9-DAY KENYA BUDGET SAFARI
This safari tour
covers Masai Mara national reserve and Great Rift Valley lakes Naivasha and
Nakuru and the Hell's gate the only walking and cycling park. While in this tour
you will be able to visit 6 Parks; Masai
Mara known as the '7th wonder of the world' -wildebeest Migration, the
land of breathtaking landscapes, vistas, abundant wildlife and endless plains,
the reserve is home to an excellent concentration of game, the pink Lake Nakuru home to millions of
flamingoes and home of the white and Black Rhino, Hells gate and Lake Naivasha - in this park there are
a lot of different activities like walking into the gorges and boat ride and cycling
and viewing of the great Rift valley escarpment. Amboseli is often referred as the 'Land of
Giants' – due to the impressive elephants here carrying massive tusks. The
animals are set against breathtaking vistas of Mt. Kilimanjaro, Africa’s
highest free standing mountain. Tsavo West offers some of the
most magnificent game viewing in the world and attractions include elephant,
rhino, Hippos, lions, cheetah, leopards, In contrast with the flat plains of Tsavo
East, Tsavo West is marked by a number of rocky outcrops and
volcanic hills.
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You'll be collected
from the airport (or hotel).
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Accommodation before
the tour departs can be arranged for an extra cost.
DAY 1: NAIROBI | MASAI MARA
You will be picked-up
by our guide who will take you to our office for a briefing. You will then be
driven to Maasai Mara Game Reserve in our customized open-roof safari van. A
brief stopover at the Great Rift Valley viewpoint will give you the chance for some
great photographs. After this stop-over, you will head on to Maasai Mara
through Narok town. Upon arrival you will check-in, enjoy lunch and later take
off for your first afternoon game drive in this world famous reserve which
forms the Northern part of Serengeti National Park. At some point during your
stay you will be driven by the river to spot wildlife. This area is a
photographer's delight where, with any luck, you will be able to take amazing
pictures of the hippo and crocodile in the water. The park rules allows for
off-road driving which means that guests can venture onto the plains where you
will see hundreds of animals. One thing is for sure, in Maasai Mara, you will
experience nature in all its wild wonder.
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Main Destination: Masai Mara Game Reserve
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Main Activities: Game viewing drive | Sightseeing | Photography
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Accommodation: AA lodge Mara
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Budget comfort lodge located just outside Masai mara Game
Reserve
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Meals & Drinks: Lunch & Dinner { Drinks not
included)
DAY 2: MASAI MARA
After breakfast you
will experience a full day game drive in the Maasai Mara; offering wonderful
scenery and plenty of wildlife. It is perhaps the only region left in Kenya
where a visitor may see animals in abundance that existed a century ago. Africa
has a long history of capturing the imagination of travelers. It’s a continent of dramatic contrasts that gives you unforgettable
and remarkable experience. The afternoon game drive will take you in search of
the famous black- maned lion. During this drive you may witness a lion making a
kill, or a leopard enjoying the meal he dragged up in a tree to avoid
disturbance and detection. This reserve has savanna, rolling grasslands, gallery
forest on the Mara River and tributaries. Soak in the abundance of untamed
wilderness, fresh and natural scenery, filled with exotic wildlife! Later in
the evening you will return to camp for dinner and your overnight stay.
