Kenya  Masai Mara Lodge  Safari

Masai Mara

South Western Kenya is the heartland of the Masai. At the heart of these lands is the Masai Mara Game Reserve, widely considered to be Africa’s greatest wildlife reserve. The Mara comprises 200 sq miles of open plains, woodlands and riverine forest. Contiguous with the plains of the Serengeti, the Mara is home to a breathtaking array of life. The vast grassland plains are scattered with herds of Zebra, Giraffe, Gazelle, and Topi. The Acacia forests abound with Birdlife and Monkeys. Elephants and Buffalo wallow in the wide Musiara Swamp. The Mara and Talek rivers are brimming with Hippos and Crocodiles.

The Masai Mara is Kenya's most celebrated game park, it offers the possibility of seeing "the big five" and many other species of game. Each year the Mara plays host to the world’s greatest natural spectacle, the Great Wildebeest Migration from the Serengeti. From July to October, the promise of rain and fresh life giving grass in the north brings more than 1.3 million Wildebeest together into a single massive herd. They pour across the border into the Mara, making a spectacular entrance in a surging column of life that stretches from horizon to horizon. At the Mara River they mass together on the banks before finally plunging forward through the raging waters, creating a frenzy as they fight against swift currents and waiting crocodiles.
The wildebeest bring new life to the Mara, not just through their cycle of regeneration of the grasslands, but for the predators who follow the herds.

KSSL 04 : 10 Days , Amboseli,  Mt Kenya,  Samburu,  Masai Mara .

Day 1:Nairobi.

Arrival at Nairobi . Transfer to  The Norfolk Hotel B/B

Day 2/3 : Amboseli National Park.

Drive to Amboseli National Park, located at the foot of Africa's highest mountain, Mt. Kilimanjaro. All around the lodge roams the wildlife that has made East Africa legendary: lion, buffalo, cheetah, giraffe, baboon, gazelle, and wildebeest. Part of Masailand, it's not unusual to see the proud Masai warrior or small children tending their cattle.  Amboseli plains with its herds of elephant feeding on acacia trees.   Tortillis Camp. (FB)

Day 4 - Tree  Hotel.

A tree hotel is your destination today, standing at 7,200 feet on the slopes of snow-capped Mount Kenya. Your comfortable rooms overlook a waterhole frequented by a myriad of wildlife throughout the day and night, including elephant, buffalo, rhino, giant forest hog, waterbuck and possibly even a leopard or a lion. Enjoy a guided nature walk by the lodge naturalist through the forest, where you are likely to see rare forest birds, as well as Columbus monkeys, bushbuck and often-times elephant and buffalo. Mount Kenya Safari Club

Hotel. (B,L,D).

Day 5 & 6:

Mount Kenya Safari Club/Samburu Reserve

Begin your exploration of this magnificent country as you drive on its rugged roads, through rich farmland, en route to Samburu Reserve. Stop for lunch at the legendary Mount Kenya Safari Club, set on the slopes of Africa's second highest mountain. Continue past the equator to Samburu which lies on the hot and arid fringes of the vast northern region of Kenya. Sarova Shaba Game Lodge.

Day 7 - Lake Nakuru/Lake Naivasha National Park.

Drive to the Great Rift Valley, a geological fault-line that stretches round one-sixth of the Earth's circumference and is visible from outer space. Over 2,000 feet deep and 30 miles wide with bubbling springs and geysers, the landscape is spectacular. First stop, Lake Nakuru, the shallow alkaline lake that is world-renowned for its huge concentration of flamingos at times hundreds of thousands of these exotic birds give the lake a pink shimmering glow. Enjoy a picnic lunch and wildlife run. Continue on to your luxurious lodge on the southern shore of beautiful Lake Naivasha, the highest of the Rift Valley lakes that supports a thriving bird population of over 350 species. Duties permitting enjoy a lecture by Mary Wykstra from the Cheetah Conservation Fund Kenya, who will also join you for dinner. Lionhill Lodge (B,L,D Daily).

Days 8/9 - Masai Mara/Northern Serengeti.

Set out early this morning on a boat ride on Lake Naivasha to see hippo, freshwater lilies and a plethora of birds. Continue to the Masai Mara enjoying a picnic lunch along the way to Kenya's most famous reserve, with its classic savannah grasslands, plentiful animals and spectacular vistas. You have three days to experience exciting wildlife viewing across the dreamlike endless plains, home to lion, cheetah, elephant, leopard, rhino, giraffe, zebra and hippo. witnessing dawn over the Serengeti from a hot air balloon, flying to Lake Victoria to fish for giant Nile perch, or visiting a Masai Village to experience this nomadic tribes way of life. Your lodge is an interpretation of a traditional Masai Manyatta of domed huts with a stunning view of the surrounding landscape.Mara Safari Club (B,L,D Daily).

Days 10 -  Depart to  Nairobi For a Flight back home