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07D KENYA
SAFARI: SAMBURU – LAKE NAKURU – MASAI MARA
It is the NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNEL coming alive! Witness
firsthand, the beautiful lioness calling out for her cubs… the
leopard going in for the kill… a herd of huge African elephants
feeding… the elegant giraffe munching on tree leaves… the graceful
pink flamingoes taking off from the lake... these are, amongst many
other sights, you will get to see in this visit to Kenya, East
Africa. Blue skies and vast open lands… come join us on this safari
and be amazed by the beauty of God’s creations.
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D01:
SINGAPORE – DUBAI – NAIROBI
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IN FLIGHT MEALS |
Check in two hours before departure @ TERMINAL 1 (i.e. 09FEB night).
Fly SIN – NAIROBI (via DUBAI). Upon arrival at the Jomo Kenyatta
International Airport, you clear immigration & customs as per
exiting formalities. Met upon arrival by our Kenyan Representative
for an overland drive to NAIROBI City or direct to NANYUKI, a shanty
town located at the EQUATOR and at the foothills of Mt Kenya, the 2nd
highest mountain in the African Continent. Rest early (KENYA is 5hrs
behind us). O/N in NANYUKI or NAIROBI
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D02: NAIROBI/NANYUKI – SAMBURU WILDLIFE SANCTUARY (DIST. 325km) |
L/D |
Drive through the countryside to arrive at the Samburu Wildlife
Santuary, in time for lunch and a noon game drive. After the day’s
game drives, dinner and overnight at the Safari Lodge
Park Information:
Samburu Wildlife Sanctuary lies to the North of the Equator, 325 km
from Nairobi. The 104sq Sanctuary is within the hot and arid
fringes of the vast Northern region of Kenya – the land of the
colorful Samburu people, who are close relatives of the Maasai.
This sanctuary harbors a number of wildlife species rarely found
elsewhere. These include Grevy's Zebra, the Reticulated Giraffe and
the Beisa Oryx, all species are found only north of the equator. The
long-necked Gerenuk is a graceful antelope which spends much of its
time in a bi-pedal stance seeking succulence amongst the withered
scrub which dots this harsh terrain.
Samburu is scenically and faunally dramatic for most part of the
year. It is serene under the unsympathetic equatorial sun. But
relief comes from the wide swathe of the Ewaso Nyiro River which
rises some hundreds of kilometers to the west on the foothills of
the Aberdares and which vanishes beyond Samburu in the recesses of
the Lorian swamp
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D03: SAMBURU –
LAKE
NAKURU
(DIST. 225km – 4hrs) |
B/L/D |
In the early morning, you re-join the safari guide for a morning
game drive, after which, you then return to the lodge for breakfast.
Next, it’s a scenic drive to Lake Nakuru National Park, passing by
the Kikuyu escarpment with fine views of the Kedong Valley and Mount
Suswa and Longonot. Arrive for
lunch before the afternoon game drive around the
Lake. Meals and overnight at the Safari Lodge.
Park Information:
This National park offers one of the
world's most spectacular wildlife sights, just imagine, brilliant
pink flamingos covering the lake, as far as the eye can see! When
conditions are right, between one to two million lesser and greater
flamingos feed around the shores of the shallow soda lake, together
with tens of thousands of other birds. This 62sq km, world famous
alkaline lake of the
Kenya’s Rift Valley, is the regular haunt for pink flamingos.
The landscape is awesome,
picturesque areas of sedge, marsh and grasslands alternating with
rocky cliffs and outcrop. In the late 80's, the park became
Kenya's first rhino sanctuary and today, is home to both the White
and Black Rhinos. Lions, leopards, hippos, giraffes, waterbucks are
equally at home in this unique park
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D04: LAKE NAKURU – MASAI MARA
(275kms – 51/2hrs) |
B/L/D |
After breakfast at the lodge, we travel to the Masai Mara Game
Reserve. We travel through the town of Narok… approaching the plains
of this wildlife park, fondly referred to as the “pearl of Kenyan
parks”. A natural extension of the Serengeti National Park in
Tanzania, the Mara is world famous for its vast assemblages of
plains game together with their associated predators. It is a
country of breath-taking vistas, a panorama of vast rolling plains
and rounded hills of intermittent groves of acacia woodlands and
dense thickets of shrub. The whole is bisected by the Mara River and
its tributaries, which are margined by luxuriant riverine forest. On
arrival, lunch and check-in at the lodge. Mid-Afternoon game drive
around the reserve.
Return to the lodge by sunset.
Meals and overnight
at the Safari Lodge.
Morning and afternoon game drives. Your driver-guide will be more
than happy to show you all that makes the Mara so unforgettable!
Meals and 2nd overnight
at the Safari Lodge.
Park Information:
This 1510 sq km Masai Mara is the best of the Kenyan Game Reserves
which offers a great game experience. This is the most famous and
most visited reserve in Kenya. It offers breathtaking views (seen in
the film, `Out of Africa’). The highlight of the Mara is undoubtedly
the great migration of Wildebeest which move north from the
Serengeti in July, August & September in search of lush grass. They
return South in October before the rainy season. The grasslands are
also home to the big cats, like the Lions, Cheetahs, and Leopards.
Elephant, Buffalo, Zebra, and Hippopotamus roam in large herds while
the Topi, Impala, and Coke's Hartebeest are also abundant. Masai
Mara has the largest population of Lions.
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D06: MASAI MARA – NAIROBI (4hrs) |
B |
Morning game drive before breakfast, followed by your return to
Nairobi. Optional lunch at the ‘Carnivore’. You are free in the
afternoon for some shopping perhaps? Evening transfer to the airport
for assistance for check-in for your international flight.
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DAY 7:
NAIROBI – DUBAI – SINGAPORE |
IN FLIGHT MEALS |
Transit in Dubai. Continue with the flight to Singapore
Home Sweet Home…..with the wonderful experience & memories of Safari
in Kenya !
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