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13 Days Kenya safari holiday tour itinerary

Day 1: Arrival into Nairobi

On arrival in Nairobi met and assisted. Transfer to Sarova Panafric Hotel for an overnight rest on bed and breakfast to recuperate from jet lag.

Day 2: Explore the stunning Nairobi with excursions

Enjoy breakfast at the hotel. Pick up from the hotel at 9.30am for a day trip in Nairobi to explore the city as you kick off jet lag. Your Nairobi safari tour drive towards the Nairobi National Park to Sheldrick Baby Elephant Orphanage, open 1 hour daily between 11:00 am and 12:00 noon. You get to see the orphaned elephants playing and being fed. You can get close to the elephants. The orphanage takes in rhinos and if you are lucky, you will have the chance to see a young orphaned rhino. Continue to the Karen Blixen Museum.

This has been for many years home to Karen Blixen ‘Out of Africa’. You then continue to the Giraffe Center to see and hand-feed famous threatened species of The Rothschild Giraffe alongside her family. In between, there will be a lunch stop at Utamaduni Restaurant. A stop by Kazuri Beads Factory is made. You will now head to The Carnivore Restaurant for an introductory dinner and return to your hotel for the night at Sarova Panafric Hotel on bed and breakfast, B, L, D.

Day 3 Nairobi – Amboseli

The safari tour adventure begins now after having had a Nairobi safari tour the previous day. Drive Southwards to Amboseli National Park through the Maasai countryside. Game viewing en route to your lodge with the gigantic views of Africa’s highest peak, Mount Kilimanjaro in the background. Afternoon leisure by the poolside, safari game viewing or a choice of sightseeing. You spend the night at Amboseli Sopa Lodge, B, L, and D.

Day 4: Amboseli

Full day in Amboseli with game drives both in morning and also in the afternoon, being the very best time to see animals while they are still active; especially the cats at hunt – you might be lucky to see a kill. The snow-capped peak of majestic Mt. Kilimanjaro dominates the scene here at Amboseli National Park. Overnight is at Amboseli Sopa Lodge, B, L, D.

Day 5: Amboseli – Nairobi – Mount Kenya safari tour

Waking up to an early breakfast, head out to Mount Kenya via Nairobi. Continue towards The Kenyan highlands arriving at Serena Mountain Lodge in time for late lunch. The Serena Mountain Lodge is the only ‘tree hotel’ on the slopes of Kenya’s legendary Mount Kenya. The lodge offers unique safari game viewing opportunity whilst combining a glorious panorama of mountain vistas with the ancient splendors of a rain-forest. The Serena Mountain Lodge floats at 2,195 m high on the flanks of Kenya’s highest mountain which is secreted deep within the large Mount Kenya National Park forest reserve.

It offers not only the champagne-clarity of mountain air, a beautiful procession of wildlife but also the chance of scaling the snow peaks of Africa’s second-highest mountain. Your afternoon is at leisure game watching from the lodge and overnight floodlit game viewing, as animals come to the nearby watering hole. There is an optional guided nature forest walk that can be arranged at US$35 per person. Dinner and overnight will at the Serena Mountain Lodge, B, and L, D.

Day 6: Mount Kenya – Samburu Game Reserve vacation tour

We drive further northwards past the Equator to Samburu National Reserve, arriving at Samburu in time for lunch. The Samburu National Reserve is a place of dust-red plains, palm-fringed rivers, and endless skies, lie on the bounds of the vast and arid desert once named as the Northern Frontier District. The heat-scorched scrub-lands of The Samburu extend beyond the Lake Turkana and its jade-green waters.

Samburu is one of the Kenya’s few sanctuaries for the near extinction the blue-shanked Somali ostrich, Gravy zebra, and the rare Beisa Oryx. At Samburu whilst on safari in Kenya, large herds of elephant roam the gaunt hills. You will have an afternoon game drive safari with dinner and overnight will be at Samburu Sopa Lodge, B, L, and D.

Day 7: Samburu Game Reserve vacation tour

The entire day is spent in Samburu vising her main attractions in offer. Morning and afternoon safari game drives in Samburu. In Samburu you will explore and take game drives across this savannah. Here in Samburu, animal sightings intensify as you approach the Uaso Ng’iro River. The Nile crocodiles wait patiently in the muddy waters as the reticulated giraffe or beisa Oryx wait for a calm time to come and drink. Lion prides patrol the clearings or sleeps lazily on tree shades. Meals and overnight stay at Samburu Sopa Lodge, B, L, D.

