A Glimpse of Kenya takes you to the best of Kenya's wildlife reserves in a condensed period of time and at an attractive price. In 11 days, you will visit Amboseli National Park, Lake Nakuru, Samburu National Reserve and Maasai Mara.
HIGHLIGHTS
• Soar over Maasai Mara on a sunrise
hot air balloon safari
• Meet members of the centuries-old
Maasai tribe
and gain a firsthand appreciation
of their
remarkable beadwork
• Game drives and nature walks
give you ample opportunity to
spot all of the "Big Five".
DETAILED ITINERARY
DAY 01 ARRIVE NAIROBI
Welcome to East Africa! You will be met by our representative and transferred to your hotel in Kenya’s capital city and principal economic, administrative and cultural centre.
Overnight - Hotel
DAY 02 DRIVE TO AMBOSELI NATIONAL PARK
Today you will drive south via Namanga to Amboseli National Park, an area of wide, dry plains, lush swamplands and endless horizons. Although it covers only 392 square kilometers, Amboseli supports a wide range of mammals and is renowned for its elephant populations, which include some impressively tusked bulls. Cheetahs are also frequently sighted in Amboseli’s areas of acacia forest. The park offers the most striking views of Africa’s highest mountain, Mt Kilimanjaro, which lies just across the border in Tanzania. This area is also home to many Maasai communities.
Overnight - Hotel
Meals - Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
DAY 03 AMBOSELI
Embark on a game drive into this renowned wilderness preserve, where you can spot elephant, cape buffalo, lion, baboon, antelope, to name a few. As the sun begins to drop, set out on a nature walk at your pace, escorted by the camp’s resident naturalist and a warden.
Overnight - Hotel
Meals - Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
DAY 04 AMBOSELI – NAIROBI – LAKE NAKURU
This morning you will drive to Nairobi where you’ll stop for lunch. Continue to Lake Nakuru, with game viewing en route to the lodge. Lake Nakuru, one of the alkaline Rift Valley lakes, is famous as the seasonal home of thousand of flamingoes. It is also a refuge for endangered rhinos, and visitors can frequently spot two of the five surviving rhino species in the world. In addition, the park is home to a large number of mammals, including carnivores such as lions and leopards.
Overnight - Hotel
Meals - Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
DAY 05 LAKE NAKURU
Today can be spent game viewing or relaxing at the lodge.
Overnight - Hotel
Meals - Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
DAY 06 LAKE NAKURU – SAMBURU NATIONAL RESERVE
Samburu is one of the world’s truly great wilderness areas. Lying 325 kilometres north of Nairobi in the hot and arid fringes of Kenya’s northern region, the reserve harbours a number of wildlife species rarely found elsewhere in any numbers: Grevy’s zebra, the reticulated giraffe, the Beisa oryx and the long-necked gerenuk, a graceful antelope which spends much of its time in a bi-pedal stance seeking sustenance among the withered scrub. The harsh terrain of Samburu is relieved by the wide Ewaso Ngiro River, which attracts elephants, lions, giraffes, zebras and leopards from the surrounding plains with water, trees and shade.
The reserve lies within the territory of the Samburu people, who are semi-nomadic pastoralists closely related to the Maasai.
Over the next few days, you will explore this dramatic wilderness from a variety of fascinating perspectives: early morning game drives, walking safaris with skilled Samburu guides, leisurely camel rides and raft trips when the river is high. Enjoy the end of the day with a festive sundowner event with local traditional dances.
Overnight - Hotel
Meals - Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
DAY 07-08 SAMBURU NATIONAL RESERVE
Continue your exploration of Samburu National Reserve.
Overnight - Hotel
Meals - Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
DAY 09-10 MAASAI MARA
Spend two days in Maasai Mara taking exhilarating game drives in the Mara triangle. Maasai Mara is the quintessential African landscape, offering breathtaking views and an extraordinary density of wildlife. The reserve, gazetted in 1961, consists of 320 square kilometers of open plains, woodlands and riverine forest, abounding with zebra, giraffe, gazelle, topi, birdlife, elephant, buffalo and the big cats. The Mara and Talek rivers are teeming with hippos and crocodiles. Maasai Mara is the natural extension of the Serengeti plains in Tanzania, and each year the two parks host the world’s greatest natural spectacle as more than one million wildebeests migrate with the rains. At the Mara River they mass together before plunging forward through the waters, fighting against swift currents and waiting crocodiles.
The herbivores are followed by the predators, including lions, cheetahs and leopards, as well as hyenas and jackals, all of which are commonly sighted in the Mara.
In addition to game drives, you will take a breathtaking hot air balloon safari at sunrise to soar low over herds of buffalo or follow the hyenas on their morning hunt. Upon landing, a champagne breakfast will be waiting for you.
Overnight - Hotel
Meals - Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
DAY 11 MAASAI MARA - NAIROBI
Drive to Nairobi Airport to connect with your flight.
FACT FILE
• Daily breakfast, lunch and dinner
• Deluxe hotels, lodges and tented camps
• Escorted nature walks in reserve
• Game viewing via specially outfitted safari vehicles
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| Tour Itinerary |
| Day 1 |
Arrive Nairobi |
| Day 2 |
Drive to Amboseli National Park |
| Day 3 |
Amboseli |
| Day 4 |
Amboseli - Nairobi - Lake Nakuru |
| Day 5 |
Lake Nakuru |
| Day 6 |
Lake Nakuru - Samburu National Reserve |
| Day 7 |
Samburu |
| Day 8 |
Samburu |
| Day 9 |
Samburu - Maasai Mara |
| Day 10 |
Maasi Mara |
| Day 11 |
Maasai Mara - Nairobi
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| Tour Information |
| Cost: |
US$ 2495\Can $ 2495 |
| Length: |
11 days |
| Departing: |
Nairobi |
| Deposit: |
US $ 500\Can $ 500
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