KSAELUX / LUX011: 11 Days Luxury Safari
Day 1: Arrival – Nairobi
On arrival at the airport, meet our experienced guide from KSafaris & African Expeditions Ltd. Your short drive takes you through Nairobi National Park that stands out because of its wide variety of wildlife in co – existence with the urban setting of the capital city. Arrive at The Emakoko, a chic and tranquil retreat right on the edge of the park where the incredibly hospitable staff will welcome you.
Day 2: Nairobi Excursions
Begin your morning by exploring the Nairobi National Park which has a diversity of environments with characteristic flora and fauna. Major attractions here include the black rhinoceros; diverse birdlife; large predators – lion, leopard, hyena and cheetah; aggregations of large herbivores – eland, buffalo, zebra and wildebeest; Ivory Burning Site Monument.
Set off to Daphne Sheldrick, a focal point for Elephant Conservation. Elephant calves orphaned by poaching are brought here from all over the country. They receive extremely specialized treatment, and literally receive personal care 24 hours a day from highly dedicated staff who becomes surrogate mothers to the calves. Watch the calves as they are exercised and bathed.
Your next stop will be at the Giraffe Center a center that has been ostensibly set up as a breeding center for the endangered Rothschild Giraffe. It was started by Jock Leslie-Melville, the Kenyan grandson of a Scottish Earl, when he and his wife Betty captured a baby giraffe to start a programme of breeding giraffe in captivity at their home in Langata – home of the present centre. Since then the programme has had huge success, resulting in the introduction of several breeding pairs of Rothschild Giraffe into Kenyan national parks.
Return back to your lodge for lunch followed by afternoon at leisure. Your lovely dinner today will be near the pool as the sounds of animals from the park make it seem as if you are far away from civilization!
Day 3 & 4: Fly Nairobi – Chyulu Hills
Early this morning you will be transferred to the Wilson airport. Fly on Safari Link scheduled flight to Chyulu Hills which is one of Kenya’s most photogenic regions. It is a land of rolling open plains interrupted abruptly by the Chyulu Hills themselves. Your next two days here, will leave you with so many fond memories of Ol Donyo Lodge that will make you fall in love with Kenya.
Strong populations of wildlife find their habitat in and around the Ol Donyo Lodge environs. While the “Big Five” are here – rhino, elephant, lion, leopard and buffalo – they are frequently masters of elusivity; however, cheetah, fringe-eared oryx, gerenuk, and giraffe make for easy viewing. You will be able to track wildlife by open game drive vehicles, by foot, or horseback. Late afternoon and early evening drives are also featured for you if interested in spotting the more elusive nocturnal species.
Day 5, 6 & 7: Chyulu Hills – Laikipia & Lewa Wildlife Conservancy
Bid farewell to the new friends at Ol Donyo Lodge before flying to Nairobi. Connect with the morning flight to Lewa airstrip where your next adventure begins in the amazing Lewa House located at the very heart of the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy. Your home for the next three days is set on top of a hill with extensive views over gentle rolling hills with Mount Kenya to the south and the rugged Mathews Range and the sacred mountain of Ol Olokwe to the north.
Embark on day and night game drives in the company of the experienced and well trained guides. Game drives take in Lewa’s diverse habitats and unique wildlife (including the Big 5) as well as some fascinating geology and pre-historic sites including one of Kenya’s few Acheulian hand-axe sites. Guided bush walks will let you appreciate the smaller animals as well as the tracks, trails, signs, sights, sounds and smells of the wilderness – something you often miss from the car! Horse riding around the house environs will offer a completely different way of seeing wildlife.
Day 8,9 & 10: Lewa Conservancy – Maasai Mara
After a leisurely al fresco breakfast, we now fly to the extraordinary destination of the Maasai Mara. Scenically, it epitomises the Africa of childhood imaginings: the lone Acacia tree against the cobalt sky, rolling plains that positively heave with life, the sluggish curves of the Mara River choc-a-bloc with hippo and crocs and the odd red “shuka” of a Maasai herdsman who carry on their normal pace of life, largely oblivious of all the commotion around them.
From the second you are greeted on the runway by the smiley enthusiastic staff your life will change forever. Your stay at your next camp in the Maasai Mara will exceed your expectations beyond explanation – from the extremely helpful and incredible staff and the hospitality, the sensational game drives and animals, the food, to the unforgettable day to day experiences that is Mara Plains Camp.
Day 11: Nairobi – Departure
Wake up at sunrise for your last game drive; who knows, you may see some wildlife that you hadn’t seen before.
Return to the camp and collect your bags and transfer to the airstrip for your Scheduled flight to Wilson airport. A day room has been reserved for you at the Eka Hotel where you will get some time to freshen up before being transferred to the airport for your departure flight.
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