Note!
This is your safari if our programme does not suit you we are at you disposal to change to your
specifications. Your safari can be shorter or longer depending on you holiday dates. Our hotels
maybe within your budget or without we are here to give the accommodation of your taste and
budget!!!
Day 1: Nairobi, Kenya
We will be picked you up at the airport after arrival at Jomo Kenyatta International after clearing Customs and
Immigration, you will be met by an Easafas Representative and transferred to your hotel. Check-in
at the Panafric Hotel or similar.
Our capital city Nairobi is a real busy one just like many others in the world. Situated in
equatorial East Africa sun rises each morning. Nairobi in the early mornings bustles with traffic,
streams of pedestrians and people pushing carts. In the city's markets, the floors are washed
and fresh produce is artfully arranged; the tea sellers unlock their stalls and light their fires;
merchants raise the iron screens from their store windows. Flowers are everywhere.
When you arrive early in the day and you don't want to rest maybe you want to do an excursion like city tours or visit Karen Blixen museum (Out of Africa) or visit a elephant or giraf centre where orphins are taken care of. Let us know!
All 3 meals are provided at your hotel.
Day 2: Nairobi - Sweetwaters Game Reserve
Meet your driver-guide for the road transfer to Nanyuki and Sweetwaters Game Reserve.
Sweetwaters Camp lies in the heart of 24,000 acre Sweetwaters Game Reserve, with magnificent views
across the plains to the snow capped peaks of Mount Kenya. Luxury tents overlook the scenery by night,
providing excellent and secluded rarely seen game viewing.
This game sanctuary is the closest reserve to Nairobi (2.5 hours drive) home to all the big
five game and has the highest ratio of game-to-area of any park or reserve in Kenya.
Game drives at Sweetwaters are indeed a pleasure. Game viewing may also take the form of
game walks accompanied by a resident Naturalist, and game rides
on horseback. Camel riding, night game drives and bush lunches or dinners are a delight. The Chimpanzee
Sanctuary, Morani the tame black rhino, and the Visitor's Information Center are most informative and
entertaining and should all be visited while in the Game Reserve.
Activities include a half-day game drive and night game drive in the reserve. Additional
activities (extra cost) are camel riding, horse riding and nature walks.
All meals provided at our accommodation: Sweetwaters Tented Camp.
Day 3: Sweetwater - Lewa Downs Private Reserve
After the morning activity and breakfast, you will transfer to Lewa Safari Camp, your home for the
next two nights. Lewa Safari Camp is set on the 45,000 acre privately owned Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, Lewa
Downs. Situated against the dramatic backdrop of the snow-covered massif of Mt Kenya and with
the magnificent Northern Frontier District stretching out to the North, Lewa is an outstanding
tourist destination, offering spectacular scenery, superb game viewing and exciting activities for
the discerning traveller.
The conservancy, formerly a working cattle ranch and otherwise known as Lewa Downs, has been
in the Craig family since 1924. Three generations of the family continue to be involved in daily
operations on Lewa. With wildlife densities as high as anywhere in Africa, it is possible to see all
of Africa's Big Five on Lewa, and the conservancy provides a refuge for several endangered species.
All meals are provided at your accommodation: the Lewa Downs Safari Camp.
Day 4: Lewa Downs Private Reserve
Activities at Lewa Safari Camp include day and night game drives in search of rhino and other
wildlife, guided walks, and visits to pre-historic sites.
Cultural excursions to visit the II'Nguesi, Ndorobo and Samburu peoples; horseback riding and
camel riding are available at an extra cost. Time at Lewa Downs is a unique combination of
hospitality, spectacular scenery and abundant wildlife.
All meals are provided at your campsite.
Day 5: Lewa Downs - Maasai Mara National Park
After breakfast we drive to the airstrip for the scheduled flight to the Maasai Mara.
You will be met at the Ol Kiombo Airstrip and transferred the short distance to the Mara Intrepids
Camp, your base for the next three nights. Sheltered in a shady indigenous forest on a broad sweep of the Talek River, Mara Intrepids is a
delightful, homely camp set in one of Kenya's prime wildlife-viewing areas. With its 30 tents
arranged in small clusters along the riverbanks, Mara Intrepids has the feel of a small, intimate camp with its bar and dining areas nestled under groves of acacia and fig trees.
The tents themselves are a picture of old-world elegance, with large four-poster beds, fine
mahogany furniture and modern en suite bathrooms with flush toilets and electricity. The
camp's amiable staff will pamper to your every need, while the very knowledgeable guides
offer game drives and walking safaris to order.
