16-Day Bush and Beach Safarii Van - K...

>> You'll be picked up from the airport by one of our representative at the airport. Have a short briefing and later drive to the hotel which is approximately 30 minutes drive. Upon arrival at the hotel, you will check in and rest. Dinner will be on your own account at the hotel.

• Time: 8-10hrs
• Meals: Breakfast (Lunch & dinner not included) Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

•  Accommodation: The Concord Hotel & Suites Mid-range hotel located in Nairobi (City)

>> After breakfast, you will be picked up by the driver and driven to Samburu National Reserve which lies 325 km north of Nairobi in the hot and arid periphery of the vast northern region of Kenya. The reserve is within the lands of the colorful Samburu people, close relatives of the Maasai, and harbours a number of wildlife species found only north of the equator. These include Grevy's zebra, the reticulated giraffe and the Beisa oryx. Samburu National Reserve offers unique vistas of rounded, rugged hills and undulating plains. The mix of wood and grassland with riverine forest and swamp is home to a wide variety of animal and birdlife. Arrive for lunch and later proceed on an afternoon game drive until sunset.

• Time: 8-10hrs
• Meals: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

•  Accommodation: Ashnil Samburu Camp Luxury tented camp bordering Samburu NR without fences

>> Spend another day in this reserve where game viewing and visibility is excellent. Bird life is superb with over 380-recorded species and game includes reticulated giraffes, Grevy’s zebras, elephants, Beisa oryx, Somali ostrich, hippos, crocodiles, gerenuks, buffalos, lions, leopards, cheetahs and hyenas. The long-necked gerenuk is a graceful antelope which spends much of its time in a bi-pedal stance seeking succulence among the withered scrub which dots this harsh terrain. Scenically, for most of the year Samburu is under the unsympathetic equatorial sun. Relief comes from the Ewaso Ng’iro River which rises some hundreds of kilometers to the west on the foothills of the Aberdares and which vanishes beyond Samburu in the recess of the Lorian Swamp.

• Time: 8-10hrs
• Meals: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

•  Accommodation: Ashnil Samburu Camp Luxury tented camp bordering Samburu NR without fences

>> After breakfast drive to Lake Naivasha. Arrive in time for lunch at the lodge. After lunch, you will have time to walk around and also enjoy rides at the lake. After that, you will drive back to the lodge for dinner. After dinner, relax inside the lodge.

• Time: 8-10hrs
• Meals: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

•  Accommodation: Muthu Lake Naivasha Country Club Luxury hotel located at Lake Naivasha (Naivasha)

>> After breakfast, check-out and drive to the Masai Mara National Reserve, so named to mean the “spotted plains” in the Maa language. This is home to the greatest concentration of large mammals and is widely recognized as Africa’s ultimate wildlife reserve. The park is the northern extension to the vast Serengeti-Mara ecosystem, famous for its annual migration of wildebeest. You'll arrive for lunch at your lodge. Enjoy an afternoon game drive until sunset in this spectacular place of breathtaking sceneries, never-ending plains and the most abundant variety of wildlife remaining anywhere in the world. The landscape is made up of rolling savannahs dotted with patchy shrubs and bush thickets.

• Time: 8-10hrs
• Meals: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

•  Accommodation: Enkorok Mara Camp Mid-range tented camp located just outside Masai Mara NR

>> After breakfast, you will spend the rest of the two days’ game watching on morning and afternoon game drives. Wildlife is abundant in the reserve with the gentle grasslands ensuring that animals are never out of sight. Birds are prolific including immigrants, 450 bird species have been recorded among them 57 birds of prey. Every year the Mara plays host to the world’s greatest natural spectacle; the Great Wildebeest Migration from the Serengeti. The big cats—lion, leopard, and cheetah—follow the wildebeest, essentially their main source of food, into the Mara. So the Mara at this time is literally packed with wildlife, providing lucky visitors on safari with superb sightings of game.

