ITINERARY ONE
(6 NIGHTS/7 DAYS)
NAIROBI/MAASAI MARA/ LK. NAKURU/TREE HOTEL/ MT. KENYA

Day 01 ARRIVAL- NAIROBI

  Meet on arrival at Jomo Kenyatta International airport and transffered to Intercontinental Hotel. This is a 5* Star hotel on the city center neighbouring Kenya Parliament, Uhuru Park and City Hall and with the beautiful Nairobi tree lined street surrounding it.

Lunch and dinner on own arrangements.

Overnight at Intercontinental Hotel. Bed & Breakfast basis.

Day 02 NAIROBI- MAASAI MARA NATIONAL RESERVE

0730 hrs.          Buffet breakfast at the Intercontinental Hotel. Morning drive to the Maasai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya’s finest and best known game reserve. This journey takes you through the Great Rift Valley View Point where you will have a stop over for a photographic session.

1300 hrs.         Lunch at Mara Sopa Lodge
1600 hrs.          Afternoon game viewing drive.
The greatest attraction in the Mara is watching the animals in their natural element; a lion’s roar, a cheetah making a kill, and the big elephant herds are all very fascinating events.

This is the traditional land of the Masai people, nodamic herders who choose a traditional lifestyle and who are permitted to graze their cattle in the area. A proud and largely aloof tribe who have held on their customs and traditions for hundreds of years. The park’s habitats include the forests along the banks of the Mara and Talek Rivers, acacia forest and open savannah.

Dinner and overnight at Mara Sopa Lodge.

Day 03  MAASAI MARA NATIOANAL RESERVE

                        Another day spent in the Mara with morning and afternoon game viewing drive in the rolling plains, woodland and rivers that make up the Mara.
There are very high chances of seeing the “big five”.
All meals at the lodge.

Overnight at Mara Sopa Lodge.

Day 04            MAASAI MARA- LAKE NARURU NATIONAL PARK

0700 hrs.         Buffet Breakfast at the lodge.
0800 hrs.         Morning drive to Lake Nakuru National Park. Lake Nakuru is one of the alkaline Rift Valley lakes and a fantastic bird sanctuary, its shore populated at times by more than one million flamingoes. The famous ornithologist Roger Tory Peterson defined it as “the greatest bird spectacle on earth”. The fortunate sentence has now become a cliché and is used to fed-up-ism  for the Rift Valley.

1300 hrs.         Lunch at Lake Nakuru Lodge.
1530 hrs.         Afternoon game viewng drive in the park. This is Kenya’s first rhino sanctuary. The Rothschild giraffes have also been rehabilitated here at a time that they were endangered. You are lamost certain to see the most elusive of the cats family, the leopard.

Dinner and overnight at the Lake Nakuru Lodge.

Day 05  LAKE NAKURU- ABERDARE NATIONAL PARK

0730 hrs.         Buffet off to the Aberdare ranges. The drive is very scenic and offers memorable photo opportunities.

                        The Aberdares are the third highest range of mountains in Kenya, reaching a summit of just over 4000m. this massive range is well known for its salient forest , and their prolific game. It is an important water catchments area and indeed throughout most of the year it gets rain and mist.

Lunch at the Aberadare  Country Club.
After lunch you will be transferred in hotel vehicles to the Ark.
Afternoon tea and coffee at a tree hotel.
The Ark is set in thick woodland at the heart of the Aberdare National Park and is designed with numerous viewing decks, balconies and lounges that allow you to watch animals visiting the waterhole and salt lick.
A ground level viewing area provides excellent photographic opportunities and a loodlit waterhole allows all-night game viewing.
Dinner and overnight at the Ark.

NB: ONLY SMALL OVERNIGHT BAGS ARE ALLOWED TO TREE HOTELS. THE OTHER LUGGAGE WILL BE RESTORED AT BASE HOTELS. CHILDREN UNDER 7 YEARS OF AGE ARE NOT ALLOWED AT THE TREE HOTELS.

Day 06 ABERDARE- MOUNT KENYA

0730 hrs.         Buffet breakfast at the Ark.
0830 hrs.         Morning transfer by hotel vehicles to Aberdare Country Club to rejoin you driver guide and retrieve your store luggage.
Drive to the Mount Kenya region, via the Aberdares Mountains.
1230 hrs.          Lunch at Mount Kenya Safari Club.
Afternoon at leisure to enjoy the amenities offered by the hotel.
Dinner and overnight at Mt. Kenya Safari Club.

Day 07 MT. KENYA- NAIROBI- DEPART

0730 hrs.          Buffet breakfast at Mt. Kenya Safari Club.
0900 hrs.          Morning drive to Nairobi.
Lunch on own arrangements.
Afternoon transfer to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport for your departure flight or have a beach holiday in the palm fringed beaches of the Kenyan coast at extra cost.

Safari has become a byword for romance and adventure. This original home of Safari. Whatever you are seeking on your journey, you will find it in Kenya.

BON VOYAGE!!

RESERVE

NET COSTING IN US$;

VALIDITY:

01.07.07- 31.10.07

Based on 01 pax US$ 3038
Each of 02 pax US$ 1826
Each of 03 pax US$ 1582
Each of 04 pax US$ 1460
Each of 05 pax US$ 1386
Each of 06 pax US$ 1338
Each of 07 pax US$ 1303

Single room supplement US$ 478

Based on 01 pax US$ 2999
Each of 02 pax US$ 1805
Each of 03 pax US$ 1561
Each of 04 pax US$ 1438
Each of 05 pax US$ 1364
Each of 06 pax US$ 1316
Each of 07 pax US$ 1281

Single room supplement US$ 462

Main tour cost include:

• Arrival and departure transfer to & from John Kenyatta International Airport.
• Bed & Breakfast at the International Hotel- 5 star.
• Full board on safari in 4 star lodges.
• All road transport and game drives in a specially designed safari minivan with a pop up roof for maximum game viewing comfort with a professional English speaking driver/guide.
• All park entrance fees.
• Drivers park entry fees and allowance.
• Complimentary: Mineral Water in the safari minivans during the safari, (2 bottles per person per day during the safari in Kenyan Safari Section only).
• Flying Doctors Service for emergency evacuation cover. This cover takes care of emergency evacuation to the best Hospitals in Nairobi. However this does not cover the hospital bills but only the evacuation.
• Flower garlands at the JKIA arrival.

Our price does not include:

• The cost of obtaining visas (the Kenya visa can be got with ease at the Nairobi Airport for US$ 50 per person- no photos required).
• Expenses like laundry, beverages, bar bill, telephone, mineral water, tips, porterage etc.
• International departure taxes (these are already included in your return ticket).
• Travel and medical insurance.
• All other expenses that are purely of personal nature.
• All other items that are not mentioned in “our price include”.

OPTIONAL SERVICES

1. Balloon safari in Maasai Mara with champagne Breakfast USD 425 per person.
2. Visit to Maasai Village in Maasai Mara USD 30 per person.
3. Dinner or Lunch in famous restaurant in Nairobi USD 35 per person FULL course meal.