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10-day Kenya tour package itinerary: Africa Natural Tours (For Kilimanjaro, Serengeti and Zanzibar) Tanzania safari company in Moshi

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10-day Kenya tour package itinerary

Day 1: Arrival into Nairobi ready to rock the 10-day Kenya holiday safari

Your 10-day Kenya holiday package begins with an arrival at Nairobi airport from where you will be met and assisted. You will get transferred to Eka Hotel, within a 10-minute drive from the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. The rest of the day on leisure and relaxation. Time permitting, you can consider some of the things to do in Nairobi and engage in a guided day tour. Eka Hotel is located along Mombasa Road, within 10 minutes’ drive from the central business district of Nairobi and Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. It features a gym, swimming pool, and free Wi-Fi. The elegantly and contemporary-styled, air-conditioned rooms and suites include a flat-screen satellite TV, luxury bed linens, tea and coffee making facilities and small fridge. All have views of Eka Hotel Nairobi’s pool and surrounding lush gardens with palm trees. The Kenya tour package will spend the night on bed and breakfast plan.

Day 2: From Nairobi to Amboseli National Park with Kilimanjaro backdrop

You are picked up from your hotel at 8 am ready to start your 10-day Kenya holiday safari tour and driven to Amboseli National Park (270 km – 4 hours) arriving in good time for lunch. Amboseli National Park provides the classic Hollywood image of Africa. Set in rolling savanna scenery it is dwarfed by the presence of the pink-tinged, snow-capped peak of Mount Kilimanjaro at 5896 meters, is the highest free-standing mountain in the world.

Against this magnificent backdrop roam vast wildlife herds of elephant accompanied by the lion, buffalo, cheetah, giraffe, baboon, gazelle, hippo, and wildebeest. There are also over 400 species of birds, all manner of reptilian, flora and fauna and some of the most soul-searing views in Africa. Enjoy great game viewing and the best views of Mt Kilimanjaro on an Amboseli safari. Afternoon game viewing. Dinner and overnight stay at Amboseli Sopa Lodge, B, L, D.

Day 3: Amboseli National Park, Largest herds of Elephants in Kenya safari holidays

Full day in Amboseli with game drives in the morning and afternoon to explore the park and have magnificent views of Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest peak in Africa. View the large herds of elephants known to be residents of this evocative park. Amboseli is popular with breathtaking views of Kilimanjaro and reliably good elephant viewing. Nature lovers can explore five different habitats here ranging from the dried-up bed of Lake Amboseli, wetlands with sulfur springs, the savanna and woodlands. You can also visit the local Maasai community who live around the park and experience their authentic culture. Animals to be found here include the leopard, cheetah, wild dogs, buffalo, elephant, giraffe, zebra, lion, crocodile, mongoose, hyrax, dik-dik, lesser Kudu, and nocturnal porcupine. There is also a prolific bird life featuring 600 species. All meals and overnight at Amboseli Sopa Lodge, B, L, D.

Day 4: Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Sweetwater’s Chimpanzee Sanctuary

After breakfast, you now drive north via Nairobi (400km – 6 hrs 30 minutes) you proceed to the Equator in the Laikipia Plateau and Mt. Kenya region arriving for lunch. Enjoy an afternoon game drive at this private game ranch. Ol Pejeta Conservancy is the only sanctuary for rehabilitation in Kenya of these widely abused chimpanzees with two groups living in an environment as close to their natural habitat as possible. The site is also a dedicated black rhino breeding area. Dinner and overnight stay at Sweetwater Serena Camp, B, L, D.

Day 5: Ol Pejeta Conservancy

You will have a full day at Sweetwater with morning and afternoon game drives. This provides you with ample time to explore this impressive wildlife park and sanctuary as you marvel at the magnificent sight of the snow-capped Mt. Kenya peaks in the background. Game drives at Sweetwater are indeed a pleasure. There also optional activities such as game walks accompanied by a resident naturalist, game rides on horseback, camel rides, or nighttime game drives. These activities are available for an extra fee. The Sweetwater Chimpanzee Sanctuary is incorporated within the Ol Pejeta Conservancy and is the only place in Kenya where this highly endangered and remarkably intelligent species can be seen.

Day 6: Travel from Ol Pejeta to Lake Nakuru to see flamingos and rhinoceros, via Nyahururu Falls in

Drive to Lake Nakuru (180 km – 3 hours). Enjoy game drives in Lake Nakuru National Park and lunch at your superb tented camp. It is a shallow alkaline lake where visitors can enjoy the wide ecological diversity with varied habitats that range from the lake itself to the surrounding escarpment and picturesque ridges. Here, game viewing drive is the main activity. Foragers, grazers, hunters and scavengers all play their roles in the natural existence of sanctuary. The park also has over 450 birds’ species including the flamingos. The national park is ideal for bird watching, hiking, picnic and game drives. The lake is famed as one of the world’s greatest ornithological spectacles. Lake Nakuru National Park is also home to zebras, gazelles, Rothschild giraffe, impala, black and white rhino sanctuary and other large mammals. After lunch, enjoy some siesta and then continue with an afternoon game drives and overnight at your magnificent resort, B, L, D.

