Kenya's national parks and reserves rate among the best in Africa. The tremendous variety of birds and mammals is the main attraction with visitors. You also have time to wind off on the Kenyan beach
Trip rating 6.0/10 from 1 trip review
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Overall operator rating 9.2/10 from 19 trip reviews
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Positive Feedback: The operator was very friendly and helpful. The sales person I dealt with (Anastacia) responded very quickly to all questions and was very flexible in trying to meet my requirements and she provided as much information as possible. The information regarding what to bring and what is included in the cost and trip is VERY helpful.
The driver (Ben) and cook(Kutta) were lovely and very informative about the history, the animals and provided some entertaining stories. The Food was VERY VERY tasty and very filling. Ben's driving was good and safe and love of animals was fantastic because he was very enthusiastic about the game drives and enojyed observing the animals.
Constructive Critism / Advice / Tips for future Itineraries: ** When providing an itinery a guide for realistic driving times must be added in both the Dry & Wet Season so that the client has a worst case scenario idea of driving times. ** I think that whoever will be driving the clients should look over the route and confirm that they think the timings will work, the best route to visit the locations has been selected and they should be consulted. ** If the description states 'Game Drives' this should be slow driving with the top of the van popped, not just driving to the exit of the park, for example. This should be clarified. ** It would be useful if companies took 'USD Travellers Cheques' as most take USD Cash!
Overall Thoughts: The service from our operator was very helpful and friendly. We had a very enjoyable safari with all the creature comforts we requested. The tented camps were very nice, some had beds! The van was always clean. Our driver was very good at spotting the animals and equipped us with helpful advice so that we could spot some animals. We saw lots of animals and had a very enjoyable time.
I would definately contact this operator for advice on future safaris and maybe even go with them again. Thank you.
Itinerary
I T I N E R A R Y
Day 1: Nairobi - Masai Mara 0800hrs,we will pick you up from your Nairobi hotel, after a short briefing depart for Masai Mara Game Reserve via the viewpoint of the Great Rift Valley, lunch enroute. Arrive in time for an evening game drive in this pristine, unequalled ‘big game country’. Dinner and overnight at the lodge /campsite.
Day 2: Masai Mara This will be a day of tracking game with your guide, after an early breakfast. The Mara’s landscape is scenic savannah grassland on rolling hills, which enables the reserve to attract sufficient rainfall to maintain and support a large population of herbivores, together with the predators that follow. Elephant, lion, buffalo can be seen with relative ease though luck is a necessary factor for spotting rhino and leopard that complete the big five as the two animals are very timid and sparsely numbered. Plains game like wildebeest, zebra and Masai giraffe abound as well as hippos and a wide variety of antelopes including impala, dik dik, hartebeest, Grant’s gazelle and Thompson’s gazelle among others. We will cater for a picnic lunch at the hippo pool. In the evening, return to the lodge / campsite for dinner and an overnight stay.
Day 3: Masai Mara - Nakuru After breakfast, leave Masai Mara for Nakuru with a stop for lunch enroute, with scenic views of Lake Naivasha and Mount Longonot, which are in the Great Rift from afar on the main highway. Dinner and overnight at the lodge / campsite
Day 4: Lake Nakuru – Naivasha After breakfast a morning game drive will follow in Lake Nakuru National Park, the abode of various water birds that breed in the lake’s salty water including flamingos, white pelicans and marabou stork; white rhino may be seen as well as the rare Rothschild’s giraffe, cape buffalo and other plains game in this park that is 188 square kilometres. After lunch proceed to Lake Naivasha (and this is the highest Lake in the Rift Valley). Also Lake Naivasha is famous in the 1930’s as a staging post for Imperial Airways flying Boat services from Durban to London. Dinner and overnight in a lodge/campsite/budget hotel.
Day 5: Naivasha - Samburu After breakfast, visit the Hells Gate National Park and the geothermal power plant. This is one of the few places in Africa where you can wander on foot among herds of zebra, wildebeest, gazelle, and giraffe, because of the absence of predators. Depart from Naivasha onwards to Samburu Game Reserve for dinner and overnight at the lodge or campsite via the Thompson Falls, which are named after Joseph Thompson, one of the first European explorers who walked from Mombasa to Lake Victoria in the 1880’s. Lunch enroute. Dinner and overnight in a campsite or lodge.
Day 6: Samburu Morning and afternoon game-viewing sessions tracking the rare, drought resistant animals species which can only be seen north of the equator; these are: the reticulated giraffe, grevy’s zebra, the gerenuk or giraffe-gazelle, Beisa Oryx and the blue shanked Somali ostrich. The Ewaso Nyiro River traverses this park, it’s source being the Aberdare ranges. There are therefore very high chances of spotting crocodile in a natural environment though its water level varies seasonally. You will have a lunch and leisure break in the mid afternoon. Rest of meals and overnight at the lodge / campsite.
Day 7: Samburu - Nairobi After breakfast, depart Samburu for Nairobi, lunch enroute, with scenic views of Mt. Kenya’s peak if the weather permits. Very pleasant countryside with tea and coffee plantations will be by-passed enroute to Nairobi. Arrive in the evening.
NB: You can travel to the coast by Flight, Train or Bus
Day 8 through to 11: Mombasa Continental Resort At leisure on the beach.
Price includes: ** Entrances to the park ** Transport to all the places in safari mimi-bus with a pop up roof for easy photography and viewing of animals while in the park ** Meals on full board while on safari and half board in Mombasa ** Accomodation in lodges, campsites and in budget hotels where camping is not applicable ** All camping equipments except sleeping bags ** Services of the knowleadgeable driverguide and the safari cook
Extras: ** International flights ** Water and alcoholic beverages ** Items of personal use ** Tips ** Visas ** Sleeping bags