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Main Destination: Masai Mara Game Reserve
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Main Activities: Game viewing drive | Sightseeing | Cultural tour| Photography
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Accommodation: AA lodge Mara
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Budget comfort lodge located just outside Masai mara Game
Reserve
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Meals & Drinks: Lunch & Dinner { Drinks not
included)
DAY 3: MASAI MARA | LAKE NAKURU
After breakfast you
will take off on your last morning game drive in the reserve with the chance to
see the Big 5, possibly on a hunting mission. You will view the Thompson's and
Grant gazelle, topi, eland, zebra, giraffe, hippo, wildebeest, warthog,
crocodile, ostrich, and over 450 birds species; including over 50 birds of
prey. Drive to Lake Nakuru national park with a stopover for lunch. This park
was famous only as a bird sanctuary especially the lesser and greater
flamingos. However, now it is home to the white rhino and Rothschild giraffe,
besides the herbivores like buck and antelope. Leopard can also be seen in this
park. The vegetation is of the drier type. The flat-topped acacia and the
candelabra cactus are a feature of the landscape. Arrive and check in at the
lodge or hotel for Lunch and afternoon game drive. Return to the Hotel for
Dinner and Overnight.
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Main Destination: Lake Nakuru national park
· Main Activities: Game viewing drive | Bird watching |Sightseeing| Photography
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Accommodation: Ziwa Bush Lodge
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Budget comfort tented lodge located just outside lake Nakuru n.p
· Meals & Drinks: Lunch & Dinner { Drinks not included)
DAY 4: LAKE NAKURU |
LAKE NAIVASHA
After breakfast, drive
to the Lake Naivasha. Proceed on your adventure to various attractive features
and other optional activities. Hell's Gate National Park is characterized by
diverse topography and geological scenery. This Park was named for its pair of
massive red tinged cliffs framing a geothermically active interior of steam
vents and bubbling springs. The park is home to a profusion of plains game and
bird life. Walking is permitted, making it ideal for hiking, biking, and rock
climbing.
The lake is almost 13kms across, but its waters are shallow with an average
depth of five meters. Much of the lake is surrounded by forests of the yellow
barked Acacia, known as the yellow fever tree. These forests abound with bird life;
the waters of the lake draw a great range of game to these shores. Giraffes
wander among the acacia, Buffalo wallow in the swamps and Colobus monkeys call
from the treetops while the Lakes large hippo population sleeps the day out in
the shallows. . A walk along the shore, or even
sitting and relaxing in a single place, will provide you with endlessly rich
sightings. A trip out onto the Lake is even more impressive. The water is
dotted with Pelicans and the papyrus alive with Kingfisher, Heron, and Jacanas
and more, while high in the trees over the Lake you will find Africa’s largest
concentration of African Fish Eagles. These mighty birds dominate the air over
the Lake; their haunting cries echoing across the shores as they plunge to the
surface and pull fish from the water.
Sunsets is always stunning, with the haunting call of a Fish Eagle high
over the Lake bringing the day to a perfect end? opt in for more optional tours and excursions.
You can rather opt in for some of the best optional activities and excursions along and near Lake Naivasha that includes:
1 hour boat ride: Price from USD 20. - Per person
1 hour boat ride and 2 hours walk on the crescent Island: USD 50 per person.
4-5 Hrs. Walking / Biking / Hiking at
Hells Gate national park
4 hours Mt. Longonot trekking safari: USD 55.-per person
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Main Destination: Lake Naivasha
n.p
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Main Activities: Boat riding | Bird
Watching | nature walk | Walking, Hiking | Biking & General Photography
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Accommodation: Dove Nest Lodge
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Budget comfort lodge located near Lake Naivasha
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Meals & Drinks: Lunch & Dinner { Drinks not
included)
DAY 5: LAKE NAIVASHA | AMBOSELI
After breakfast, we depart on a long drive to Amboseli with
a stopover for lunch in Nairobi. Afternoon we proceed into the scenic
Amboseli National Park, if time permits we shall have an evening game drive.
