KENYA CAMPING SAFARI – 15 DAY

Kenya Camping Safari combines cultural visits, wildlife and birdlife and is designed for the adventurer who enjoys exploring new things that nature offers and prefers wild camping to luxury lodges. It incorporates the western part of Kenya which is rarely visited because of the limited time most tourists have but wildlife treasures unique to the area include the aquatic Antelope, which is an endangered species and explores off the beaten track.

This tour may be done as a group of no more than 7 travellers or on a private basis.

We anticipate park entrance fees to increase in May 2008

OVERVIEW
Country Kenya
Duration 14 Nights / 15 Days
Season Year Round
Trip Type Fixed group departures
Per Person US $ 4,036.00 - US $ 8,094.00
Age Restrictions Children’s rate please enquire

ITINERARY:

Day 1: Nairobi
On arrival at Jomo Kenyatta Airport you are met and transferred to the Heron Hotel. At 5:00pm you will meet in the lobby for a safari briefing. (All meals excluded)

Option activities available in Nairobi: (not included in rate)
Nairobi City tour (2 hours) @ 10Am and 2pm
Bomas of Kenya (3 hours) @ 2:30pm
Karen Blixen, Giraffe Centre, Kazuri and Utamaduni (4 hours) @ 2pm
Nairobi National Park (4 hours) @ 9am and 2pm
Animal orphanage or safari walk and Mamba village (3 hours) @ 2pm

Overnight at Heron Hotel (No Meals)
Drive time: +/- 20 minutes

Day 2: Nairobi – Amboseli
After breakfast at the hotel (around 8:00am) we start our drive to Amboseli National Park arriving in time for lunch at the camp. The afternoon is spent on a game drive in the park.

Overnight at Amboseli Campsite or similar (FI)
Drive time: +/-4 hours

Day 3: Amboseli
You start the day with a dawn game drive in the park and return to camp for breakfast. Weather permitting the view of Mt Kilimanjaro is the perfect backdrop to a bush breakfast. Mount Kilimanjaro is the world’s tallest free-standing mountain. Later in the morning we visit a Maasai Village return to camp for lunch and spend the afternoon on a game drive in the park.

Overnight at Amboseli Campsite or similar (FI)
Drive time: +/-0

Day 4: Amboseli – Nairobi – Maasai Mara
After an early rise and breakfast you return to Nairobi and continue on to Maasai Mara Game Reserve. Although you do a lot of driving on day 4 a good portion of it is also game viewing en route and your driver will stop for photographs along the way and a picnic lunch. Bear in mind that an average game drive in the parks are typically 1.5 – 2 hours.
Arrive in Maasai Mara in the late afternoon.

Overnight at Mara Sun Shade Camp (FI)
Drive time: +/- 4 hours Amboseli to Nairobi
Drive time: +/- 5 hours Nairobi to Maasai Mara

Day 5: Maasai Mara
Spend the day on game drives and you have another opportunity to visit a Maasai Village to meet the local people.

Overnight at Mara Sun Shade Camp (FI)
Drive time: +/- 0 hours

Day 6: Maasai Mara – Kisii - Kisumu
After a dawn game drive we return to camp for breakfast. After breakfast we proceed to Kisumu via Kisii and visit Tabaka famous for the Kisii stone sculptors. We enjoy a late lunch at The Imperial Hotel before travelling to the city of Kisumu and The Market.

Overnight at The Imperial Hotel (FI)
Drive time: +/- 3 hours Maasai Mara to Kisii
Drive time: +/- 2 hours Kisii to Kisumu

Day 7: Kisumu - Rusinga
Breakfast is at the hotel and at around 8:00am we depart for a full day tour of Rusinga Island in Lake Victoria, Africa’s largest fresh water lake and the source of the Nile. Here you will have a chance to see the Luo, Kenya’s 3rd largest tribe and their activities. Lunch is on the island before we drive back to Kisumu City.

Overnight at The Imperial Hotel (FI)
Drive time: +/- 2 hours Kisumu to Rusinga

Day 8: Kisumu - Kakamega
We have an early breakfast at the hotel before departing for Kakamega to visit the Kakamega forest one of the remaining rain forests in Kenya. The 2nd largest tribe of Kenya is found here. You will have a chance to see the ‘Weeping Stone’ and amazing bird life is found in the region. We proceed to Saiwa Swamp National Park home to the endangered De Brazza Monkey and the Aquatic Sitatunga Antelope and other aquatic wildlife.

Overnight at Kitale Club or similar (FI)
Drive time: +/- 1 hour Kisumu to Kakamega
Drive time: +/- 5 hours Kakamega to Kitale

Day 9: Kitale - Lake Baringo
Breakfast is at the club before we depart for Lake Baringo arriving in time for lunch at the island camp. This afternoon we visit the Njemps a small tribe in Kenya.

Overnight at Island Camp or similar (FI)
Drive time: +/- 2.5 hours Kitale to Lake Baringo

Day 10: Lake Baringo – Lake Bogoria
After a camp breakfast we take a leisurely drive to Lake Bogoria National Reserve and visit the natural hot water springs en route to Lake Bogoria Spa Hotel. Your afternoon is free to take a plunge in the natural spa at the hotel.

Overnight at Lake Bogoria Spa Hotel (FI)
Drive time: +/- 1 hour Lake Baringo to Lake Bogoria

Day 11: Lake Bogoria – Lake Nakuru – Naivasha
We proceed on to Lake Nakuru National Park for a late morning game drive en route to Naivasha arriving in time for lunch at the crater lake camp and sanctuary. Your afternoon is free to do as you please or go on a guided game walk in this private sanctuary.

Tonight we have our only night game drive of the safari.

Overnight at Crater Lake Camp (FI)
Drive time: +/- 2 hours Lake Bogoria to Lake Nakuru
Drive time: +/- 1.15 hours Lake Nakuru to Naivasha

Day 12: Naivasha - Samburu
Breakfast is early before we leave for Samburu National Reserve via Nyahururu Falls to arrive in time for lunch at Samburu camp site. The afternoon is spent on a game viewing drive.

Overnight at Samburu Camp site or similar (FI)
Drive time: +/- 6 hours Naivasha to Samburu

Day 13: Samburu
The day is spent on morning and late afternoon game viewing drive with a visit to a Samburu homestead. The Samburu are ‘cousins’ to the Maasai.

Overnight at Samburu Camp site or similar (FI)
Drive time: +/- 0 hours

Day 14: Samburu - Nairobi
After breakfast in camp we return to Nairobi via the fertile Kikuyulands (largest tribe in Kenya) arriving in the early afternoon at the now familiar Heron Hotel.
At 7: 00pm we meet you at the hotel for a transfer to the Carnivore restaurant for a farewell to Kenya dinner before we return you to the hotel.

Overnight at Heron Hotel (B & D)
Drive time: +/- 6 hours Samburu to Nairobi

Day 15: Nairobi
Breakfast is at the hotel and you have the use of the room until 10:00am.
We transfer you to Jomo Kenyatta Airport for your international departure flight.

Package Includes

Bed and Breakfast accommodation in Nairobi
Full board accommodation on safari
Park / reserve entry fees for driver and vehicle
Park / reserve fees for clients
Casual meals as per the itinerary
Transportation in a 7 seater minibus driven by a professional English speaking guide for all game drives, visits and airport transfers as per itinerary.
All visits mentioned in the itinerary