ASSLSK901: 9 Days Kenya Safari Experience, African Safari

Departs daily at 07.00 hrs.

Day 1. Nairobi - Samburu

Distance: 360 km (5 hrs, 30 min). Pick up from your hotel at 7am. Drive north through cultivations of coffee and pineapple to Mountain Lodge on the slopes of Mount Kenya for a sumptuous lunch. In the afternoon continue on to Samburu National Reserve. Dinner and overnight at Samburu Sopa Lodge, B,L,D.

Day 2. Samburu

Full day of game viewing drives in this dry semi-arid park with its striking background view of the Mathew's Range. The gently flowing Uaso Nyiro River, which traverses this Park, provides evergreen vegetation for the rare gerenuk, Grevy zebra and reticulated giraffe found in this park. All meals and overnight at Samburu Sopa Lodge, B,L,D.

Day 3. Samburu - Mount Kenya

Distance: 200 km (3 hrs) After breakfast, depart to Mt Kenya National Park to arrive in time for lunch at the Serena Mountain Lodge, located at 2,194 meters on the slopes of Mt Kenya. Mountain Lodge Serena is the only 'tree hotel' ever to be built on the slopes of Kenya's legendary Mount Kenya, Mountain Lodge offers a matchless game viewing opportunity whilst combining a glorious panorama of mountain vistas with the primordial splendors of an ancient rainforest. The lodge is surrounded by dense rainforest that comes alive at dusk with myriad of sounds that make the African bush so special and exhilarating. Elephants, buffalo, rhino and waterbuck are regular visitors to the lodge's waterhole. Optional nature walk can be arranged at US$ 30 per person. Dinner and Overnight at the Mountain Lodge Serena, L,D.

Day 4. Mount Kenya - Lake Nakuru

Distance: 200 km (3 hrs.) After breakfast depart to Lake Nakuru National Park with an enroute game viewing to arrive in good time for lunch at your Flamingo Hill Tented Camp nestled between the honeymoon hills, and set in beautifully landscaped grounds with natural foliage and a variety of indigenous African plants and flowers, Flamingo Hill Camp provides superb, luxury tented accommodation. It is the perfect place to experience one of the world's largest ornithological spectacles, The Pink Flamingo, or a rich concentration of wildlife including black and white colobus monkey and is also a famed Rhino Sanctuary. Afternoon game drive in the park and around the lake. Dinner and overnight stay at Flamingo Hill Camp, B,L,D.

Day 5. Lake Nakuru - Masai Mara

Distance: 285 km. (5 hrs.). After an early breakfast, drive to Masai Mara with a short enroute game viewing to arrive for lunch at your chosen lodge. Afternoon game viewing drive in this well known game reserve situated in the North of the Serengeti Plains and famous for its abundance of wildlife. Dinner & overnight at Mara Sopa Lodge, L,D.

Day 6. Masai Mara

Enjoy two game drives, sunrise and sundown being the greatest moments for game viewing in these mystic plains, a time where the soft red hues of the sun will give your photographs the clarity of the actual African savannah. Full day of game drives with overnight accommodation at Mara Sopa Lodge, B,L,D.

Optional activities:

-Visit to a local Maasai village for a Maasai cultural tour: US$ 25 per person

-Hot air balloon ride: US$ 425 per person

Day 7. Masai Mara - Lake Naivasha

Distance: 250 km (5 hrs). Drive via the Great Rift Valley escarpment with breathtaking views of the world's greatest land rift to the papyrus fringed Lake Naivasha. Sunset boat ride to see the hippos. Overnight accommodation at Lake Naivasha Sopa Lodge, D

Day 8. Lake Naivasha - Nairobi - Amboseli

Distance: 90 km (1 hr. 15 min) & 270 km (4 hrs.). After breakfast drive to south to Amboseli National Park via Nairobi arriving in time for lunch at your lodge. Afternoon game viewing with the immense grandeur of Mt Kilimanjaro in the background. Dinner and overnight at Amboseli Sopa Lodge, B,L,D.

Day 9. Amboseli - Nairobi

Distance: 270 km (4 hrs). Early morning game drive. After breakfast enjoy another game drive. After lunch, drive back to Nairobi to arrive at approximately 5pm where the tour ends, B

Tour price: US$ 2485 per person sharing. Single room supplement: US$ 415

Safari price includes:

-Guarantee price; Guarantee departure

-Ground transport in a safari van with pop up roof for game viewing, photography and touring

-Full board accommodation whilst on safari

-Meal plan as described, B=Breakfast, L=Lunch and D=Dinner

-Accommodation in double/twin/triple room sharing

-All park entrance fees to include government taxes

-Service of an English speaking professional driver/guide

-Bird watching and overnight floodlit game viewing at Mountain Lodge Serena, Mount Kenya National Park

-Great views of Mt Kilimanjaro in Amboseli

-Game drives as detailed in the itinerary