Despite its small size (392 sq km), this fragile ecosystem supports a wide
range of mammals (well over 50 of the larger species) and birds (over 400
species).The waters from Mt. Kilimanjaro drain down the mountain under lava
flows and surface in Amboseli, creating a green belt of swampland amidst dusty
plains. Amboseli lacks the profusion of animal species found in the Mara, but
the landscape provides limited cover so we have better chances of seeing some
of the larger predators. Elephant, buffaloes, lions, gazelles, cheetahs,
wildebeest, hyenas, jackals, warthogs, Masai Giraffes, zebra, baboon, and waterbuck
are all present in the park. Return to the camp or lodge for Dinner and
Overnight
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Main Destination: Amboseli national park
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Accommodation: AA Lodge
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Mid-range budget
lodge located just outside Amboseli national park
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Meals & Drinks: Breakfast ,Lunch & Dinner { Drinks
not included)
· Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
DAY 6: AMBOSELI
After breakfast, morning and afternoon game drives
in Amboseli. The game Proceeds to the area of Lake Amboseli, which is
a wide salt pan, consisting of permanent swamps. This area has much game,
large and small, high concentration of Elephant, rhino, buffalo, Burchell’s
zebra, eland, Masai giraffe and small species of the antelope family, the
common water buck, klipspringer, Grant’s gazelle, impala, topi, and the
diminutive duiker among others. The National Park embodies five main wildlife
habitats (open plains, acacia woodland, rocky thorn bush country, swamps and
marshland) and covers part of a Pleistocene lake basin, now dry Amboseli is
famous for its big game and its great scenic beauty – and the landscape is
dominated by the towering Mount Kilimanjaro. Observation Hill which allows an
overall view of the whole park especially the swamps and elephants; Swamp below
observation hill hosts many elephants, buffaloes, hippos and a variety of water
fowl like pelican; Egyptian goose; contemporary Maasai culture and indigenous
lifestyle; herds of elephants. Return to the camp or lodge for Dinner&
overnight.
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Main Destination: Amboseli
national park
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Accommodation: AA Lodge
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Mid-range budget
lodge located just outside Amboseli national park
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Meals & Drinks: Breakfast ,Lunch & Dinner { Drinks
not included)
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Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
DAY 7: AMBOSELI | TSAVO WEST
After breakfast, morning enroute game drive in Amboseli
before Amboseli is home to the largest population of Large
elephants as well as to members of the rest of the "Big 5" African
animals. Depart for Tsavo West National Park which lies roughly halfway between
Nairobi and the Coast. The chief marvel here is the Mzima Springs, replenished
with two hundred and twenty million litres of crystal clear water.
Cheetah at full alert every day, 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 the
camp or 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. Return to the
tented camp or lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
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Main Destination: Tsavo West national park
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Accommodation: Ngulia
safari Lodge | Similar
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Mid-range budget
lodge located inside Tsavo West national park
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Meals & Drinks: Breakfast ,Lunch & Dinner { Drinks
not included)
· Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
DAY 8: TSAVO WEST N.P |
TSAVO EAST
After breakfast, drive
to Tsavo East national park, the safari extends to Chyulus hills, volcanic
mountain range with a mix of volcanic cones and barren lava flows, of which the
most interesting in Shetani, meaning "Devil" in Swahili. Game
includes: buffalo, zebra, giraffe, oryx, lion, leopard and many species of
birds and plants.
Tsavo East boasts of bushy grassland and open plains alternate with savannah
and semi-arid acacia scrub and woodlands The Yatta plateau is the world's
largest lava flow. The sight of dust-red elephant wallowing, rolling and
spraying each other with the midnight blue waters of palm-shaded Galana River
is one of the most evocative images in Africa. The park forms the largest
protected area in Kenya and is home to most of the larger mammals, vast herds
of dust red elephant, Rhino, buffalo, lion, leopard, pods of hippo, crocodile,
waterbucks, lesser Kudu, gerenuk and the prolific bird life features 500
recorded species. Return to the camp for dinner & overnight.
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Main Destination: Tsavo East national
park
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Accommodation: Voi
Safari Lodge
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Mid-range budget safari
lodge located inside Tsavo East national park
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Meals & Drinks: Breakfast ,Lunch & Dinner { Drinks
not included)
· Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
DAY 9: TSAVO EAST | NAIROBI (OR MOMBASA) | DEPARTURE
Early morning game
drive in Tsavo East national parks, home to the largest Elephant herds in the
country, as well as large prides of Lions. The region was made famous due to the Man-eaters
of Tsavo, two Lions that
killed around 130 people during the construction of the railway line in 1898.
