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| Kenya | |
| 6 Nights / 7 Days - Nairobi - National Park- Sweetwaters- Mt. Kenya - Masai Mara | |
| Day 01: Mumbai - Nairobi | |
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Upon
arrival at Nairobi airport meet & greet by our local Representative
and transfer to your hotel. Afternoon you will have a safari briefing
before heading on a tour which includes a visit to the Giraffe Centre
and Karen Blixen (Author of Out of Africa) home and estate which
is now a Museum. Overnight at hotel.
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| Day 02: Nairobi - Aberdare National Park | |
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After
breakfast board safari minibus and head towards the highlands. Nestled
on the slopes of Mweiga Hills in a 1,300 acre wildlife sanctuary,
the Aberdare Country Club welcomes us for a sumptuous lunch.Here
we'll store our luggage and take a small overnight bag with us up
to The Ark. After lunch we'll depart on special buses into the thick
woodlands to the Ark at the heart of the Aberdare National Park.
Situated in a fairylands forest, we can stay up all night long if
we choose, game viewing from a variety of observation decks or an
underground bunker. The Ark is situated beside a floodlit waterhole
and natural saltlick, where a constant parade of wildlife will visit
throughout the night. There's absolutely no limit to the number
of animals we'll see. Birds and bushbuck are joined by elephant,
buffalo rhino, hyena or maybe lion who may come to sample the saltlick.
Dinner and Overnight at hotel. (B, D)
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| Day 03: National Park - Sweetwaters | |
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After
breakfast transfer to Kenya's "Big Game" country-Sweetwaters
Game Reserve. Enroute stop at the Equator gives us a chance to take
a photo with one foot in the northern and one foot in the Southern
hemispheres. This 22,000 acre Private Ranch encompasses a rich terrain
of plains, low hills and forest. Each of our luxurious thatched-roofed
tents has a private veranda and overlooks a large floodlit waterhole.
Our afternoon game drives gives us an opportunity to see a variety
of unusual species, including the Reticulated Giraffe, Grevy's Zebra
and Beisa Oryx. Included is a visit to Jane Goodall's Chimpanzee
Sanctuary. This evening we have a special treat - we'll take a night
game drive which gives us a unique chance to see animals not usually
seen during daylight. Dinner and Overnight at hotel. (B,D)
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| Day 04: Sweetwaters - Mt. Kenya | |
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After breakfast transfer to Mt Kenya Safari Club, one of the most exclusive clubs in the world. Set on the Equator with magnificent views of Mt. Kenya, this luxurious club spreads over 100 acres of manicured lawns, magnificent gardens and ornament ponds which are graced by free-roaming Peacocks and other exotic birds. For pleasure, activities available include horse riding, tennis, golf, putting green, croquet, heated swimming pool, trout fishing, as well as an art gallery, health & beauty parlor, boutique , club shops and the William Holden Animal Orphanage. The Mt Kenya Safari Club is indeed the showplace of East Africa. Dinner and Overnight at hotel. (B,D) |
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| Day 05: Mt. Kenya - Masai Mara | |
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After
breakfast, drive to Nairobi for lunch, then fly over the Great Rift
Valley to the Maasai Mara. The Maasai Mara Reserve is Kenya's most
precious wildlife sanctuary. This is Big Game country and long famed
as one of Africa's greatest concentrations of game. Plains game
are found herein staggering numbers which in turn supports a tremendous
predator population. During our afternoon game drive, we will have
opportunities to see herds of impala, wildebeest, giraffe, elephant,
topi, buffalo, wart-hog, ostrich as well as lion, cheetah, hyena
and possibly the elusive leopard. Our home for the next two nights
will be a permanent tented camp. After dinner, we will retire to
our cozy tents and sleep soundly to gentle noises of the Africa
night. Dinner and Overnight at hotel. (B,D)
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| Day 06: Masai Mara | |
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Today
travel across the savannah - watch herds of buffalo, wildebeest,
hartebeest, impala and gazelle. The Masai Mara is the northern-most
extremity of the great Serengeti ecosystem. Here dense thorn bushes
reveal browsing black rhino, and near the riverain woodland, large
number of giraffe and elephants are to be seen. Hippos cavort, en
masse in the Mara River. Dinner and Overnight at hotel.(B,D)
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| Day 07: Masai Mara - Nairobi - Mumbai | |
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After
breakfast, we venture once more in the wilds of the Mara, then return
to Nairobi by air and transfer to the Nairobi hotel. The remaining
day is free at leisure. Pick up and transfer to Nairobi Airport,
for your onward flight back home. (B)
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