KENYA
FLY-IN SAFARIS
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SAFARI OVERVIEW
Kenya is renowned for its unparalleled
wildlife, habitat diversity and fascinating cultural heritage. A wide range of
ecological zones, including semi-arid plains and vast savannahs, tropical
mountain forests, a rugged Northern Frontier, and the Great Rift Valley,
provide for a tremendous array of fauna and flora. On safari we explore the
best known and most distinguished parks and reserves in East Africa. Our
itineraries combine superlative wildlife viewing with comfort and attentive
service, resulting in the feel of a classic nineteenth-century expedition. We
stay in Kenya's finest safari lodges and most luxurious, permanent tented
camps, as we explore, in depth, this magical land.
A unique program at a glance:
Classic Tented Camps - 7 night Group Flying Safari
 The dining room and lounge at Vakona Lodge, near Perinet. |
THE ITINERARY - BRIEF
Day 1: Arrive Nairobi, meet greet and transfer by
EAOS
Overnight the Karen Blixen Cottages Bed & Breakfast.
Day 2+3: 0915 hrs Fly to Samburu, 2 o/n Samburu Intrepids FB & Activities.
Day 4+5: Fly to Naivasha, 2 o/n Rift Valley Lodge FB &
activities.
Daytrip to Lake Nakuru in private EAOS mini van & guide.
Day 6+7: Fly to Mara, 2 o/n Mara Intrepids Camp FB & Activities.
Day 6+7: Fly to Mara, 2 o/n Mara Intrepids Camp FB & Activities.
2004 RATES
1 person: $3,890.00 (in single)
2 or more
persons: $2,870.00 p.p.
Single Room Supplement: $490.00
Extra nights in
Mara: $231.00 pppn twin, $292.00 pppn in single.
The above costs fully inclusive of:
ALL accommodation and meals on safari.
ALL government hotel taxes and
service charges.
ALL Land transport in custom built safari vehicles.
ALL
internal air transport as specified in itinerary.
ALL National Park /
reserve entrance fees
ALL airport assistance.
Temporary Flying Doctor
(AMREF), emergency evacuation to Nairobi
Not included: (Unless specifically requested):
Personal Laundry, beverages and other personal expenses.
Tips to bar
staff for personal beverages or room service.
Gratuities to your driver /
guide.
Visa fees.
GORILLA TREK FROM AND BACK TO NAIROBI
3 nights, Gorilla Safari, TWO Gorilla visits (permits) per person.
Day 1: am Fly Nairobi - Kigali
Afternoon optional city tour
& visit genocide memorial sites
Dinner & overnight Novotel Umubano,
Kigali
Day 2: 0530 hrs wake-up & breakfast
0545 - 0730 hrs 90
minute drive to Ruhengeri
0800 - 0830 hrs Volcano Park Formalities
830 -
1430 hrs - Gorilla Trek (1 hour visit only)
unch, dinner & overnight
Gorilla Nest Lodge
Day 3: 0700 hrs wake-up & breakfast
0800 - 0830 hrs
Volcano Park Formalities
0830 - 1430 hrs - Gorilla Trek (1 hour visit
only)
1630 - 1800 hrs drive to Kigali
Dinner & overnight Novotel
Umubano, Kigali
Day 4: Breakfast, fly Kigali to Nairobi.
2004 RATES - including air from/to Nairobi
3 clients in
1 vehicle - US$ 2,070.00 per person in twin.
4 clients in 1 vehicle - US$
1,985.00 per person in twin.
5 clients in 1 vehicle - US$ 1,935.00 per
person in twin.
Single room supplement US$ 170.00
Included in the above:
All transfers and airport
assistance
All accommodation & meals as per itinerary
All land
transportation in 4x4 safari vehicles
Two gorilla trekking permits per
person
English speaking chauffeur
Mineral water while tracking and with
meals.
Regional flights
Temporary Flying Doctor Evacuation (worth US$ 50
per person)
Not included:
Airport taxes
Visa fees where
applicable (Not required by US, UK, Canada, German, RSA, Sweden
Citizens)
Personal beverages
Tips and all other personal
expenses
Porterage
KENYA COMBINED WITH MT. KILIMANJARO
Day 1 - Arrive Nairobi, meet, transfer & Overnight Norfolk Hotel
Day 2-3 - Fly to Samburu - 2 Overnight Samburu Intrepids Camp (see info. below)
Day 4-6 - Fly to Mara - 3 Overnight Mara Intrepids Camp (info. below)
Day 7 - Fly to Kilimanjaro, o/n Marangu Hotel.
2004 Cost:
2+ persons, US$ 2,375.00 p.p. in twin,
Single supplement US$ 450.00
LAMU ADD-ON TO KENYA TRIPS
Steve Turner of Origins Safaris says that he highly recommends LAMU - culturally it is truly stunning and to the north is emerging the Kiunga Marine Park that is full of turtles, great diving and snorkeling and lots more.
