Day 01: Nairobi-Lake Nakuru Your drive takes you down the Rift Valley floor to Lake Naivasha. Here successful Vineyards produced much of Kenya’s wine has been established. After a guided tour, have lunch consisting of local produce. (Boat ride to the Island is optional). Then proceed to Lake Nakuru via Kariandusi pre-historic site and Hyrax Hill. Dinner and overnight in Nakuru camp
Day 02: Lake Nakuru-Lake Bogoria-Lake Baringo After breakfast do game drive in Lake Nakuru, whereby there are pink flamingos, white pelicans, marabou stork and a variety of other water birds that breed in the lake’s alkaline waters. Plains game, Rothschild’s giraffe, Cape buffalo and lion can also be seen. You are also in search of black and white Rhino and other animals, After lunch proceed to Lake Bogoria, explore this Lake on foot to view flamingos and the hot springs before you continue to Lake Baringo, which enables you to see hippos at close range and the bird life that inhabits this Lake as over 350 species of birds have been recorded here including some that conform to a migratory pattern, as well as crocodiles and Egyptian geese which migrate all the way from western Europe. Dinner and overnight at camp
Day 03 Lake Baringo – Cherengani Hills Leave Baringo for Cherengani via Marigat where you will have dinner and overnight at camp
Day 04: Cherengani - Saiwa Swamp Leave Cherengani after a short walking trip on the hills with a guide for Saiwa swamp. Have a walk in this small park whereby you have a chance of seeing the water antelope Sitatunga. Have dinner and overnight at Mt. Elgon camp.
Day 05: Mt. Elgon National Park After breakfast climb onto the park game drive followed by a walk to the caves Kitum, Makingeny and others. The drive continues to the end of the road where those who want to climb up can do a three hour walk to Koitobos. (Optional). Dinner and overnight at camp.
Day 06 Mt. Elgon - Kakamega Forest Leave Mt Elgon after breakfast drive via Webuye to Kakamega forest walk through the forest in the evening. Dinner and overnight at camp.
Day 07 Kakamega - Lake Victoria After an early breakfast drive to Kisumu then to Ndere Island National park via Kit Mikaye where you will have chance to walk around and climb the rocks. Boat ride will take you to the island see the crocodiles and birds then drive back to Kisumu the evening will be spent in Kisumu Museum and may be a boat ride to Dunga point (optional)
Day 08: Kisumu - Kendu Bay- Homabay Drive Southwards via Odino falls to Kendu bay for lunch then to Lake Simbi Nyaima have a walk around this lake see different types of birds, talk to local people to know much about this magical lake. Continue to Kanjira Hot springs. Then have dinner and overnight at Homa bay hotel. The evening will be spent to look for fishermen’s catch.
Day 09: Homa Bay -Rusinga - Mbita Drive to Rusinga Island via Mbita point, explore this Island visit historical sites e.g. Tom Mboya Mausoleum and the fighting bulls etc. Afternoon boat ride to Takawiri Island for 1-2 hours fishing (optional) e.g. Nile Perch, Tilapia, mad fish, and crocodiles. Return in the evening to Mbita point for dinner and overnight at a local budget Hotel
Day 10: Mbita - Ruma National Park - Awendo Leave Mbita in the morning towards Homa Bay for lunch. Proceed to Ruma National park, game drive then continue to Thim Lich Ohinga and Gogo falls. Drive to Awendo in the centre of sugarcane plantations. A tour of the sugarcane plantation is followed by dinner and overnight at Awendo in a local budget hotel.
Day 11: Awendo - Masai Mara Leave Awendo for Masai Mara via Lolgorien. Short game drive. The abundance and variety of game in this reserve is nothing short of amazing. Practically every mammal can be seen in the Mara with a few exceptions. Various antelopes, scavengers like hyena and vulture are common. The reserve contains all the cats that are; lion, cheetah and leopard; sighting leopard needs luck more than just being there but lions are abundant and there are excellent chances for spotting cheetah. Elephants, buffalo, the Masai giraffe, wildebeest and the common zebra abound followed by dinner and overnight at the camp
Day 12 & 13: Masai Mara 2 days of full game drive take you to different parts of Mara with the hippo pool which is a popular spot to watch out for hippos being a highlight; with luck, you may catch crocodiles basking on the rocks. Return to the camp for dinner and overnight.
Day 14: Masai Mara - Nairobi Morning game drive in search for lions, cheetahs etc. Then depart for Nairobi arriving in the evening.
Includes: All National parks entrance fees All game drives Professional fluent english-speaking driver cum guide Comfortable transport in our safari vehicles with hatch-roofs fitted with VHF radio All campsite fees in all the above mentioned parks All camping equipment (except sleeping bags, which we have available for hire in Nairobi) Two man mosquito-netted canvas tents Africa Jungle comfortable seats Comfortable foam mattresses 2-4 inches and ground sheets in the tents. Three meals per day safari
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We loved our 8-day budget camping safari. Esther , who organized the safari, was excellent in all her communications and really took our needs into consideration. I was four and a half months pregnant when we went and she made sure I was reassured about the trip and comfortable.
