10 Days Untamed Africa Safari
Destination: Nairobi
From US$ 2,456 to US$ 3,705 10 days excluding flights
Summary of Key Tour Details:
· Duration: 10Days/9Nights
· Destinations: Nairobi/Aberdares/Samburu/Lake Nakuru/Hells Gate/Mara Mara
· Accommodation: 4star Hotels/Lodges/ Tented Camps
· Flight Option: Flying option available for this safari at an extra cost
· Point to Note: A night in Nairobi has been added at the beginning of the safari
Key Points to Note:
· We offer exclusive private vehicle and driver-guide throughout the safari
· We offer unlimited game drives in all our safaris; with options of full day game drive with park lunch for maximum game viewing
· We offer exclusive private vehicle and driver from 2pax onwards and we don’t mix clients
· In Peak Season, Early booking is always advised as hotels tend to fill up early
Day 1: Arrive Nairobi
Arrive in Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (time to be advised). Meet and assist by
Wild Quest Safaris airport representative and transferred to your city hotel for the evening.
Overnight at Sarova Panafric Hotel or similar hotel booked on Bed and Breakfast
Meals – Lunch and dinner pay Direct
Day 2: Nairobi Sightseeing
After breakfast visit the Karen Blixen Museum. Located in Karen, the beautiful Nairobi suburb that was once part of Karen Blixen’s vast coffee estate, “Mbogani” was Karen’s home from 1917 until 1931. The house was made famous by the film “Out of Africa”. Visitors have a glimpse of typical colonial life in Kenya at the turn of the twentieth century. As well as many of Karen’s original belongings, replicas replace items that have been lost over the years. At the front of the house the original millstone tables can be seen from which Karen conducted much of her farm business.
We will also visit the Giraffe Centre, headquarters for AFEW, the African Fund for Endangered Wildlife. Made famous by „Daisy Rothschild, a giraffe calf rescued from Soi on the border of Western Kenya, Giraffe Manor was established in 1983 as a sanctuary for the then endangered Rothschild giraffe. There is also the opportunity to learn more about giraffe at the interpretation center and hand-feed them while watching the semi-tame family of warthogs snuffle around.
After lunch at the Karen Blixen Coffee Garden (pay direct), this afternoon we will visit the Bomas of Kenya, located just a few kilometers from the city center. Bomas is a Swahili word for villages and the Bomas of Kenya contains numerous homesteads reflecting Kenya’s cocktail of cultures, faithfully recreated for visitors to see traditional village life of the many Kenyan communities. There will be a display of traditional dances, music and other folklore traditional songs in a splendid arena.
Overnight at Sarova Panafric Hotel or similar hotel booked on Bed and Breakfast
Meals – Lunch and dinner pay Direct: Breakfast in the hotel
Day 3: Nairobi/ Aberdares National Park
After breakfast depart for Aberdares National Park. Lunch at the Out span or Aberdares Country Club. After lunch, continue to the Aberdares National Park and upon arrival; check in at The Ark Lodge. Have the entire afternoon and evening for watching wildlife from the hotel terrace.
Dinner and Overnight at The ark lodge or similar lodge/camp booked on Full Board
Meals - Breakfast at Nairobi; Lunch and Dinner in Aberdares
Day 4: Aberdares / Samburu Game Reserve
After breakfast we will travel further north to Samburu Game Reserve. Relax along the way and have lunch. After lunch continue with the journey arriving in Samburu in the late afternoon in time for a late game drive in search of the rarely found species of wild game like the rare reticulated giraffe, grevy's zebra, and the long necked gerenuk antelopes. Beisa Oryx, blue flanked Somali ostrich, vulturine guinea fowl and also braving lions on the grass, leopards in the trees and plenty of other plains game.
