Wings Over Kenya
10 days / 7 nights
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Internal Kenya
flights |
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Round trip airport
transfers |
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1 night Nairobi |
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2 nights Amboseli
National Park |
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Amboseli game
viewing |
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2 nights Samburu
National Park |
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Samburu game
viewing |
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2 nights Masai
Mara |
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Masai Mara game
viewing |
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7 breakfasts, 6
lunches, 6 dinners |
Day 1 Fly USA
to Nairobi (Via Europe)
Day 2 Arrive Nairobi, Kenya
On arrival you will be met and transferred to your hotel. Kenya's
capital is cosmopolitan, lively, interesting and pleasantly
landscaped. Its central business district is handily compact and
it's a great place to tune into modern urban African life.
Originally little more than a swampy watering hole for Maasai
tribes, Nairobi grew with the advent of the railway and had became a
substantial town by 1900. Five years later it succeeded Mombasa as
the capital of the British protectorate. Today it's the largest city
between Cairo and Johannesburg.
Accommodation: 1 night – refer to ‘Hotels’ section for detailed
information.
Superior: Nairobi Serena
Day 3 Fly Nairobi to Amboseli
Transfer to the airport for your onward flight. On arrival you will
be met and transferred to your accommodation.
Amboseli is a fairly small National Park yet so rich in both flora
and fauna that it has recently been designated an International
Bio-sphere Reserve. Amboseli, meaning “Salty Dust” in the Maasai
language is an important rangeland for the Masai culture whilst the
‘salty dust’ itself is volcanic ash from the eruptions of the Mount
Kilimanjaro a millennium ago.
Accommodation: 2 nights – refer to ‘Hotels’ section for detailed
information.
Superior: Amboseli Serena Safari Lodge
Day 4 Amboseli National Park
Enjoy morning and afternoon game drives in Amboseli National Park,
which lies below the most famous symbol of Africa – Mount
Kilimanjaro – 19,340 feet – the highest mountain in Africa and the
tallest free standing mountain in the world.
Day 5 Fly Amboseli to Samburu (Via Nairobi)
Transfer to the airport for your onward flights. On arrival you will
be met and transferred to your accommodation.
A place of endless skies, dust-red plains and palm-fringed rivers,
this areas lies on the fringes of the vast and arid desert once
known as the Northern Frontier District, whose heat-scorched
scrublands extend all the way to the jade-green waters of Lake
Turkana and beyond. Physically dramatic, the park’s landscape
features rocky battlements, craggy scarps, dry river beds and fallen
boulders rising out of the thorn scrub against a backdrop of the
far-distant hills and the great red table mountain known as
Lololokwi. As for wildlife, Samburu provides one of the few
sanctuaries in Kenya for the endangered Grevy’s zebra, the rare
Beisa oryx and the blue-shanked Somali ostrich whilst large herds of
elephant roam the gaunt hills during the day before returning to
bathe on the banks of the river in the evening.
Accommodation: 2 nights – refer to ‘Hotels’ section for detailed
information.
Superior: Samburu Serena Safari Lodge
Day 6 Samburu National Park
Enjoy morning and afternoon game drives in the reserve with morning
and afternoon game viewing. Seek out some of Kenya's rarer species
like the long-necked gerenuk, Grevy's zebra and reticulated giraffe.
Day 7 Fly Samburu to Masai Mara
Transfer to the airport for your onward flight. On arrival you will
be met and transferred to your accommodation.
When it comes to game viewing, there is nowhere in Africa richer in
wildlife or more eventful in encounters than the Mara. A pristine
wilderness of haunting beauty, it promises its visitors a profusion
of wildlife, prolific bird life and the unprecedented opportunity of
catching up with all the members of the ‘Big Five’ in one morning.
The scenery is a classic mix of African imagery; miles of lion gold
grasslands, shoals of lilac-misted hills, a meandering river, acres
of thorn-bush and mile upon mile of undulating wilderness.
Accommodation: 2 nights – refer to ‘Hotels’ section for detailed
information.
Superior: Mara Serena Safari Lodge
Day 8 Masai Mara National Reserve
Enjoy morning and afternoon game viewing in the Mara with two game
drives included. Wonderful scenery and an abundance of big game
abound in this reserve.
Known as the ‘greatest show on earth’ the annual migration of up to
one and a half million animals between the dry plains of Tanzania
and the lush grasslands of Kenya has featured as an annual event on
Earth’s calendar for the past two million years. And it’s still as
extraordinary, enlightening and exciting an event as ever. Taking
place around the months of August and September the migration is a
spectacle, both comic and tragic, that features the epic journey of
vast herds of wildebeest between the grasslands of Kenya and
Tanzania – flanked by a carnival of other herbivores and stalked by
a ruthless pack of predators. As a vivid portrayal of the violence
of the concept, ‘survival of the fittest’, this is a spectacle, not
always for the faint-hearted, that goes beyond memorable and into
momentous.
Day 9 Fly Masai Mara to USA (Via Europe)
Fly back to Nairobi for your departure flights.
Day 10 Arrive USA
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Accom Level |
Dates of Travel |
Twin Share |
Single
(traveling w/others*) |
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Superior |
1/1/10-1/31/10 |
$4185 |
$5170 |
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2/1/10-2/28/10 |
$4425 |
$5520 |
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3/1/10-3/31/10 |
$4185 |
$5170 |
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4/1/10-5/31/10 |
$3615 |
$4020 |
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6/1/10-6/30/10 |
$4185 |
$5170 |
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7/1/10-10/31/10 |
$4425 |
$5520 |
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11/1/10-12/15/10 |
$4185 |
$5170 |
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*Single prices
listed are based on traveling with minimum of two other
travelers in the same party. If you are traveling alone,
please call for single supplement pricing. |
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Routing
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IAD / LHR / NBO / LHR / IAD |
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11/1/10-12/2/10 & 1/10/11-3/24/11 |
$2012 |
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4/1/10-5/20/10 & 8/30/10-10/31/10 & 3/25/11-3/31/11 |
$2135 |
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5/21/10-8/29/10 & 12/3/10-1/9/11 |
$2492 |
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*Prices are per person, twin/double share in USD. Travel may be
restricted to certain days of the week and be available from one or
multiple US departure points. Add on fares are available from most
US cities and surcharges may be applicable for travel on particular
days of the week. All international airfare prices are inclusive of
fuel surcharges; however, due to the volatility of fuel prices,
international fares listed are subject to change without notice.
Seats are limited and may not be available on every flight. Hotels
and tours remain subject to availability. US and Foreign Govt. taxes
and fees vary depending on the itinerary selected and may range from
$90 to $395 per person. Passenger Facility Charges of up to $18 per
person and the September 11th Security Fee of up to $10 per person,
are not included. After ticketing changes may not be permissible in
some circumstances, or a change fee may be applied. Cancellation
penalties and other booking or alteration restrictions may exist.
Please note that some air segments may be served by an associated
carrier and air routings listed may not be a non-stop service. Full
payment for special deals may be required within a number of days of
the reservation being made as nominated by your consultant at the
time of booking (or 60 days prior to departure). Please note
blackout dates may apply to Christmas, New Year and local special
event periods. Prices indicated remain subject to change without
notice. Group inquiries are welcome however specials remain subject
to hotel and airline capacity control and therefore may not be
applicable for group travel. The best deal available for group
travel will always be given in lieu of the offer indicated. Unless
otherwise indicated all travel must be completed by October 31, 2010
if not before. CST #2012413-20
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Giraffes at sunset, Kenya |
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