Grand Safari Kenya
Resort: | Grand Safari Kenya |
Operator: | Titan Travel |
Destination: | Africa, Kenya |
Price From: | £3595.00 |
OverviewFor the classic romance of an African safari, theres scarcely a more perfect country than Kenya. From your room in Aberdare National Park, you can watch elephants and rhinos drink from a watering hole. At Lake Nakuru, youll spot exotic bird species, including enormous flocks of blossom-pink flamingos. Youll also spend three nights in the very heart of the Maasai Mara Game Reserve, spying the Big Five by day and enjoying generous Kenyan hospitality by night. Ten days of pure wildlife magic. Whats Included
11 excursions and visits
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ItineraryDay 1 – UK – Nairobi Titans VIP door-to-door travel service collects you from home for your flight to Nairobi. On arrival we transfer to our hotel for tonight. Day 2 – Aberdare National Park This morning, we travel to Aberdare National Park, encompassing the beautiful, forested Aberdare Mountains and the heart of Kenyas coffee-growing highlands. We arrive at our lodge, built beside a watering hole, for the start of our Kenya safari holidays. Rhino and families of elephant are relatively common visitors, slaking their thirst as we settle back this evening. You can enhance your visit, by choosing in-room buzzer alerts during the hours of darkness, to let you know whenever a spectacle is unfolding outside. The Ark Lodge, Aberdare National Park (3.5-star) Day 3 – Lake Nakuru National Park We depart this morning and head west to Lake Nakuru National Park, stopping along the way at Kenyas most beautiful waterfall – Thomson Falls. Lake Nakuru is an ornithologists paradise, for hundreds of exotic species that call its shores home. At ground level, sightings of Rothschild giraffe, black and white rhino, lion and leopard are not unusual. Our lodge tonight has commanding views over the lake, and is a great base for wetland game drives – well enjoy our first one late this afternoon. Lake Nakuru Lodge (3.5-star) Day 4 – Lake Nakuru National Park – Lake Naivasha National Park After another exciting game drive early this morning, we make our way to another of the lakes of Africas Great Rift Valley – Lake Naivasha. This natural oasis teems with animal life, from hippo and buffalo wallowing among the papyrus reeds to giraffes nibbling the acacia, Colobus monkeys leaping from tree to tree and birds adding flashes of colour and exotic calls. Theres time to relax this afternoon and just listen to the wildlife around you. Lake Naivasha Sopa Resort (3.5-star) Day 5 – Lake Naivasha National Park This morning we explore the Crescent Island Game Conservancy, a reserve located on the eastern side of the lake and a haven for viewing birds and game. Well also make a stop at Elsamere, for a tasty afternoon tea. This small museum is the former home of Joy Adamson, author of Born Free, which was later turned into a hit film. Lake Naivasha Sopa Resort (3.5-star) Day 6 – Maasai Mara National Reserve No Kenya highlights tour would be complete without a stay in the Maasai Mara. Renowned not only for its year-round concentration of animals, which well view on our next safari experience this afternoon, but also for its location directly in the path of the Great Migration of wildebeest and zebra. We arrive at our camp, located in the very heart of the Maasai Mara National Reserve, and head out on our first exploration. Ashnil Mara Camp, Maasai Mara National Reserve (5-star) Days 7-8 – Maasai Mara National Reserve During our two full days in the Maasai Mara it would be no surprise to see prides of lion on one of our game drives, or the fastest land mammal, the cheetah, hunting gazelle on the open plains. Keep an eye out too for a host of other large mammals, numerous pods of hippo that patrol the nearby river and a selection of the Maras hundreds of species of bird. Ashnil Mara Camp, Maasai Mara National Reserve (5-star) Day 9 – Maasai Mara National Reserve – Nairobi – In flight We begin our journey back to Nairobi, stopping along the way at a typical Maasai village to meet the locals and see how their daily life unfolds. In Nairobi, well visit the Giraffe Centre for an up-close meeting with endangered Rothschilds giraffes. Later, transfer to the airport for your overnight return flight to the UK. Maasai Mara National Reserve – Nairobi – In flight Day 10 – UK Upon arrival, your Titan vehicle will be waiting for the journey home. UK |