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05 Days Aberdares Lake Nakuru Maasai Mara<\/h2>\n

\"\"This is special safari package created to offer the dramatic and beautiful contrasts of Kenya \u2013 the game viewing at the Mara, the Rift Valley Lakes, the towering Mt. Kenya. You can experience most of Kenya at a relaxing pace while staying in Permanent lodges.<\/p>\n

Day 01:\u00a0 Nairobi \u2013 Mt Kenya or Aberdares.<\/b><\/h4>\n

Depart Nairobi in the morning to the Aberdares \/ Mt Kenya region arriving at the Aberdares country club for lunch. Game viewing en-route to your lodge.<\/p>\n

Afternoon at Leisure, evening game drive, dinner and overnight at your lodge.
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Day 02: Mt Kenya or Aberdares \u2013 Samburu <\/b><\/h4>\n

After breakfast, drive north along the northern foothills of Mount Kenya, a 17,058-foot dormant volcano with a glistening cap of ice and snow arriving for Lunch at Samburu Serena \/ Sopa \/ Intrepids \/ Samburu Lodge. After lunch proceed for an afternoon game drive in this\u00a0 grassland area, which forms the bridge between Kenya\u2019s lush south and parched north. Watch out for herds of impalas, Grant\u2019s gazelles, Elephants and African buffalo. Dinner and overnight at your lodge.<\/p>\n

Day 03: Samburu<\/b><\/p>\n

A morning and afternoon game drive which includes outings at dawn, when animals are most active and afternoon when the light is best for photography. Return to the lodge for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Today you stay close to the Ewaso Nyiro River, where vast herds of plains game come to water, braving lions in the grass, leopards in the trees, and giant crocodiles. Stars of Samburu not easily seen elsewhere are the liver-red reticulated giraffe, the long-necked gerenuk antelopes, and the elegant grevy\u2019s zebra. Dinner and overnight at your lodge.
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\"\"Day 04: Samburu \u2013 Lake Nakuru <\/b><\/h4>\n

Depart very early after breakfast with a brief stop at Thompson Falls to view the waterfalls and then make your way down to the Rift valley floor.<\/p>\n

Lunch at your hotel upon arrival.<\/p>\n

After lunch take a leisurely drive through Lake Nakuru National Park, famous for its pink flamingos. Drive to the edge of the lake to view thousands of birds feeding in the alkaline water; see the sweeping view from the top of Baboon Rocks; then look for warthogs and waterbucks as you leave the park. Dinner and overnight at your hotel.
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Day 05: Lake Nakuru \u2013 Masai Mara <\/b><\/h4>\n

Early Breakfast and then check out from your Lodge.
\nIn the morning traverse the Rift valley and ascend its western rim. You are now in the Masai country, where sedentary crop farming gives way to nomadic cattle herding. Red-clad, spear-wielding Masai warriors tend their multi-coloured herds among the wild animals of the loita plains, admirably unimpressed by the presence of large predators arriving for lunch at one of the below Lodge \/ Camp options. After lunch at the camp proceed for an evening game viewing. Dinner and overnight at your hotel.<\/p>\n

Day 06 & 07: Masai Mara<\/b><\/h4>\n

A further 2 days in the Mara with dawn, and afternoon game drives in this reserve, Kenya\u2019s best and most scenic park. At the northern extremity of the unique Serengeti ecosystem. The Masai Mara has a thriving, permanent population of plains game, augmented in the dry season by the migration of 2 million gnus and zebra from the vast, parched Serengeti plains. Of the hunter\u2019s \u201cbig five\u201d elephant, buffalo, lion and leopard are quite common, while even the much rare rhino might come out of the thicket for you. The waters of the Mara River are home to crocodiles and pools of hippo, the acacia woodlands and riverine forests favored by leopard and elephant, and the open savannah and dry bush areas play host to the plains’ game and their attendant predators such as lion, cheetah, hyena and jackal. Hyenas are plentiful and the cheetah, a 60-miles-per-hour daytime hunter, is often seen.All meals and overnight at the Camp \/ Lodge.
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Day 08: Masai Mara \u2013 Nairobi – Depart <\/b><\/h4>\n

Breakfast at your Camp.
\nLeaving Masai Mara, head back to Narok, district headquarters of this part of Masai land and then travel across the vast plains on the floor of the Rift Valley ‘ keep an eye out for herds of giraffe and gazelle ‘ and head up the Rift Escarpment on a road built by Italian prisoners of war during World War II.\u00a0 You will arrive in Kenya’s bustling capital city in the afternoon.<\/p>\n

Lunch Carnivore Restaurant.
\nDrop off at the hotel \/ Airport.<\/p>\n

Safari Cost Includes: <\/b><\/h4>\n