Magnificent Kenya - Luxury Safari

This 8 day safari is ideal for the traveller who wishes to see Kenya in style. The luxurious surroundings of the Palacina Suites in Nairobi welcome you to a world of style and comfort that follow you as you visit three of Kenya's most prolific wildlife reserves: Amboseli. Samburu and the Masai Mara.  Here you are afforded a more personal safari experience as you enjoy luxury tented accommodation in small, private and exclusive camps.  This is a fly-in safari with only one journey by road (3hours from Nairobi to Amboseli) you will be taken by light aircraft between parks in order to avoid lengthy road journeys, allowing you to take in a birds-eye view of the spectacular Kenyan wilderness.

Duration: 8 days / 9 nights

Highlights:

• Game drives from the camps in 4x4 safari vehicles (not vans) with excellent guides.

• Walks with Maasai warriors, opportunity for night game drives, exclusive wilderness areas with no tourist minibuses.

• An authentic safari experience staying in small exclusive camps with spacious guest tents, comfortably furnished with private bathrooms, solar lights and located in attractive unspoilt natural settings.
• At the camps all meals, drinks (wine, gin & tonic, beer, sodas, mineral water), game drives, walks, night drives and sundowners are included in the price.

Itinerary:

Day 1: Meet and transfer for 1 night bed and breakfast at the Palacina Suites. Located in the tranquil gardens of the State House Valley, Palacina is the ideal venue for a central location but away from the traffic and noise of Nairobi.

Day 2: Transfer by road to Amboseli Porini Camp, arriving for lunch. The camp is small and is on the lines of the traditional luxury safari camp, but with more comfortable bathroom arrangements than were available to the big game hunters of earlier years! The camp is private and has a max of 12 guests. Afternoon escorted walk with Maasai warriors to visit a Maasai village, gaining an insight into their way of life. Sundowners and night drive in the Conservancy. Dinner and overnight, Amboseli Porini Camp.

Day 3: Early breakfast, drive through Selenkay Conservancy and into Amboseli National Park for close viewing of elephant in particular and a full morning of game drives with picnic lunch. The Reserve covers only only 392sq m, but despite its small size it boasts a remarkable range of mammals, over 50 of the larger species and birds with over 400species. Within this reserve is also a dried up lake bed where swamps and springs, fed by underground rivers from Mt Kilimanjaro melting snows, form permanent watering places for the wildlife through times of drought.  You then return to Porini Camp in the afternoon. Evening game drive in Selenkay, sundowners and night drive. Overnight Amboseli Porini Camp.

Day 4: Drive to Amboseli airstrip, fly to Samburu National Park, arriving for lunch and 2 nights Full Board at Larsens Camp. Relax before your afternoon game drive. The Samburu region is the best place to find endemic species of the north, including the gerenuk, the giraffe, a zebra. The forests along the river banks are home to many birds, including local species of the vulture and the dove. These forests are also home to many leopards. Also lions are frequently seen on the riverbanks and cheetah can be found on the open plains. Return to Larsens Camp for sundowners on the viewing platform that overlooks the river, providing an endless parade of wildlife. Dinner and overnight at this luxury camp in your river facing tent.

Day 5: Morning and afternoon game drives in 4x4 safari vehicle. Overnight at Larsens Camp.

Day 6: Fly to the Masai Mara for 2 nights at the recently opened Mara Porini Camp in Ol Kinyei Conservancy, a private wilderness area on Maasai community land. The conservancy holds a wide variety of the animal species for which the Mara is famous including a large resident pride of lions. Accommodation is in one of 6 tents sited in the shade of Yellow-barked Acacia trees a long the banks of the Laetoli, a permanent spring within Ol Kinyea. Enjoy an afternoon game drive and walk, sundowners and night drive at the Mara Porini Camp.

Day 7:  Balloon Safari and Champagne breakfast.*

The Balloons lift off at dawn (0615) after coffee and a flight briefing. The one hour flight will give you a birds eye view, of the best East Africa has to offer, in the magnificent setting of the Great Rift Valley. A champagne breakfast in the bush after you land, adds to the buzz you will get from the early morning air and the sights and sounds, that only an eagle ever sees.  Early morning is the ideal time to see wild animals on the plains.  In the Masai Mara Game Reserve in Kenya it is an experience you will never forget. This is followed by A full day in the Masai Mara on the look out for lion and cheetah, with picnic lunch. Overnight Mara Porini Camp.

Day 8: Morning game drive and fly back to Nairobi, arriving 12.15 at Wilson Airport.

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