Masai Mara Adventure

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  Arrival - Nairobi

  Arrival at Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, meeting and transfer to the hotel for the night

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  Massai Mara National Reserve

  Check-out of the hotel, Pick-up and depart through the Rift Valley to Maasai Mara, Kenya’s most famous wildlife reserve. Embark on a game viewing drive enroute to the lodge and arrive in time for lunch. The Maasai Mara is arguably Kenya’s most popular game reserve. It is most famous and most visited game reserve in Kenya Interesting Facts about Maasai Mara A spectacle worth seeing is the annual migration of millions of wildebeests, zebras, and the gazelles from the Serengeti plains across the Tanzania border and the Mara river to reach Maasai Mara grazing fields from late June. The game reserve abounds with birdlife; about four hundred and fifty two odd species have been recorded. Over 700 square miles of lush, sun-drenched plains encircle Keekorok Lodge, the first property in the Maasai Mara Game Reserve in southwest Kenya

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  Masai Mara National Reserve

  Breakfast and whole day in Maasai Mara to enjoy morning and evening game drives. Rest of the day you can enjoy the activities offered at the lodge

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  Lake Nakuru National Park

  Breakfast and depart to Lake Nakuru National Park, a shallow alkaline lake that is world-renowned for its huge concentration of flamingos; at times, hundreds of thousands of these birds give the lake a pink shimmering glow. The park boasts a huge variety of animals, including leopard which is often found snoozing on the branches of the magnificent yellow-barked acacias, lion, buffalo, hippo, waterbuck, warthog, baboon, the endangered Rothschild’s giraffe only found in this park in Kenya, white rhino and the rare black rhino which is protected and guarded here. Small and exclusive, Flamingo Hill consists of just 25 cozy tents. These are not the average “tent.” The tents at Flamingo Hill are furnished with all the luxuries of modern travel. Decorated in calming safari tones, natural woods, wrought iron accents, and crisp linens, each tent has been thoughtfully designed to maximize comfort

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  Aberdare National Park

  After breakfast, say goodbye to Lake Nakuru National Park and drive to Aberdare National Park. Picturesque, steep, forested gorges and open moorland characterize the Aberdare National Park. The park offers a habitat for elephants, black rhinos, leopards, spotted hyenas, olive baboons, black and white colobus monkeys, buffalo, warthogs and bushbucks. Rare sightings are those of the giant forest hog, the bongo, the golden cat, the serval cat, the African wild cat, the African civet cat and the blue duiker. Visitors can enjoy picnics, trout fishing in the rivers, and camping in the moors. Bird watching is well worth it with over 250 species of birds in the park including Jackson's Francolin, Sparrow Hawks, Goshawks, Eagles, Sunbirds, and Plovers

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  The Ark / Nairobi

  After breakfast in the Ark, say goodbye to the Aberdare on your return journey to Nairobi. You will arrive in Kenya's bustling capital Nairobi, dinner and night at the hotel

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  Nairobi - end of the journey

  After an early breakfast at The Norfolk, you will be picked up from your hotel at 6:30 am and headed to Nairobi National Park. A short drive from Nairobi's central business district is Nairobi National Park. In wide, open grass plains and in the background of the city scraper, the scattered acacia bush is home to a variety of wildlife, including the endangered black rhino, lions, leopards, cheetahs, hyenas, buffalo, giraffes and a diverse bird life with over 400 species. Visit the David Sheldrick Orphanage, where you can touch and even adopt baby elephants between 11:00 and 12:00. Later departure to the Giraffe Center. The center is a foundation of the African Fund for Endangered Wildlife (Kenya) Ltd. (A.F.E.W. Kenya) and provides shelter for the Rothschild giraffe, which was critically endangered in the late 1970s. It is located in the native forest that once surrounded Nairobi. The center offers an exciting nature trail that stretches for 1.5 kilometers and winds through dense bushes and forests and includes more than 100 species of birds. In addition to the giraffe, other animals also live in the sanctuary, including warthogs, hyenas and leopards, which are sometimes encountered while walking along the path. Guests are also given the opportunity to get in close contact with the largest animal in the world, the giraffe, and even to feed it. Other activities include bird walks, botanical walks and interactive learning in nature. Late lunch at the Talisman Restaurant in Karen. - Return to your hotel in the middle of the afternoon. Later transfer to the airport for your departure