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Masai Mara Explorer
Day 1 – Lake Naivasha National Park
Camp L,D
The tour will leave the capital city of Kenya and travel north to Lake Naivasha where we spend the day at Hells Gate National Park that lies next to this shallow lake. Hell’s Gate is named for the huge red-coloured cliffs that form the entrance to the geothermal interior. This is the only National Park where you can go hiking in and activities also include game and bird watching. The park entry fees are included in the tour and a popular optional activity is game viewing on bicycles. Another optional way to spend your afternoon is to take high-tea at Elsamere – the former home of Joy Adams, best known for her autobiographical novel Born Free. Optional Activities: Cycle hire, high tea at Elsamere
Day 2 – Masai Mara National Reserve
Camp B,L,D
The Masai Mara National Reserve is the Kenyan side of the Serengeti National Park (located in Tanzania). Today the tour will be entering this 2430 square kilometre area of spectacular game viewing to photograph some of Africa’s most abundant wildlife. Best known for the annual migration of around 1.5 million wildebeest, the Masai Mara is also home to many other plains animals including lions. In addition to what we hope will be a successful day’s game viewing, cultural interaction with Kenya’s native Masaai people will round off your experience.
Day 3 – Masai Mara and Lake Nakuru National Park
Camp B,L,D
After some further game viewing in the Masai Mara, the tour will travel towards central Kenya and Lake Nakuru, home of the greater and lesser flamingo. Originally created as a bird sanctuary, Lake Nakuru was upgraded to National Park status in 1968. Although the shallow alkaline lake is most famous for the large flocks of flamingos that congregate to feed on the blue-green algae, the National Park is also home to a further 450 species of birds and over 50 species of mammals. White Rhino inhabit the transitional savanna area surrounding the lake and if you are lucky you will get some great photographs.
Day 4 – Lake Nakuru National Park to Nairobi
Tour ends. Own arrangements, B
The city of Nairobi was originally founded as a camp for the Mombassa-Uganda railway in 1899 and had since become the largest city in both Kenya and the East Africa region, with a population of between 3-4 million people. Nairobi is a cosmopolitan African-European city with many immigrants from former British colonies. The number of churches, mosques, temples and gurdwaras within the city bear testimony to its multiculturalism.
Accommodation:Camping
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Tour Length: 4 days
Price: €495
Local payment: US$360
Departure points:Nairobi
Includes:
All transport
All accommodation
Qualified and registered guide
Meals as specified
Excludes:
All drinks (except coffee & tea with meals)
Meals not specified
Optional activiites as per itinerary
Visas if needed
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travellers guide
On our camping tours you will be staying in large, 2-person, canvas tents that you will put up and take down. Because of the design of the tents this is a very easy task that you will quickly master.
Everyone receives a camp mattress for the duration of the tour, so that you are not sleeping directly on the ground. Unfortunately due to limited space these mattresses are not as thick as your one at home, but after a few days you will find them very comfortable.
On all camping tours you need to provide your own sleeping bag and towel. You can purchase these items in most major cities if you do not want to bring them on the plane with you.
We normally spend a few nights in dormitory accommodation on our camping tours - especially when we are staying in larger town or cities. Dormitory accommodation is normally 4-6 people per room.
Single supplements are available on camping tours. This means that you do not share a tent (the guides will assist you with putting it up and taking it down) and when we stay in other accommodation you will have a single room. Please note that Single supplements are limited to 4 per tour.