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LOCATION CAMPS/LODGES

The luxurious Beach Resorts and permanent tented or roof thatched camps/lodges offer the Best of Kenya Wildlife trail Safari Under-canvas. Ideally the trip goes into camp to camp moving around the national parks all year round into the beach relaxation, bringing guests within reach of the great migration and exploring the remote beautiful corners of Kenya’s excellent resident game-viewing safari and villages’ tours with excellent safari guides. Using only these private camps/lodges to encounter the migratory located camps is the only the way to indulge and enjoy the entire intimate and exclusive safari privacy, featuring Kenya’s most taste spacious safari camps/lodge experience while on Safari. Carefully selected and planned according to the projected movements of the great migration, the flamingos’ safari anthology of Lake Nakuru, the camps/lodges aims to bring guests within comfortable driving distance of the herds. However, the wildebeest masses move with the rains, which occur at a different time of each year between Masai Mara and Serengeti NPs, so it is not always possible and imparitable to accurately predict where animals will be. Our safari expert guides will always ensure to place guests in the midst of the thronging flamingos or the wildebeest but, should they not appear when expected, the guides’ intimate knowledge of the ample resident game will ensure a rich game viewing experience.

ACCESS TO CAMPS/LODGES:

Mostly drive into Camp/lodges from Nairobi to the most game reserves or national parks (Maasai Mara, Lake Naivasha, Lake Nakuru, Amboseli NPs and Watamu Beach). Guests will be collected from Jomo Kenyatta Airport, on enroute safari into the camps/lodges.

Lake Nakuru Game lodge

Safari Activities:

Game drives in mornings, afternoons, or for full day safari with picnic lunch, exploring Kenya’s beautiful national parks and with endless scenic pro-founded with prolific wildlife is the best way to adventure this safari itinerary. Visiting the Maasai Villages of Kenya give guests breathing-taking to appreciate the way of life-living in Africa.

Safari Overview:

Excellent game viewing of crocodiles, flock of flamingoes, hippopotamus in the lakes of Nakuru and Naivasha waters, elephants, buffaloes, Thomson's gazelles, Topi, wildebeest, zebra, cheetah, leopards, pride of lions and prolific birdlife.

Safari Activities:

Game drives in mornings, afternoons, or for full day game drives with picnic lunch, exploring the lakes, or river eco-systems and its prolific bird life and visiting the Maasai Villages is just an outstanding safari to come and experience in life time with our experience safari guides.

Kibo safari Camp

Ngulia Safari Camp

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*This itinerary depends on local environments and seasons and is subject to Change...*
SAFARI ITINERARY AT A GLANCE:
Day: Location: Camps/lodges Accommodation: Board: Safari Highlights:

1

 Nairobi NP Fairview hotel/similar LDBB Overnight Fairview Hotel

2

 Maasai Mara NP Mara Leisure Camp LDBB Big five safari Activities

3

 Maasai Mara NP Mara Leisure Camp LDBB Full day game drives & cultural tours-meet the Maasai people

4

 Maasai Mara NP Mara Leisure Camp LDB Experience 450species bird-watching & Game drives or Optional Balloon safaris

5

 Lake Naivasha -Nakuru NP Lake Nakuru game Lodge DBB Bird-watching and cultural interaction tours

6

 Amboseli NP Kibo Safari Camp LDBB Big five safari Activities

7

 Tsavo West NP Ngulia Safari Camp LDBB Afternoon game drives

8

 Tsavo West Ngulia Safari Camp LDBB Full or half day Game drives
9 Tsavo West Ngulia Safari Camp LDBB Full or half day Game drives
10 Mbombasa-Watamu Beach Turtle Bay Beach Club LDBB Transfers connection to the Beach & Afternoon relaxation at the hotel
11 Watamu Beach Turtle Bay Beach Club LDBB Optional Water Activities: Diving, fishing, Snorkelling or fishing
12 Watamu – Malindi – Nairobi Departures BB After breakfast, depart to Nairobi for your onward flight departures.
BB-Bed and breakfast, LDBB-Lunch, dinner, bed and breakfast. Bottled water, local wine, drinks, parks fees, and game -viewing vehicle, driver, transfers, local flights & Safari activities all inclusive.

SAFARI ITINERARY DETAILS:

Day 1: Arrival - Nairobi - Nairobi National Park

On arrival at Jomo Kenyatta international Airport, met and greeted by your safari Guide from Afrika Zambezi Safaris or the local driver to transfer you to the local hotel. Lunch will be served at the Carnivore Restaurant. After Lunch, you will continue with your game viewing drive till evening when you will be checked in to your hotel for dinner and overnight stay.

Nairobi National Park

was established in 1946 and was the first National Park in Kenya. It is located approximately 7 kilometers south of the centre of Nairobi, Kenya's capital city, with only a fence separating the park's wildlife from the metropolis. Nairobi's skyscrapers can be seen from the park. Indeed, the proximity of urban and natural environments has caused conflicts between the animals and local people and threatens animals' migration routes. The 117 km2 Nairobi National Park is unique by being the only protected area in the world with a variety of animals and birds close to a capital city. As expected, the park is a principal attraction for visitors to Nairobi. Still, despite its proximity to civilization and relative small size for an African national park, Nairobi National Park boasts a large and varied wildlife population.

Dinner and overnight stay will be at Fairview Hotel or similar.

Day 2: Nairobi - Maasai Mara

After breakfast, you will be checked out of your hotel and depart for Maasai Mara Game Reserve, which is commonly known for the 'big five'. It takes about 5 Hours to arrive at the Maasai Mara by road. You will arrive in time for lunch and an afternoon game viewing drive till evening before returning to your lodge for dinner and overnight stay.

