Classic Kenya Safari
- Information
- Tour Plan
- Location
- Gallery
- Reviews
What's included
- Beach
- Game Drives
- Hikes
- Photographic Safari
- Services not specifically stated in the itinerary
- Visa arrangements
- Day 1 - Eka hotel
- Day 2 - Eka Hotel
- Day 3 - Sunbird Lodge
- Day 4 - Sunbird Lodge
- Day 5/6/7 - Ilkeliani Camp
- Day 8 - The Sands at Nomad
- Day 9/10/11 - Diani Beach, The Sands at Nomad
- Day 12
Your journey starts upon arrival at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi-Kenya. Upon clearance with Customs & Immigration, you will be met by our representative who will transfer you to Eka hotel booked for the night on bed & breakfast basis. Check in, freshen up and relax through the night. Eka hotel is conveniently located along Mombasa Road with easy access to both Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Wilson Airport and next to the Nairobi National Park.
Eka offers the perfect choice hotel for both business and leisure traveler.
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After breakfast, you will be picked up by your driver guide for an adventurous drive. Thereafter, depart Nairobi and head north towards the Rift Valley. On route, stop for views across the Great Rift Valley with breath-taking views of Mount Longonot and Lake Naivasha. You may opt to experience a boat ride at Lake Naivasha before heading to the Lodge. Arrive Lodge in time for freshen up and lunch. This will be followed by a drive around the southern end of the lake, past the flower farms to the entrance of Hell’s Gate National Park. Soon after you enter the park the impressive landscape unfolds before you, and you are immersed into a dramatic, semi-arid world, with sheer, rugged cliffs, open plains and deep, concealed gorges. Because there are few predators, there are many activities you can do within Hell’s Gate including, walking, cycling, rock climbing, bird watching and trekking through the lower gorge amongst the geysers – the choice is yours.
Lake Elementaita, home to numerous flamingos and over 400 species of bird, Elementaita is perfect for relaxing next to or – for those who like to be more active – go horse riding, on a bird spotting walk or simply soak in the natural thermal spa waters that flow into the lake.
The eco-lodge, Sunbird Lodge, will accommodate you in luxury in this stunning setting beside the ethereal beauty of the lake. For your lunches & evening meal, the lodge’s chefs will prepare you a sumptuous meal in the intimate and romantic restaurant as you watch the sun setting over the lake. Overnight at the lodge.
Enjoy Breakfast soaking in the magnificent views of the lake, after which you will set out on a full day’s game drive in Nakuru National park with picnic lunch boxes where the driver/guide will select a scenic point for you to have your lunch at.
You will be taken through the park's bush grasslands and yellow acacia woodlands in search of big game and other species commonly found in this intimate park including Rothschild’s giraffe, Black & White Rhino, waterbuck and giant python, with lions and leopards also making an occasional appearance.
Return to Lodge for another exceptional dinner and a good night’s sleep before your journey continues.
After breakfast you will be driven across the floor of the Great Rift Valley, the longest rift in the crust of the earth. You will have a stopover for lunch enroute. Arrive Ilkeliani Mara Camp in the Masai Mara Game Reserve where you shall be warmly welcomed by the camp managers who will brief you about the camp. Set in the beautiful location in the Reserve lying magnificently on the banks of the Talek River centrally positioned to explore the game reserve.
Here, you will sleep in luxury canvas tents on wooden bases, each with its own veranda and tastefully furnished with large comfortable beds, warm rugs and sofas and with open views to the bush and/or the river.
Over the next three days you will experience some of the finest game viewing Africa has to offer all from a base of luxurious accommodation. Meals are prepared by the internationally experienced chefs, using herbs and vegetables from an organic garden, and featuring a range of choices that will suit every palate.
Rise early and enjoy a tantalizing breakfast at camp as you soak up the tranquil view. Check-out from the camp with packed lunches and drive with game en-route back to Nairobi, Wilson Airport in time for your scheduled flight estimated to depart at 1400 hours to arrive Ukunda airstrip approximately 1515 hours.
You will be met at the airstrip by a representative of The Sands at Nomad and transferred to your beach resort. Your stay here is booked for 4 nights stay.
Your resort host shall usher you into your rooms to freshen up, relax and thereafter you can choose to spend your evening at leisure as you enjoy the white sandy beaches of the coast or the hotel facilities. Once you have soaked this breath taking aura, return back to the Resort for dinner at the beach restaurant dining as you breathe the cool sensation from the ocean.
For the next 3 days, immerse yourself to the vast array of beach water sport activities provided by the resort such as snorkeling and scuba diving windsurfing, deep-sea fishing, kite surfing, pedaloes, kayaks and a diving school. Enjoy diving along shallow coral reefs dropping to depths of 30 meters abound with marine life and the added highlight of frequent Whale & shark sightings. Learn how to dive in the diving school. (Charges payable directly at the Resort’s Reception).
Alternatively, you could enjoy the Hotels Health Center ‘Forest Breeze’ center with a parlor and forest located huts for open air massages, offers professional massages and facials, pedicure and manicure and personalized natural beauty treatments and private lessons for aerobic, zumba and yoga. (Charges payable direct directly at the Resort’s Reception)
Day will be spent at leisure till afternoon. You will be transferred to Ukunda airstrip for your scheduled flight estimated to depart at 1530 hours to arrive at Wilson Airport, Nairobi at approximately 1710 hours. Our representative will be awaiting you and shall transfer you to JKIA for your outbound flight back home or your Nairobi hotel
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