$1,264 to $1,816 pp (USD)
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Arrival
Day 1
Nairobi - Aberdare National Park
Nairobi - Aberdare National Park
On arrival at JKIA, you'll meet our representative and start the drive to Nyeri for lunch at Aberdare Country Club. In the afternoon, you'll transfer in hotel shuttle vehicles, into the Aberdare National Park the Ark, for a night of wildlife viewing, from the lodge precincts.
Aberdare National Park was established in 1950 to conserve and protect the Aberdare Mountains. Since then it has grown to a size of an area of 767 km2.
It is best known as the site where in 1952, Princess Elizabeth became Queen after the death of her father King George VI, whilst staying at the Treetops Hotel.
Wildlife present in the protected area include lions, leopards, elephants, black rhinoceros, wild dogs, giant forest hogs, bushbucks, waterbucks, Cape buffalos, side-striped jackals, elands, olive baboons, black and white colobus monkeys, and Sykes monkey. Over 250 bird species including the endangered Aberdare cisticola, Jackson's spurfowl, African goshawk, African fish eagle, and plovers.
- Main Destination:
- Aberdare National Park
- Accommodation:
- The Ark
Wildlife in Aberdare NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Aberdare - Lake Nakuru National Park
Aberdare - Lake Nakuru National Park
You'll have breakfast and a shuttle transfer to Aberdare Country Club. You'll rejoin your driver-guide and depart for the Rift Valley arriving for lunch at a Lodge in Lake Nakuru National Park. You'll have a late afternoon of wildlife viewing and bird watching.
Lake Nakuru is a shallow soda lake with many flamingos. It is also a rhino sanctuary. You'll embark on a game drive which includes viewing flamingoes from close range. Keep your eyes open for the elusive leopard or the tree-climbing lions of this park.
The lake's abundance of algae used to attract a vast quantity of flamingos that famously lined the shore. Other birds also flourish in the area, as do warthogs, baboons, and large mammals. Eastern black rhinos and southern white rhinos have also been introduced.
About 10,000 years ago, Lake Nakuru, together with neighboring Lake Elementaita and Lake Naivasha (60 km further south), formed one single, freshwater lake that eventually dried up, leaving the three lakes as remnants.
- Main Destination:
- Lake Nakuru National Park
- Accommodation:
- Lake Nakuru Lodge
Wildlife in Lake Nakuru NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Lake Nakuru - Masai Mara National Reserve
Lake Nakuru - Masai Mara National Reserve
After breakfast, you'll commence a drive west past Mount Longonot and via Narok to the Masai Mara National Reserve to arrive for lunch at the respective Camp / Lodge. You'll spend the afternoon at leisure, with optional activities. A visit to the Masai Cultural Village or taking a walking safari, flanked by Masai warriors (Morans), in the middle of the rolling African savannah, takes you through an experience of learning the medicinal plants that the Maasais use and how they mutually co-exist with wildlife in the Mara ecosystem.
The Masai Mara National Reserve (also known as Masai Mara and by the locals as the Mara) is a large game reserve in Narok County, Kenya. It is named in honor of the Maasai people (the ancestral inhabitants of the area) and their description of the area when looked at from afar: Mara, which is Maa (Maasai language) for "spotted", an apt description for the circles of trees, scrub, savannah, and cloud shadows that mark the area.
- Main Destination:
- Masai Mara National Reserve
- Accommodation:
- PrideInn Mara Camp
Wildlife in Masai Mara NR
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Masai Mara National Reserve
Masai Mara National Reserve
The early morning calm air of the Masai Mara has made possible the introduction of hot air balloon flights, available as an optional tour of a hot air balloon ride to see the park from a bird's eye view, from leading lodges and camps in the reserve. (Please reserve early to avoid disappointment for this adventure). Pre-breakfast morning game drive in the reserve is a great opportunity to explore the vast flora and fauna of this magnificent reserve. After a rewarding game drive, you'll return to your lodge for a late-morning breakfast. Lunch and late afternoon wildlife viewing drive.
Option: A full-day game drive with picnic lunch boxes (full-day game drive including visits to Mara River, Kenya Tanzania Border Post), and a great chance to view the Big Five. You will have a picnic lunch at Hippo Pool. You'll return to your lodge late in the afternoon. Later, you'll just relax or visit the nearby Maasai village as an optional excursion.
- Main Destination:
- Masai Mara National Reserve
- Accommodation:
- PrideInn Mara Camp
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5
Masai Mara - Nairobi and Departure
Masai Mara - Nairobi and Departure
After breakfast at the camp, you will embark on your return journey to Nairobi. On arrival in the early afternoon, you will be dropped off in Nairobi (use of room is excluded). You'll be transferred to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport for a scheduled international departure flight, 3 hours before flight departure time. This is the end of your five-day safari.
- Main Destination:
- Nairobi (City)
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks:
