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THE
KENYA CLASSIC
The Classic African Safari
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| LOCATION:
Kenya |
| DAYS:
9 Days in Africa |
| 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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Air Travel: Born Free will be pleased to assist in securing the best air schedule and fares possible. If you are planning to use mileage rewards, upgrades or purchase online tickets Born Free will also be happy to coordinate your plans.
KENYA
Day
1 - NAIROBI
Excitement builds as you land in Africa. After arrival formalities, you are welcomed in Swahili with Jambo and Karibu (Hello and Welcome) - words you will hear often on your trip. Your guide awaits to take you to your hotel.
Nairobi Safari Club
Day
2-3 - 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. 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. Rreturn back to the lodge for a delicious breakfast before the afternoon game drive.
Ol Tukai Lodge (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
Day
4 - TREE HOTEL
After breakfast in Amboseli, drive 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 (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
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5 - 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 (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
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6 - LAKE NAKURU NATIONAL PARK
Head 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 (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
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7-8 - MASAI MARA GAME RESERVE
After breakfast head off along the Great Rift Valley Wall stopping at local roadside markets. A fun and delicious lunch awaits at the world famous Carnivore Restaurant. Board a short flight to the Masai Mara one of the greatest wildlife habitats in the world. 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.
Kichwa Tembo Tented Lodge (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
Optional
Activity: Hot-Air Balloon Safari
Day
9 - YOUR JOURNEY ONWARDS
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.
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