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Discover Kenya’s Iconic Wildlife and Scenic Beauty
Embark on a thrilling Kenya safari holiday, exploring the country’s diverse landscapes, abundant wildlife, and vibrant cultures. From the majestic Mount Kenya to the world-famous Masai Mara, Kenya offers an unparalleled safari experience. Whether you’re a first-time visitor or a seasoned safari enthusiast, Kenya promises unforgettable adventures and memories.
This lake, known as “The healing place,” is about 3 3-hour drive from Lake Nakuru. It is home to one of the largest populations of the lesser flamingoes. The lake is geothermally active on the western shore, with geysers and hot springs. Sulphur water gushing out of the ground has therapeutic value. The hot springs are natural spas and steam baths. The hot spring water geysers are extremely hot – the gushing out water is boiling, and visitors are forewarned to be Careful. The reserve has a herd of the relatively uncommon Greater Kudu. Other large mammals include buffalo, zebra, cheetah, baboon, warthog, caracal, spotted hyena, impala, and dik-dik.
Samburu National Reserve is rich in flora and fauna, lying on the flood plains and bottom land of the Wasi Nyiro drainage system. The reserve features rare northern specialist species such as the Grevys Zebra, Somali Ostrich, Reticulated Giraffe, Gerenuk, and Beisa Oryx (also called the Samburu Special Five).
Wildlife Includes Elephants, cheetahs, reticulated giraffes, oryxes, gerenuks, vervet monkeys, zebras, buffaloes, and crocodiles.
Over 380 bird species have been recorded on the wilderness trails.
Among the picture square and unique attractions in Aberdare are the dragon teeth and volcanic rock formations. The Maumau (freedom fighters) used an old Fig tree with a cleft in its trunk as a mailbox. Aberdare National Park is 180 km from Nairobi and was gazetted in 1950, with an area of 767 sq KM. Animals found here include leopard, serval, mountain bongo, antelopes, elephants, black colobus monkey, warthog, and bushbuck.
“A beautiful wildlife haven”
On the Great Rift Valley floor lies the beautiful Lake Nakuru National Park. Visitors can enjoy the wide ecological diversity and varied habitats ranging from Lake Nakuru to the surrounding escarpment and picturesque ridges. Lake Nakuru National Park is ideal for bird watching, hiking, picnics, and game drives. Attractions include flamingos, mammals, viewpoints, hills, waterfalls, and unique vegetation.
Regarded as the jewel of Kenya’s wildlife viewing areas, covering more than 1,500 sq km, it is one of Kenya’s most popular tourist destinations. Mara is in the Great Rift Valley in an open grassland. Wildlife is most concentrated on the reserve’s western escarpment. The Masai Mara National Reserve has been called the Kingdom of Lions, and these regal and powerful hunters dominate these grasslands. Cheetahs are also a common sight in the Mara, as are hyenas and smaller predators such as Jackals. This is an incredible natural wonder, a place where Maasai warriors share the plains with hunting lions, a place.
“A Walk on the Wild Side”
Named for the intense geothermal activity within its boundaries, Hell’s Gate National Park is a remarkable part of the Great Rift Valley. Its spectacular scenery, including towering cliffs, water-gouged gorges, stark rock towers, scrub-clad volcanoes, and belching plumes of geothermal steam, makes it one of the most atmospheric Parks in Africa. Hell’s Gate is an ideal venue for a day trip from Nairobi. In addition to the biodiversity that includes raptors, visitors can enjoy mountain biking, rock climbing, and a natural spa.
“Home of the African Elephant”
Crowned by Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest peak, the Amboseli National Park is one of Kenya’s most popular parks. The name “Amboseli” comes from a Maasai word meaning “salty dust”, and it is one of the best places in Africa to view large herds of elephants up close. Nature lovers can explore five different habitats here: the dried-up bed of Lake Amboseli, wetlands with sulphur springs, the savannah, and woodlands. They can also visit the local Maasai community, which lives around the park, and experience their authentic culture.
