Detailed
itinerary
Day 1:
Airport - Nairobi
Arrive at Jomo Kenyata International Airport in Nairobi where you will
be met by an Eyes on Africa representative. Your safari driver / guide
will take you to your hotel in Nairobi. After being accommodated, you
will have a meeting with your guide to discuss all the important
information for your journey which will start the next day.
Overnight at Fairview
Hotel 4****.
Day 2:
Nairobi - Lake Naivasha
After breakfast, you will drive to Lake Naivasha, 120 km from Nairobi.
You will settle in Crater Lake Lodge, an 87 hectare private game
sanctuary surrounding a beautiful, green soda lake. The lodge is
situated at 6,300 feet in the bottom of an extinct volcano on the lake
shore.
After lunch, you will spend the afternoon exploring the
crater on a
walking safari.
In the crater live several troops of colobus monkeys, as well as bush
buck, waterbuck, genet cats and marsh mongoose. Outside the crater, the
animal population is a changing one, but on most days, you can find
giraffe, all the plains game, warthogs, baboons and vervets. Crater
Lake is also known for its birds and the opportunity to walk in the
African bush in complete safety.
Your walk around the crater will culminate with a champagne
sundowner
on the highest point of the crater rim.
You will return to camp for dinner followed by a night game
drive in
the sanctuary. You can see hippo, buffalo, and many smaller night
species such as the mongoose, bat eared fox, jackal, hyena, and if
you’re lucky, leopard and aardvark.
Dinner and overnight in Crater
Lake Lodge 4****.
Crater Lake Lodge is a small, luxurious lodge consisting of
just 10
permanent tents situated on the shore of this calm, green lake in a
beautiful, quiet surrounding. It is one of the most romantic places in
Kenya.
Day 3:
Lake Naivasha - Nakuru National Park
After breakfast, you will depart for Nakuru National Park.
You’ll arrive at Mbweha Lodge for lunch. After a lunch break,
you will be taken on an afternoon game drive in Lake Nakuru National
Park.
Lake Nakuru is an ornithological paradise with over 400 species found
here. The lake is of world renown for its masses of flamingos and is
often referred to as the “pink lake”. Besides the
hundreds of species of birds, you’ll probably see other game
like warthogs, impalas, waterbucks, zebras, buffalos and endangered
Rothschilds giraffes. The park is also known for its white rhinos which
are one of the most endangered species in Africa.
Dinner and overnight at Mbweha
Lodge 4****.
This lodge is set in a private sanctuary and with only a few
rooms /
houses to provide a truly relaxing safari experience.
Day 4 & 5:
Nakuru National Park - Masai Mara National Reserve
After breakfast, you will drive to Masai Mara National Reserve.
You’ll arrive at Mara Serena Lodge for lunch. In this
luxurious lodge, you’ll stay two days on a full board basis
including game-drives.
Masai Mara National Reserve is said to be one of the world’s
premier game-viewing destinations. Lions are frequently seen in the
Mara and having grown accustomed to cars, you are very likely to see
them feeding on a kill during your visit. This is also a good place to
see cheetah sitting regally atop a termite mound watching the world.
Other animals include zebra, spotted hyena, black backed jackal, hippo,
giraffe, eland and wildebeest. The richness of the fauna and flora and
the untouched life of Africa, continuing as it has for thousands of
years, is secondary to the Mara's annual migration of wildebeest.
The spectacle of more than a million of these creatures moving as a
great mass across the savannah is one of the most breathtaking sights
in nature. The actual migration does not last very long, and its start
is impossible to predict accurately. Nevertheless, visitors to Masai
Mara in August through September are certain to see great herds of
wildebeest and zebra. However, all year round, the Mara is rich in
resident wildlife, and the combination of its gentle climate with its
scenic splendour and unbelievable wildlife make it Kenya's most popular
game reserve. The Maasai people live on the reserve's fringes and are
co-owners of the reserve, sharing in revenues from tourism. Besides the
normal safari activities, it is also possible to go hot-air ballooning
and do a walking safari in some areas, one of the finest ways to see
Africa.
Overnight at Mara
Serena Safari Lodge 5*****.
Perched on the saddle of a hill, the Mara Serena Safari Lodge
has one
of the most spectacular views imaginable across the vast planes of the
Mara. It is one of the best five star accommodations in Kenya.
Day 6:
Masai Mara National Reserve - Nairobi
You’ll leave Masai Mara after breakfast and proceed back to
Nairobi.
On the way back, you will visit a traditional Maasai village.
The
Maasai are the most well-known tribe in Kenya and Tanzania mostly
because their traditional life has remained the same for centuries.
They settled in Kenya in the 17th century, migrating from Ethiopia and
Sudan. They belong to the Nilotic language group, and their culture is
totally based upon their cattle. In Masai Mara, they found plenty of
space for their cows to graze while sharing the endless savannah with
the wildlife.
They have a reputation for being fearless warriors, and you
will see
young boys walking with their cattle among zebras and other plains
animals, armed with spears, bows and arrows to protect their animals
from lions, leopards or hyenas. They wear very colourful clothes,
mostly red in colour, which is believed to protect them from lion
attacks. They are polygamous, and the women’s jobs are to
take care for the children, build houses from mud, and milk the cows.
They also make unique, colourful beadwork.
You will arrive in Nairobi in the afternoon.
Overnight at the Fairview
Hotel 4****.
Ask yor guide to recommend one of Nairobi’s famous
restaurants for your goodbye dinner.
Day 7:
Depart from Nairobi
Transfer to Jomo Kenyata International Airport in Nairobi from where
you may continue to your next destination.
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