KENYA HORIZON SAFARI

KENYA HORIZON SAFARI.

SUMMARY

Full Trip Itinerary;

Jambo! Upon arrival at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, you will be met by a representative from Prosper Safaris who will greet you and assist with the transfer to the Hotel for overnight.

Overnight: Intercontinental Naiobi

Meal Plan: Bed and Breakfast

After breakfast, drive north via Nanyuki to the Samburu National Reserve. Arrive for lunch at your camp followed by an afternoon game drive. Later as the sun sets, you will be transferred back to your camp for dinner and overnight. You will have one more day of game viewing with all meals and overnight included.

The reserve is rich in wildlife with an abundance of rare northern specialist species such as the Grevy’s zebra, Somali ostrich, reticulated giraffe, gerenuk and the Beisa oryx (also referred to as (also referred to as Samburu Special Five). The reserve is also popular with minimum of 900 elephants. Large predators such as the lion, leopard and cheetah are an important attraction (Kamunyak the miracle lioness that adapted the baby oryx is a resident in the reserve).

Ashnil Samburu Camp provides luxurious accommodation in 24 deluxe tents, each of which provide stunning views onto the Ewaso Ngiro River.  Located within the Buffalo Springs Reserve, this camp is a refuge and oasis in the middle of the African wilderness. Facilities at this camp are elegant, modern and practical.  Each tent is equipped with a dressing area, sitting area, luggage rack and en suite bathroom facilities.  The main guest area is shaded by tall acacia trees, and guests can take advantage of the lounge area, bar and veranda with river view.  The bar is tastefully decorated in a simple and elegant way with an African twist, and is a lovely place to spot wildlife whilst enjoying a fine wine or imported beer.

Overnight: Ashnil Samburu Camp

Meal Plan: Full Board

Depart to the privately-owned 24,000 acre reserve, Ol Pejeta Conservancy s where your drive ends and another adventure begins at your luxurious tented camp with magnificent views of Mt. Kenya. Arrive for lunch followed by afternoon game viewing drive. Dinner and overnight.

One of only four private wildlife reserves in Kenya, your under canvas experience includes wildlife drives in search of the ‘Big Five’. Watch a parade of elephant, giraffe, zebra and impala come to drink at the camp’s floodlit waterhole and saltlick. Optional activities abound, you may choose to go on a night drive in search of nocturnal species, go on a nature walk or join a rhino patrol with experienced armed rangers to find and monitor black rhino. During your stay here, you will also visit the 200-acre Chimpanzee sanctuary that has been set up here. Although chimps are not indigenous to Kenya, the aim of the project, initiated by Lonrho East Africa,

Overnight: Sweetwaters Tented Camp

Meal Plan: Full Board

Continue with your journey this morning as you drive to Lake Nakuru National Park, a shallow alkaline lake that is world-renowned for its huge concentration of flamingos; at times, hundreds of thousands of these birds give the lake a pink shimmering glow. The park boasts a huge variety of animals, including leopard which is often found snoozing on the branches of the magnificent yellow-barked acacias, lion, buffalo, hippo, waterbuck, warthog, baboon, the endangered Rothschild’s giraffe only found in this park in Kenya, white rhino and the rare black rhino which is protected and guarded here.

Small and exclusive, Flamingo Hill consists of just 25 cozy tents. These are not the average “tent.” The tents at Flamingo Hill are furnished with all the luxuries of modern travel. Decorated in calming safari tones, natural woods, wrought iron accents, and crisp linens, each tent has been thoughtfully designed

to maximize comfort.

Overnight: Flamingo Hill Tented Camp

Meal Plan: Full Board

Your journey now takes you to the Maasai Mara, Kenya’s most famous wildlife reserve. Arrive in time for lunch followed by afternoon game viewing drive. You will have one more day of game viewing with all meals and overnight at your camp.

The Maasai Mara is arguably Kenya’s most popular game reserve. It is most famous and most visited game reserve in Kenya. The film “Out of Africa” was made to a great extend in this sanctuary. There is a profusion of all types of wildlife including the big five. A spectacle worth seeing is the annual migration of millions of wildebeests, zebras, and the gazelles from the Serengeti plains across the Tanzania border and the Mara river to reach Maasai Mara grazing fields from late June. The game reserve abounds with birdlife since close to about four hundred and fifty two odd species have been recorded.

Ashnil Mara Camp sits on the 25 million year pre-historic land which spans virtually all stages of life’s evolution and the fossil record. It comprises 30 luxury tents, located within the triangle in Maasai Mara National Reserve adjacent to the Mara River famous for the wildebeest migration. There are 30 tents, 15 twins (2 wheelchair friendly), 10 doubles and 3 triples, all overlooking the river. Perfect place to view wildlife and at the same time relax and take a dip in the pool after your game-drive.

Overnight: Ashnil Mara Camp

Meal Plan: Full Board

After breakfast at the Camp, bid farewell to the Masai Mara as you set on your journey back to Nairobi. Drive back down the Great Rift Valley to Nairobi, passing the dormant volcano, Mount Longonot, and lakes Elementaita and Naivasha on the way. Keep an eye out for herds of giraffe and gazelle and head up the escarpment. You will arrive in Kenya’s bustling capital city Nairobi in the early afternoon where you will be transferred to the Jomo Kenyatta International airport for your departure flight back home.

NET PRICE GUIDE: PER PERSON COST

INCLUSIONS

• Accommodation as stipulated in the itinerary.
• Transportation in a chauffeur driven minivan with a pop up roof for game viewing & photography. Upgrade to 4 x 4 land cruiser available on request at a supplement cost
• Services of a professional driver-guide
• All game viewing drives
• All parks entrance fees as indicated in the itinerary.
• All Government taxes and levies.
• Complimentary 500 ml mineral water per person per game drive in the safari vehicle.
• All meet and greet services.
• All arrival and departure transfers.
• 24 hours stand-by contact number.
• Meals as indicated in the itinerary.
• Two-way long range high frequency radio communication in each vehicle.
• On safari accessories in each vehicle: – First-aid kit, wildlife books, a pair of binoculars, cool box and fire extinguisher.

EXCLUSIONS

• All items of personal nature e.g. telephone call bills, fax/email bills etc.
• Tipping
• Alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks,
• International flight and departure taxes.
• Laundry services.
• Any other item(s) not included in our itinerary.
• Visa fees