Day 8: Samburu to Ol Pejeta Game Sanctuary

You take your breakfast followed with an en-route game viewing safari as you travel to Ol Pejeta private game sanctuary. Your afternoon game viewing safari drive is provided. Here, there is an optional walking safari or night game drives, which can be booked locally at the camp. Game viewing drives here in Includes visit to chimpanzee sanctuary. The “Big Five”, that is leopard, rhino, elephant, lion, and buffalo and also to be seen in this sanctuary plus an exciting catalog of zebra,  giraffe, waterbuck, eland, Oryx, Thompson’s gazelle, Grant’s gazelle, silver-backed jackal, hartebeest, cheetah, baboon and several hundreds of bird species.

Serena Sweetwater Tented Camp is a luxury tented camp designed to offer a fascinating blend of under canvas ambiance and with uncompromising accommodation. Ol Pejeta is one of Kenya’s private game reserves which also allow an unforgettable optional pleasure of night game drives, guided bush walks, and both horse and camel riding. All your meals and night at Serena Sweetwater Tented Camp, B, L, D.

Day 9: Ol Pejeta Conservancy to the Great Rift Valley at Lake Nakuru National Park
Today, you re-cross the Equator as you head and travel by road to Lake Nakuru National Park with a stop at The Nyahururu Falls. Arrival into Lake Nakuru is in time for a sumptuous buffet lunch. Set high on a plateau in an elevation above this alkaline Lake Nakuru and overlooking the lake lays your lodge. This is a perfect location to explore one of the world’s leading ornithological displays for the Pink flamingos which also has a rich concentration of wildlife such as the Colobus monkey and also a famed Rhinoceros Sanctuary. In the afternoon proceed on a safari game drive in this famous ornithological spectacle for flamingos. Dinner and overnight at Lake Nakuru Lodge, B, L, D.

Day 10: Lake Nakuru National Park to Masai Mara

Drive to Masai Mara Game Reserve arriving in time for lunch, siesta and an afternoon safari game drives. Masai Mara National Reserve is a pristine wilderness of evocative beauty. Maasai Mara affords its visitors a prolific bird life, an abundance of wildlife, and the unrivaled opportunity of spotting the ‘Big Five’ in a single morning. The 1,800 sq kilometers of this legendary wildlife reserve offers the typical mix of African imagery; shoals of lilac-misted hills, miles of lion-gold grasslands, a meandering Mar River, sweeping thorn-bush and several thousands of miles of undulating wilderness in Kenya. Your dinner and overnight rest at Mara Sopa Lodge, B, L, D.

Day 11 and 12: Maasai Mara

You will spend your two days exploring the Masai Mara which has lots of activities to offer during the Kenya safari holiday. Each day scheduled with safari game drives in the morning and afternoon, which is the best time to see animals whilst they are quite active. The day’s meals and night stay at Mara Sopa Lodge, B, and L, D. Holiday safaris in Masai Mara offering optional safari activities which you can opt for an extra pricing:

1. Hot air ballooning safari experience with bush breakfast: US$ 450 per person
2. Visit an authentic local Maasai village for a cultural tour: US$ 25 per person

Day 13: Maasai Mara returns to Nairobi and departure

An early morning last safari game viewing session. Return to the lodge for breakfast and check out. You make a return trip back to Nairobi where you will arrive in the late afternoon. Transfer to the airport for your onward journey back home, after such an exciting safari tour, B.

13 Day Kenya holiday tour price includes:
•    Guaranteed departure; guarantee price
•    Transport on safari in a minibus equipped for game viewing, touring and photography
•    Accommodation in a double, twin or triple room sharing
•    Full board accommodation with three meals daily
•    Safari meal plan as described, B=Breakfast, L=Lunch and D=Dinner
•    Safari park fees and permits including local government taxes
•    Service of an excellent English speaking professional driver/guide
•    Two nights bed and breakfast accommodation in Nairobi
•    All safari game drives as detailed in the itinerary
•    Excursions in Nairobi to include all entrance charges
•    Complimentary bottled water whilst on safari
•    The Carnivore Restaurant dinner
•    Arrival and departure airport transfers
•    Starting and ending in Nairobi

13 Days safari tour in Kenya pricing excludes:
•    Laundry
•    Beverages and drinks
•    Tips to your tour driver-guide
•    Any local or international flights
•    Any items of a personal nature
•    Kenyan visas

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