13 Days Beach & Bush Signature Safari
Tour Code: FTFH 132:
Net Cost Breakdown per Person Sharing in USD – Operated using a Safari Mini-Van
No of Pax per Safari | 2Pax | 3Pax | 4pax | 5pax | 6pax | SRS |
Low Season | 2897 | 2616 | 2474 | 2389 | 2333 | 374 |
High Season | 3233 | 2951 | 2809 | 2725 | 2669 | 577 |
Peak Season | 3632 | 3350 | 3209 | 3124 | 3068 | 704 |
Net Cost Breakdown per Person Sharing in USD – Operated using a Safari Land Cruiser
No of Pax per Safari | 2Pax | 3Pax | 4pax | 5pax | 6pax | SRS |
Low Season | 3392 | 2946 | 2721 | 2587 | 2498 | 374 |
High Season | 3728 | 3281 | 3057 | 2923 | 2834 | 577 |
Peak Season | 4127 | 3680 | 3456 | 3322 | 3233 | 704 |
SEASONALITY DATES AND RATES VALIDITY
- Low Season-01st April to 15th June
- High Season-01st Jan-31st March,01st Nov-20th Dec
- Peak Season-16th June to 31st October
Activities/services included in the cost:
- Arrival and departure airport transfer in Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.
- All ground transfers in Mombasa
- Accommodation as per the itinerary based on superior 4 star hotels/Lodges/ tented Camps
- Accommodation in the Game Reserves are booked on Full Board
- Accommodation in Nairobi is based on Bed & Breakfast
- Accommodation in Mombasa is based on Half Board
- Road transportation in a custom made safari mini-van/4X4 Safari Land Cruiser
- Game drives as per the itinerary
- Park entrance fees in all the parks
- Boat ride in Naivasha
- English driver-guides available for the safari
- Drinking water throughout the safari
- Our 24hours support throughout the safari
Activities/services excluded in the cost:
- All International Flights/local Flights + Taxes
- Visa fees, Travel & Personal accident insurance
- Meals in Nairobi on arrival and departure day
- Extra $100 park fee per person per day in Masai Mara (November & December 2024)
- Excursions, services and activities not mentioned in this program
- Personal expenses e.g. laundry, telephone calls, Drinks, Tips and gratuities
Activities
Day 1: Arrive Nairobi
Arrive in Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (time to be advised). Meet and assist by our airport representative and later transferred to your city hotel for the evening.
Overnight: Sarova Panafric Hotel
Meals – pay direct
Day 2: Nairobi Sightseeing
After breakfast visit the Karen Blixen Museum. Located in Karen, the beautiful Nairobi suburb that was once part of Karen Blixen’s vast coffee estate, “Mbogani” was Karen’s home from 1917 until 1931. The house and grounds were made famous by the film “Out of Africa”. Visitors have a glimpse of typical colonial life in Kenya at the turn of the twentieth century. As well as many of Karen’s original belongings, replicas replace items that have been lost over the years. At the front of the house the original millstone tables can be seen from which Karen conducted much of her farm business.
We will also visit the Giraffe Centre, headquarters for AFEW, the African Fund for Endangered Wildlife. Made famous by „Daisy Rothschild, a giraffe calf rescued from Soi on the border of Western Kenya, Giraffe Manor was established in 1983 as a sanctuary for the then endangered Rothschild giraffe, There is also the opportunity to learn more about giraffe at the interpretation center and hand-feed them while watching the semi-tame family of warthogs snuffle around.
After lunch at the Karen Blixen Coffee Garden (pay direct), this afternoon we will visit the Bomas of Kenya, located just a few kilometers from the city center. Bomas is a Swahili word for villages and the Bomas of Kenya contains numerous homesteads reflecting Kenya’s cocktail of cultures, faithfully recreated for visitors to see traditional village life of the many Kenyan communities. There will be a display of traditional dances, music and other folklore traditional songs in a splendid arena.
Overnight: Sarova Panafric Hotel
Meals – Lunch and dinner pay Direct: Breakfast in the hotel
Day 3: Nairobi/ Aberdares National Park
After breakfast depart for Aberdares National Park. Lunch at the Aberdares Country Club. After lunch, continue to the Aberdares National Park and upon arrival; check in at The Ark Lodge. Have the entire afternoon and evening for watching wildlife from the hotel terrace.
Overnight: The Ark Lodge
Meals - Breakfast in Nairobi; Lunch and Dinner in Aberdares
Day 4: Aberdares National Park / Samburu Game Reserve
After breakfast we will travel further north to Samburu Game Reserve. Relax along the way and have lunch. After lunch continue with the journey arriving in Samburu in the late afternoon in time for a late game drive in search of the rarely found species of wild game like the rare reticulated giraffe, grevy's zebra, and the long necked gerenuk antelopes. Beisa Oryx, blue flanked Somali ostrich, vulturine guinea fowl and also braving lions on the grass, leopards in the trees and plenty of other plains game.
