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8 Days - Tsavo West/Amboseli/Nakuru/Maasai Mara

Written by happycamper on March 31st, 2009

safari to see some of the best game parks in Kenya and also see Africa’s highest mountain, Mt. Kilimanjaro. Best wildlife and see the big 5 and the annual wildebeest migration in Maasai Mara

Day 1: Nairobi - Tsavo West
Depart Nairobi at 0700 hrs and proceed to West National Park. Visit the Chyulu Hills and the Mzima Springs, which are favorite haunts of both the hippo and crocodile that can be seen from an underwater observation chamber. Dinner and overnight at the campsite.   

Day 2; Tsavo West - Amboseli National Park
Morning game drives then proceed to Amboseli National park we view game as we proceed towards the campsite for dinner and overnight. Amboseli Park (at 392 sq km) is the second most popular park in Kenya after Masai Mara, mainly due to the spectacular backdrop of Mt. Kilimanjaro on the southern boundary.

Day 3: Amboseli National Park
Full Day spent exploring this park. The waters from melted snow drain down the mountain under lava flows and surface on the Amboseli plains, creating a green belt of swampland amidst dusty plains. Here elephant, buffalo, lion, cheetah, wildebeest, hyena, jackal, warthogs, zebra and the Maasai giraffe are likely to be seen.

Day 4 Amboseli –Lake Nakuru National park
We break the camp soon after breakfast and proceed to Lake Nakuru national park. Picnic lunches enroute followed by afternoon game drives at the park famed for numerous species of birds. Dinner and overnight stay at a campsite.

Day 5 Lake Nakuru Maasai Mara
Breakfast at the campsite and depart for Mara crossing loita plains arriving Mara. Game viewing enroute to the campsite. Dinner and overnight at the campsite. Lake Nakuru’s claim to fame is anchored on its flamingo’s and the over 400 species of birds found here. The lake itself is a soda lake on the floor of the rift valley. The sight of the at times millions of flamingos is quite spectacular. From a distance the lake appears ringed in pink. The Lake has also earned a reputation as an important haven for endangered species- particularly the Rothschild Giraffe and the black and white rhino. Lions, waterbuck, buffalo and baboons are all residents here

Day 6/7 Maasai Mara
Full days spent exploring the park world’s most popular park in search of the big 5.Morning and afternoon game drives are offered and optional visit to Maasai villages can be arranged with your guide. Dinner and overnight stay at a campsite.

The Mara offers wildlife in such variety and abundance that it is difficult to believe: over 450 species of animals have been recorded here. You will easily see lions, rhinos, hippos, crocodiles, giraffe, wildebeests, zebras, buffalo, warthogs, hyenas, jackals, wild dogs, buffalo, leopard, many kinds of antelopes and elephant. It is in the Mara that perhaps the most spectacular event of the natural world takes place. This is the annual migration of millions of wildebeest and zebra from the Serengeti (Tanzania) in search of water and pasture. Following on their heels are the predators of the savanna- lion, cheetah, wild dog, jackal, hyena and vultures

Day 8 Maasai Mara – Nairobi
Morning game drive then return to the campsite for breakfast .We drive back through the Masai town of Narok and stop for some souvenir shopping, before continuing across the plains to Nairobi where the safari ends.

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