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Tour Code : TIA010
Validity : Throughout the year
Minimum : 02 pax
Departure : Any day
Vehicle : 1 x 7 Seater 4×4 vehicle
Starts : Nairobi
Ends : Nairobi
Meals : as indicated on itinerary at a glance
ITINERARY AT A GLANCE
Day Location Accommodation Board Activity
1 Nairobi Safari Club, Nairobi BB Arr Trsf
2 Amboseli Nat Park Amboseli Serena Lodge
3 Lake Nakuru Nat Park Lake Nakuru Sopa Lodge LDBB P
4 Masai Mara National G.R Mara Sopa Lodge LDBB P
5 Masai Mara National G.R Mara Sopa Lodge LDBB AP
6 Nairobi Safari Club BB DppTrsf
L-Lunch, D-Dinner, BB-Bed and breakfast, LDBB-Lunch, dinner, bed and breakfast, Trsf-Transfer, E-Early morning game drive, A-Morning game drive, P-Afternoon game drive, HDS-Half Day sightseeing, FDS-Full Day Sightseeing
FULL ITINERARY
Day 1 – Nairobi
Arrival at Jomo Kenyatta Airport met and assisted by ORANGE ADVENTURES representative. Transfer to your hotel.
Overnight at Hotel Nairobi Safari Club or Eka hotel (BB)
Day 2 –Nairobi-Amboseli N.P
Early morning breakfast then proceed to Amboseli National park. Arrive for lunch at Amboseli Sentrim Tented Camp. After lunch, game drive in the park. Here you have the best chance to see the majestic highest peak of Africa with a backdrop of snow-capped Mount Kilimanjaro. In Amboseli where conservation and Tourism go hand in hand is a place that you will be able to meet and interact with the locals, the famous Maasai people of Kenya. The Maasai are native Kenyan ethnic group that still embraces their traditional, cultural and historical practices.
Dinner and overnight… Amboseli Serena Lodge
Day 3 –Amboseli-Lake Nakuru N.P
After breakfast you will be collected for the day’s drive taking you to Lake Nakuru National Park. Lunch at your lodge. After Lunch you will proceed on an afternoon game drive in Lake Nakuru National Park. The Lake has good density of game and it is one Park that within few minutes of game drive, you will achieve quite a lot in terms of sightings. It is also a bird watchers haven. After the game drive proceed back to your lodge. Dinner and overnight stay at Lake Nakuru Sopa Lodge LDBB
Day 4 –Lake Nakuru National Park- Maasai Mara National G.R
After breakfast, drive to the Masai Mara National Reserve offering wonderful scenery and plenty of game. It is perhaps the only region left in Kenya where the visitor may see animals in the same super-abundance as existed a century ago. Arrive for lunch at your lodge. Afternoon game drives until sunset. Meals and overnight at Mara Sopa Lodge (LDBB)
Day 5 – Masai Mara National G.R
Full day is dedicated to game spotting in this sprawling reserve. You can watch a lion, cheetah or leopard hunting or feasting on its kill. Option of a visit to a Masai village or a hot-air balloon ride that starts at 06.00 am and ends with a Champagne breakfast on the plains. What an exhilarating experience! All meals and overnight at the Mara Sopa
Whole day in Masai Mara with morning and afternoon game drives. Mid morning you will visit a Masai village to experience firsthand the Maasai culture. Meals and overnight at Mara Sopa Lodge (LDBB)
Day 6-Maasai Mara-Nairobi
After breakfast drive back to Nairobi. Arrive for lunch at –Nairobi Carnivore. After lunch, depending with the time we will be able to visit the giraffe centre, Karen Blixen Museum and eventually crown it all with a visit to the Bomas of Kenya.
Day 7: Nairobi Disposal
Early morning head to Nairobi national Park-then drive to Ngong hills where we will have lunch treated to a Kenyan cuisine and later head to karura forest. Depending on what time your flight is and if time permits we can include other optional activities.