They can offer a program for 2 persons as follows: This is using the WWF beach cottages in the Kiunga Marine Park and a local dhow for transport.
Day 1 - Fly to Kiwayu
- 3 nights WWF beach cottages in the
Kiunga Marine Park
- all transport will be provided by private traditional
Dhow
Day 4+5 - sail by Dhow to Lamu, 2 o/n Kipungani Explorer
Day 6 - Fly Lamu to Nairobi
Price for 2 persons traveling: US$ 2,685.00 p.p. in twin.
PROPERTY DESCRIPTIONS:
Samburu Game Reserve
The Samburu Game Reserve, located in
Kenya's Northern Frontier District. Unique to this harsh, but picturesque,
region are Grevy's Zebra, Somali Ostrich, Beisa Oryx, Gerenuk, Yellow Baboon,
Guenther's Dik-dik and Reticulated Giraffe. This is the land of the Samburu
pastoral people distinguished by the women's layering of beads in choker
fashion around their necks, and men's colorful adornments and high-jumping
dance. Arid, rugged and savagely beautiful, the area is protected as the
Samburu National Reserve and the Buffalo Springs National Reserve, together
covering an area of about 300 square kilometers. With less than 300mm of rain a
year, the wildlife depends for its very existence on the Uaso Nyiro river,
whose headwaters rise in the Aberdare Mountains, 300 kms away. The region is
noted for several wildlife species not found in other Kenya parks south of the
equator, the most striking of which include the reticulated giraffe, Grevy's
zebra, Gerenuk and Beisa Oryx. Bird life is particularly abundant in this
region with more than 400 species being recorded. Lion, cheetah and leopard are
also found here, and elephant are plentiful. Samburu is also home to the
colourful Samburu people, cousins to the Masai. They share much in common with
the Maasai including their language, Maa, their dress and most particularly,
their love of cattle.
SAMBURU INTREPIDS CAMP
Samburu Intrepids is shaded by tall
acacias fringing the Uaso Nyiro river, the lodge is cool oasis in the desert
surrounding. Only 50 minutes flight from Nairobi, this luxury tented lodge has
been designed to recreate the romance and charm of an East African safari as
undertaken in the early years of the century. Samburu Intrepids is arguable the
last word in luxury tented camps. On first appearance it is more reminiscent of
a fantasy tree house set on stilts with its vaulted thatched roofs and
sprawling wooden terraces. Set under the shade of trees, the 25 tents are
elevated on individual decks overlooking the river and shielded with thatched
roofs. They are the best that Samburu has to offer: spacious, comfortable,
handsomely furnished with hand crafted mahogany furniture, oversized four
poster beds, ensuite bathrooms with showers, twin hand basins, running hot and
cold water, flush toilets and electricity. They are even equipped with large
overhead ceiling fans to cool the tents in the heat of the day: Bottled spring
water, umbrellas, flash lights and early morning tea and coffee service are
also provided. Game drives start at 6.30 a.m, earlier you will have had morning
Tea or Coffee served in your tent. After a late breakfast you can laze by the
swimming pool or take an escorted camel safari across the river. From the
elevated wood-decked bar you can even do a bit of bird watching. Most evenings
the Club's resident naturalist is on hand to explain the various species you
will encounter. You can also join him for walking safaris conducted outside the
reserve followed by a bush breakfast or a sundowner cocktail. You will be
tempted to browse in the shop filled with interesting artifacts and local craft
work. Full English breakfasts and buffet luncheons are served from gleaming
chafing dishes under the dappled shade of trees on an elevated deck. A more
formal candlelight dinner is served under the airy thatched roof of the main
dining room.
MASAI MARA
The Maasai Mara Game Reserve. It is the Africa of
your imagination - endless reaches of acacia-dotted grasslands studded with
hazy hills. Everything is big in the Mara Reserve, from the herds of zebra and
wildebeest, which originate in the Serengeti, to the many prides of lion that
rest and laze in the shade. Your driver points out the sights that his trained
eyes see long before you do. Suddenly your vehicle stops to allow a huge,
ivory-tusked elephant to lumber across the road in front of you. One of the
laws of the land in East Africa's parks is that animals, not people, have the
right of way at all times; it is their world, we are the guests.
