Best of Magical Kenya ten nights Bush Safari
Day 1 –You will be met upon arrival at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and transferred to your hotel where you are booked in on bed and breakfast basis.
Day 2 –: Nairobi To Aberdares:
You will drive north through the lush Kikuyu farmlands and coffee plantations to the cool Kenyan highlands and coffee plantations to the cool Kenyan highlands arriving at the Aberdare rain forest with an abundance of rare species. Set in this lush forest is a countryside hotel called the Aberdare Country Club, which is a stepping stone hotel for your lunch. Most of your luggage will be left here for the night, as you will be transferred to The Ark, which is designed with numerous viewing decks, balconies and lounges that allow you to watch animals visiting the waterhole and salt lick. Dinner and overnight of game viewing at the Tree hotel. Dinner and overnight.
Day 3 – Aberdares to Samburu: Depart and drive further north to the Samburu Game Reserve. Arrive in time for lunch in your Camp where you are booked in on full board basis. Enjoy an afternoon game drive in the reserve. Samburu is famous for its rare animals normally viewed in the north of the equator. These are the gerenuk, reticulated giraffe, beisa oryx, and grevys zebra. Additionally, you will also get to enjoy the elephants, lions, cheetahs etc. Dinner and overnight.
Day 4 –Full day in Samburu. Full day in the reserve with early and afternoon game drives respectively. All meals and overnight at your Tented Camp or Lodge
Day 5 – Samburu to Olpajeta: After breakfast, depart Samburu and drive south towards the luxurious Sweetwaters Tented Camp. You will be able to sight one of Kenya’s greatest attractions – Mount Kenya. Arrive in time for lunch. Enjoy an afternoon game drive within the sanctuary. This private game reserve is well known for its Rhino and Chimpanzee sanctuary. Dinner and overnight at the camp.
A sheltered oasis, clustered around a waterhole and set in the
pristine calm of its own private reserve, Sweetwaters Tented Camp is in a class of its own. Abounding with wildlife, unfettered by the more rigorous strictures of the Kenyan National Parks and designed to offer a charming blend of under canvas ambiance and uncompromising luxury, it has long been the preferred retreat of wilderness and safari lovers alike. One of only four private game reserves in Kenya, Sweetwaters excels in the provision of privileged seclusion and private game viewing. Thanks to its private status it also allows such unforgettable pleasures as night game drives, guided bush walks and both horse or camel riding across its game-teaming plains.
Day 6 – Nanyuki to Nairobi Depart after breakfast and return to Nairobi. You will check in at your hotel where you are booked in on bed and breakfast basis.
Day 7 – Nairobi to Amboseli: After breakfast, drive towards Amboseli National park situated just north of Mt. Kilimanjaro arriving in time for lunch. Go for an afternoon game drive then return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
Home to the Maasai tribe, Amboseli National Park hosts over 400 species of breeding birds and teems with rare and wonderful wildlife. The rustic charm of the lodge lends itself not only to safari but also to those adventurers wishing to conquer the mountain’s snow-capped peaks.
Day 8 – Amboseli to Tsavo: You will depart Amboseli and continue your journey south to Tsavo, where you are booked in at Kilaguni or similar on full board basis. Go for a game drive and return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
Tsavo National Park is divided into two, the east and the west and is located southeast of Nairobi. Here, Rhinos, Elephants, Warthogs, Baboons and Hyenas roam freely.
Day 9 – Full day in Tsavo: Spend the full day in Tsavo and catch the animals you may have missed previously. Return to the lodge for dinner. Overnight.
Day 10 – Tsavo to Nairobi: Depart after breakfast and return to Nairobi. You will be dropped off at your hotel where you are booked in on bed and breakfast basis.
Day 11 – Departure
After breakfast, you will be transferred to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport to catch your flight back home. If your flight is in the evening, you may do some day excursions whilst you are in Nairobi, or just spend the day at your pace visiting downtown Nairobi.
Tour package includes:
- Accommodation at the indicated lodges and camp on full board
- Transport in a safari customized 4X4 Land Cruiser with pop up roof (02 Jeeps)
- All meals during the safari (Lunch, Dinner and Breakfast)
- All reserve/Park entrance fees
- UNLIMITED game drives
- UNLIMITED bottled water in Safari Landcruiser
- Services of a professional English speaking driver guide
- Use of Binoculars ( 01 Pair) Per Vehicle
- Membership to the Flying doctors service (AMREF)
- Visit to Maasai Village
- All relevant government taxes and levies
Tour package excludes:
- International or local Flights
- Travel Insurance
- Personal expenditures
- Tips and gratuities to the guides (Approximately 10 USD per person)
- Balloon flight over the Mara (450 USD per person)