CSS 501: MARA/NAKURU/ABERDARE LUXURY SAFARI TRIP

Departs daily at 07.30am

 

Day 1. Nairobi - Masai Mara Game Reserve

Distance: 285 km (5 hrs). Drive from Nairobi to the Masai Mara, arriving at your lodge in time for lunch. Afternoon game viewing drive in this well-known game reserve situated in the North of the Serengeti Plains and famous for its abundance of wildlife. Dinner and overnight at Mara Sopa Lodge, L,D.

 

Day 2. Maasai Mara Game Reserve

Full day of game viewing drives in Maasai Mara plains, where the soft red hues of the sun will give your photographs the clarity of the actual African savannah. The Great Migration is one of the most impressive natural events worldwide, involving an immensity of herbivores: some 1,300,000 Wildebeest, 360,000 Thomson's Gazelle, and 191,000 Zebra. These numerous migrants are followed along their annual, circular route by a block of hungry predators, most notably lions and hyena. All meals and overnight at Mara Sopa Lodge, B, L,D.

 

Optional activities:

-Visit to a local Maasai village for a Maasai cultural tour: US$ 25 per person

-Hot air balloon ride: US$ 395 per person 

 

Day 3. Masai Mara - Nakuru National Park
Distance: 310 km (5 hrs). Soon after breakfast at the lodge, drive to Sarova Lion Hill Lodge in Nakuru for lunch. In the afternoon explore Lake Nakuru National Park for late afternoon and evening game viewing drive that includes flamingos as well as the rare white rhino in this world famous ornithological paradise with over 450 species of birdlife. Dinner and overnight at Sarova Lion Hill Lodge or Lake Nakuru Lodge, B,L,D.

 

Major attractions:
-Flamingo (Greater and Lesser) and other water birds including a variety of terrestrial birds numbering about 450 species in total.
-Mammals: 56 different species including white rhinos.
-View-points: Lion hill, Baboon cliff and Out of Africa
-Hills: Enasoit, Honeymoon, Lion hill ridge etc.
-Waterfalls: Makalia
-Unique vegetation: About 550 different plant species including the unique and biggest euphorbia forest in Africa, Picturesque landscape and yellow acacia woodlands.

 

Day 4. Nakuru - Aberdare National Park

Distance: 190 km (3 hrs.). Breakfast at the Lodge. Continue via the Nyahururu Falls, formerly Thomson Falls to the Aberdare Country Club. Lunch at the Club. Afternoon transfer into Aberdare National Park to The Ark. Evening game viewing from the Lodge. Dinner and overnight at The Ark Lodge or Treetops Lodge, B, L,D.

 

Day 5. Aberdare - Nairobi

Distance: 180 km (3 hrs). After breakfast return to Aberdare Country Club and transfer to Nairobi (Optional lunch at the Carnivore Restaurant: US$ 45 per person), B

 

Remarks:

At The Ark Lodge or Treetops Lodge, only a small overnight bag is permitted, storage facilities are available at the "base hotel". Children below 7 are not admitted. The above trip may operate on the reverse direction at no extra cost.

 

Tour price: US$ 1175 per person sharing. Single room supplement: US$ 311

Tour cost includes:
-Guarantee price; Guarantee departure
-Ground transport in a safari van with pop up roof for game viewing, photography and touring
-Full board accommodation whilst on safari
-Meal plan as described, B=Breakfast, L=Lunch and D=Dinner
-Accommodation in double/twin/triple room sharing
-All park entrance fees to include government taxes
-Service of an English speaking professional driver/guide

-Bird watching and overnight floodlit game viewing in Aberdare National Park
-Game drives as detailed in the itinerary
-Start and end in Nairobi

Tour price excludes:
-Tips
-Laundry
-Drinks
-International flights
-Visas
-Items of a personal nature
-Optional activities and any other extras not detailed in the above itinerary

 

 

 

CSS 502: NAKURU/ABERDARE/SHABA/SAMBURU SAFARI

Departs daily at 07.30am

 

Day 1. Nairobi - Nakuru

Depart to Naivasha for lunch. Afternoon drive to Nakuru for a remarkable game drive that includes Flamingos as well as the rare white rhino in this world famous ornithological paradise with over 450 species of birdlife. Dinner & overnight at Sarova Lion Hill Lodge or Lake Nakuru Lodge, L,D.

 

Major attractions:
-Flamingo (Greater and Lesser) and other water birds including a variety of terrestrial birds numbering about 450 species in total.
-Mammals: 56 different species including white rhinos.
-View-points: Lion hill, Baboon cliff and Out of Africa
-Hills: Enasoit, Honeymoon, Lion hill ridge etc.
-Waterfalls: Makalia
-Unique vegetation: About 550 different plant species including the unique and biggest euphorbia forest in Africa, Picturesque landscape and yellow acacia woodlands.

 

Day 2. Nakuru - Aberdares National Park

Breakfast and departure to Mweiga. Lunch at Aberdare Country Club. Afternoon transfer to The Ark for bird and game watching during the rest of your stay. Queen Elizabeth learned of her ascession to the throne at Tree-tops. Night viewing of wildlife at the Ark & Treetops. Dinner & overnight at The Ark Lodge or Treetops Lodge, B, L,D.

 

Day 3. Aberdare - Shaba/Samburu Game Reserve

Distance: 210 km (3 hrs. 30 min.). Breakfast and departure to Shaba. Lunch. Afternoon game drive in Shaba. In the shadow of Mount Kenya, the national parks and extensive ranch and communal lands of the Samburu Heartland support some of Africa’s most impressive wildlife and wild lands. Northern specialty species like the reticulated giraffe and the Grevy’s zebra roam the acacia grassland where lions and wild dogs hunt their prey. Dinner & overnight at Sarova Shaba Lodge or Samburu Serena Lodge, B,L,D

 

Day 4. Shaba/Samburu Game Reserve

Early rise for a game viewing drive in the adjacent Samburu National Reserve with its striking background view of the Mathew's Range. The gently flowing Uaso Nyiro River, which traverses this Park, provides evergreen vegetation for the rare gerenuk, Grevy zebra and reticulated giraffe found in this park. Afternoon game drive in Shaba. Lunch, dinner & overnight at Sarova Shaba Lodge or Samburu Serena Lodge, B,L,D.

 

Optional visit to a local Samburu village for a Samburu cultural tour: US$ 25 per person

 

Day 5. Shaba - Nairobi

Distance: 360 km (5 hrs. 30 min). After breakfast drive back to Nairobi (Optional lunch at the Carnivore Restaurant: US$ 45 per person), B,L.

 

Remarks:

At The Ark Lodge or Treetops Lodge, only a small overnight bag is permitted, storage facilities are available at the "base hotel". Children below 7 are not admitted. The above trip may operate on the reverse direction at no extra cost.

Tour price: US$ 1178 per person sharing. Single room supplement: US$ 348

Tour cost includes:
-Guarantee price; Guarantee departure
-Ground transport in a safari van with pop up roof for game viewing, photography and touring
-Full board accommodation whilst on safari
-Meal plan as described, B=Breakfast, L=Lunch and D=Dinner
-Accommodation in double/twin/triple room sharing
-All park entrance fees to include government taxes
-Service of an English speaking professional driver/guide
-Game drives as detailed in the itinerary
-Start and end in Nairobi

Tour price excludes:
-Tips
-Laundry
-Drinks
-International flights
-Visas
-Items of a personal nature
-Optional activities and any other extras not detailed in the above itinerary