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| The Call of Kenya |
7 Night / 8
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Day 1: ARRIVAL
NAIROBI
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Hello & Welcome!
Upon arrival at the JKIA, you will be
met and after clearing with customs and
immigration formalities, transfer to the
Stanley Hotel where you have been booked
for the night.
This hotel was first opened in 1902; it
is situated in the center of the commercial
business district. Accommodation is provided
in 225 luxurious rooms each room with
private bath, shower, hand shower, hairdryer,
telephone, TV, air-conditioning, three
restaurants, 24 hour room service, large
shopping complex, fully equipped health
club with sauna, steam bath, swimming
pool and daily fitness classes. It has
3 restaurants offering exceptional cuisine.
Lunch will be served at the prestigious
Thorn-tree café is famous since the days
of Hemingway.
OVERNIGHT: THE STANLEY
HOTEL -, -, B |
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Day 2 : NAIROBI
TO SHABA |
| Enjoy an early breakfast
at the hotel. Afterwards begin your
safari. Drive northwards to Nanyuki
town, a bustling town in the foothills
of Africa's second highest mountain
Mount Kenya. You will travel through
some breathtaking scenery dotted with
rushing mountain streams and fields
of tea and coffee. Continue on and eventually
each a dusty outpost known as Isiolo.
From here it is a fairly short hop to
your lunchtime destination, Sarova Shaba.
Located high above the Samburu River
in the Shaba Game Reserve, Sarova Shaba
Lodge cleverly incorporates the beautiful
natural springs as one of its special
features, and also offers the base from
which to explore the Shaba Reserve,
as well as it s sister reserve - Buffalo
Springs to the west. Sarova Shaba is
also popular for the highly innovative
'Sarova Survivor Challenge' the experiential
training programme reminiscent of the
world famous 'Survivor' TV series that
was shot at Shaba. Lunch will be served
in the lodge. Afternoon game drive will
follow in the reserve downed with scenic
beauty. The area is renowned for its
unique animals that include: Somali
Ostrich, reticulated giraffe, beisa
oryx, gerenuk, and the Grevy's zebra.
Return to the lodge for dinner &
overnight.
OVERNIGHT: SAROVA SHABA LODGE L,
D, B |
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Day 3 : SHABA
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Full day at Shaba with
both morning and afternoon game viewing
drives in Shaba and Buffalo Springs reserves.
This is the perfect romantic place for
honeymooners. All meals at your lodge.
OVERNIGHT: SAROVA SHABA LODGE L, D, B |
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Day 4 : SHABA TO ARK |
| After breakfast, our friendly
driver-guide will pick you up and take the short
drive past Karatina with its colorful market
and on to Nyeri one of Kenya's major towns and
provincial headquarters. You will reach your
destination Aberdare Country Club where you
will check in and have a delicious lunch. Aberdare
Country Club is the base hotel for The Ark.
In the afternoon, the hotel transport takes
you to The Ark. This world famous tree lodge
on stilts affords an unforgettable nighttime
viewing of forest elephant and other game, including
the endangered black rhino at the waterhole
and salt lick. You will sit at the balcony and
watch the animals that drink at the floodlit
waterhole below. Among the game you are likely
to see, please look out for baboon, buffalo,
bushbuck, bush pig, civets, duikers, giant forest
hog and Sykes's Monkey.
NB: Warm clothing is advisable as nights tend
to be chilly, but only an overnight bag is required
to The Ark. The rest of your luggage is left
at the base hotel.
OVERNIGHT: THE ARK L, D, B |
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Day 5 : ARK TO NAKURU
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After an early breakfast, you
will return to the base hotel where you pick up
your luggage and begin safari to Nakuru. Head
to Nyahururu, still known to many as Thomson's
Falls for its 237-foot cascade. Lake Nakuru colored
a shimmering flamingo pink from thousands of the
beautiful birds lining its shores. You will arrive
at Lion Hill Lodge affording the views of the
lake from its hillside perch. The lodge also is
a perfect base from which to explore the lake,
with its fabulous array of birds as well as many
types of game, including waterbuck, rhino, leopard
and buffalo. Lunch will be served at the lodge.
A lodge with a view - 67 chalets that all face
Lake Nakuru, Lion Hill is also a birdwatcher's
paradise. Main attractions are, The Flamingo Restaurant
sports overlooking the Rift Valley, Acacia bush
lunches, well-appointed conference facilities,
massage parlours and game drives. Enjoy an afternoon
game drive in Nakuru National Park which is of
course known for its birdlife as thousands of
flamingoes make this lake their home, among hundreds
of other species. But wildlife is also abundant
here. You will see large numbers of waterbuck,
warthog, impala, buffalo, plains game, cheetah
and now rhino, as Lake Nakuru National Park has
been made into one of Kenya's rhino sanctuaries.
