13 Days Beach & Bush Signature Safari

Summary of Key Tour Details:

·    Duration: 13Days/12Nights

·    Destinations: Nairobi/ Aberdares/Samburu/Lk Nakuru/Hells Gate/ Mara/NBO/Mombasa

·    Accommodation: 4star Hotels/Lodges/ Tented Camps

·    Transport: Using either 4x4 Landcruisers or Safari Van depending on the option you take

·    Flight Option: Flying option available for this safari at an extra cost

·    Point to Note: Safari includes a night in Nairobi at the beginning of the safari or at the end

·    Optional Connecting flight from Nairobi to Mombasa at an extra cost

Key Points to Note:

·    Night in Nairobi can be added at the beginning or at the end of the safari at an extra cost
·    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 or a 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 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 or a 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 a similar lodge booked on Full Board

Meals - Breakfast at Nairobi; Lunch and Dinner in Aberdares

Day 4: Aberdares National Park / Samburu Game Reserve

After breakfast we will travel further north to Samburu Game Reserve. Arrive in Samburu in

time for lunch. After lunch, relax before heading out for game drive in search of the rarely found species of wild game like the rare reticulated giraffe, grevy's zebra, 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 Game Reserve / Lake Nakuru National Park

Breakfast at the lodge and depart for Lake Nakuru National Park. Arrive in Nakuru have lunch and

head for afternoon 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 Lodge or similar lodge/camp booked on Full Board:

Meals – Breakfast in Nakuru Lunch and Dinner at Naivasha

Day 8: Hells Gate National Park / Masai 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, Masai 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.

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 in Naivasha; Lunch and Dinner in Masai Mara

Days 9: Full Day In The Masai 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 drawcard 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 Maasai Mara Balloon Ride: Enjoy early morning ballooning over the plains, getting a bird’s eye view of the game below as the sun creeps slowly over the horizon. After approximately one hour aloft, the balloon lands while a breakfast is being prepared for us nearby.  The smell of bacon, sausages, eggs… drift on the breeze as we sample Kenyan fruits and homemade pastries and, if you wish, glasses of bubbly to toast our flight, a tradition initiated by the Montgolfier brothers. Cost Per Person: $450

Meals and Overnight at  Mara Sopa Lodge or similar Hotel on Full Board

Meals – Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner in Masai Mara

Day 10: Masai Mara Game Reserve To Nairobi-Fly To Mombasa

After breakfast you will drive back to Nairobi. Arrive in Nairobi, Have lunch (pay direct) and after lunch, shop for souvenirs before being transferred to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport for your onward flight to Mombasa. Flight ticket to Mombasa you pay direct (not included in the cost). Arrive in Mombasa where you will be met by our airport representative and transferred to your beach hotel for the overnight.

Dinner and Overnight at  voyager beach resort or similar Beach Hotel

Meals – Half Board (All-inclusive option available at an extra cost)