• Time: 8-10hrs
• Meals: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

•  Accommodation: Enkorok Mara Camp Mid-range tented camp located just outside Masai Mara NR

>> After breakfast, you will drive to Lake Nakuru arriving at the lodge in time for lunch. After lunch, relax and later proceed for an afternoon game drive and get to see the famous Lake Nakuru known for its prolific birdlife including flamingoes. The park contains a sanctuary for the conservation of the white and black rhinos.

• Time: 8-10hrs
• Meals: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

•  Accommodation: Punda Milias Nakuru Camp Budget hotel located outside Lake Nakuru NP (Kenya)

>> After breakfast, you will be picked up by one of our representative and driven to Amboseli National Park. You will arrive in time for lunch at the Amboseli. After lunch, relax and later on proceed for an afternoon game drive at Amboseli National Park. Amboseli is located in the lower slopes of mighty Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest, whose peak lies across the border in Tanzania. It is quite an experience to see Kilimanjaro hovering above the clouds in an early morning. The animal pictures arising against the dramatic backdrop of the mountain will thrill the photography enthusiast. Amboseli is renowned for its huge elephant herds. You are likely to see buffalo, black rhino, zebra, wildebeest and other plain animals. After the afternoon game drive, you will get back to the lodge for dinner.

• Time: 8-10hrs
• Meals: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

•  Accommodation: Sentrim Amboseli Lodge Mid-range tented camp located just outside Amboseli NP

>> Have a morning game drive and later get back to the lodge for breakfast. After breakfast, you will spend the rest of the day with on morning and evening game drives with picnic lunch boxes. Later on after the game drive, you will be back at the lodge. Have diner and relax.

• Time: 8-10hrs
• Meals: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

•  Accommodation: Sentrim Amboseli Lodge Mid-range tented camp located just outside Amboseli NP

>> After breakfast, you will drive to Tsavo West National Park. Upon arrival, you will check in at the lodge and have lunch. After lunch, you will start your afternoon game drive at the park. After the game drive, you will be back to the lodge for dinner and relax right after.

• Time: 8-10hrs
• Meals: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

•  Accommodation: Ashnil Aruba Lodge Mid-range lodge located inside Tsavo East NP

>> After breakfast, you will spend the rest of the days in morning and afternoon game drives. You will visit Mzima Springs for hippos, crocodiles and other animals such as zebras, buffaloes, impalas coming to quench thirst. Among other common animals, you may encounter the Big Five animals which are lions, leopards, buffaloes, elephants and rhinos. Others include wildebeests, warthogs, impalas, hartebeests, Grant and Thompson’s gazelles, jackals, hyenas among others. You'll also see birds such as weavers, starlings, stocks, bustards, crows, guinea fowls among others. Afterwards, you'll go back to the lodge for dinner.

• Time: 8-10hrs
• Meals: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

•  Accommodation: Ashnil Aruba Lodge Mid-range lodge located inside Tsavo East NP

>> After breakfast, you will drive to Mombasa. Upon your arrival at Mombasa, you will check into the hotel. Have lunch and later spend the rest of the afternoon at leisure. All meals are inclusive as well as local beers and spirits. Dinner will be served at the hotel. After dinner you will relax.

• Time: 8-10hrs
• Meals: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

•  Accommodation: Papillon Lagoon Reef Mid-range hotel located at Diani Beach

>> After breakfast, you will spend the days at leisure on the beach. The activities here include snorkeling, swimming, boat ride, camel ride, nature walks, sand bathing and a city tour. These activities can be arranged, booked and paid for directly back at your hotel. Lunch and dinner will be at the hotel.

• Time: 8-10hrs
• Meals: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

•  Accommodation: Papillon Lagoon Reef Mid-range hotel located at Diani Beach

>> After breakfast, the driver will come and pick you up in time for your international flight. This will mark the end of your memorable safari.

• Time: 8-10hrs
• Meals: Breakfast (Lunch & dinner not included) Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

•  Accommodation: No accommodation (End of tour)