From the sight of fifty million gallons of crystal clear water from the underparched lava rock that is the Mzima Springs to the Shetani lava flows, Tsavo West is a beautiful, rugged wilderness. The savannah ecosystem comprises open grasslands, scrublands, and Acacia woodlands. Belts of riverine vegetation and rocky ridges, including the Poacher’s Lookout, where visitors can see the teeming herds in the plains below. Tsavo West offers some of the most magnificent game viewing in the world, and attractions include elephant, rhino, Hippos, lions, cheetah, leopards, buffalo, diverse plant and bird species, including the threatened corncrake and near-threatened Basra Reed Warbler.
“Theatre of the Wild”
The sight of dust-red elephant wallowing, rolling, and spraying each other with the midnight blue waters of palm-shaded Galana River is one of the most evocative images in Africa. This, along with the 300-kilometer-long Yatta Plateau, the longest lava flow in the world, makes for an adventure unlike any other in the Tsavo East. The park forms the largest protected area in Kenya. It is home to most of the larger mammals, vast herds of dust–red elephant, Rhino, buffalo, lion, leopard, pods of hippo, crocodile, waterbucks, lesser Kudu, gerenuk, and the prolific bird life features 500 recorded species.
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Meet and greet upon arrival, and transfer to a town hotel overnight. Dinner is not included.
Hotel
Breakfast and drive to the Samburu Game Reserve. Wild and rugged, Samburu is fiercely beautiful with its arid savannahs watered by the lovely Uaso Nyiro River. It is also one of Kenya’s most protected areas and home to species only found north of the equator, including reticulated giraffe, Grevy’s zebras, and Beisa Oryx. Arrive for lunch. Afternoon game drive in search of the elusive Leopard, Lion, Elephant, long-necked, graceful gerenuk, Grevy’s Zebra, reticulated Giraffe, Oryx, and other plains game—dinner and overnight at the lodge.
Lodge/Camp (L.D.B)
A full day will be spent in this reserve, with morning and afternoon game drives, all meals, and overnight at the Lodge mentioned above.
Lodge/Camp (L.D.B)
Day 04
Leave for Aberdare National Park, check in, and lunch is at Aberdare Safari Club base hotel for the Ark. The Ark, located in thick woodland at the heart of this Park, is a Tree hotel uniquely shaped to resemble Noah’s Ark., with a deck from which numerous balconies and lounges provide superb vantage viewing points. After lunch, drive to the Ark for game viewing from your balconies. These balconies and lunges offer great views of animals visiting the salt lick and waterhole. Many animals here, including African elephants, lions, rhinos, black leopards, and the elusive bongo antelope—dinner and overnight at the lodge.
Lodge/Camp (L.D.B)
Leave for Lake Nakuru, one of the Rift Valley Soda Lakes. Its stunning flocks of the lesser flamingoes are brilliant as they turn the lake pink. Arrive in time for lunch at the lodge. Afternoon game drive will follow, where animals are expected to be. Includes Thompson’s and Grant’s Gazelle, the rare long-eared leaf-nosed bat, Columbus monkey, Rock Hyrax, Hippo, Leopard, Lion, Rhino, Waterbuck, Impala, Gazelle, Stripped Hyena, Bat-eared fox, Wild cat, Reedbuck, and Golden cat. Re-stocked mammals include: Lion, Black and white Rhino, and the endangered Rothschild’s Giraffe, to mention a few. Return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
Lodge/Camp (L.D.B)
After breakfast, you will proceed to Lake Bogoria for a full-day trip. The lake is the heart of an arid landscape, in the shadow of the dramatic walls of the Siracho Range. Being a Soda lake like Lake Nakuru, it attracts massive flocks of flamingos. The western shore of the lake has spouting geysers, spurting streams, and bubbling geothermal pools. Fresh water springs at the Lake edge attract abundant birds and wildlife. The shores always have Gazelles, Zebras, Baboons, and Greater Kudu. This lake is also famous for the hot springs and geysers, spout and steam. We can explore on foot, but caution must be taken while walking near the hot springs. After lunch, return to Lake Nakuru for an evening game drive and overnight at the lodge.
