7 DAYS BEST OF KENYA HIGHLIGHTS SAFARI
Highlights: Nairobi, Maasai Mara, Lake Naivasha, Amboseli, Nairobi – Depart
Accommodation: Mid-Range Hotels|Camps|Lodges
Departure: According to your schedule
Itinerary at glance.
Day | Location | Accommodation | Meal plan | Activity |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Nairobi | Radisson Blu Arboretum Hotel | BB | Trsf, Lei |
2 | Maasai Mara | Mara Sopa Lodge | BBLD | P |
3 | Maasai Mara | Mara Sopa Lodge | BBLD | AP |
4 | Lake Naivasha | Lake Nakuru Sopa Lodge | BBLD | P |
5 | Amboseli | Amboseli Serena Lodge | BBLD | P |
6 | Amboseli | Amboseli Serena Lodge | BBLD | AP |
7 | Nairobi - Depart | No Accommodation | BB | TRSF |
BB -Bed & Breakfast, BBLD – Bed and breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, TRSF– Transfer, AI– All inclusive, LEI – Leisure A – Morning game drive, P – Afternoon game drive |
Day 1: Arrival Nairobi
Upon arrival time at Jomo Kenyatta international Airport, you will be met and greeted by an African Adventure Specialists’ Representative and transferred to the Radisson Blu Arboretum for rest and overnight stay. An optional dinner can be arranged at an extra cost.
In respect to your flight arrival, you have an option for the Nairobi City Excursions. You will visit the Daphne Sheldrick Animal Orphanage Trust (subject to availability) and learn how orphaned baby elephants and rhinos are bottle-fed and re-introduced back to the wild. Visit the Giraffe centre sanctuary and hand-feed the gentle endangered Rothschild giraffes. By breeding them, they are then reintroduced into the wild. Visit the Karen Blixen Museum, the author of “Out of Africa” movie. Lunch will later be served at the Karen Blixen Museum Coffee Gardens.
- Main destination: Nairobi
- Accommodation: Radisson Blu Arboretum Hotel
- Meals & drinks: Bed and Breakfast (Drinks not included)
Day 2: Nairobi – Maasai Mara National Reserve
After breakfast in the hotel, you will depart for about a 6hrs drive to the Maasai Mara arriving in time for lunch at the Mara Sopa Lodge. In the afternoon, you will go for game drive until sunset. Expertise and experience of our driver-guides will maximize your chances of seeing all the splendors of Maasai Mara and beyond. A family of cheetah sunning themselves sleepily on a rock, the drama of a lion makes a kill just 15-20 feet away from you, or the thrill of elephant charge. The trees in the distance turn out to be giraffe’s family. The clump of bushes is a pride of lions. And the rock that moves may be a rhino lumbering out of your way. In any event, the sheer mass and spectacle of the animals surrounding you will provide endless opportunities to fill many an album of treasured memories. Later dinner and overnight stay at the Mara Sopa Lodge.
- Main Destination: Maasai Mara National Reserve
- Accommodation: Mara Sopa Lodge
- Meals & Drinks: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner (Drinks not included)
Day 3: Explore the Maasai Mara National Reserve
Full day spent exploring the park in search of the big 5. Take full advantage of what the Mara has to offer. Choose from a wide range of activities including the optional hot air balloon safari that can be arranged at an extra cost. Fly high up in the skies and have a view of the landscape below which is a never-ending exciting mixture of riverine forests, sprawling savannahs, towering escarpments and rugged rivers. Against a backdrop of stunning sunrises giving, you a unique vantage point of the abundant wildlife living below.
Birding can also be done throught the year with the reserve having a record of over 570 species of birds, with more than 50 bird species of prey which include: Eagles, vultures, storks and many others.
The Mara is one of the most famous ecosystems in the world and with reason, this huge expansion is home to an astonishing variety of wildlife, difficult to believe, over 450 species of animals have been recorded here. You might be lucky to see lions, rhinos, hippos, crocodiles, giraffes, wildebeests, zebras, buffalo, warthogs, hyenas, jackals, wild dogs, buffalo, leopard, many kinds of antelopes, and elephant. It is in the Mara that perhaps the most spectacular event of the natural world takes place.
In dramatic fashion, catch thousands of the great wildebeest, zebras, antelopes and elands, followed by gazelles as they cross over returning to their breeding grounds from Serengeti-Tanzania to Maasai Mara-Kenya between the months of July and October. Dinner and overnight stay at Mara Sopa Lodge.
