Ken 04: 7 Nights/8 Days Classic Kenya Safari
Day 1: Nairobi – Amboseli
Our driver/guide will receive you at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. Safari briefing and then depart for Amboseli National Park. Lunch at Amboseli Sentrim Camp followed by afternoon game drives in the park in search of herds of elephants, giraffes, lions, and a variety of other animals and birds.
Meals: Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Sentrim Amboseli Camp
Day 2: Amboseli
Full day in Amboseli with morning and afternoon game drives to cover other areas of the park and in search of the wildlife you may have missed the previous day.
NB: If you wake up at dawn, you’ll be able to see the snow-capped Mt Kilimanjaro.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Sentrim Amboseli Camp
Day 3: Amboseli – Nairobi – Masai Mara
After breakfast, depart for Masai Mara via Nairobi. Lunch at Jacaranda Hotel in Nairobi and then continue with journey to Masai Mara Game Reserve through the floor of the Great Rift Valley. Game drives en route Mara Sopa Lodge.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Mara Sopa Lodge
Day 4-5: Masai Mara
Spend the whole day in the Masai Mara plains doing game drives and on the look out for herds of wildebeests grazing in the Mara plains. Optional evening visits to Masai cultural village to learn their culture and dances.
Each visit cost USD35 per person and you pay this directly.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Mara Sopa Lodge
Day 6: Masai Mara – Lake Nakuru
After breakfast, depart Mara for Lake Nakuru National Park. Lunch at Flamingo Tented Hill Camp followed by afternoon game drives in Lake Nakuru. Besides the flamingos that the lake is famous for, there are approx 400 other species of birds visiting the lake. Also, many species of game can be found in the park including the introduced Rothschild’s giraffe, black and white rhino, waterbuck, reedbuck, lion, buffalo, leopard, baboon and many species of plains game.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Flamingo Tented Hill Camp
Day 7: Lake Nakuru – Aberdares
After breakfast, depart or Aberdares National Park, with a brief stop at Thomsons Falls. Access to the park by vehicles is limited to conserve and protect the environment which hosts wildlife such as elephant, rhino, buffalo, bush bucks, giant forest hogs, Sykes monkey, leopard, and bongo. Arrive at the Aberdare Country Club in time for lunch. A representative of The Ark Lodge will transfer you to their lodge. This tree-lodge is uniquely shaped to resemble the actual Ark, designed with decks from which numerous balconies and lounges provide superb vantage points for viewing the animals visiting the salt-lick and waterhole. A ground-level bunker at The Ark provides excellent photographic opportunities, and the Yasabara waterhole is floodlit by night to enable all-night viewing of game.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: The Ark Lodge
Day 8: Aberdares – Nairobi – Depart Home
After breakfast at your lodge, a driver of The Ark Lodge will transfer you back to The Aberdare Country Club where you’ll reconnect with your driver/guide and then depart for Nairobi through Central Kenya. Stop at Safari Park Hotel in Nairobi for lunch Transfer to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport to catch your international flight home.