Our driver, Paul, was also very considerate about my pregnancy: he drove very carefully and was very accommodating and knowledgeable. The food was great too - nice range, healthy, and delicious fresh fruit.
We started with the Masai Mara and had fantastic game drives for 3 days there. We also loved the campsite we stayed in there. We were less keen on the next day of our trip to Hell's Gate park, partly because it was overcast and partly because the guest house in the suburbs of Naivasha had no view and didn't really feel like a 'safari'. But we enjoyed spotting rhinos on our next day at Lake Nakuru. We finished the trip with a superb two nights in Samburu Lodge (we paid extra for this).
I've already recommended the tour operator to a couple of friends who have seen our pictures and want to go on safari now!
We found this safari extremely enjoyable and met our expectations or even exceeded them in some areas.
The driver/guide, Paul, was extremely warm, humorous, knowledgeable, informative and professional in all ways. He also has a very good understanding of the animals and the knack of getting into the right positions to view and photograph them. He also provided a lot of general information about Kenya. He really made the experience special.
The food prepared by our cooks, Justice and George, was also excellent and varied for this sort of tour.
The camps, particularly Camp Manyatta in Masai Mara, Stayed 1 night in Nakuru in a 1-star hotel which was clean and comfortable and the food was quite good.
Whilst we had a great safari in Kenya, the Tanzania safari was a disappointment
We could not recommend this operator for the Tanzania Lodge Safari. They themselves do not operate in Tanzania and operate through an Agent.
There were changes in the Itinerary and the lodges from what had been booked and paid for.
The driver/guide was incompetent as a guide. He was rude, uncommunicative and ill-prepared. His vehicle did not even have a radio. He could not even position himself properly when trying to look at and photograph game.
We never knew what we were doing from one moment to the next and he had the distressing/disgustingly annoying habit of ignoring any questions we asked or any requests we made.
Whatever the reasons for this he went a long way to really spoiling the total experience. If it wasn’t for the places and sights along the way, the wildlife, the people at the hotels and some of the other guides we talked to along the way, we would have had a hard time recommending anyone to Tanzania itself.
We would certainly have been better off booking the Tanzania safari through someone else.
Tour Operators Reply:
Thank you for your feedback, we sincerely apologise that the Tanzania safari did not meet your expectations and your complaint will help us strive to do better in the future which will help us to provide future clients with a better level of service
Changes do very occasionally occur with regards to transport and accommodation and this is often beyond our control. We did try and rectify the situation but it out of our hands.
We are very sorry to hear that the guide did not provide the level of service expected. I am surprised as this is the first complaint we have received about him, but we shall be taking the matter up with our agents in Tanzania.
We are pleased that you enjoyed your safari in Kenya and wish that your safari experience had not been marred by the events that occured in Tanzania, but thank you for taking the time to send through your feedback.
We were on safari from 19th - July 27th 2010 and had a fantastic experience!
From the beginning of our inquiries with them, Esther was very helpful and accommodating with all our requests from wanting to see the wildebeest migration in the Masai Mara and suggesting the best time of the season to experience this to traveling to a variety of game parks. She was very flexible and accommodated late requests to add an extra day at Lake Naivasha and a bike trip through Hell's Gate Park.
Our driver and knowledgeable safari guide, Joseph, was excellent! He was very prompt with all appointments and delivered impeccable service to our family of 4 (parents and our daughter and son 21 y.o. and 18 y.o. respectively). We visited Masai Mara, Lake Naivasha, Lake Nakuru, Samburu and Aberdare while staying at a mix of campsites and lodges. It was very enjoyable to have a pre arranged visit to a Masai village and also to be lucky enough to see all of the "Big 5" thanks to Joseph. He was untiring in his service to us even though there were some long driving days between game parks.
Overall, we had an excellent experienceand our family would definitely recommend a safari with them.
That was a marvelous adventure.Safari was perfectly prepared and conducted.
Our driver/tracker and cook were outstanding team with first always knowing the best places to watch and photograph animals and second taking perfect care for our health and well being. Although the price was located in between ridiculously low and real bargain and no luxuries were expected we were nicely surprised by the quality of the camps.
The tour operator has my highest recommendations and grades for their outstanding quality and proffesionalism.
The parcs that we visited were: - Ngorongoro Crater - Tanzania - Masai Mara - Kenya - Lake Nakuru - Kenya.
We traveled by car / bus (with driver) During our trip we stayed in Lodges.
We had a great time in Africa. We saw a lot of wild animals, had a good view of the beautiful countryside and had a very pleasant holliday.
The operator organised the trip very well. We were picked up at all the different places and everything was booked in advance. We will recommend them to everybody we know if they will plan a safari in these countries.
Thanks again for the wonderful time we had at the Nairobi Game Park. Esther and her crew were promptly waiting for our arrival at the airport.
They whisked us off to a safari where we saw lots of animals. Giraffes, warthogs, baboons, impalas, etc. to name a few.
We then headed over to the Carnivore Restaurant for dinner. Esther had made all the arrangements for our group of 23. We were able to reflect back on our day as the waiters at the restaurant met our every need.
It was a wonderful day and we thank the operator for making it be so great, especially Esther!