The two parks make up the biggest national park in Kenya at just less than 22
000 sq km. It is a vast park and guests will often have to be patient during
game viewing activities, but the reward is great. The experienced safari guides
are familiar with the game movements and season migration paths and times of
Tsavo's wildlife. Some of Tsavo East's popular attractions are Mudanda Rock,
Yatta Plateau and Lugard Falls. Tsavo West Highlights includes walking safaris
during which you can explore the Chaimu volcanic crater. The underground
viewing hide which allows you to get a different perspective on Hippos and
Crocodiles from underwater at the Mzima Springs, See the Shetani flow where a
volcano erupted and created a river of magma that has hardened. Exit the park
and drive back to Nairobi where the tour ends.
Drop off in Mombasa
for beach holiday after the safari can be arranged on request at and extra
cost.
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Main Destination: Nairobi |
Departure
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Accommodation: Not Applicable { End of the safari}
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Meals & Drinks: Breakfast (Lunch & Dinner not
Included) { Drinks not included)
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Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
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Additional
accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.
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You'll be dropped off
at the airport (or hotel).
TYPE OF TOUR |
LOW BUDGET |
MID-RANGE |
STANDARD 4x4 |
High Season: JAN-MARCH |
$ 1,750.00
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$1,920.00 |
$ 2,370.00 |
Low Season: APRIL- MAY |
$ 1,600.00
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$1,850.00 |
$ 2,150.00 |
Green Season: JUNE-
JUNE |
$ 1,700.00
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$1,880.00 |
$ 2,320.00 |
Peak Season: JULY-OCT |
$ 1,875.00
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$2,160.00 |
$ 2,775.00 |
Shoulder season:
NOV-DEC |
$ 1,700.00
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$1,900.00 |
$ 2,320.00 |
All trip prices are
per person based on double occupancy or twin room occupancy unless otherwise
noted and is subject to change. Optional
activities are at an additional cost. All prices and fares are quoted in U.S.
dollars. Children below 3 years are free of Charge, children between 3 and 12
years will pay 50% of the adult rate. Children in own room and not sharing room
with adults pays 75% of Adult rate
Upgrade to a 4x4
Jeep comes at an extra cost of USD 50 Per Vehicle per day to be shared by
number of participants.
INCLUDED
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Park fees (For
non-residents)
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All activities (Unless
labeled as optional)
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All
accommodation (Unless listed as upgrade)
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A professional
driver/guide
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All
transportation (Unless labeled as optional)
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All Taxes/VAT
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Round-trip airport
transfer
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Meals (As
specified in the day-by-day section)
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Drinking water (On
all days)
EXCLUDED
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International
flights (From/to home)
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Additional
accommodation before and at the end of the tour
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Tips (Tipping
guideline US$10.00 pp per day)
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Personal items (Souvenirs,
travel insurance, visa fees, etc.)
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Government imposed increase
of taxes and/or park fees
CANCELLATION & REFUND POLICY
LOW SEASON: APRIL –
JUNE
· Bookings cancelled
45 days prior to the excursion will not be charged for.
· Bookings cancelled
30 to 45 days prior to the excursion will be charged 25%
· Bookings cancelled
20 to 30 days prior to the excursion will be charged 50%
· Bookings cancelled
below 20 days prior to the excursion will be charged 100%
HIGH SEASON: JAN- MARCH – JULY – OCTOBER
· Bookings cancelled
60 days prior to the excursion will not be charged for.
· Bookings cancelled 45 to 60 days prior to the excursion will be charged 50%
· Bookings cancelled below 45 days prior to the excursion will be charged 100%