Classic
Kenya (Escorted Tour)
8 days / 5 nights
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Round trip airport
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1 night Nairobi
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1 night Mount
Kenya |
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1 night Lake
Nakuru National Park |
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Lake Nakuru game
viewing |
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2 nights Masai
Mara |
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Masai Mara game
viewing |
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5 breakfasts, 4
lunches, 4 dinners |
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**First night in
Nairobi is a Monday (operates with a minimum of 2 passengers)
Day 1 Fly USA
to Kenya (Via Europe)
Day 2 Arrive Nairobi
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: Sarova Stanley Hotel
Day 3 Nairobi to Mount Kenya
Following an early breakfast, you will depart Nairobi and travel by
road to Mount Kenya. On arrival at the lodge, will enjoy lunch and
spend the remainder of the afternoon at leisure.
Accommodation: 1 night – refer to ‘Hotels’ section for detailed
information.
Superior: Serena Mountain Lodge
Day 4 Mount Kenya to Lake Nakuru
Following breakfast this morning, you will continue your safari
adventure to Lake Nakuru. Arrive in time for check-in and lunch,
followed by an afternoon game drive.
Lake Nakuru is situated between Lakes Naivasha and Baringo beneath
the high cliffs of the Eastern Rift. This is a shallow soda lake
surrounded by yellow-barked acacia woodland and grasslands, rocky
cliffs and hillsides covered with the unusual giant Euphorbia trees.
Lake Nakuru is world famous as the home of myriad flocks of greater
and lesser flamingoes, which frequently form a stunning pink ribbon
along the edges of the lake. But flamingoes are unpredictable and
are not always found here in such vast numbers - they migrate up and
down the Rift Valley from Natron to Turkana in search of the best
food supply.
An entertaining spectacle is the large flocks of pelicans found
fishing and washing at the southern end of the Lake. Over 400
species of birdlife have been recorded at the lake, making this yet
another of Kenya's major ornithological sites. In addition to the
birdlife, the park is home to herds of buffalo, waterbuck, impala,
Rothschild giraffe, and leopard. A defined area of the park has now
been designated a rhino sanctuary.
Accommodation: 1 night – refer to ‘Hotels’ section for detailed
information.
Superior: Sarova Lion Hill Lodge
Day 5 Lake Nakuru to Masai Mara
Depart on a drive along the floor of the Rift Valley taking you past
Suswa and Mt. Longonot. Cross the Loita plains where proud and
picturesque Maasai can be seen going about their normal chores in
the sheer vicinity of wildebeest, zebra and gazelle. Arrive at the
Masai Mara Game Reserve in time for lunch.
Accommodation: 2 nights – refer to ‘Hotels’ section for detailed
information.
Superior: Sarova Mara
Day 6 Masai Mara National Reserve
Enjoy a full day in the Mara with two game drives included. This
reserve is situated to the west of Nairobi, on Tanzania's northern
border - it is the extension to the larger Serengeti National Park
in Tanzania. The Masai Mara offers wonderful scenery and an
abundance of big game. It is perhaps the only region left in Kenya
where the visitor may see animals in the same super-abundance as
existed a century ago.
It is a reserve of breathtaking vistas, panoramas of vast rolling
plains, hills and woodland groves, well watered by the lovely Mara
River which bisects the Reserve from north to south. The Mara is
home to the largest population of lions in Kenya, these magnificent
beasts spending most of the day sleeping in the shade of acacia
trees. Vast herds of buffalo, zebra and wildebeest roam the plains.
Impala, gazelle, giraffe and hartebeest grace the landscape, and the
cautious topi may also be seen standing sentinel on earth mounds on
constant look-out of predators.
The waters of the Mara River are home to crocodiles and pools of
hippo, the acacia woodlands and riverine forests favoured by leopard
and elephant, and the open savannah and dry bush areas play host to
the plains' game and their attendant predators such as lion,
cheetah, hyena and jackal.
Day 7 Fly Nairobi to USA (Via Europe)
Drive to Nairobi and transfer to the airport for your departure
flights.
Day 8 Arrive USA
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Accom Level |
Dates of Travel |
Twin Share |
Single
(traveling w/others*) |
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Standard |
1/1/10-1/31/10 |
$1815 |
$2205 |
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2/1/10-2/28/10 |
$1965 |
$2440 |
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3/1/10-3/31/10 |
$1815 |
$2205 |
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4/1/10-5/31/10 |
$1600 |
$1700 |
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6/1/10-6/30/10 |
$1815 |
$2205 |
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7/1/10-10/31/10 |
$1965 |
$2440 |
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11/1/10-12/15/10 |
$1815 |
$2205 |
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*Single prices
listed are subject to a minimum of two travelers on the
tour. |
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International Airfare From |
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Routing
for this itinerary includes: |
IAD / LHR / NBO / LHR / IAD |
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11/1/10-12/2/10 & 1/10/11-3/24/11 |
$2010 |
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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 |
$2490 |
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otherwise indicated all travel must be completed by October 31, 2010
if not before. CST #2012413-20
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