Best of Kenya Safari:
“Revered by anthropologists as the 'cradle of humanity', Kenya is also the heart of African safari country, boasting the most diverse collection of wild animals on the continent. “ From Lonely Planet Publications

Brief: This is a 2-week luxury safari with your stay arranged in top class accommodation on full board basis. You will visit Kenya’s prime wildlife parks, abundant with big game: lion, leopard, buffalo, rhinoceros and elephant. Bird life viewing will be at the Rift Valley Lake, Lake Elementaita. If you happen to visit between the months of July and October you will carry with you one of the most unforgettable sights of your life: the great Wildebeest Migration. Also not to be missed is the sparkling Kenyan beaches.

Itinerary:

Day 1: Arrive Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and transfer to Fairview hotel. Overnight at the hotel.

Day 2: After breakfast pick up and drive to Sweetwaters Tented Camp on the slopes of Mt. Kenya in Sweetwaters Game Reserve. Arrive in time for lunch. Afternoon visit to the new Visitors Centre- an educational centre where visitors can learn about the ecosystem of the area followed by another visit to the Chimpanzee Sanctuary- the only of its kind in Kenya. Here you can enjoy the unique opportunity of observing the chimpanzees by the boat on the Ewaso Nyiro River, which flows through the middle of the one-square-kilometre of the sanctuary. Also to observed is the magnificent snowcapped peaks of Mt. Kenya. Dinner and overnight at Sweetwaters Tented Lodge.

Day 3: After breakfast drive north to arrive at Samburu National Park and check in at Samburu Intrepids Club. After lunch proceed for an afternoon game drive in the park famous as the place for the Samburu semi-nomadic tribesmen, the reticulated giraffe, the Grevy's zebra gerenuk, beisa oryx and a host of the big game including elephant and lion. Dinner and overnight at Samburu Intrepids Club.

Day 4: After breakfast leave for the adjacent Buffalo Springs National Park and proceed for a game drive in the park. The Ewaso Nyiro River separates the Buffalo Springs and Samburu. Apart from the Grevy's zebra most of the other animals to be found in this park are more or less the same as those found in Samburu. Lunch at Buffalo Springs Tented Lodge. Afternoon visit to Shaba National Park, an excursion away, once the home of authoress Joy Adamson. The park is a place where the quality of experience exceeds

the quantity of wildlife. Dinner and overnight at Sarova Shaba Lodge.

Day 5: After an early morning breakfast leave the park and head further north to Maralal Town and have lunch at Maralal Safari Lodge. Afternoon proceed for a camelback riding safari - a very exhilarating experience. Dinner and overnight at Maralal Safari Lodge.

Day 6: After breakfast head south to Lake Nakuru National Park with a stop over for lunch at Impala Hotel in Nakuru town. In the afternoon proceed for a game drive in the Lake Nakuru National Park where you will have a chance to visit a unique sanctuary catering for a sizeable number of the endangered rhinocerous and the Rothschild giraffe.

Waterbucks are very common and the predators such as the lion and leopard. Also to be seen is a myriad different variety of birdlife in and around the lake. Dinner and overnight at Lake Nakuru Lodge.

Day 7: After breakfast leave the park and drive southwest to world's famous Maasai Mara Game Reserve to arrive at Kichwa Tembo Tented Camp in time for lunch. Later proceed for an afternoon game drive in the park. Dinner and overnight at Kichwa Tembo.

Day 8: Full day of game activities in this 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 are also resident wildlife year round.

The famous Maasai tribesmen live within the dispersal area of the game reserve.

Meals and overnight at Kichwa Tembo.

Day 9: Another full day of game activities in the reserve including a visit to one of the Maasai tribesmen bomas (homestead).

Day 10: After breakfast leave Maasai Mara for Nairobi to arrive in time for lunch at Fairview hotel. Afternoon at leisure. Evening pick up for a sumptuous dinner at Carnivore Restaurant, on the outskirts of the city, famous for succulent choice of roast game meat with music in the background. Later pick up for the transfer back to the hotel. Overnight at Fairview hotel.

Day 11: Day at leisure. Pick up at 6.00pm and transfer to Nairobi Railway station for an 1st class overnight train to Mombasa. Dinner will be served on board.

Day 12: Meet and transfer (and stay for 2 nights) at Southern Palms Beach Resort, located along the popular Diani Beach, south of Mombasa. The hotel has 300 double rooms and two deluxe suites with a unique blend of Swahili architecture, most with private balconies overlooking the sea. Restaurants and bars facilities include the main and the Kusini restaurants serving gourmet specialty cuisine. Nyama Choma Grill for tasty roast meat and the Monsoon terrace with a great view of the swaying palms along the coastline. The Island Palace bar is a domed pavilion set in the middle of the pool with underwater stools and service. Recreational facilities include two large free-form swimming pools (among the largest in East Africa), outdoor Jacuzzi, windsurfing, tennis, squash, an open air discotheque beside the pool and a gym.

Day 14: Pick up and transfer to the Mombasa airport for a flight to Nairobi and connect with your flight home.

The price for the above is US$ 1656 per adult sharing a double room. Single room supplement is US$ 690. Children below the age of 12 years pay 67%. Prices are valid up 15th December 2002.

The above price includes:

All game park entrance fees
Transport based on 4 passengers in a tour minibus in the game parks, including fuel
Services of a qualified tour driver/guide
Hotel accommodation based on two doubles with twin beds each.
Three meals a day while on the game parks safari.
All vehicle park entrance fees
Drivers allowance
Nairobi/Mombasa 1st class train ticket
Fairview/Nairobi/Mombasa railway station/Southern Palms transfers.
All Airport transfers
Mombasa/Nairobi airticket
Carnivore experience dinner.
Accommodation in Mombasa based half-board (2 meals a day).
Please note that this is a custom made itinerary and can therefore be revised according to the clients' schedule and requirements.