6 Day Karibu Rafiki Travel Plan
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Gear up for a holiday thriller in Africa. This trip offers you mersmerising landscape views and a chance to learn the wild first hand. You get to watch the big cat, their behaviour and life style and also visit one of the best bird havens in Africa.
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Day 1: Nairobi / Amboseli National Park
Upon arrival at the Airport you will be met by Travellers Square Tours representative for briefing, drive past the scenic Athi Plains and into the bushy country of Amboseli National Park. Amboseli is a landscape dominated everywhere by the glistening, majestic snowcap of the mighty Mt Kilimanjaro - a fitting backdrop to the wild region. It is also the region where pastoral Masai and their cattle have lived in harmony with wild creatures for many a century. After lunch, an afternoon game drives to observe the picturesque Amboseli. Dinner and Overnight at Lodge/camp. |
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Day 2: Amboseli / Tsavo West National Park
After breakfast, depart for Tsavo West National Park which lies roughly halfway between Nairobi and the Mombasa Coast. The chief marvel here is the Mzima Springs, replenished with two hundred and twenty million litres of crystal clear water everyday, from the underground streams stemming from the lava massif known as Chyulu Hills. Mzima Springs is a favorite haunt of hippos and crocodiles. There are well-marked nature trails, an observation platform and an underwater glass tank, which provides a special vantage point to view this remarkable oasis. Arrive in time for lunch at a lodge located within the boundaries of the Park. An early evening game drive to see large herds of Elephants, Buffalo, Common Waterbuck, Eland, Gerenuk, Masai Giraffe, Black Rhino and Antelopes. Bird life is also in abundance at this park of great diversity in habitat and terrain. Dinner and Overnight atLodge/Camp.
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Day 3: Tsavo West / Lake Nakuru National Park
An early morning game drive in Tsavo West is followed by breakfast at Kilaguni and thereafter, depart to Lake Nakuru via Nairobi for lunch (on own arrangements) Drive via the Great Rift Valley escarpment, experiencing breathtaking views of the world's greatest land rift, to arrive in time for lunch. Enjoy an afternoon game drive in Lake Nakuru National Park. The park provides a sanctuary for the rhino. Lake Nakuru has always been considered a flamingo lake par excellence. The contrast and apparent dislocation between the shallow soda lake with its primeval birds and the animated woods all around it give Lake Nakuru National Park a very distinctive appeal. Dinner and overnight at a lodge/Camp over-looking the lake.
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Day 4: Lake Nakuru / Maasai Mara National Reserve
After breakfast, depart for Mara - the land of vast migrating herds arriving in time for lunch. After lunch, an afternoon game drive to get a closer look at the Mara. On the plains, look for the predators hidden among the acacia trees: Black-maned Lion, Cheetah and Leopard. Enormous grazing herds are ever present. Returns to an archetypal Mara lodge/tented camp for dinner and overnight stay.
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Day 5: Maasai Mara Game Reserve
Two game drives for the day to absorb the beauty and splendor of the Mara. In this country of breathtaking vistas, view its vast assemblages of plains game together with their associated predators. Mara has the largest population of lions to be found in Kenya. Other animals to be seen here include Buffalo, Black Rhino, Hippopotamus, Leopard, Cheetah, Common Zebra, Coke's Hartebeest, White-bearded Gnu, Oribi, Warthog and Thomson's and Grant's Gazelles. The bird life of Mara is as profuse as its mammalian fauna. All meals and overnight stay are at the lodge/tented camp.
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Day 6: Mara / Depart
After breakfast drive back to Nairobi arriving on time to catch up with your Outbound flight.
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Amboseli
Amboseli National Park provides the classic Hollywood image of Africa. Set in rolling savannah scenery it is dwarfed by the presence of the pink-tinged, snow-capped peak of Mount Kilimanjaro which, at 5,896 meters......
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Masai Mara
With its rolling grasslands and wide-open savannahs, the Masai Mara is the kind of unfettered, sprawling wilderness you thought only existed on Hollywood film sets.....
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Lake Nakuru
This lake offers one of the world's most spectacular wildlife sights: brilliant pink flamingos as far as the eye can see...
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After breakfast, depart for Tsavo West National Park which lies roughly halfway between Nairobi and the Mombasa Coast. The chief marvel here is the Mzima Springs, replenished with two hundred and twenty million litres of crystal clear water everyday, from the underground streams stemming from the lava massif known as Chyulu Hills. Mzima Springs is a favorite haunt of hippos and crocodiles. There are well-marked nature trails, an observation platform and an underwater glass tank, which provides a special vantage point to view this remarkable oasis. Arrive in time for lunch at a lodge located within the boundaries of the Park. An early evening game drive to see large herds of Elephants, Buffalo, Common Waterbuck, Eland, Gerenuk, Masai Giraffe, Black Rhino and Antelopes. Bird life is also in abundance at this park of great diversity in habitat and terrain. Dinner and Overnight atLodge/Camp.
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