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KENYA
DISCOVERY
Deluxe In-Depth Wildlife & Cultural Safari |
| LOCATION: Kenya |
| DAYS:
13 Days in Kenya w/ optional extensions
to Tanzania |
| FITNESS LEVEL: Easy |
| HIGHLIGHTS: Special Family
Departures * Educational Cultural
Interaction * Day & Night Game
Drives * Guaranteed Departures * Limited Group
Size * All Meals are Included on
Safari * All Accommodations in Permanent Tented Camps & Deluxe
Lodges * All tips included (Except to your
Guide) * Deluxe Safari Vans & 4x4 Safari
Cruisers with Guaranteed Window
Seats * Transfers to & from
Airport are Included * All Park Entrance
Fees and Membership in Flying Doctors'
Society are Included |
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The Kenya Discovery is an excellent safari for families and other individuals who want to experience game viewing as well as a variety of other activities. Educational and cultural exchanges are featured, such as visits at an African animal orphanage, a Masai village, the African Fund for Endangered Wildlife’s Giraffe Center and an invitational dinner at the home of our managing director. Guides are selected that have an affinity with children, forming a warm and lifelong friendship. |
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Day 1 - USA - Amsterdam
Your journey begins. Depart the USA on
Northwest/KLM Royal Dutch Airlines.
Day 2 - Amsterdam - Kenya
Arrive in Amsterdam and continue on a KLM flight to Kenya. You are welcomed at the airport by a Born Free representative who will escort you to the hotel and assist you with check-in.
Nairobi Serena
Day 3-4 - Amboseli National Park
After breakfast, visit the Daphne Sheldrick Wildlife Orphanage (if available). Then board your safari vehicle to Amboseli National Park. An afternoon game drive introduces us to the wildlife. Photo opportunities abound as the wildlife seemingly pose for our cameras against the breathtaking backdrop of Mt. Kilimanjaro.
Amboseli Serena
Day 5 - Central Highlands & Mt. Kenya
Set out this morning for Ol Pejeta, a private 110,000-acre ranch. The property is a sanctuary for Jane Goodall's chimps and the endangered rhino. The area is also inhabited by zebra, giraffe and elephant. The camp has well appointed tents built on platforms with proper bathroom facilities en suite. From each tent you can sit and watch the wildlife from the veranda. In the evening, you may take an optional
exciting night drive to view the nocturnal wildlife.
Sweetwaters Tented Camp
Day 6-7 - Samburu Game Reserve
Cross over the Equator and continue to the rugged, semidesert Northern Frontier District. While game viewing, your guide will search for the elusive leopards and species exclusive to the northern district such as the Grevy's zebra, the Somlai ostrich and the reticulated giraffe. An optional visit to a traditional Samburu village can be arranged.
Samburu Serena Lodge
Day 8 -
Lake Nakuru National Park
Head south, traveling south across the Equator to Lake Nakuru National
Park, world famous for its stunning flocks of lesser flamingo which literally turn its shores pink.
The park spans an attractive range of wooded and bush grassland around the lake, offering wide ecological diversity, from Lake Water, woodland to the rocky escarpment and ridges.
Notable game within the lake includes hippo and clawless otters. On the shores roam waterbuck, Bohor’s Reedbuck and Zebra. The woodlands and forest are now home to both black and white rhino.
Tonight you spend the evening at the Lion Hill Lodge.
Lion Hill Lodge
Day 9-11 - Masai Mara Game Reserve / Visit with the Masai
Board your vehicle to the airport for a flight that will take you over the Great Rift Valley and the Masai Mara Reserve. This area offers unsurpassed game viewing. Over the next two days you will venture out on game drives to experience the beauty of the golden plains, spotted with incredible wildlife.
The gently rolling savannah and rivers prove the perfect terrain to see a wealth of wildlife, including elephants, lion, zebra, giraffe, waterbuck and cheetah. Your deluxe permanent tented camp offers a great base for game viewing exploration. An exciting educational visit with the Masai people and an opportunity to take nature walks are also planned.
Governor's Camp
Adventure
Option - Masai Mara Game Reserve
Hot Air Balloon Safari
Day 12 - Nairobi / Departure
After a sunrise game drive you will board your flight to Nairobi. Visit the interactive Giraffe Center at the African Fund for Endangered Wildlife, and then continue to a dayroom that is provided for your convenience. This evening you will be guests at the home of our managing director for a special farewell dinner. Transfer to the airport for your departing flight or return to your hotel for overnight if you
are continuing on an extension.
Tanzania
Discoveries - Extensions to Tanzania
Day 13 - Arrival USA
Connect in Amsterdam to your
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines/Northwest flight home.
How
about extending your stay in Africa with a breathtaking exotic retreat
to one of our Jewels Of The Indian Ocean? How about adding a Gorilla Trek through the Uganda rain forests to discover the wonders and brilliance of the
elusive mountain gorillas, up close and very personal? They are both perfect extensions to any safari!
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