- Main Destination: Maasai Mara National Reserve
- Accommodation: Mara Sopa Lodge
- Meals & Drinks: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner (Drinks not included)
Day 4: Maasai Mara – Lake Naivasha
After breakfast you will head for about a 4hrs drive to Lake Naivasha arriving in time for lunch at the Lake Naivasha Sopa Resort. This is the highest Lake of the Rift Valley located at an altitude of 1890 meters above sea level. This lake is a combination of volcanic rocks and sedimentary deposits. It has a length of 139 square kilometers. It is home to a population of more than 400 bird species and has a large population of Hippos. Part of the Movie “Out of Africa” was filmed in this area.
In the afternoon, conduct an Optional boat ride that will enable you to see colonies of hippopotamuses, the fishing eagles in action, marabou stork, crocodiles, etc. Later proceed on an optional guided crescent Island Tour which is situated at the middle of the Lake. Here you will be able to view wild animals that permanently live here like wildebeests, zebras, gazelles, giraffes, warthogs. We will disembark with a local guide and will continue trekking on foot through this Island that is located at the heart of the Lake, walking at our pace around this incredible place. This will give you a chance to see and photograph the animals that reside here. Meals and overnight at Lake Naivasha Sopa Resort.
- Main Destination: Lake Nakuru National Park
- Accommodation: Lake Naivasha Sopa Resort
- Meals & Drinks: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner (Drinks not included)
Day 5: Lake Nakuru – Amboseli National Park
After breakfast, you will depart with packed lunch boxes for about a 7hrs drive to the Amboseli National Park. You will arrive with a game drive enroute to the Lodge. This park is famous for its scenery with a backdrop of snow-capped Mt. Kilimanjaro, which dominates the landscapes and open plains. Dinner and overnight at the Amboseli Serena Safari Lodge.
- Main destination: Amboseli National Park
- Accommodation: Amboseli Serena Safari Lodge
- Meals & drinks: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner (Drinks not included)
Day 6: Explore Amboseli National Park
Full day spent game viewing starting with a morning and afternoon game drive in search of the big herds of the African Elephants, buffaloes, hippos, lions, cheetahs, hyenas, jackals, gazelles, wildebeests, warthogs, zebras, ostriches and maasai giraffes in the background of the magnificent snow-capped Mt. Kilimanjaro. The wild here is supported by the Swamp vegetation and the Lake Amboseli. After the game drives you have an option of unwinding your day at the swimming pool.
You may also opt to have an early morning balloon safari. Fly high up in the skies and have a view of the landscape below which is a never-ending exciting mixture of riverine forests, sprawling savannahs and towering escarpments. Against a backdrop of stunning sunrises and the Mount Kilimanjaro giving you a unique vantage point of the abundant wildlife living below. Later dinner and overnight stay at the Amboseli Serena Lodge.
- Main destination: Amboseli National Park
- Accommodation: Amboseli Serena Safari Lodge
- Meals & drinks: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner (Drinks not included)
Day 7: Amboseli – Nairobi - Depart
After breakfast, you will depart for about a 4hrs drive back to Nairobi. Upon arrival, you will be transferred to the JKIA airport for your flight back home or onward arrangements.
- Main destination: JKIA Airport
- Accommodation: End of tour (No Accommodation)
- Meals & drinks: Breakfast (Dinner & Drinks not included)
- Safari Package Includes
- Meet and greet services with assistance at the airport or hotel.
- All transport and game drives will be in a private 4×4 Land Cruiser with pop up roof for game viewing.
- Services of a Professional English-speaking driver-guide on private basis.
- Full board accommodation whilst on safari.
- Meals and accommodation as specified.
- All Park fees and government taxes.
- Complimentary drinking water per person per day on game drives
- Safari Package Exclude
- International flights
- Visa’s.
- Room upgrades.
- Vaccinations/Covid19 Tests.
- Items of a personal nature i.e., telephone calls, laundry.
- Increase in park fees or other charges beyond our control.
- Activities not mentioned in the package.
- Early check-in or late check-out
- Extras price per person
- Maasai Village visit – $30 per person
- Balloon ride -$450 per person
- Boat Ride -$35 per person
- Crescent Island Visit -$30 per person
- Additional remarks
- We may have to re-route the itinerary or accommodate in similar lodges in case of non-availability.
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