7 Day Predator Safari
Kenya

Kenya Predator safari is highly recommended. You will staying in exclusive small safari camps and eco-lodges offering comfortable accommodation in private wilderness conservancies.  You visit 3 of Kenyas classic wildlife parks, namely Amboseli, Lake Nakuru and Masai Mara. These parks have a fantastic variety of wildlife species and especially cats.  All game drives are in 4x4 safari vehicles (not vans).

Highlights:

Duration: 6 nights / 7 days, Daily Departures

Road Package Itinerary:

Day 1:  Morning drive from Nairobi to Selenkay Conservancy (102 miles, 3 hrs) to arrive for lunch.  Afternoon walk with Maasai warriors to a village to get an insight into their fascinating culture and way of life. Overnight Amboseli Porini Camp.

Day 2: To Amboseli for a full morning game drive with picnic lunch.  Evening drive, sundowners and night game drive.  Overnight Amboseli Camp.

Day 3:  Morning game drive.  After breakfast, drive to Malewa River Lodge in Kigio Conservancy, with lunch en route in Nairobi. Afternoon escorted walk in Kigio Conservancy (seeing and maybe hand feeding the Rothschild's Giraffe).  Overnight Malewa.

Day 4:  Full day in Lake Nakuru Park with picnic lunch, returning to Malewa River Lodge in the afternoon.  Night game drive in Kigio, hoping to see the spotted cats! (Leopard and Serval).  Overnight Malewa.

Day 5:  Drive to Nairobi with lunch at Carnivore Restaurant and then transfer for 14.45 flight to Maasai Mara, arriving Mara Camp. Afternoon game drive in the private Ol Kinyei Conservancy.  Sundowner, night game drive and overnight Mara Porini Camp.

Day 6:  Full day in the Maasai Mara Reserve.  Overnight Mara Porini Camp.

Day 7: Morning game drive, lunch and transfer to airstrip for 15.45 flight to Nairobi, arriving before approximately 17.00.  

Places visited:

1. Amboseli/Selenkay: 

Amboseli Camp

2.  Kigio Wildlife Conservancy and Lake Nakuru.

Kigio Conservancy is located beside the Malewa River on 3,500 acres, about thirty miles south of Lake Nakuru.  The expansive private conservancy area offers the opportunity to walk safely amongst wildlife.  Learn how to identify animal spoor, and about the traditional use by the local people of medicinal properties of the many plant species in the conservancy.  In addition to plains game like zebra, giraffe and antelopes, birdlife abounds and a walk along the river gives the opportunity to see hippo and maybe even a python!

Within this Conservancy is the small and exclusive 12 bed 'eco-friendly' Malewa River Lodge, nestled in the shade of huge acacia trees, on the banks of the Malewa river.  The rustic design of the lodge is most unusual and innovative, using local methods and materials gathered from the surrounding area.  The result is a cluster of charming buildings constructed of mud, timber and thatch.  Every effort has been made to be economical and innovative with the true ethos of eco-tourism.  The furnishings are also unique.  The beds, tables and chairs are constructed using the timbers from old fencing posts taken from the former cattle ranch.  The ambiance has been calculated to bring the visitor close to nature; sounds of the African bush, birdsong and the flow of water over the pebbles in the nearby stream-bed, are the essence of your stay at Malewa River Lodge. 

The Lodge offers guests full board accommodation with the emphasis on excellent home cooking.  There is a small friendly team to take care of you, including waiters, bar staff, room stewards and guides.  They are well trained, and without being intrusive they ensure you have a relaxing and comfortable stay.  Our trained naturalists are on hand to accompany guests on walks. 

The charming open plan main building offers a large sitting room complete with open fire, spacious veranda, bar and dining area with views over the river.  With 4 cottages and 2 large rooms in the main building, the Lodge can accommodate 12 guests in comfort.  The cottages are separated from the main building and well spaced along the river-bank, each with their own character.

Lake Nakuru, a shallow alkaline lake, lies about 30 miles north of Kigio on a tarmac road. The lake is world famous as the location of the greatest bird spectacle on earth, myriads of lesser flamingo - whose numbers are legion, often more than a million - and which literally turn its shores pink. They feed on the abundant algae which thrive in the warm waters.  But flamingo are not the only avian attraction, as the lake is rich in other birdlife.  There are over 400 resident species on the lake and in the surrounding park.  Large numbers of pelicans concentrate by the fresh-water streams that flow into the lake, and thousands of other birds may be seen including African fish eagles, white-winged black terns, stilts, avocets, ducks and in the European winter, the migrant waders.

The Lake Nakuru National Park surrounds the lake, offering a wide ecological diversity, from lakeshore, woodland, grassy plains to rocky escarpments and ridges.  It now has one of the largest concentrations of rhinoceros in the country (both black rhino and white rhino), so the chances of spotting these are very good. There are also a number of Rothschild's giraffe, translocated for safety from western Kenya.  Waterbuck, zebra and Cape buffalo are very common.  Lion are present in the park and, like the lions of Lake Manyara in Tanzania, are quite often seen in the acacia trees.  Leopard are also frequently sighted and Lake Nakuru National Park is one of the places where visitors have the best chance of seeing these elusive big cats.  The bushlands offer eland, warthog, impala, mountain reedbuck and dik dik, whilst rock hyrax aspringer occupy the cliffs and escarpment.

3. Masai Mara, Ol Kinyei:  Mara Porini Camp

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