Day 7: Nakuru National Park to Lake Naivasha with boat ride and walk on Crescent Island
After breakfast, take a morning game viewing drive on this Kenya tour. You then take a short (1 hour 30 minutes) drive to Naivasha, a freshwater lake located on the Great Rift Valley Floor. It is located northwest of Nairobi with the town of Naivasha on its north. You will arrive in good time for lunch and siesta. You will then enjoy a scenic sunset boat cruise to see the hippos and walk on Crescent Island among wildlife, herbivores only. The waters draw a great range of game to these shores. Giraffes wander among the acacia, buffalo wallow in the swamps and Colobus monkeys call from the treetops while the lake’s large hippo population sleeps the day out in the shallows. Set in one hundred and fifty acres of grassland studded with Acacia bushes and trees, the Sopa Resort is home to resident giraffe, waterbuck and both Velvet and Colobus monkeys. It is also a night stop for the hippos when they leave the lake every night to come and trim the grass on the expansive lawns. Overnight at the Naivasha Sopa Resort, B, L, D.

Day 8: Drive to the famed Masai Mara, wildlife haven where pride of lions wander-freely
After breakfast, this Kenya tour and holiday safari tour drives through the Great Rift Valley escarpment to the magnificent Masai Mara (270 km – approximately 5~6 hours). You will have lunch and siesta. Take an afternoon game drive. Masai Mara National Reserve is a pristine wilderness of haunting beauty, it promises its visitors a profusion of wildlife, prolific bird life and the unprecedented opportunity of catching up with all the members of the ‘Big Five’ in one morning. The 1,800 sq kilometers of this veteran reserve offers the classic mix of African imagery; miles of lion-gold grasslands, shoals of lilac-misted hills, a meandering river, acres of thorn-bush and mile upon mile of undulating wilderness. Game viewing in this wildlife reserve is excellent all year around thanks to the diverse population of resident game, including the Big 5 – lion, leopard, elephant, buffalo and rhino – plus other species like zebra, giraffe, hyena, eland and gazelle. Return back to your lodge for dinner and overnight at the Sopa Lodge Mara, B, L, and D.

Day 9: Masai Mara safari, famous for the great migration of the wildebeests

Spend the day with morning and afternoon game drives. You can also opt to take a hot air balloon flight ($450 per person) to have the best aerial game viewing with a champagne breakfast in the bush upon landing. Masai Mara National Reserve offers one of the best opportunities to see cheetah and lions in Africa. A visit to this wildlife reserve in July will allow you the best chance to witness and watch firsthand as thousands of wildebeest migrate across the swollen crocodile-infested Mara River. This is one of the world’s greatest wildlife spectacles, the wildebeest migration. The sheer number of wildebeests arriving in the area is staggering. The migration is a dramatic mass movement of almost two million wildebeests, zebras, and gazelles in a seasonal annual cycle driven by rainfall. In order to reach the reserve’s fresh grazing, wildebeests make dramatic river crossings, facing enormous crocodiles to feast on the Mara plains and regain their strength. November’s short rains trigger the last leg of the migration when the wildebeest move south to Serengeti. Dinner and overnight stay at Mara Sopa Lodge, B, L, D.

Kenya package safari optional hot air balloon safari or a cultural tour to Maasai Village can be arranged on this day.

Day 10: From the Mara back to Nairobi and departure,

An early dawn game viewing being the very best time to see the cats hunting and also get to see the sunrise. You then drive back to the lodge for breakfast and check out. Make a return journey back to Nairobi by road (300 km – approximately 6 hours), or optional extra fly from the Masai Mara to Nairobi ($215 per person). You will have time for lunch at The Carnivore Restaurant (barbecue) and optional shopping. Later drop off at the airport for your flight departure back home after an impressive Kenyan safari package, B, L.

Price Includes:
•    Park fees (for non-residents)
•    All activities as mentioned in the schedule (unless labeled as optional)
•    Meals (as specified in the day-by-day section as; B=Breakfast, L=Lunch, D=Dinner.)
•    All accommodation in en-suite double/twin/triple room (unless listed as upgrade)
•    Boat ride at Lake Naivasha
•    Walk on Crescent Island
•    A professional driver/guide
•    All transportation in a safari minibus (unless labeled as optional)
•    All Taxes/VAT
•    Farewell Carnivore Restaurant lunch
•    Complimentary bottled drinking water in the safari vehicle
•    Round-trip airport transfer
•    Kenya holiday safari starts and ends in Nairobi (pick up and drop off at the airport or hotel)

Cost Excludes:
•    Government imposed increase of park fees and/or taxes
•    Accommodation in Nairobi before and after the tour
•    International flights (from/to home)
•    Tips (tipping guideline US$15.00 per traveler per day)
•    Personal items (souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.)
•    Drinks

          

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