THE KENYA CLASSIC SAFARI
Amboseli National Park – Lake Naivasha – Masai Mara – Nairobi
7 Days / 6 Nights
Introduction
| Start | Accommodation | Destination | Basis | Duration |
| Day 1 | Oltukai Lodge | Amboseli National Park | FB | 2 Nights |
| Day 3 | Lake Naivasha Sopa Resort | Lake Naivasha | FB | 1 Night |
| Day 4 | Ilkeliani Camp | Masai Mara | FB | 2 Nights |
| Day 6 | Four Points by Sheraton Nairobi Airport | Nairobi | B&B | 1 Night |
Key
B&B: Bed and Breakfast
FB: Full Board – Dinner, Bed, Breakfast and Lunch
Amboseli National Park
The landscape of Amboseli is dominated by the snow cap of Mount Kilimanjaro, open plains, acacia woodland, swamps and the massif of Ol Doinyo Orok. Renowned for its excellent Masaai giraffe, elephant, lion and cheetah viewing and not surprisingly it is one of Kenya most popular parks. The birding is excellent especially near the lakes and swamps. The park is famous for being the best place in Africa to get close to free-ranging elephants among other wildlife species. Other  attraction of the park includes opportunities to meet the Maasai people and also offers spectacular views of Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest free-standing mountain in the world.
Lake Naivasha
Lake Naivasha is the highest of the Rift Valley Lakes and despite having no outlet is one of only two Rift Valley freshwater lakes. The beautiful lake is fringed by papyrus and acacia trees and supports a vast array of bird species. Although it is more than 10kms across it is very shallow and its area varies considerably with the rainfall, so much so that in the early 1900s it totally dried up.
Masai Mara
The Masai Mara together with Tanzania’s Serengeti form Africa’s most famous wildlife park. The image of acacia trees on an endless grass plain epitomises Africa for many, and then add a Maasai warrior and some cattle to the picture and the conversation need go no further. The annual wildebeest migration through the Serengeti and the Masai Mara is the largest mass movement of land mammals on the planet – with more than a million animals following the rains. But that is not where the game viewing ends; large prides of lions, elephants and giraffes in grasslands, gazelles and eland to mention but a few. Aside from traditional vehicle safaris, hot-air ballooning over the Mara plains has become almost essential and you can even do a horseback safari.
Nairobi
Nairobi is Africa’s 4th largest city and is a vibrant and exciting place and although it has developed a reputation which keeps tourist visits brief there are some fascinating attractions: its café culture, unbridled nightlife, the National Museum, the Karen Blixen Museum and most notably just 20 minutes from the city centre wild lions and buffalo roam in the world’s only urban game reserve.
Day 1
Day Itinerary
After breakfast there will be a short safari briefing with your driver guide, then depart for Amboseli National Park. Upon arrival in the park drive to your lodge with a game drive enroute to the lodge. After lunch proceed for an afternoon game drive in the park with the majestic Mount Kilimanjaro as a backdrop. Return to your lodge as the sunsets.
Overnight at Oltukai Lodge on a full board basis.
Ol Tukai Lodge is one of the best spots to watch elephant with the backdrop of Africa’s highest mountain, Mount Kilimanjaro.
Day 2
Day Itinerary
Full day spent in the park with morning and afternoon game drives.
Overnight at Oltukai  Lodge on full board basis.
Day 3
Day Itinerary
After breakfast, drive to Lake Naivasha aiming to arrive in time for lunch. Afternoon at leisure before taking a boat ride across the lake to Crescent Island which has been preserved as a sanctuary for many species of game, including waterbuck, gazelles and other plains game, and the great attraction is that you can walk peacefully amongst them, often with the piercing cry of the fish eagle in the background.
Overnight at Lake Naivasha Sopa Resort on full board basis.
Set in one hundred and fifty acres of grassland studded with Acacia bushes and trees, the resort is not only home to our resident giraffe, waterbuck and both Vervet and Colobus monkeys, but it is also a night stop for the hippos when they leave the lake every night to come and trim the grass on our expansive lawns.
Day 4
Day Itinerary
Following an early morning breakfast leave Lake Naivasha behind and head for Njoro town, where you begin your ascent up over the top of the Mau Escarpment; then, heading due south, travel towards Narok, the gateway to the Maasai Mara and district headquarters of this part of Maasailand. Travel across the “breadbasket” of Kenya, covered with acres of wheat and barley, before you reach the Mara in time for lunch. Following lunch and a siesta, there is an afternoon game drive returning to the camp as the sun sets.
Overnight at Ilkeliani Camp on a Full Board Basis.       Â
Nestled in a river glade in the Maasai Mara Game Reserve, the area is a favourite for elephants coming to drink from the Talek River.
Day 5
Day Itinerary
Following an early breakfast, depart on a morning game drive, returning to the camp mid-morning. After lunch, and perhaps a siesta, set off on another game drive into the reserve, returning to the camp as the sunsets.
Overnight at Ilkeliani Camp on a Full Board Basis.
Day 6
Day Itinerary
After breakfast you will leave Masai Mara, head back to Narok, district headquarters of this part of Maasailand and then travel across the vast plains on the floor of the Rift Valley keep an eye out for herds of giraffe and gazelle and head up the Rift Escarpment on a road built by Italian prisoners of war during World War II. Stop enroute to enjoy a picnic lunch, then proceed aiming to arrive in Kenya’s bustling capital city in the late afternoon were you will be dropped to your hotel near the Jomo Kenyatta Airport.
Overnight at Four Points by Sheraton Nairobi Airport on a Bed and Breakfast basis
Conveniently located within the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport Complex, The Four Points by Sheraton Nairobi Airport hotel is the ideal stopover for travellers. Whether on business and needing a functional space to work or schedule meetings, or a leisure tourist wanting a respite from the African heat before the next journey, the hotel offers a warm and invigorating space.
Day 7
End of Itinerary
Breakfast will be served at the hotel, followed by check out then you will be transferred to the Airport for your flight back home.
Included
- Meet and greet services
- All transport and game drives on safari sector will be in a 4×4 vehicle with a pop-up roof with an English speaking driver-guide on Private basis
- Meals and accommodation as specified
- All park fees and government taxes
- Filtered water will be provided in our safari vehicles
Excluded
- Visas and international flights
- Airport taxes (clients pay direct)
- Driver-guide gratuities
- Drinks, dining rooms tips, porterage
- Personal travel, baggage and medical insurance
- Telephone bill, laundry and any items of a personal nature
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