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THE
KENYA CLASSIC
The Classic African Safari
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| LOCATION:
Kenya |
| DAYS:
11 Days |
| FITNESS
LEVEL: Easy |
| SAFARI
HIGHLIGHTS: Accommodation in Classic Safari Lodges * Optional Hot-Air Balloon Safari *
Amboseli National Park * Masai
Mara * Jane Goodall's Chimp Sancturary * African Fund for Endangered Wildlife's Giraffe Center * Lake
Nakuru National Park * Cultural Interaction * Transfers to & from Airport Included
* Deluxe Tented Camps * Internal Flights * Limited Group Size *
All Meals
Included * Deluxe Safari
Vehicles with Guaranteed Window Seats * All Park
Entrance Fees Included * Guaranteed Departures Twice a Month * Optional Night Game Drive at Ol Pejeta Game Ranch |
| “When I asked Born Free to plan a dream safari, little did I imagine that they would surpass that dream”
- Dr. Saunders, St. Louis |
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Day
1 - Your Home Town / Amsterdam
Board your KLM/Northwest flight from the USA and through the
gateway city of Amsterdam on your journey to Africa. You may
stopover in Amsterdam by request.
KENYA
Day
2 - Nairobi
Depart from Amsterdam to arrive Nairobi, Kenya this evening. Upon arrival you will be met by a Born Free representative and escorted to your hotel located in the city center.
Nairobi Safari Club (D)
Day
3-4 - Amboseli National Park / Mt. Kilimanjaro
After a buffet breakfast, there is a short Safari Briefing. Meet your guide and head out on the Mombasa Highway to Amboseli and the foothills of Mt. Kilimanjaro. The majestic snow-capped Mt. Kilimanjaro's 19,352 foot peak dominates the area and makes a great photographic background. There is a booming elephant population as well as other plains game. There will be a morning and afternoon game drive. The next day, you're up just before dawn with a fresh cup of tea or coffee, and then off on an early morning game drive, the best time to see the majestic peak of Kilimanjaro. You'll then return back to the lodge for a delicious breakfast baefore additional game drives throughout the day.
Ol Tukai Lodge (BLD)
Day
5 - Giraffe Center / Tree Hotel
After a brisk breakfast at in Amboseli, drive North stopping at a Nairobi Restaurant lunch. Then continue North through Kikuyu farmlands to one of the unique tree hotels, where you can sit and watch from your balcony as the wildlife come to the waterhole to drink.
Mountain Tree Lodge or The Ark (BLD)
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6 - Ol Pejeta / Chimp Sanctuary
Set out this morning to a private 110,000 acre ranch and santuary for Jane Goodall's chimps and the endangered rhino. This area is also inhabited by zebra, giraffe and elephant. Sweetwaters tented camp will be our base for explorations. Have a taste of the old Africa but with all the conveniences of a hotel. This property features well appointed tents built on platforms with proper bathroom facilities en suite. Watch from your private verandah as the wildlife visits the waterhole. Evening brings an opportunity for optional night game viewing.
Sweetwaters Tented Camp (BLD)
Day
7 - Lake Nakuru National Park
Hea south to one of the fabulous Great Rift Valley Lakes. Lake Nakuru National Park is the ornithologist's dream come true, Lake Nakuru is home to sometimes over a million pink guests - the greater and lesser flamingos - as well as nearly 500 other species of bird. Though primarily a bird sanctuary the 100 sq. mile park is also a black rhino sanctuary. Reed buck, hippo, leopard, waterbuck, Black Colobus monkey and the introduced Rothschild giraffe can be seen. The park also boasts the greatest concentration of leopard in Kenya.
Lake Nakuru Lodge / Lion Hill Lodge (BLD)
Day
8-9 - Masai Mara Game Reserve
After breakfast drive to Nairobi. Lunch at the famous Carnivore Restaurtant. Thereafter transfer to Wilson Airport for afternoon flight to Masai Mara. Masai Mara offers unsurpassed game viewing. In one sweep of binoculars you can see a hundred elephants, lion, impala, zebra, and wildebeest. The plains are gold and the silhouettes of elephant, giraffe, and lion can be seen. Become a part of the life in the Mara - birth, feeding, death and life, an incredible experience that you will never forget. Morning and afternoon game drives. Your base for explorations will be one of the deluxe safari camps. These tented properties will give you a taste of old Africa but with all the conveniences of a hotel.
Mara Safari Club (BLD)
Optional
Activity: Hot-Air Balloon Safari
Day
10 - Mara / Nairobi
Today you will bid a bittersweet farewell to the wonderful friends you have made at the lodge. Board your morning flight to Nairobi where a guide will be available for the day. Visit to the Giraffe Center where you can feed the giraffe and hear about conservation efforts being made to preserve this endangered species. There will be a dayroom available for your convenience before you are transferred to the airport for your flight abroad.
(B)
Day
11 - Amsterdam / Your Home Town
After
connecting in Amsterdam, continue on your journey home.
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