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CSL12 8 Days: Samburu |
Sweetwater's | Lake Nakuru|
Masai Mara
Day 01: Nairobi
pick up from the airport on
arrival and transfer you to
Nairobi safari club hotel
for overnight stay in
readiness for a holiday
safari the following
morning..
Day 02: Nairobi - Samburu
Game Reserve
[4
hours approximately]
Depart Nairobi after
breakfast and drive up to
the Equator crossing for a
short stop to see the
"performing of the waters",
where a local entrepreneur
demonstrates the clockwise
and anticlockwise properties
of running water on each
side of the Equator line.
Continue to Samburu, where
you arrive at your lodge for
lunch. In actual fact there
are three adjoining
reserves, Samburu, Buffalo
Springs and Shaba, situated
in arid country north of
Mount Kenya, and watered by
the Uaso Nyiro River and
natural springs. It is very
scenic, with craggy hills
and everywhere Doum palms
following the water courses.
Some unusual animal species
can be found here; the
Reticulated Giraffe, Oryx,
Lesser Kudu, Grevy's Zebra,
and the Gerenuk, known as
the "Giraffe Gazelle". Most
of the game viewing takes
place around the forests
along the river, and this is
a good place to spot the
elusive leopard. In the
afternoon there will be a
game drive. Dinner and
overnight Samburu Serena
Lodge.
Day
03: Samburu Game Reserve
Early morning game drive
is followed by breakfast and
time to relax by the lodge
pool or the terrace
overlooking the river. After
lunch there will be another
game drive. Dinner &
Overnight Samburu Serena
Lodge.
Day 04 Samburu Game
Reserve – Sweetwater’s
[4 Hours approximately]
Depart Samburu for the
Sweetwater’s Rhino Sanctuary
in which elephants,
buffaloes, Rhino, Lion and
myriad of other plains game
can be seen .Dinner and
overnight at the Ol Pejeta
House
Day
05: Sweetwater’s - Great
Rift Valley
[4 Hours approximately]
Morning game viewing then
depart the Sweetwater’s
sanctuary for Lake Nakuru
National Park, where you
arrive in time for lunch.
Lake Nakuru is a soda lake
often frequented by
thousands of Greater and
Lesser Flamingos lining the
shore in a pink mass. There
is also a Rhino Sanctuary,
and it the forests around
the lake there is a variety
of wildlife, especially
Bushbuck and Reedbuck,
giraffe and sometimes lion
and leopard, especially up
on the baboon escarpment.
There will be a game drive
after lunch. Overnight
Lake Nakuru Lodge.
Day 06 Great Rift Valley
- Masai Mara Game Reserve
[5 Hours approximately]
After breakfast depart the
Masai Mara arriving in time
for lunch. This Reserve is
one of Africa's best known
wildlife areas, and is part
of the Serengeti ecosystem.
A land of undulating hills
and rolling grasslands it
supports a large animal
population.
Even a casual visitor is
treated to the sight of
Lions in prides sometimes
numbering more than thirty
beasts with a handsome black
maned male in dominance; a
cheetah at great speed runs
down its prey; a leopard in
the lower branches with its
kill.
In the Mara river there are
crocodiles sunning
themselves on the banks, and
hippos playing in the water.
Elephant, Cape Buffalo,
Giraffe, Topi, Gazelle are
all in abundance, and during
the months of July to
September the great
migration of Wildebeest and
Zebras spill over from the
Serengeti. The sight of
these beasts legging it
across the Mara River,
avoiding both the crocodiles
in the river, and the
predators harassing them
from behind is amazing, and
the topic of some of the
most spectacular photography
ever seen.
In the afternoon there is a
game drive followed by
dinner and overnight at
Keekerok Lodge.
Optional activities:
-Hot air balloon ride: US$
425 per person
-Visit to a Maasai village
for a cultural tour: US$ 30
per person
Day 07: Masai Mara Game
Reserve
Early morning and afternoon
game drives, followed by
dinner and overnight at
Keekerok Lodge.
Day 08: Masai Mara Game
Reserve - Nairobi
[6 Hours approximately]
Depart after breakfast and
drive back to Nairobi with a
drop off in the city center
or at your hotel.
Cost per person sharing
2 pax 2240
4 pax 2080
Price includes:
-Transport in a safari
minibus with pop up roof
-Full board accommodation in
lodges
- Return airport transfers
-Game drives as per the
itinerary
--Park entrance fees
-Services of a driver/guide
-1 litre Mineral water per
person per day
-Hotel accommodations in
Nairobi before e safari
Price Excludes
- Hotel accommodations in
Nairobi after the
safari
-Personal travel insurance
- Cultural visits to Maasai
Villages
- Tipping
- Drinks
- Personal effects
- Xmas/New-year and Easter
supplements.
- Extras not mentioned
above.
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