
Sawela Lodges
  • Mid-range hotel located at Lake Naivasha (Naivasha)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 4

Lake Naivasha- Maasai Mara N Reserve

Lake Naivasha- Maasai Mara N Reserve

After breakfast depart for Maasai Mara with brief stop along the way for wash rooms and some rest. Arrive at the Maasai Mara in time for lunch. Check in and enjoy an afternoon siesta. At 1600 hrs enjoy an afternoon game drive where you expect to spot cats like Lions, Cheetahs, Leopards that preys on the many grazers grazing on the rolling 583 sq miles of Savannah grasslands extending the Mara Serengeti ecosystem. Dinner and overnight at Maasai Mara sopa lodge where you are booked on full board.

Main Destination:
Masai Mara National Reserve
Best Time To Visit June to October (For general wildlife viewing) and August to October (For wildebeest migration)
High Season June to October and December to March
Best Weather June to October (Sunny, but not too hot)

Wildlife in Masai Mara NR

ElephantCommon
GiraffeCommon
LionCommon
CheetahCommon
ZebraAbundant
WildebeestAbundant
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BuffaloCommon
HippoCommon
HyenaCommon
LeopardOccasional
Wild DogVery Rare
Accommodation:
Masai Mara Sopa Lodge
  • Mid-range lodge located inside Masai Mara NR
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 5

Maasai Mara

Maasai Mara

After breakfast, proceed for game-viewing drive in the Mara at 0630hrs and 1600hrs respectively. Maasai Mara offers breathtaking views an extraordinary density of animals including "the Big Five" (lions, leopard, elephant, buffalo, rhinoceros) and many varieties of plains game. An impressive feature is the annual migration of wildebeests, zebras and gazelles from the plains of the Serengeti that cross the Tanzanian border and rivers to reach the Mara's grasslands from late June, tracked by predators: lion, leopard, cheetah, and hyena. Their dramatic river crossings are a reality for tourists visiting in early July-August. Apart from the seasonal migration, game viewing is excellent year round. Game includes elephant, black rhino, buffalo, plains zebra, hartebeest and big cats. The rivers are home to hippo and crocodiles.
In the evening, enjoy a delicious dinner at the camp.
Overnight at Maasai Mara Sopa lodge.

Main Destination:
Masai Mara National Reserve
Accommodation:
Masai Mara Sopa Lodge
  • Mid-range lodge located inside Masai Mara NR
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 6

Nairobi

Nairobi

After breakfast drive back to Nairobi to arrive in time for Lunch at carnivore. The Carnivore is justifiably referred to as Africa’s Greatest Eating Experience. Twice voted amongst the world’s 50 best restaurants by UK based Restaurant magazine, the Carnivore is an amazing open-air meat specialty restaurant that has strikingly different food service and atmosphere to any other restaurant in Kenya. Whole joints of meat - legs of lamb and pork, haunches of exotic meat, rumps of beef, sirloins, racks of lamb, spare ribs, sausages, chicken wings, skewered kidneys, even crocodile, and other tasty morsels - are roasted on traditional Masai swords over a huge, visually spectacular charcoal pit that dominates the entrance of the restaurant. There after transfer to the airport for your flight.

Main Destination:
Nairobi (City)
Accommodation:
No accommodation (End of tour)
Meals & Drinks:
  • Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included)
  • Drinks not included

End of tour (See Getting There for more details)

End of tour (See Getting There for more details)

  • Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.
  • You'll be dropped off at the airport.

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