OVERNIGHT: SAROVA LION HILL LODGE L, D, B |
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Day 6 : NAKURU TO MARA |
Early breakfast at the Lodge.
Leaving flamingo-fringed Lake Nakuru behind, you
head southwards and turn right at Maai Mahiu to
descend up over the top of the Mau Escarpment.
Then heading due south, you travel towards Narok,
gateway to the Masai Mara and district headquarters
of this part of Maasailand. This is the 'breadbasket'
of Kenya, and is covered with acres of wheat and
barley. You will reach your destination in time
for lunch.
Located within the boundaries of the Masai
Mara Game Reserve, this comfortable luxury camp
offers delicious meals and a swimming pool,
and makes a perfect base from which to explore
the wonders of this corner of Kenya. Lunch will
be served in the Camp.
Afternoon game viewing drive will follow in
the reserve regarded as the most magnificent
natural theatre in the world. Set in the heart
of Africa's Great Plains, the Maasai Mara boasts
1,672 square kilometers of unspoilt wilderness.
It is home to the highest concentration of animals
and birds anywhere on the continent.
Return to the Camp in time to freshen up for
dinner and overnight.
OVERNIGHT: SAROVA MARA CAMP L, D, B |
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Day 7 : MASAI MARA
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Enjoy a full day in the Mara with
two game drives included. This reserve is situated
to the west of Nairobi, on Tanzania's northern
border - it is the extension to the larger Serengeti
National Park in Tanzania. The Maasai Mara offers
wonderful scenery and an abundance of big game.
It is perhaps the only region left in Kenya where
the visitor may see animals in the same super-abundance
as existed a century ago.
It is a reserve of breathtaking vistas, panoramas
of vast rolling plains, hills and woodland groves,
well watered by the lovely Mara River, which bisects
the Reserve from north to south. The Mara is home
to the largest population of lions in Kenya, these
magnificent beasts spending most of the day sleeping
in the shade of acacia trees. Vast herds of buffalo,
zebra and wildebeest roam the plains. Impala,
gazelle, giraffe and hartebeest grace the landscape,
and the cautious topi may also be seen standing
sentinel on earth mounds on constant
Watch for predators. Waters of the Mara River
are home to crocodiles and pools of hippo, the
acacia woodlands and riverine forests favored
by leopard and elephant, and the open savannah
and dry bush areas play host to the plains' game
and their attendant predators such as lion, cheetah,
hyena and jackal. Dinner at the Sarova Mara Camp.
Optional activities that could be organized
during the 2 nights in Masai Mara:
1) Balloon safari
The balloons lift off just before sunrise when
the breeze on the plains is still cold. Once
airborne, the balloons are blown by the prevailing
winds across the broad landscape. Apart from
the hiss of the burners, the flight above the
Masai Mara plains is magically silent. The pilot
controls the height of the craft by regulating
the flow of hot air into the balloon. Sometimes
the balloon will descend over the plains for
a close up view of the wildlife; on other occasions,
it rises to clear a tree canopy and rise over
the riverine forest.
At the end of the flight, the passengers are
treated to a champagne breakfast, complete with
flowers. China and crystal are set out on the
table that is placed under a convenient acacia
tree. The finishing touch to the flight is a
game drive back to the lodge or camp, and the
possibility of seeing the same pride of lions,
or herd of elephants that had been viewed while
ballooning. Over a dozen balloons depart from
sites near six of the lodges and tented camps.
One is often able to view four of the 'Big Five'
while ballooning. A flight certificate is issued
on completion of the balloon safari. Extra
cost @ US $ 375.00 per person
OVERNIGHT: SAROVA MARA CAMP B, L, D. |
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| Day 8 : MASAI MARA TO NAIROBI
AND DEPARTURE |
| After an early breakfast in the camp,
depart Maasai Mara and head back to Narok District headquarters,
and then travel across the vast plains on the floor
of the Rift Valley. Keep an eye out for herds of giraffe
and gazelle and head up the Rift Escarpment on a road
built by Italian prisoners of war during World War II.
You will arrive back to Nairobi in the early afternoon;
lunch will be on your own arrangements. Afterwards you
will have the driver at your disposal to go shopping.
Later transfer to JKIA for your departure flight. |
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