Dinner and Overnight at Samburu sopa Lodge or similar lodge/camp booked on Full Board
Meals - Breakfast in Aberdares; Lunch and Dinner at the lodge in Samburu
Days 5: Full Day in Samburu Game Reserve
Enjoy a full day game viewing and bird watching. The Samburu Game Reserve offers what is arguably Kenya’s greatest – and least changed – encounter with the wild Africa of yesteryear. The reserve hosts a wide variety of animal species not found south of the Equator including the majestic Beisa Oryx, the reticulated giraffe, the thin-striped Grevy’s zebra, and the ‘giraffe-necked’ gerenuk antelope, which stands on its hind legs to feed. Elephant, buffalo, lion, leopard and 400- plus species of birds complete the perfect experience in Samburu. This is the home of the Samburu tribe, cousins of the Maasai, who share the same nomadic, cattle-herding existence, and an even stricter adherence to their age-old rites and customs.
Dinner and Overnight at Samburu sopa Lodge or similar lodge/camp booked on Full Board
Meals – Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner at the lodge in Samburu
Days 6: Samburu / Lake Nakuru National Park
Breakfast at the lodge and depart for Lake Nakuru National Park. Arrive in time for lunch in Nakuru. Afternoon head for game drive in the park. The Park is renowned worldwide for its hundreds of thousands of pink flamingos that colour its shows in pink. Lake Nakuru is a shallow alkaline lake in Kenya's Rift Valley and some 62 km2 in extent. In late 80's the park also became Kenya's first rhino sanctuary and is today home to both the White and Black Rhinos. Lions, leopards, hippos, giraffes, waterbucks are equally at home in this unique park.
Dinner and Overnight at Flamingo hill camp or similar lodge/camp booked on Full Board
Meals - Breakfast in Samburu; Lunch and Dinner in Nakuru
Day 7: Lake Nakuru National Park - Hells Gate National Park
Breakfast in the hotel and begin your journey towards Hells Gate National Park which is about 1 hour drive from Nakuru. Arrive in the park and the first point is the Fischer’s tower and thereafter head to the gorge and the Hell’s Kitchen.
Boat ride in Lake Naivasha is optional and you pay direct:
Dinner and Overnight at Lake Naivasha Sopa Resort or similar lodge/camp booked on Full Board
Meals – Breakfast in Nakuru, Lunch and Dinner in Naivasha
Day 8: Hells Gate / Maasai Mara Game Reserve
After breakfast, drive to Masai Mara Game Reserve. Arrive and have lunch before embarking for
an afternoon game drive. The jewel in Africa’s crown, Maasai Mara, is host to the most spectacular array of wildlife such as Lions, elephant, Cheetah, leopard, Rhinos, giraffe, gazelle, zebras among others. Game viewing is never dull in the Mara and patience is often rewarded with unique sightings: a pride of lion stalking their prey; a solitary leopard retrieving its kill from the high branches of an acacia tree; a male wildebeest sparring to attract females into their harem; a herd of elephant protecting their young from opportunistic predators.
Meals and Overnight at Mara Sopa Lodge or similar Hotel on Full Board
Meals - Breakfast in Naivasha; Lunch and Dinner in Masai Mara
Days 9: Full Day In The Maasai Mara Game Reserve
Full day spent exploring this natural wonder with a visit to the Mara River where the wildebeest migration takes place. See both the hippos and the crocodiles coexist in the same waters. The Masai Mara is Kenya’s most popular safari destination and for good reason. It is a vast reserve of endless flat grassland crossed by rivers which play host to wildlife’s most spectacular moments. Its biggest draw card is the Wildebeest Migration when vast hordes of Wildebeest roar through the park bringing in its trail a wake of mighty predators. If you’re lucky enough to be in Masai Mara during the migration pick a spot by the river and watch enraptured as crocs and lions compete to pick-off stragglers from the clattering herds of wildebeest.
Optional Afternoon Visit to a Masai Cultural Village: This afternoon, join the Maasai dancers donning their African regalia and the jingling on their feet, flow by the rhythm of African beats and dance to their tunes that will leave you refreshed. Cost Per Person: $25. Advance booking advised.
Meals and Overnight at Mara Sopa Lodge or similar Hotel on Full Board
Meals – Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner in Masai Mara
Day 10: Maasai Mara/Nairobi-Evening Departure
After breakfast you will drive back to Nairobi. Arrive in Nairobi, Have lunch and after lunch, shop
for souvenirs before being transferred to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in time to check in for your return flight back home.