Mara Intrepids also boasts its exciting Adventurers' Club: a club specifically for children between
the ages of 4 - 12 years. Accompanied by highly trained naturalists and cultural specialists, children are
treated to an enlightening series of walks, talks, games and activities, designed to help them
better understand their wild surroundings. A dedicated team of Kenyan naturalists and teachers
with a long experience of hosting children's safaris runs the Adventurers' Club.
After checking in, there is time to freshen up before taking lunch.
This afternoon take your first game drive in the Maasai Mara in search of its famous inhabitants.
All meals are provided at the Mara Intrepids Camp.
Day 6: Maasai Mara National Park
You have the whole day to enjoy the sights and sounds of Maasai Mara on your early morning
and late afternoon game viewing drives.
The jewel in Africa’s crown, Maasai Mara is host to the most spectacular array of wildlife. Her
320 square kilometers of open savannah, woodlands and tree-lined rivers creates an eco-system
that supports huge numbers of bird and mammal species. The western border of the park is the
spectacular Siria Escarpment, and together with the acacia dotted plains, creates scenery of stunning beauty.
Lion are found in abundance throughout the park, as are elephant, giraffe, a variety of gazelle
species and zebra. Cheetah and leopard are also regularly seen and, if lucky, you may also
find rhino. Game viewing is never dull in the Mara, and patience is often rewarded with unique
sightings: a pride of lions stalking their prey; a solitary leopard retrieving its kill from the high branches of an acacia tree; male wildebeest sparring to attract females into their harem; or
even a herd of elephant protecting their young from opportunistic predators. The annual
wildebeest migration traditionally is present in the Mara from July-September and at this time
nature’s dramas unfold before your very eyes at every turn. As well as wildlife, the Maasai Mara
is also home to many members of the colourful Maasai tribe who may be seen around the
borders of the park – morans (warriors) loping across the plains, young boys herding goats,
or elders grouped under a tree discussing matters of the day.
All meals are provided at your tented accommodation.
Day 7: Maasai Mara National Park
You have another full day to enjoy the splendors of the Maasai Mara. There will also be the option
to take a balloon safari or visit to Rusinga or Mfangano Island on Lake Victoria (at an extra cost).
Alternative 1: Balloon Safari: As the balloon is inflated against the first rays of sunrise your pilot will go through safety
procedures. It’s then time to climb aboard. Once aloft, the balloon floats gently over the plains,
giving a bird’s eye view of the game below as the sun creeps slowly over the horizon. Spread
beneath you is a panorama of Africa – elephants looking improbably small; giraffe browsing
amongst the treetops; antelope grazing; a pair of lionesses stalking a herd of wildebeest; an
eagle guarding his eerie; and cheetah glancing up as the shadow of the huge balloon crosses
their paths.
After around one hour the balloon lands and nearby breakfast is already being prepared. The
smells of bacon, sausages and eggs drift on the breeze as you begin breakfast with platefuls of
exotic Kenyan fruits and homemade pastries and, of course, glasses of bubbly to toast your flight
in a tradition initiated by the Montgolfier brothers.
Alternative 2: Lake Victoria Adventure
An early start this morning with a transfer to take you to the airstrip for a 06.30 hrs flight
(25 minutes) by light aircraft to Mfangano or Rusinga Island on Lake Victoria. There will be the
opportunity to try fishing for the legendary giant Nile perch found in these waters as you explore
the myriad of tiny islands found in this region of the lake. An experienced and knowledgeable
fisherman captains each boat. Nile perch weighing over 150 lb are regularly caught on the lake.
Lake Victoria is a spectacular sight: the world's second largest freshwater lake, an inland sea
covering some 68,800 square kilometers. Although an area comparable in size to Scotland,
Lake Victoria remained unknown to the outside world until the middle of the 19th century.
Birdlife is abundant and includes the spectacular fish eagles that can be seen perching high in
the treetops or dramatically swooping across the lake as they capture fish in their fiery talons.
There is the chance to stop at a traditional fishing village and see how the villagers live from day
to day before returning to the island for your return flight to the Maasai Mara.
The afternoon is available for a game viewing drive and/or other activity in the Mara whether or
not you take the optional adventure.
All meals are providedat your accommodation.
Day 8: Maasai Mara - Nairobi - Home City
Enjoy an early morning game drive and breakfast before your transfer to Masai Mara Airstrip for
your scheduled flight to Wilson Airport.
On arrival you will be transferred to Norfolk Hotel where you can relax in your dayroom.
Enjoy lunch and dinner (meals for your own account) before your transfer to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.
|
