Day
1 Nairobi/Amboseli
8.45 to 9.15A.M. Pick from your Nairobi hotel. 9.30A.M. Depart
for Amboseli National Park arriving in time for an afternoon
game drive via Namanga border town for lunch. Dinner and overnight
at a lodge.
Day
2 Amboseli
6.30 A.M. Proceed for an early morning pre-breakfast game
drive. Return to the lodge for breakfast. After breakfast
proceed for another game drive where plains game namely zebra,
wildebeest, giraffe and various antelopes can be seen. You
will have a lunch and leisure break at the lodge then end
with an evening game drive, looking out for the peak of Kilimanjaro
which may be seen during clear weather from the observation
hill. Large herds of elephants and hippo can be seen bathing
in the swamp grounds whose waters source is Mt. Kilimanjaro.
Dinner and overnight at the lodge.
Day
3 Amboseli/Nairobi
Early morning pre-breakfast game drive. After a late breakfast
depart Amboseli for Nairobi with lunch en route. Arrive in
the early evening.
MANEATERS'
PARADISE - 5 DAYS (ITS 118)
Day
1 Nairobi/Amboseli
After breakfast depart Nairobi for Amboseli via Namanga the
Kenya/Tanzania border post. In clear weather, you may see
Mt. Kenya's peak. You will also by-pass very pleasant countryside
which coffee and tea plantations. Lunch will be taken en route.
Arrive Amboseli in the evening with a brief game drive en
route to the lodge for dinner.
Day
2 Amboseli
After breakfast, proceed on a game drive in this park, which
lies in a dried-up lake bed. There are swamps and springs
fed by underground rivers from the melting snows of Mt. Kilimanjaro,
which give permanent water to the wildlife. The animals seen
here include lion, elephant, wildlife, cheetah, buffalo, plains
game and the rare Taita weaver and the gerenuk. The animals
are mainly found around the Ol Kenya swamp. If the weather
is clear and there is no low cloud cover, you may see the
peak of Mt. Kilimanjaro, which forms a beautiful backdrop
to the park. The observation hill offers a view of the entire
park and beyond. An afternoon game drive will follow after
lunch. Rest of meals and overnight at the lodge.
Day
3 Amboseli/Tsavo West
After breakfast depart Amboseli for Tsavo West National Park,
lunch en route. You will visit the Shaitani Lava flows as
the area where the park lies is of volcanic origin. The Mzima
Springs which contain 20 million tonnes of crystal - clear
water from the underground streams of the nearby Chyullu Hills
are an additional attraction; various aspects of marine life
including hippos, crocodile and fish can be seen from the
specially constructed underground glass tank. The animal species
seen at Tsavo are hippo, crocodiles, elephant, gazelle, zebra,
giraffe, various birds, buffalo, and kudu in a thick acacia
setting. Dinner and overnight at the lodge.
Day
4 Tsavo West/Tsavo East
A morning game drive will follow after breakfast and probably
view the rock hyrax, squirrels and mongooses as the park contains
a large population of these. Depart for Tsavo East National
Park, lunch en route. Here, only the section south of the
Galana River is open to the public for game drives; the rest
of the park serves as a wilderness for the animals to retreat
into. Here the dried up Aruba dam can be seen plus crocodiles
at the crocodile point below the Lugard falls. Dinner and
overnight at the lodge.
Day
5 Tsavo East/Nairobi
After breakfast, your final game drive will follow during
which you may see plains game, zebra, antelope, lesser kudu,
ostrich, and large herds of elephant and kudu. Lunch will
be taken en route. Arrive in Nairobi in the evening.