OPTIONAL MASAI MARA BALLOON SAFARI STARTING FROM USD 450 PER PERSON:
Close your eyes, and for a moment feel your body lift up, with you having no control over it, and there is a certain part of you, inside you, saying to yourself, I am crazy for taking this balloon safari. This is what most people feel, when the excitement of a Masai Mara balloon safari crosses one’s emotion of self-control and independence.
Don’t stop! Tell me more about my Masai Mara Balloon Safari in Kenya?
The feeling is indescribable, crispness of the African air, chill in the wind that hits your face as your Mara hot air balloon gradually rises, smoothness in the exhale of your breath, and the excitement to see and learn more. One’s physical presence can be felt on the plains of the Masai Mara when reading this.
You trip begins when you get your wakeup call at your safari lodge or tented camp in the early hours of the morning, as you yawn away, and thoughts about your wildlife viewing from an elevated position begins to stir your mind. The fresh Kenyan traditional hot tea and coffee quickly awaken you, in fact preparing you for a “mission”.
By 6.15 a.m. you are almost arriving at the hot air balloon site in the Masai Mara. As you approach the site, the balloon seems bigger than you expected, the experience is one that has never been visited, and you are about to have a trip of a lifetime.
Liftoff! Up and away we go! At 6.30 a.m., the hot air balloon safari starts. The captain asks you to relax and experience the wonders under the African sky. As you finally start to get a grip on the elevation, an inner smile that resonates on one’s face does not need an explanation. The wildebeest moving in large numbers across the Masai Mara plains, the beauty of the landscape when the rising sun’s bright orange colors are displayed, the elephants at the water pool, and the gazelles and zebras scampering away, just if it was their first time to witness an alien object in the sky.
By 7.30 a.m., one is very content with balloon safari, and it is almost touch down time. There is a celebration, and for those who prefer a toast, champagne is served, as hot breakfast in the bush is being prepared. You ask yourself, is this true? I am really doing this trip of a lifetime in Kenya? In the Masai Mara? As the sweetness and aroma of the African coffee surrounds you, with fresh eggs being served as you like it, you hope for another ride, and wish that such luxury never ended.
By the time you finish your breakfast, you have made up your decision to immigrate to Kenya because such life is only found here. You begin to question yourself, and you feel an urgency to seek, live and enjoy this pristine beauty, a once in a lifetime “thing”.
By 9.00 a.m., you have been declared a champion, a mighty certificate of completion handed out to you which you hope to display in your home country, to family, friends, coworkers. Clapping and participation by everyone present makes you proud to have achieved a trip as wonderful as this.
By then you hear a blaring sound of music or even an annoying buzz, you turn around and switch of the alarm clock. Your eyes wide open, you know that you have to get back to Kenya, to Masai Mara, again otherwise the recurring dreams will drive you mad.
The Package Includes:
Arrival and departure airport transfers
2 Night accommodation at Nairobi Safari Club, Nairobi on bed & breakfast
2 Nights accommodation at Mara Sopa Lodge on full board basis
01 Night accommodation at Lake Nakuru Sopa Lodge on full board basis
01Night accommodation at Amboseli Sentrim Tented Camp in Amboseli N.P
Masai village
All game drives as per itinerary
All park entrance fees
Transport in 1 x 7 Seater 4×4 vehicle
Services of a qualified English Speaking Driver Guide
1 Litre bottle of mineral water per person per day while on a road safari in an Orange Adventures vehicle
The Package Excludes:
All International Flights + Taxes
Visas
Travel & Personal accident insurance
Tips & personal expenses such as telephone calls…etc.
Excursions not detailed in above program
Included flights:
No flights included
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Cost if using Custom Safari Van
• Current Season US $ 2600 PER PERSON SHARING
N/B The cost is as per the properties we are spending in and can be reviewed either upward or downward depending on either you [our clients] have decided to use upgraded or downgraded properties respectively.