Offering the best of both worlds, this luxury tented-camp safari takes you to Amboseli National Park, then to the world-famous Masai Mara National Reserve for 3 nights before flying to the volcanic splendour of Tsavo West National Park. To save you the long driving times between the parks short scheduled flights have been used on this itinerary. Fly back to Nairobi for lunch at The Carnivore, voted one of the world’s top 500 restaurants.
Wildlife Highlights: lion, elephant, buffalo, leopard, cheetah, hippos, crocodiles, wildebeest, zebra, antelope, gazelle, impala, waterbuck, topi, eland, plains game, giraffe, black rhino and white rhino.
Day 1: Nairobi to Amboseli
Early morning pick up from your city hotel(Not included) or Jomo Kenyatta Airport and transfer to Wilson Airport
Board a scheduled flight from Nairobi Wilson Airport to Amboseli(Airkenya flight times: 07.30-08.05)
Upon arrival at Airstrip in Amboseli National Park. you are met by a camp safari guide and transferred to the luxurious Tortillis Tented Camp, which enjoys soaring views of the legendary snows of Kilimanjaro and has its own waterhole, which attracts large amounts of animals, particularly elephant. After lunch enjoy your first game drive in Amboseli with the chance of spotting large herds of elephant and plentiful plains game against the backdrop of Mount Kilimanjaro. On arrival back in camp, you may like to take a swim or visit the camp’s ‘Bush Spa’. As the sun sets, you have the option of enjoying “sundowners” overlooking Mount Kilimanjaro, followed by dinner.
All meals and overnight accommodation at Tortillis Tented Camp-LDBB
Day 2: On safari in Amboseli
Take a morning game drive in the park, which is an International Biosphere Reserve featuring the dried-out lakebed of prehistoric Lake Amboseli, rolling savannah and lush green swamps. The plains offer numerous antelopes, spotted hyenas, jackals, warthogs, olive baboons, vervet monkeys and the chance of spotting a lion, leopard or cheetah. Observation Hill, a conical peak, which is easily climbed, offers stunning views of Mount Kilimanjaro. After lunch (which can be taken as a picnic lunch on safari should you prefer), take another game-drive or a guided nature walk – or both – all are inclusive. Alternatively, you have the optional visit to an authentic Maasai village with displays of dance, song and cultural pursuits. Sundowners, which can be taken on safari or in the camp’s Rondavel Bar, are followed by dinner.
All meals and overnight accommodation at Tortillis Tented Camp-LDBB
Day 3: Amboseli-Nairobi-Masai Mara
After breakfast, you are transferred to the local airstrip to catch a scheduled flight to Nairobi Wilson(Airkenya flight times: 08.15-08.50)
Connect a second flight from Wilson to Maasai Mara(Airkenya flight times: 10.30-11.10)
Upon landing at Airstrip in Maasai Mara you will be met by a camp safari guide and transferred to the luxurious Kilima Camp
After lunch, relax or take a game-drive in this world-famous reserve. Offering an abundance of herbivores, the Mara makes the ideal hunting ground for Kenya’s famous ‘big cats’ and hosts her largest population of lions. It also offers the best chance of spotting a leopard in the wild. Other predators include cheetah and spotted hyena. Optional sundowners can be taken in camp, or in a scenic location, and are followed by dinner.
All meals and overnight accommodation at Kilima Camp-LDBB
Day 4 & 5: On safari in the Mara
With two full days in the Mara, your options are wide. Morning and afternoon game drives are offered as well as various optional activities such as a guided nature walks or ornithological tours. Lunch can be taken ‘on safari/packed lunch’ if you wish, as can sundowners.
Dinner is served in camp.
Historically teaming with wildlife, the Mara is famous for the large herds of elephant and buffalo that meander its plains; also, for the fat pods of hippo that wallow in its mud-brown rivers. Other stars include the distinctive Masai giraffe, plum-coloured topi, Coke’s hartebeest, Grant’s and Thomson’s gazelle, zebra, impala, Kirk’s dik-dik, bushbuck, waterbuck and red duiker. The Reserve also boasts plentiful Nile crocodile, monitor lizard, baboon, vervet; blue and red-tailed monkeys, nocturnal bush babies, and tree hyrax. There are over 550 resident and migratory species of birds.
All meals and overnight accommodation at Kilima Camp-LDBB
Day 6: Mara-Nairobi to Tsavo West
After breakfast in camp, transfer to the airstrip for your flight back to Nairobi’s Wilson Airport (Airkenya flight times: 11.15-13.00)
Connect a second flight from Wilson to Tsavo West(Safarilink times: 14.00-14.50)
Upon landing at Airstrip in Maasai Mara you will be met by a camp safari guide and transferred to Finch Hatton’s luxury tented camp in time for lunch. Lying at the foot of the Chyulu Hills, one of the youngest volcanic ranges in the world, the camp has been styled to replicate the privileged safaris of the famous ‘white hunters’ of the colonial period. Denis Finch Hatton, the best-known of them all, and the model for Robert Redford’s role in ‘Out of Africa’ was renowned for the splendour of his camps, which featured cut crystal, silver-service and superb cuisine.
After lunch, enjoy your first game drive in the magnificence of Tsavo West, which is one of the largest game parks in the world, before returning for relaxation, and a sumptuous silver-service dinner in the camp elegant dining room.
All meals and overnight accommodation at Finch Hattons Camp-LDBB
Day 7: On safari in Tsavo
With a full day in the park, your options are wide. Both morning and afternoon game drives are offered (with trips to the famous Mzima Springs Hippo Pools and the Shetani Lava Flows). Tsavo offers some of the most magnificent game viewing in the world – vast herds of dust-red elephant, fat pods of hippo, giant crocodile, teeming herds of plains game, a fantasia of birdlife and some magical flora. The lush, hippo-inhabited pools of Mzima Springs, fed daily by 250 million litres of water gushing from the lava flows of the Chyulu hills, provide an oasis of green, an under-water hippo-viewing chamber, two nature trails and some unique picnic spots. Sundowners can be taken on safari or in camp, followed by dinner.
Day 9: Masai Mara to Nairobi
After breakfast in camp, transfer to the airstrip for your flight (Safarilink times: 15.00-16.15) back to Nairobi’s Wilson Airport where you will be met and escorted either to a city hotel or direct to the international airport (depending on your flight schedule)
IMPORTANT: Please note that, because this is a flying safari, you are allowed a maximum baggage allowance of 15kgs per person (inclusive of hand-luggage). Additional luggage can be left in safe-keeping at African Horizon’s Office. Please bring SOFT bags only.
IMPORTANT
Please note that, because this is a flying safari, you are allowed a maximum baggage allowance of 15kgs per person (inclusive of hand-luggage). Additional luggage can be left in safe-keeping at African Horizon’s Nairobi headquarters. Please bring SOFT bags only.