Highlights of Kenya 2019
Tour Name: Highlights of Kenya 2019
Trip Duration: 8 Days / 7 Nights
Safari Highlights
- Nairobi: 01 night
- Aberdare/Mt. Kenya Region: 01 night
- Samburu: 02 nights
- Great Rift Valley/Lake Nakuru: 01 night
- Masai Mara: 02 nights
DETAILED ITINERARY
Day 1 Arrival Nairobi
Arrive Nairobi at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. After customs and immigration formalities, you will be welcomed and transferred to your Nairobi City Hotel where you are booked on Bed & Breakfast.
Day 2 Nairobi – Aberdares/Mount Kenya Region
Breakfast and morning at leisure. Lunch at Safari Park Hotel followed by departure in direction Aberdares/Mount Kenya region. Arrival in the afternoon. Enjoy beautiful views of Mount Kenya (weather dependent). Dinner and overnight.
Day 3 Aberdares/Mount Kenya Region – Samburu
Breakfast at your lodge. Depart for Samburu. Game drive Samburu with picnic lunch en-route.
Animals commonly seen are elephants, lions, cheetahs, Grevy’s zebras, giraffes, gerenuks, buffalos, Oryx, grants gazelles, dikdiks and waterbucks. There are over 350 varieties of birds. These include the famous Somali Ostriches (distinguished by their unique purple/blue legs during mating season), kingfishers, humming birds, eagles, guinea fowls and vultures.
Arrival in the late afternoon. Dinner and overnight.
Day 4 Samburu National reserve
Enjoy a morning and afternoon game drive in Samburu. All meals at your Lodge/Camp.
Day 5 Samburu National reserve – Lake Nakuru National park
Breakfast at your Lodge/Camp. Departure to Nyahururu Falls for Photo stop and picnic lunches. Continue to Lake Nakuru national park.
The park is a popular place for visitors as well as locals. Waterbuck are usually sighted along the lake shore, and this is the home of the Rothschild’s giraffe. Baboon, impala, buffalo, monkeys, warthog, impala, reedbuck and eland are also resident here. However, the main attractions are the rhinos. The park is a designated rhino sanctuary and it is one of the best places in Kenya to observe them. Both black and white Rhinos thrive here.
Besides the greater and lesser flamingoes, the park is home to many other species including, the Great crested Grebe, the black necked Grebe, little Grebe, Pelicans, Cormorant, African Darter, Egyptian Geese, night Heron, Fish Eagle, grey Heron, Marabou stork, Sacred and Hadada Ibis.
Game drive and arrival at your Lodge in the early evening. Dinner and overnight.
Day 6 Lake Nakuru National Park – Masai Mara Game Reserve
After breakfast departure in direction Masai Mara with picnic lunches.
Leaving the lakes area behind; begin your ascent up over the top of the Mau Escarpment. Then, heading due south, you travel towards Narok, gateway to the Masai Mara and district headquarters of this part of Maasailand. You’ll travel across the “breadbasket” of Kenya, covered with acres of wheat and barley, before you reach your lunchtime destination. After lunch, proceed for a game drive. Masai Mara is a magnificent landscape of open plains bisected by the Mara River and its tributaries, and punctuated by marshes and forests. Certainly the most frequented game reserve in Kenya, this 650 sq kilometer reserve supports the highest density of game to be seen anywhere. During the seasonal migrations, Masai Mara is home to up to a million wildebeest and an equally impressive number of zebras that move into the area from neighboring Serengeti National Park, in Tanzania. The reserve is home to all the “big five” and it is also possible to observe; baboon, eland, ostrich, bat-eared fox, jackal and cheetah. The rivers abound with hippos and crocodiles.
Visit of an authentic Masai Village for cultural encounter. Arrival at your Lodge/Camp in the late afternoon. Dinner and overnight.
Day 7 Masai Mara Game Reserve
Wake up call. Early morning tea/coffee. Set out for an early morning game drive in the reserve. This is usually the most popular game viewing time. During the early hours temperatures are low, thus providing a favorable atmosphere both for the game and the viewer. Lion, Cheetah and Leopard roam the vast grasslands in search for their next meal, it may be an unsuspecting impala or even a small one like the warthog…whatever the players, and the spectacle of nature unfolding is always awe inspiring! Return to the lodge for breakfast. Mid-morning at leisure. Lunch at the lodge. Afternoon game drive will follow returning for dinner and overnight.
Day 8 Masai Mara Game Reserve – Nairobi – Departure
After breakfast drive to Nairobi. Drop off at your Nairobi City Hotel or Jomo Kenyatta international Airport for your out bound flight in the evening.
End of our services.
General Notes:
- Standard Guide Language is English, if Guide with German/Spanish/French language abilities is needed a Private Departure has to be booked and it is depending on availability.
- Please note that no bookings have been made at this stage. This offer is subject to availability upon confirmation unless otherwise stated.
- Suggested accommodation may be changed to similar depending on availability at the time of booking.
- Private Safaris Management reserves the right to change the program and schedule according to prevailing weather conditions.
- This proposal cost is subject to change due to unforeseeable changes in fuel and other levies.
- All accommodation is based on standard room category.
- Re-routing of Itineraries due to limited space availability:
- There may be some departures operated on a re-routed version depending on the status given, but reflecting same experience and number of game drives.
- Government taxes/levies & national park related fees
- The rates above are inclusive of current levies/taxes & national park related fees as of today, however should there be any new taxes/levies/national park related fees introduced and/or increase of any current taxes/levies/national park related fees by Government/statutory bodies the same shall be passed on to you
- E&OE
Safari Rates include:
- Arrival and departure transfer Nairobi
- Meet & Greet on arrival at Jomo Kenyatta international Airport Nairobi on Day 1
- Assistance on departure at Jomo Kenyatta international Airport Nairobi on Day 8 (up to security check Departure Hall)
- Accommodation and meals as specified in the itinerary
- Game drives as indicated in the itinerary (please be aware that due to unforeseeable weather and traffic circumstances not every game drive can be guaranteed)
- Park entry fees to all parks and reserves included in the itinerary for 24hrs each (fees are subject to change)
- Transportation in 6 seater custom-made Safari Minivan with services of experienced Private Safaris English speaking safari driver guide (Guaranteed Window Seat &
access to pop-up Roof) - Two bottles of half liter mineral water per day during game drives.
- 24/7 Concierge Service
- Flying doctors coverage: (Covers clients within East Africa for a period of 30 days. In the eventuality of a medical emergency, they will be airlifted to Nairobi where they will be taken to a good hospital. Hospital bills are born by the patient.)
Safari Rates exclude:
- International & Domestic flights (if not mentioned above)
- Personal insurance and baggage insurance
- Visa fees wherever applicable.
- All drinks & meals unless stated above.
- All tips and porterage.
- Laundry, massages and other personal expenses e.g. mini-bar & telephone unless otherwise stated
- Any other services not mentioned above and other optional/additional activities.
Cancellation and No show charges.
Reservations that are cancelled, reduced in length of stay or reduced in numbers (hereinafter collectively called a CANCELLATION) are subject to Cancellation and No Show fees. Whenever such fees are charged by the supplier(s), either hotel/camp or agent, PSL will forward the same to the respective tour operator.
- 61 and more days prior to arrival: 0%
- 59 days to 31 days prior to arrival: 50%
- 30 days to 15 days prior to arrival: 75%
- 14 days prior to arrival an no-show: 100%
All cancellations must be given in writing.