The Maasai Mara, now The New 7th wonder of the world and 4th preferred tourist destination in the world is a home to wildlife in such abundance and variety that it is difficult to imagine. The most spectacular event of the natural world takes place here; the annual migration of millions of wildebeest and zebra from the Serengeti (Tanzania) in search of water and pasture while being followed on their heels by the 
predators of the savanna; lion, cheetah, wild dog, jackal, hyena and vulture. It hosts over 450 species of animals which include lions, rhinos, hippos, crocodiles, giraffe, wildebeests, zebras, buffalo, warthogs, hyenas, jackals, wild dogs, buffalo, leopard, many kinds of antelopes and elephants

Dinner and overnight stay will be at Mara Leisure Camp / Fig tree Camp or similar.

Day 3 & 4 :Maasai Mara

After breakfast, experience the magical Masai Mara; with the option of a morning and an afternoon Game drives, taking your packed lunch during your drive. You will also have the option of taking a pre-breakfast balloon flight safari, at an extra cost, which will give you an unforgettable experience as you view animals very early in the morning from a birds' eye view.

The wildebeests are the most dominant inhabitants of the Masai Mara. Their numbers are estimated in the millions. The great migration starts in July each year when well over one million wildebeest along with large numbers of Thompson's gazelles, zebra and other herbivores migrate from the Serengeti plains in Tanzania to fresh pastures in the north and then back south again in October.

Optional Balloon Flight

You can opt to carry out your game viewing activity on an adventurous and unforgettable balloon flight over the spectacular Mara at an extra cost. This package includes a bush breakfast in the wild.

Dinner and overnight will be at Mara Leisure Camp / Fig tree Camp or similar.

Day 5: Maasai Mara - Lake Naivasha - Lake Nakuru

After an early pre-breakfast game viewing drive, you will have breakfast then check out of your lodge for departure to Lake Naivasha for a unique bird viewing and game viewing experience. Afterwards, you will depart Lake Naivasha for Lake Nakuru, with a stop over for late lunch at Naivasha town. You will arrive in the late afternoon, in time for a game viewing drive at the Lake Nakuru National Park till late evening, when you will return to your lodge for dinner and overnight stay.

Lake Naivasha is a fresh water lake located in Naivasha town, abundant in a diversity of over 400 species of bird life. The lake is unique as it has two other lakes in its vicinity; lakes Oloide and Sonachi (which is a crater lake).  There is also a game sanctuary that nears this lake. Joy Adamson, the author of 'born free', 'living free', and 'died free', used to live on the shores of the lake in the mid 1960's. There is frequently an occurrence of sudden storms at the lake. These storms gave the lake its name, Naiposha, a local Maasai word meaning sudden storms.

Dinner and overnight stay will be at Lake Nakuru Lodge

Day 6: Lake Nakuru - Nairobi - Amboseli National Park

You will enjoy a pre-breakfast game viewing drive, after which you will have breakfast, check out of your lodge and depart for Amboseli National Park. With a lunch stop over at Nairobi, you will arrive in the evening, in time for check in at your lodge for rest, dinner and overnight stay.

Lake Nakuruis one of the Rift Valley soda lakes. It lies to the south of Nakuru, in central Kenya and is protected by a small Lake Nakuru National Park. The lake's abundance of algae attracts a vast quantity of flamingos that famously lines the shore. Other birds also flourish in the area, as do warthogs, baboons and other large mammals. Black and White rhinos have also been introduced.

Dinner and overnight stay will be at Kibo Safari Camp or similar

Day 7: Amboseli National Park - Tsavo West National Park

You will spend the day enjoying morning and afternoon game viewing drives with lunch being served en route. Afterwards, depart for Tsavo West National Park for more game viewing drives, arriving in the evening in time for check in and overnight stay at your lodge.

The Tsavo West and Tsavo East National Parks form one of the largest National Parks in the world and covers a massive 4% of Kenya's total land.  Tsavo West is the most famous of the two and is painted on a sprawling canvas of endless skies, hills, liquid lava flows, rivers, sparkling oases and a cloud shadowed African savannah. The magic Mzima Springs is fed by over 250 million litres of fresh water gushing from the lava flows of the Chyulu Hills.  It provides a continuous supply of water to Mombasa town.  The park is famous for the numerous prides of maneless lions that patrol the plains and predate on the herbivore herds.  It offers some of the most magnificent fame viewing in the world with vast herds of dust-red elephant, hippo, giant crocodile and a wide variety of bird life.

Dinner and overnight stay will be at Ngulia Safari Camp or similar

Day 8 - 11:Tsavo West National Park – Mombasa – Watamu

After an early pre-breakfast game drive, after breakfast, you will depart Tsavo West National Park for Mombasa arriving ready for lunch and then to Watamu, arriving in the afternoon. You will check in at any of the two beach resorts ; Turtle Bay Beach club Or Hemingway's beach Resort for the next three nights enjoying all that Watamu beach can offer.

Watamu is a seaside resort on the Indian Ocean coast of Kenya. It lies on a small headland, between the Blue Lagoon and Watamu Bay. Its main industries are tourism and fishing. The nearest big town is Malindi. The shoreline in the area which features white sand beaches and offshore coral formations arranged in three bays: Watamu Bay, Blue Lagoon and Turtle Bay. They are protected as part of the Watamu Marine National Park. The Marine Park is considered to be one of the best snorkeling and diving areas on the East African coast.

All meals and overnights stay will be at Turtle Bay Beach club Or Hemingway's beach Resort

Day 12: Watamu – Malindi – Nairobi - Departure

On this day, after breakfast, you will depart for Malindi Airstrip for your flight to Nairobi arriving in time at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport where you will take your departure flight for your next destination.


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