Aberdares, Shaba,
Samburu, Mount Kenya, Masai Mara luxury lodge Safari, 7 Days
Aberdares, Shaba, Samburu, Mount Kenya, Masai Mara luxury
lodge Safari. Day 01: Nairobi - Aberdares
Gazetted in 1950, this park is one of the oldest in the
country and famous as the place where Princess Elizabeth
became Queen Elizabeth II of England whilst staying in the
original Treetops Lodge. Whilst it's prize inhabitant is the
Bongo Antelope, it is also home to the second largest
population of indigenous balck rhino and features miles of
high moorland scenery, tumbling waterfalls and sensational
views.
Distance: 180 km (2 hrs 30 min) Morning drive through
fertile Kikuyu land to the Aberdare Country Club for a farm
house lunch. In the afternoon transfer to the Ark for
evening and night game watching. Overnight accommodation at
the Ark, L,D.
Day 02: Aberdares - Shaba/Samburu
The Samburu, 250 miles north of Nairobi, is set in the lands
of the colourful Samburu pastrolists. The Shaba National
Reserve is rugged wilderness featuring bubbling hot springs,
rolling savannah, miles of scrub and desert and the Ewaso
Nyiro River which supports a diversity of wildlife to
include not only elephants, leopards and lion but also the
rare Grevy's zebra.
Distance: 210 km (3 hrs. 30 min.) Soon after breakfast at
the Ark, rejoin your safari driver at the Aberdare Country
Club and continue further north to the semi-desert area of
Shaba National Reserve. Afternoon game viewing drive in this
reserve. Lunch, dinner and overnight at Sarova Shaba
Lodge/Samburu Lodge, B, L,D.
Day 03: Shaba/Samburu
Early rise for game viewing drive in the adjacent Samburu
National Park. Breakfast at Samburu Serena Lodge. Further
game viewing drive in the Park. Return to Sarova Shaba Lodge
for lunch. Afternoon at leisure for perhaps a game viewing
drive in this reserve. Overnight at Sarova Shaba
Lodge/Samburu Lodge, B, L,D.
Day 04: Shaba - Mount Kenya Safari Club
Mount Kenya Safari Club is located near the high slopes of
Africa's second highest mountain, Mt Kenya straddling the
equator in a glory of luxurious cottages and elegant
buildings set amid manicured lawns and decorative ponds.
Ever since the club was founded in 1959 by the late film
star William Holden, eccentric American Ray Ryan, and Swiss
financier Carl Hirschmann, it has been a Mecca for the
international jet set - its list of members reads like a
Who's Who of royalty, aristocracy, and the rich and famous.
Whether visiting Kenya at a leisurely pace or stopping
simply for lunch, the Mount Kenya Safari Club maintains an
immutably majestic presence and is a touching reminder of
the vision of its creators. Mount Kenya Safari Club is a
three and a half hour drive from Nairobi. Alternatively, it
is a fifty-minute flight to Nanyuki airstrip and a
fifteen-minute transfer drive to the club.
Mount Kenya Safari Club's history is as colorful and
exciting as its members, guests and visitors from the
pioneers who made the homestead and the farm, their own,
through its conversion into an upcountry hotel, to the
uproarious narrative of the three hell-raisers who bought it
on a whim and launched a legend.
Distance: 160 km (2 hrs. 30 min) Breakfast and drive to
Nanyuki. Lunch, dinner & overnight at Mount Kenya Safari
Club, B, L,D.
Day 05: Mount Kenya Safari Club - Masai Mara
This reserve is Kenya’s most popular game sanctuary, most
famous and visited game reserve in Kenya. The park adjoins
the Serengeti park of Tanzania. A land of undulating hills
and rolling grasslands supports a huge animal population.
During the months of July to September, millions of
wildebeests and zebras migration overflow into the Mara from
the Serengeti national park in Tanzania. The black manned
lion dominated the Mara, cheetahs, elephants, cape
buffaloes, giraffe, gazelle, antelope and many other plains
game are to be found here.
Accommodation: Game lodges, Luxury tented camps, public and
privately owned campsite.
Distance: 145 miles (1 hr. flight) After breakfast, transfer
to Nanyuki airstrip in time for your spectacular flight over
the Rift Valley to the magnificent Masai Mara Reserve.
Lunch. 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 and overnight
at Sarova Mara Camp/Mara Simba Lodge/Mara Sopa Lodge, B, L,D.
Day 06: Masai Mara
Sunrise and sundown are 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. Morning and afternoon game
drive. Full board at Sarova Mara Camp/Mara Simba Lodge/Mara
Sopa Lodge, B, L,D.
Day 07: Masai Mara - Nairobi
After breakfast drive back to Nairobi, B.
Remarks
Only a small overnight bag is permitted, storage facilities
are available at the "base hotel". Children below 7 are not
admitted. Tie & jacket for gentlemen and evening gown for
ladies are required after sundown. From 18.30 hrs, children
under 12 are not permitted in public areas. Only 15 kg.
permitted on light aircraft.
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