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7 Days Masai Mara / Nakuru / Amboseli
DAY 1: Nairobi
On your arrival at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, our
representative will transfer you to the Safari Park Hotel in Kenya
where you will spend the night on a bed and breakfast basis.
Counting on your arrival time you will have to explore Nairobi Town
on your pace. Over night at Kenya Safari Park Hotel
DAY 2: Masai Mara National Reserve
After breakfast, you'll travel towards Kenya's fertile highlands and
leading down the Rift Escarpment on a road built by Italian
prisoners of war during World War II. Look for the captivating
chapel they built at the foot of the escarpment. Pass via the
majestic Longonot earth satellite station as you proceed across the
Valley to Narok. Move across acres of barley and wheat, before you
reach the Masai Mara. After lunch, take a siesta, there is an
afternoon game drive returning to the lodge as the sunsets. Over
night and meals Mara Sopa Safari Lodge (FB).
DAY 3: Masai Mara National Reserve
Wake up very early for a morning game drive in the Masai Mara and
then an afternoon game drive will follow. Note however that at
certain times of the year the park is the Migration scene of the
Wildebeest - and so if you time your Safari accurately, you will
witness the event. What an interesting occurrence! Over night and
meals at Mara Sopa Lodge (FB).
DAY 4: Lake Nakuru National Park
After breakfast, you'll see the world across the 'breadbasket' of
Kenya, where acres of wheat and barley litter the landscape as you
head north to Narok, the district headquarters of this part of Masai
land. Cross the vast plains on the floor of the Rift Valley, to
encounter herds of giraffe and gazelle as you head up the Mau
Escarpment, before arriving at your destination, Lake Nakuru. The
waters here are often coloured shimmering flamingo pink, from
thousands of the beautiful birds lining its shores. Once in the
park, there will be a game drive en route to the lodge. Have lunch
and rest a bit in preparation for an afternoon game drive returning
to the lodge in the evening. Over night and meals at Sarova Lion
Hill Lodge (FB).
DAY 5: Amboseli National Park
Begin a journey across the top of the Rift Valley Escarpment,
providing magnificent views of Lakes Naivasha, Elementaita and the
Great Rift Valley, not leaving out the dormant Longonot volcano at a
centripetal stage. Move via the Kenya's highlands, for lunch in
Nairobi and then proceed south across the Athi Plains to the border
town of Namanga. Here you'll detour east to Amboseli National Park
at the foot of grand Mount Kilimanjaro, habitat to a wealth of
wildlife but particularly known for its elephants. reach your lodge
with game viewing in the late after noon then en route. Over night
and meals at Amboseli Serena Safari Lodge or Ol Tukai Lodge (FB).
Day 6: Amboseli National Park
Enjoy morning and afternoon game drives in Amboseli, returning to
the lodge. Over night and meals at Amboseli Serena Safari Lodge or
Ol Tukai Lodge (FB).
DAY 7: Day of Departure
After breakfast take a game drive and you'll hopefully catch your
last clear early morning view of the majestic Mount Kilimanjaro as
you leave Amboseli behind, while heading west to the brilliant
border town of Namanga. Here you may find a good discount on unique
Maasai beadwork. Then detour north along a good tarmac road across
the gorgeous and apparently never ending Athi Plains, arriving in
Kenya's buzzing capital City of Nairobi by mid day. B
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