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ITINERARY 5: 3 Nights/4 Days - NAIROBI / MASAI MARA / LAKE NAKURU |
| Day 01 |
NAIROBI
/ MASAAI MARA |
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Arrive at Jomo
Kenyatta International Airport where you will be met by a Habib`s Tours
and Travel Representative with Flower Garlands in the typical traditional
African way. Your luggage will then be loaded onto your safari minivans
and you will be driven, by our professional safari driver/guides to
The Maasai Mara, Kenya's most famous Game Reserve.
This drive will take you past the eastern wall of the Great Rift Valley where
your driver/guides will stop at a strategic viewpoint for photography. Descend
to the floor of the Rift Valley and continue driving towards The Maasai Mara.
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| 1230 hrs. |
Arrive at The
Maasai Mara Sopa Lodge www.sopalodges.com to
a welcome of colourfully dressed Maasai Moran dancers, a cold towel
and a welcome drink as you check in and given your room keys. The lodge
porters will show you
to your rooms and assist you with your luggage. The Maasai Mara
Sopa Lodge is a first class lodge built in African architecture and with a lovely
swimming pool and other amenities. |
| 1330 hrs. |
Lunch
will be in the lodge dining room terrace overlooking the rolling
hills that characterize the Maasai Mara. After
lunch you will have an hour to rest from the drive. |
| 1600 hrs. |
Your driver/guide
will take you for your first game viewing drive in this magnificent
reserve.
The greatest attraction in the Mara is watching the animals in their natural
element; a lion's roar, a cheetah making a kill, the large herds of the migratory
wildebeest, an elephant trumpeting in anger and lots of other
animal activities are all very fascinating events. |
| 1830 hrs. |
Return to the
lodge after your game drive for dinner and overnight. |
| Day
02 |
MASAAI
MARA |
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| 0600 hrs. |
You will
be woken up this morning to a lovely African sunrise and
at the lobby coffee, tea and cookies will be waiting for you. |
| 0630 hrs. |
Drive off
to another adventurous safari drive in search of wild
animals. The early mornings and evenings are the best times to watch the big
cats hunt - the lion, the cheetah and the leopard. At these times the most
glorious sunrises and sunsets are observed. |
| 0830 hrs. |
Return
to the lodge for a full buffet breakfast.
Morning at leisure |
| 1230 hrs. |
Lunch will
be served in the restaurant after which the guests
will have time to rest before the evening safari. |
| 1600 hrs. |
Afternoon
game viewing drive in search of more wildlife including
the "big five" The big five are the lion, leopard, rhino, elephant
and the
buffalo. |
| 1830 hrs. |
After the
game drive you will be driven back to the lodge. Dinner
& overnight at The Mara Sopa Lodge. |
| Day
03 |
MASAAI
MARA / LAKE NAKURU |
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| 0730 hrs. |
Full buffet
breakfast in the Mara Sopa Lodge. |
| 0800 hrs. |
After breakfast
you will check out and your professional safari
driver/guides will drive you to The Lake Nakuru National Park. |
| 1230 hrs. |
Arrive
at The Lake Nakuru National Park and proceed to the Lake
Nakuru Lodge www.lakenakurulodge.com where you will be welcomed with a
welcome drink and checked in. Your luggage will be taken to your rooms by
the Lodge porters |
| 1300 hrs. |
Lunch in
the main restaurant. Enjoy a full buffet lunch while
watching the antics of the baboons in the waterhole in front of you.
The Lake Nakuru Lodge was the first lodge in this park and has a beautiful
vantage point from where you can see the park and the Lake Nakuru. The lodge
has a lovely swimming pool and the gardens are green and lush and awash with
flowers.
After lunch you have some time to rest or take a dip in the beautiful
swimming pool. |
| 1600 hrs. |
Afternoon
game viewing drive in the Lake Nakuru National Park.
The Lake Nakuru National Park is world renowned for its large population of
the pink flamingos, which sometimes number over a million. The park is also
home to the white rhino, the rare black rhino among other wild animals. You
are almost certain to see the most elusive of the cats family, the leopard. |
| 1830 hrs. |
Return
to the lodge for dinner and overnight. |
| Day
04 |
LAKE
NAKURU / NAIROBI |
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| 0700 hrs. |
Early buffet
breakfast at the Lake Nakuru Lodge. |
| 0800 hrs. |
You will
check out of the Lake Nakuru Lodge, game viewing enroute. You drive back
to Nairobi. You will be dropped at the Jomo Kenyatta
International Airport for your departure flight OR for your flight to
Mombasa. |
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BON VOYAGE |
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