During the annual migration (July through October), millions of animals make a hazardous trek across the Serengeti to seek out fertile grasslands. The migration is a story of life and death. Thousands of new calves are born along the way, while countless others fall prey to lions, leopards and hyenas. It is a fascinating struggle for survival that repeats itself every year. The Masai Mara is home to over 80 species of mammals, including the big five (elephant, lion, buffalo, leopard and rhino) and over 300 species of birds. It is a vast area, covering over 1500 square kilometres. In Maa, the language of the Masai, the word Mara means spotted: referring to the verdant landscape of rolling hills pierced by a mosaic of bushes and small forests. It is here that you can really get the feel of the wide open spaces set against the deep blue African sky. The Mara is the ancestral home of the ancient warrior people - the Maasai. Fiercely proud and self-reliant, they are traditionally pastoral nomads, who have clung to their ancient way of life, living in harmony with their environment and the wildlife, together with their cattle, with whom they share a strong, almost mystical bond.
MARA INTREPIDS CLUB
Sheltered in an indigenous forest
bordering the Talek river, its location for game viewing is second to none.
This luxury tented lodge has been designed as a 'fly-in' camp with its own
paved airstrip. Flying time from Nairobi is only 35 minutes. Access by road is
via tracks only passable with 4WD vehicles, ensuring almost total exclusivity
from the melee of minibus tours. The Mara Intrepids Club offers you a very
special window on the wilderness. The club's guidelines comfort with style
recreate the romance and charm of the old safari experience. Set under the
shade of trees along the banks of the river, the only 30 tents are arranged in
small clusters of twos, threes and fours making a number of mini-camps within
the Club grounds. They are arguable the best the Mara has to offer: spacious,
comfortable, handsomely furnished with custom milled African mahogany
furniture, oversized four poster beds, ensuite bathrooms with showers, running
hot and cold water, flush toilets and electricity. Bottled spring water,
umbrellas, flashlights and hot water bottles are also provided. Early morning
tea and coffee is served in your tents by unobtrusive stewards.
Game drives start early at 6.30 a.m in rugged 4WD game viewing vehicles. Usually there are opportunities to go out three times a day. Some of the game drives take place on the other side of the river which is reached by a suspension footbridge. You can opt to forego the midmorning drive and instead relax on a sunbed around the small sparkling swimming pool.
Alternatively, you can browse in the wildlife library or shop at the well-stocked gift boutique. The Club's resident naturalist is on hand to explain the various species you will encounter. You can even join him for walking safaris conducted outside the reserve followed by a bush breakfast or a sundowner cocktail. Sipping your favourite drink in the evening from the elevated wood decked bar, overhanging the river, you might chance to see the nocturnal genet, bush baby and almost always a baited leopard. At the other end of the camp is an elevated viewing deck where sunset views over the plains are unforgettable during the annual wildebeest migration. Full English breakfast and buffet luncheons are served from gleaming chafing dishes under the dappled shade of tress and to the sound of chattering monkeys. A more formal candlelight dinner is served under the vaulted thatched roof of the camphor decked dinning room.
Karen Blixen Cottages
Next door to the Karen Blixen Museum,
the Coffee Garden is located on the original estate of the Swedo African Coffee
Company. The original property - Swedo House was built in 1912 and is
maintained in its original form and a great venue for dining as a private
party. Nestled among stately indigenous trees are 17 elegantly appointed
cottage suites. Each is decorated in its own theme portrayed in the works of
some of Kenya's talented local artists. With a wonderfully stocked curio shop,
a choice of eating outside under the shade of a huge gum tree, in Swedo House
or in the safari bar where many of Nairobi's safari characters come to dine,
this is a welcome resting place after a travelling to Africa. This afternoon
you may wish to visit the Karen Blixen Museum, the African home of Karen Blixen
from 1917 to 1931. When she left Kenya her farm was auctioned off and now forms
part of the famous suburb of Karen. Today the house offers a fascinating
insight into colonial life in East Africa between the wars and a few of her
original possessions remain. Later proceed to the Giraffe Centre to visit and
feed by hand the Rothschild giraffes protected by the African Fund for
Endangered Wildlife.
Lake Nakuru National Park
The Great Rift Valley, the world's
largest fault, is 900 meters, 30 kilometres wide and some 2,500 kilometres
long. Visible from 90,000 miles in space, the Great Rift is a gigantic fault
stretching from Mozambique in Southeastern Africa to the Jordan Valley in the
North. Estimated to have widened by only one foot every 2,000 years, this
massive chasm bisecting Kenya is 20 million years in the making. Volcanic
activity occurring simultaneously with this rifting resulted in major changes
to the Earth's landscape-lava flows, some 10,000 feet thick, blanketed the
Earth's surface; groups of volcanoes, such as the Crater Highlands in Tanzania,
were formed; and huge escarpments, including Kilimanjaro, Mount Kenya and Mount
Elgon, rose singularly and dramatically from the Rift Valley floor. In Kenya it
is home to lakes such as Magadi, Nakuru, Elmenteita and Bogoria that have no
outflows and therefore accumulate mineral salts brought from the highland areas
which form an alkaline soup rich in algae. It is this "soup" that attracts
millions of Lesser and Greater Flamingoes. Other lakes, such as Naivasha and
Baringo, with outflowing rivers and resulting fresh water have their own
diverse birdlife. Lake Nakuru National Park, described by Roger Tory Peterson
as the greatest ornithological spectacle in the world. Certainly, the thousands
of pink flamingos and fishing fleets of white pelicans are testament to his
claim. Although birds are a major attraction over 400 species have been
recorded here the acacia woodland surrounding the lake are amongst the finest
examples of acacia forests in the region.
