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Giraffe Safari

Day 1
Met on arrival and transfer to Safari park hotel and Casino. This is a beautiful 64-acre hotel to relax and rest after your long flight. The beautiful landscape of lush gardens and pools, set amidst thatched roof buildings in African motif is a perfect beginning to an African safari.

Distance From Airport to Safari Park – Approx 30Kms
Driving Time – Approx 30Minutes
Dinner and overnight - Safari Park Hotel.

Lioness and cubs Elephant

Day 2
After breakfast, drive to the beautiful Aberdare National Park check in at the Aberdare Country Club for lunch. Afterwards you will be transferred to The Ark. The park lies in the Abadare Mountains; the eastern wall of the Great Rift Valley forms the western rim of the park, which due to its steepness deters wildlife. The lodge overlooks a floodlit waterhole and salt lick which attracts a host of wildlife enabling you to view them from the comfort of your room.

Distance From Nairobi– Approx. 220 Km
Driving Time – Approx. 3 Hours
Ps. Only overnight bags are allowed at the ark, the rest of the luggage to be stored at the Aberdare Country Club
Dinner and Overnight - The Ark

Day 3 and 4
After breakfast head for Mt. Kenya safari club. The club is built on the equator and the club terrace offers a spectacular view of Mt. Kenya’s peak. The afternoon is set aside to enjoy the clubs outstanding optional facilities – heated swimming pool, golf course, tennis court, horse riding and trout fishing among other activities. A visit to the animal orphanage can be organized on request.

Distance From The Ark   – Approx 200km
Driving Time – Approx 2Hours
Dinner and overnight - Mount Kenya Safari Club

Day 5
After breakfast, drive via Nyahururu falls to Lake Nakuru National Park to arrive in time for lunch. The park was once described as the most fabulous bird spectacle in the world and it spans an attractive range of wooded and bush grassland around the lake, offering wide ecological diversity – from the lake waters, woodland to the rocky escarpment and ridges. After lunch, you will have an afternoon game drive which will give you the opportunity to view various wildlife both predatory and plains game, not forgetting the abundance of birdlife. This park also serves as home to both the white and black rhino.

Distance From Mt. Kenya Safari Club – Approx. 425 Km
Driving Time – Approx. 5 Hours
Meals and Overnight - Lion Hill Lodge

Lion hill dining room Lion hill plains

Day 6
Breakfast, and depart for Maasai Mara Game Reserve arriving in time for lunch and later an afternoon game drive.  A spectacle worth seeing is the annual migration of millions of wildebeests, zebra, and gazelles from the Serengeti plains across the Tanzania border and Mara River to reach Maasai Mara grazing fields. The dramatic crossing of the river and the preying on the migrants by predators can be viewed early June to August. The Mara has got also thousand of species of bird life and plant life.

Distance From Maasai Mara – Approx. 300 Km
Driving Time – Approx. 5 Hours

 

Day 7
The whole is spent enjoying the untamed beauty of the Mara. Picnic lunch can be organized in advance so that you can enjoy unhurried game viewing. Vast herds of wildebeest and zebra wander across the Mara grasslands, their numbers increasing during the annual migration from Serengeti. Lion, leopard and cheetah follow close behind, while crocodile and hippo congregate in the Mara and Talek rivers.

Meals and Overnight - Mara Simba Lodge

Day 8
Breakfast and thereafter depart for Nairobi and transfer to the airport for departure home.

Distance From Nairobi – Approx. 260 Km
Driving Time – Approx. 4½ Hours

 

GIRAFFE SAFARI
Nairobi (1 night); Aberdare (1 night); Mount Kenya (2 nights); Lake Nakuru (1 night); Masai Mara (2 nights)

 

HIGH SEASON

PEAK SEASON

LOW SEASON

 

03.01.10 – 31.01.10
01.03.10 – 09.04.10
01.06.10 – 30.06.10
01.11.10 – 20.12.10
01.02.10 – 29.02.10
01.07.10 – 31.10.10
23.12.10 – 02.01.11
10.04.10 – 31.05.10

 

½DBL,US$

SGL Supp $

½DBL,US$

SGL Supp $

½DBL,US$

SGL Supp $

2 PAX

2562

900

2874

1020

2148

480

3 PAX

2310

900

2604

1020

1902

480

4 PAX

2184

900

2472

1020

1776

480

5 PAX

2106

900

2388

1020

1704

480

6 PAX

2058

900

2340

1020

1650

480

7 PAX

2058

900

2298

1020

1620

480

Easter supplement, Christmas and New Year supplement - 50 Dollars per person per day.

Price Includes:

  • Accommodation with private bathrooms as stipulated in the itinerary or equivalent
  • Private transportation in a guide driven minivan with pop-up roof for easy game viewing & photography
  • Services of an experienced English-speaking driver-guide
  • Game viewing drives as indicated in the itinerary
  • All Government taxes parks entrance fees and levies
  • All meet and greet services
  • All arrival and departure transfers
  • All meals as indicated in the itinerary B-Breakfast L- Lunch D- Dinner
  • Guaranteed window seat in each vehicle

Price Excludes

  • All items of personal nature e.g. Laundry services / telephone call bills / fax / email bills etc
  • Tips and gratuities to hotel
  • lodges
  • camp staff and driver-guide(s)
  • All alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks
  • Any other item(s) not included in our itinerary

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