Lodge/Camp (L.D.B)
Proceed to the world-famous Masai Mara Game Reserve, which is considered a “must-see” for any visitor traveling on safari in Kenya because a wide variety of unique and exquisite wildlife and birds grace it. It is home to the richest concentration of wildlife, including the “Big Five. Zebras, antelopes, gnus, Oribis, hyenas, giraffes, warthogs, gazelles, hartebeests, hippos, crocodiles, and others are well represented. The park has the largest concentration of African lions, including the black-maned lion. Arrive in time for lunch at the lodge, followed by an afternoon game drive in search of the above animals—dinner and overnight at the lodge.
Lodge/Camp (L.D.B)
The Maasai Mara Ecosystem holds one of the highest lion densities in the world, where two million Wildebeest, Zebra, and Thompson’s gazelles migrate annually. During our morning and afternoon game drives, we may view prides of lions, hippos in the river, cheetahs racing across the plains, and many varieties of antelopes. Lunch, dinner, and overnight at the lodge
Lodge/Camp (L.D.B)
Leave and drive to Lake Naivasha, arriving for lunch and check in. Later, depart for a visit to Hell’s Gate, which has special locations to view, including Fischer’s Tower, formerly a volcano’s plug, the Central Tower, and Njorowa Gorges. Two extinct volcanoes, Olkaria and Hobley’s, are worth a trip. Natural steam vents rise from fissures in the volcanic rock. Obsidian, a striking black glassy rock formed from cooled molten lava, is a feature of this landscape—a haven for ornithologists and rock climbers. Return to the resort for dinner and overnight.
Lodge/Camp(L.D.B)
Head further down to Amboseli National Park. The park is well known for its large herds of free-ranging African elephants. Other attractions of the park include opportunities to meet the Maasai people and Stunning views of Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest peak and the highest free-standing mountain in the world, as well as vast herds of wildebeests and many other animals, including giraffes, African lions, monkeys, zebras, hyenas, and antelopes. Arrive in time for lunch at the lodge. An afternoon game drive will follow, where you may spot all the above animals. Meals and overnight at the lodge
Lodge/Camp (L.D.B)
Both morning and afternoon game drives. The mid-afternoon lull from the intensive sun is spent at the lodge by the poolside or simply relaxing at the lodge. Meals and overnight at the lodge.
Lodge/Camp (L.D.B)
Drive to Tsavo West National Park, famous for the Mzima Springs, with its unique underwater hippo observatory. Tsavo East and West are renowned for the largest population of red-skinned elephants. The “Big 5” African animals are well represented. There is also a host of Kenyan birds and other animals, including leopard, cheetah, buffalo, rhino, elephant, giraffe, zebra, lion, plains game, crocodile, and plenty of additional small mammals, birds, and insects. From Lake Jipe, on the Tanzanian border, to the mountain forests of the Chyulu Hills, the wide range of landscape offers protection to many endangered African wildlife including the Cosen’s gerbil, Hunter’s hartebeest, black rhinoceros, several species of shrew and rat, Grevy’s zebra and wild dogs. Arrive for lunch and afternoon game drive—dinner and overnight at the lodge.
Lodge/Camp(L.D.B)
After breakfast, drive to Tsavo East National Park. Tsavo means ‘Place of Slaughter’ in the Kamba language (one of the Kenyan tribes). The park is best for photographers with its fabulous light and fantastic views, especially the Mudanda Rock and the Yatta Plateau, the world’s most significant lava flow. Lugard Falls on the Galana River are remarkable for the shape of water-worn rocks. Among the animals spotted here are the elephant, rhino, lion, leopard, crocodile, waterbuck, kudu, gerenuk, and zebra. Aruba hunter’s hartebeest can also be seen with its lyre-shaped horns—all meals and overnight at the lodge.
Lodge/Camp(L.D.B)
After breakfast, leave for Nairobi. Transfer to the airport for your flight back home.
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