07 Days Kenya Under Canvas

DAY 2: NAIROBI/ AMBOSELI NATIONAL PARK
After breakfast you will be met by your guide and depart by road southwards towards Amboseli National Park. The park and surrounding game reserve cover 1,260 square miles and is mostly arid woodland with a series of swamps and lakes that provide a year round water supply for the wildlife. Amboseli sits in the shadow of Mt Kilimanjaro and is known for its large elephant population and other big game that is attracted to the area by underground springs fed from Mt. Kilimanjaro.
You will arrive at Kibo Safari Camp in time for lunch. After lunch and some time to relax, you’ll depart on an afternoon game drive in search of Amboseli’s famous elephants and with luck Kilimanjaro with be out for some sunset photos.

Dinner and Overnight at Kibo Safari Camp or similar (full board).

DAY 3: AMBOSELI NATIONAL PARK
Spend another day exploring this beautiful area on morning and afternoon wildlife viewing activities.
Amboseli sits on the lower slopes of mighty Mount Kilimanjaro – Africa’s highest – whose peak lies across the border in Tanzania. It is quite an experience to see Kilimanjaro hovering above the clouds in an early morning. The animal pictures arising against the dramatic backdrop of the mountain will thrill the photography enthusiast. Amboseli is renowned for its huge elephant herds. You will also see buffalo, black rhino, zebra, wildebeest and other plain animals.

All meals and Overnight at Kibo Safari Camp or similar (full board).

DAY 4: AMBOSELI/ LAKE NAKURU NATIONAL PARK
After breakfast, depart down the floor of the Great Rift Valley escarpment to Lake Nakuru National Park. You will have a stop enroute at Naivasha for hot lunch. Proceed to Nakuru and on arrival head straight away for an afternoon game viewing drive.
35 million years ago tectonic activity formed The Great Rift Valley. It stretches 6,000 km from Syria to Mozambique. In Kenya the deepest point is in the Naivasha/Nakuru region. Lake Nakuru is world-renowned for its millions of pink Flamingoes feeding in the lake. It is a protected game sanctuary for endangered species such as the Black/ White rhino and the Rothschild Giraffe. It is also home to lion, leopard and the Black & White Colobus monkey. At sunset drive to your lodge.

Dinner and Overnight at Flamingo Hill Tented Camp (Full board).

DAY 5: LAKE NAKURU/ MAASAI MARA GAME RESERVE
After breakfast, depart by road across the Rift Valley escarpment to Maasai Mara Game Reserve, the jewel of Kenya’s game reserves. Located in the northern section of the great Serengeti Plains, it has one of the highest concentrations of wildlife anywhere in Africa. The reserve is the home of the “Big Five” … elephant, lion, leopard, buffalo and rhino, as well as cheetah, zebra, giraffe, wildebeest, hippo, impala, gazelle and numerous other wildlife, including hundreds of species of birds’.
You will arrive in time for lunch at your Camp. After lunch and some time to relax set out for an afternoon game viewing drive.

Dinner and Overnight at Mara Sentrim Tented Camp (Full board).

DAYS 6: MAASAI MARA GAME RESERVE
Spend a further day during which you will have the opportunity to explore this great reserve in depth on a full day game drive with packed lunches.

Dinner and Overnight at Mara Sentrim Tented Camp (Full board).

DAY 7: MAASAI MARA / NAIROBI – DEPART
Enjoy a leisurely breakfast before saying good-bye and enjoying a final game drive as you proceed to Nairobi. Arrive in time for lunch at the Carnivore Restaurant. Time permitting you can sign up for some Nairobi excursions at an extra cost; this can be arranged upon request. Thereafter you will be transferred to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport to catch your homeward flight depending on your flight details.

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