Overnight: Samburu Sopa Lodge
Meals - Breakfast in Aberdares; Lunch and Dinner at the lodge in Samburu
Days 5: Full Day in Samburu Game Reserve
Enjoy a full day of African game viewing and bird watching. The Samburu Game Reserve offers what is arguably Kenya’s greatest – and least changed – encounter with the wild Africa of yesteryear. This harsh, savagely beautiful wilderness depends on the steady flow of the Uaso Nyiro River for its existence. The river waters house a wide variety of animal species not found south of the Equator including the majestic Beisa Oryx, the reticulated giraffe, the thin-striped Grevy’s zebra, and the ‘giraffe-necked’ gerenuk antelope, which stands on its hind legs to feed. Elephant, buffalo, lion and leopard can all be seen along the river. The 400-plus species of birds complete the perfect experience in Samburu. This is the home of the Samburu tribe, cousins of the Maasai, who share the same nomadic, cattle-herding existence, and an even stricter adherence to their age-old rites and customs.
Overnight: Samburu Sopa Lodge
Meals – Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner at the lodge in Samburu
Days 6: Samburu Game Reserve / Lake Nakuru National Park
Breakfast at the lodge and depart for Lake Nakuru National Park. Arrive in time for lunch and have an afternoon game drive in the park. The Park is renowned worldwide for its hundreds of thousands of pink flamingos that colour its shows in pink. Lake Nakuru is a shallow alkaline lake in Kenya's Rift Valley and some 62 km2 in extent. In late 80's the park also became Kenya's first rhino sanctuary and is today home to both the White and Black Rhinos. Lions, leopards, hippos, giraffes, waterbucks are equally at home in this unique park.
Overnight: Lake Nakuru Sopa Lodge
Meals - Breakfast in Samburu; Lunch and Dinner in Nakuru
Day 7: Lake Nakuru National Park - Hells Gate National Park
Breakfast in the hotel and begin your journey towards Hells Gate National Park which is about 1 hour drive from Nakuru. Arrive in the park and the first point is the Fischer’s tower and thereafter head to the gorge and the Hell’s Kitchen.
Boat ride in Lake Naivasha is optional and you pay direct:
Overnight: Sawela Lodges
Meals – Breakfast in Nakuru Lunch and Dinner at Naivasha
Day 8: Hells Gate National Park / Masai Mara Game Reserve
After breakfast, drive to Masai Mara Game Reserve. Arrive and have lunch before embarking for an afternoon game drive.
The jewel in Africa’s crown, Masai Mara, is host to the most spectacular array of wildlife such as Lions, elephant, Cheetah, leopard, Rhinos, giraffe, gazelle, zebras among others. Game viewing is never dull in the Mara and patience is often rewarded with unique sightings: a pride of lion stalking their prey; a solitary leopard retrieving its kill from the high branches of an acacia tree; a male wildebeest sparring to attract females into their harem; a herd of elephant protecting their young from opportunistic predators.
Overnight: Masai Mara Sopa Lodge
Meals - Breakfast in Naivasha; Lunch and Dinner in Masai Mara
Days 9: Full Day in the Masai Mara Game Reserve
Full day spent exploring this natural wonder with a visit to the Mara River where the wildebeest migration takes place. See both the hippos and the crocodiles coexist in the same waters.
The Masai Mara is Kenya’s most popular safari destination and for good reason. It is a vast reserve of endless flat grassland crossed by rivers which play host to wildlife’s most spectacular moments. Its biggest drawcard is the Wildebeest Migration when vast hordes of Wildebeest roar through the park bringing in its trail a wake of mighty predators. If you’re lucky enough to be in Masai Mara during the migration pick a spot by the river and watch enraptured as crocs and lions compete to pick-off stragglers from the clattering herds of wildebeest.
Optional Afternoon Visit to a Masai Cultural Village: This afternoon, we have an option of joining the Maasai dancers donning their African regalia and the jingling on their feet, flow by the rhythm of African beats and dance to their tunes that will leave you refreshed. Cost Per Person: $35. Advance booking advised.
Overnight: Masai Mara Sopa Lodge
Meals – Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner in Masai Mara
Day 10: MASAI MARA GAME RESERVE to NAIROBI-FLY TO MOMBASA
After breakfast you will drive back to Nairobi. Arrive in Nairobi, Have lunch (pay direct) and after lunch, shop for souvenirs before being transferred to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport for your onward flight to Mombasa. Flight ticket to Mombasa you pay direct (not included in the cost)
Arrive in Mombasa where you will be met by our airport representative and transferred to your beach hotel for the overnight.
Overnight: Sarova Whitesands Beach Resort
Meals - Breakfast, with either Lunch or Dinner in the Beach Hotel
Day 11 And 12: TWO FULL DAYS MOMBASA
The next two days will be spent in the hotel. There is no activity planned during these two days and therefore no transport arrangements have been put in place, However you have an option of a city tour available with prior arrangements and at an extra charge of 70USD per person; minimum 4pax.
Optional City Tour: in this tour you will visit the following places;
- Fort Jesus (a National Museum),
- The Mombasa Elephant Tusks.
- The Old Town: The most interesting part of this tour is that tall buildings with ornate intricately carved balconies overshadow the narrow streets and alleyways. The tour also includes visits to mosques and Hindu temples.
Optional Dhow Dinner As You Sail Around: Cost per Person; USD 110;
After touring these places, you can end your evening with a classic dinner in a dhow as we sail around the old harbor and the creek.
Overnight: Sarova Whitesands Beach Resort
Meals - Breakfast, with either Lunch or Dinner in the Beach Hotel
Day 13 Mombasa-Departure
After Breakfast in the lodge, transfer to the Mombasa International Airport for your flight your flight back home.