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8 DAYS SAMBURU/ABERDARES/L. NAKURU/L.
NAIVASHA/MAASAI MARA
Day 1
- Samburu
Depart Nairobi in the morning for Samburu National reserve crossing
the Equator and driving through changing terrain to the rugged
semi-desert region in the northern Kenya. Though harsh, it is
blessed with species rarely found elsewhere. arrive in time
for lunch at lodge. Afternoon game drive to search for the stars
of Samburu. Dinner and overnight at Samburu lodge/Samburu Serena
lodge.
Day 2 -
Samburu;
Full day in Samburu with game drives .Search for the rare liver
red reticulated giraffe, Grevy's Zebra, Beisa Oryx, Blue flanked
Somali Ostrich, Vulturine Guinea Fowl, Longneck Gerenuk. See
braving lions on the grass, Cheetah, Leopards among plenty of
other plains game. (optional visits to Samburu villages). All
meals and overnight at Samburu lodge/Samburu Serena lodge.
Day 3
- Treetops
Breakfast at a lodge and drive to the shoulders of Mt. Kenya
arriving at the Outspan Golf & Country Club for lunch. After
lunch transfer by lodge vehicle to the Treetops Lodge where
from the lodge balcony you view game that often visit the floodlit
waterhole and saltlick--e.g. elephants, rhino, buffalo and giant
forest hog. Dinner and overnight at Treetops Lodge.
Day 4
- Lake Nakuru National Park
Depart Treetops lodge for breakfast at Outspan Golf & Country
Club and depart for Lake Nakuru via Thompson falls arriving
in time for lunch, afternoon game drive at the Pink lake referred
so for it's thousands of pink flamingos and other bird-life-it's
a Bird watchers paradise. It has a surprisingly number of animals,
all the "big five" except the elephant can be seen
here, Dinner and overnight at Lake Nakuru Lodge/Sarova lion
Hill.
Day 5
- Lake Naivasha;
Breakfast and depart for Lake Naivasha in the Great Rift Valley.
Lake Naivasha is one of the gems in a necklace of Rift Valley
lakes, has a variety of bird life and hippo colonies. Lunch,
Dinner and overnight at Lake Naivasha country club.
Day 6 -
Maasai Mara
Morning game viewing at the Pink ,it is rhino sanctuary and
a bird watchers paradise, look for warthogs and water bucks
as you leave the Park. Breakfast at the lodge and depart for
Maasai Mara crossing the loita plains, see red clad maasai warriors
tend their multi-colored herds amongst plains game. Arrive Mara
in time for lunch. Game viewing enroute to Mara Sarova camp
for lunch. Afternoon game drive. Dinner and overnight at Mara
sarova luxury Tented Camp/Mara Sopa Lodge.
Day 7 - Maasai
Mara National Reserve.
This is the day your dreams about maasai Mara comes true. Breakfast
at lodge and leave with picnic lunches for a full day game drive
inside the Park. Search for wild game black manned lion for
which Mara is famous for, cheetah, buffalo, wildebeest, zebra,
leopard, grants gazelle are quite common, even the rare rhino
might come out of the thicket for you, hyenas are plentiful,
Extend your drive to the hippo point where schools of hippo
submerge on the approach of vehicles only to surface seconds
later to shot and gamble their displeasure as the crocodiles
sunbathe on the river banks mouths agape. Between meals there
is optional visit to the maasai villages for an insight to their
culture if clients so wish. Meals and overnight at Mara Sarova
luxury tented camp/Mara Sopa Lodge.
Day 8 -
Nairobi;
Morning game drive to savor the beauty of the park, breakfast
at lodge and depart for Nairobi arriving at around 1400 hours.
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