07 Nights Nairobi, Maasai Mara, Lake Nakuru, Aberdare and Buffalo Springs/Samburu National Reserves

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Program at a glance

DATE	ACCOMMODATION	MEAL PLAN	ACTIVITY
Day 01	Movenpick Hotel, Nairobi	Bed and breakfast	Arrival Airport transfer
Day 02	Mara Sarova Game Camp	Full board	Afternoon game drive
Day 03	Mara Sarova Game Camp	Full board	Morning and afternoon game drives
Day 04	Lake Nakuru Sopa Lodge	Full board	Afternoon game drive
Day 05	The Ark Lodge, Aberdare	Fullboard	Afternoon at leisure
Day 06	Ashnil Surana Buffalo Springs Camp	Fullboard	Afternoon at leisure
Day 07	Ashnil Surana Buffalo Springs Camp	Fullboard	Full day with game drives
Day 08	Depart		Transfer to Airport

Program in detail

Day 01: Arrival – Nairobi

Upon your arrival at The Jomo Kenyatta international Airport, you will be met by our representative for a warm welcome and a short briefing. You will then be transferred to your Hotel.

After check in you will get a full briefing by our representative in which he will give you your full detailed program. Overnight at Movenpick Hotel and Residences.

Day 02: Nairobi – Masai Mara Game Reserve

Buffet breakfast at the Hotel.

Morning drive to the Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya’s finest and best known game reserve.

Arrive for lunch at Mara Sarova Game Camp.

Afternoon game viewing drive.

The greatest attraction in the Mara is watching the animals in their natural element; a lion’s roar, a cheetah making a kill, and the big elephant herds are all very fascinating events. You will also meet the Maasai who are the inhabitants of this reserve and are a proud and largely aloof tribe who have held on to their customs and traditions for hundreds of years.

Dinner and overnight at Mara Sarova Game Camp.

Day 03: Masai Mara Game Reserve

Another day spent in the Mara with morning and afternoon game viewing drive in the rolling plains, woodland and rivers that make up the Mara. There are very high chances of seeing the ‘big five’

Game viewing is never dull in the Mara, and patience is often rewarded with unique sightings. The richness of fauna, this profusion of winged beauty and the untouched fragility of the landscape, are all subordinate to the Mara’s foremost attraction, the march of the wildebeest. Each year from July to September, the Mara plays host to the world’s greatest natural spectacle, the Great Wildebeest Migration from the Serengeti. From July to October, the promise of rain and fresh life giving grass in the north brings more than 1.3 million Wildebeest together into a single massive herd. They pour across the border into the Mara, making a spectacular entrance in a surging column of life that stretches from horizon to horizon.                         

All meals at the lodge.

Overnight at Mara Sarova Game Camp.

Day 04: Masai Mara – Lake Nakuru National Park

Buffet breakfast at the Camp.

Morning drive to Lake Nakuru National Park.

Arrive for lunch at Lake Nakuru Sopa Lodge.

Afternoon game viewing drive in the park. The Lake Nakuru National Park is world famous for the pink flamingos which number thousands upon thousands. The rare black rhino, the white rhino and many other wild animals can also be found here. There is a very high chance of seeing the nocturnal and very elusive leopard.

Dinner and overnight at Lake Nakuru Sopa Lodge.

Day 05: Lake Nakuru – Aberdare National Park

Buffet breakfast at the lodge.

Drive off to the Aberdare ranges. The drive is very scenic and offers memorable photo opportunities.

Arrive for lunch at the Aberdare Country Club. After lunch you will be transferred in hotel vehicles to the

 Ark. Afternoon tea and coffee at the tree hotel.

The Ark is set in thick woodland at the heart of the Aberdare National Park and is designed with numerous viewing decks, balconies and lounges that allow you to watch animals visiting the waterhole and salt lick.

A ground level viewing area provides excellent photographic opportunities and a floodlit waterhole allows all-night game viewing.

Dinner and overnight at the Ark.

NB: ONLY SMALL OVERNIGHT BAGS ARE ALLOWED TO TREE HOTELS. THE OTHER LUGGAGE WILL BE STORED AT BASE HOTELS.

Day 06: Aberdare – Samburu National Reserve

Buffet breakfast at the Ark.

Morning transfer by hotel vehicles to Aberdare Country Club to rejoin you driver guide and retrieve your

Stored luggage. Drive to the Samburu National reserve.

Arrive for lunch at Ashnil Surana Buffalo Springs.

Afternoon game drive in Buffalo Springs National Reserve.

Dinner and overnight at Ashnil Surana Buffalo Springs Camp.

Day 07: Buffalo Springs/Samburu National Reserve

After an early breakfast at the Camp, enjoy a full day of game viewing drives in Buffalo Springs and Samburu Game Reserve. The verdant riverine forest along the Ewaso Nyiro River is a stark contrast to the arid thorn studded plains. Our driver guide will carefully select an amazing picnic site with a great scenic view where you will take your picnic lunches before venturing into the bush once again! Be on the look-out for the ‘special five of Samburu’, other wildlife and a large number of bird species.

Return to Ashnil Surana Buffalo Springs Camp for dinner and overnight.

Day 08: Buffalo Springs – Nairobi – Depart

Buffet breakfast at Ashnil Surana Buffalo Springs Camp.

Morning drive to Nairobi. Lunch on own arrangements in Nairobi.

Afternoon transfer to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport for your departure flight or have a beach holiday in the palm fringed beaches of the Kenyan coast at extra cost.

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Prices in US Dollars;

Our Price Includes

• Arrival and departure Airport transfers in Nairobi.
• Full board accommodation while on safari, bed and breakfast in Nairobi Hotel.
• Safari in a private safari 4WD vehicle with a pop-up roof and English speaking driver guides.
• All park entrance fees, game drives as indicated on the itinerary above.
• Driver’s and vehicle park entry fees and allowance.
• Complimentary mineral water throughout the safari.

Not Included

• International flight tickets and visa cost.
• Travel and medical insurance.
• All items that are purely of a personal nature e.g. tips, porterage, bar bills, telephone, mineral water, laundry etc.
• All other services not shown in “OUR PRICE INCLUDES” above.