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AWS 017: 4 DAYS SAFARIS TREE LODGE - SAMBURU
Day 1:
After breakfast, drive through lush coffee and tea plantations
towards the Mt Kenya region. Lunch will be at a base hotel
from where you will be transferred to your tree lodge. Enjoy
the unique experience of all night and unlimited game viewing.
Dinner and overnight at a tree lodge surrounded by forest
and overlooking an illuminated waterhole and salt lick.
Day 2:
After breakfast, transfer to base hotel for onward journey
to Samburu. After lunch, a game drive to sight the resident
wildlife species like the Reticulated Giraffe, Grevy's Zebra,
Beisa Oryx and the blue-necked Somali Ostrich that are rare
elsewhere in the country.
Dinner and the night will be spent along the banks of the
Uaso Nyiro River at one of the luxurious Samburu Lodges.
Day 3:
Enjoy two extensive game drives today. Explore and traverse
over some of the world's most spectacular and exciting terrain.
Overnight and meals at the lodge.
Day 4:
After breakfast, depart for Nairobi.
AWS 018: Tsavo west - Amboseli
Day 1:
After breakfast, depart for Tsavo West National Park which
lies roughly halfway between Nairobi and the Mombasa Coast.
The chief marvel here is the Mzima Springs, replenished with
two hundred and twenty million litres of crystal clear water
everyday, from the underground streams stemming from the lava
massif known as Chyulu Hills. Mzima Springs is a favorite
haunt of hippos and crocodiles. There are well-marked nature
trails, an observation platform and an underwater glass tank,
which provides a special vantage point to view this remarkable
oasis. Arrive in time for lunch at a lodge located within
the boundaries of the Park. An early evening game drive to
see large herds of Elephants, Buffalo, Common Waterbuck, Eland,
Gerenuk, Masai Giraffe, Black Rhino and Antelopes. Bird life
is also in abundance at this park of great diversity in habitat
and terrain. Return to the lodge for dinner and overnight
stay.
Day 2:
After breakfast, head for the bushy country of Amboseli National
Park. Amboseli National Park is a landscape dominated everywhere
by the glistening, majestic snowcap of the mighty Mt Kilimanjaro
- a fitting backdrop to the wild region. It is also the region
where pastoral Masai and their cattle have lived in harmony
with wild creatures for many a century. After lunch, experience
an afternoon game drive at the foot of Africa's highest mountain.
Dinner and overnight is at one of the Amboseli Lodges, located
in the
very heart of the Amboseli National Park.
Day 3:
Early morning game drive that is rewarded by magnificent views
of the mighty Mt Kilimanjaro with its snowcapped summit appearing
pink in the rising sun. Amboseli is known for its abundance
of elephants as well as hippopotamus, giraffe, lion and black
rhino. The snows of Kilimanjaro, white and crystalline, form
a majestic backdrop to one of Kenya's most spectacular displays
of wildlife, creating Kenya's most sought after photographer's
paradise. After lunch, an extensive game drive is followed
by dinner and overnight at the lodge.
Day 4:
After breakfast, depart for Nairobi.
AWS 019: Nakuru - Maasai Mara
Day 1:
Drive via the Great Rift Valley escarpment, experiencing breathtaking
views of the world's greatest land rift, to arrive in time
for lunch. Enjoy an afternoon game drive in Lake Nakuru National
Park. The park provides a sanctuary for the rhino. Lake Nakuru
has always been considered a flamingo lake par excellence.
The contrast and apparent dislocation between the shallow
soda lake with its primeval birds and the animated woods all
around it give Lake Nakuru National Park a very distinctive
appeal. Dinner and overnight at a lodge over-looking the lake.
Day 2:
After breakfast, depart for Masai Mara - the sights, sounds,
colors and spectacle that spell Africa. Arrive in time for
lunch. In the afternoon, embark on a game drive to get a closer
look at the Mara. Return to an archetypal Mara lodge/tented
camp for
sundowners, dinner and overnight stay.
Day 3:
Awaken to the sounds of the big game country and venture out
to absorb the enormosity of the Mara. In this country of breathtaking
vistas, view its vast assemblages of plains game together
with their associated predators: Buffalo, Black Rhino, Hippopotamus,
Leopard, Cheetah, Common Zebra, Coke's Hartebeest, White bearded
Gnu, Oribi, Warthog, and Thompson's and Grant's Gazelles.
An early evening game drive to catch up on all that was missed.
All meals and overnight stay at the lodge/tented camp.
Day 4:
After breakfast, return to Nairobi.
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