Great Rift Valley Lodge
The Great Rift Valley Lodge sits at
about 7,000 feet, from which elevation it enjoys magnificent views to the west
and east. The vistas stretch from the shimmering waters of Lake Naivasha to the
jagged volcanic crater of Mount Longonot and, beyond, the sloping shoulders of
the Aberdare Mountains - Kenya's most important watershed.
The social 'heart' of the Rift Valley Lodge is the clubhouse building, which offers fine dining and beautiful views from its panoramic restaurant and broad balconies. Around the clubhouse, the lush fairways and sparkling lakes of the 6,580-yard golf course fan out in different directions, all with sweeping views over the surrounding countryside. As well as all the facilities you would expect of a professional golf club, the clubhouse offers a comfortable restaurant, two bars, and a luxurious lounge with a fireplace and satellite television for the use of lodge guests. Visitors can also take advantage of a wide variety of modern sports facilities, including a driving range and practice greens, two tennis courts, and a freeform swimming pool, as well as comprehensive corporate facilities, including three conference rooms and a business center.
The Great Rift Valley Lodge offers 21 twin and 9 double rooms, all with private balconies overlooking the spectacular valley floor. The rooms are located in spacious two- and three-storey blocks, and are beautifully furnished with large four-poster beds, handmade wooden furniture, African prints, and modern en suite bathrooms. Several of the rooms have interlinking doors that convert them into spacious family suites. Activities offered include: Escorted game and bird walks with expert naturalists. Boating and line fishing on Lake Naivasha. Horse riding and mountain biking in the grounds. Day trips to Hell's Gate and Lake Nakuru national parks. Child oriented game walks, treasure hunts and games. Bush breakfasts and sundowners with world's biggest view. And more.
Nakuru Classic Mobile Tented Camp
To sleep under canvas, in
the depths of the African wilderness is a unique experience. To be able to do
so with all the luxuries of a tourist class hotel is a thrill in itself. Our
aim is to combine these luxuries and yet to be sufficiently mobile enough to
follow the Serengeti Migration throughout its eco-system. Each month our camp
manager and guides track the movements of the migrating wildlife and choose a
private and beautiful campsite as close to the animals as possible.
The camp consist of a full camp crew of 8-12 domestic staff, and a trained camp manager. Our luxury walk in tents are huge (20 feet long x 12 feet wide internal dimensions, 28 feet long x 16 feet wide external dimensions). Inside, our furnishings include a dressing table, clothes horse and a small vanity unit with mirror. We sleep on full size wooden beds with proper sheets and blankets. Wool rugs and rush mats cover the floors and kerosene lamps complete the comfortable interior.
To the rear, and yet within the sleeping accommodation unit is a traditional safari shower/bathroom combination, giving us unique en-suite bathroom facilities. "Hot water is on demand" which means at your request the camp staff will fill the shower unit with steaming hot water. The single fly sheet of traditional dark green khaki extends the length & breadth of the accommodation unit, and extends onto the front to form a large veranda, complete with traditional canvas camp chairs, wash basins & tables - the perfect way to spend a few moments in contemplation. Our dining tent is equally spacious and contains a fully stocked cash bar, with a variety of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages. Refrigeration of drinks and frozen foods is supplied via 220 volt generator, which will conveniently re-charge camera and video batteries (those form the USA need to bring a 110/220 convertor). Our traditional breakfasts, include a variety of fresh fruits, cereals, eggs, sausage & bacon done to order. Throughout the morning, fresh tea and coffee are available for those who wish to remain in camp. Lunch is a cold buffet of cold meats and salads that one can self serve as and when they wish, before retiring for a well earned siesta. In the evening, alongside a healthy campfire cold drinks and conversation abound.
The evening meal, prepared over a charcoal fire is delicious and wholesome, and will consist of the chef's soup of the day, a traditional British roast meat and accompanying vegetables, and for dessert, fresh fruit salad. Cheese biscuits, tea coffee and liqueurs are available for those who wish to partake.
TARANGIRE NATIONAL PARK - KIKOTI CAMP
Tarangire National Park
is famous for the huge and beautiful Baobab trees with nighttime opening
flowers that await pollination by enormous nectar seeking bats, and vast herds
of Elephant (over 3,000 utilize this eco-system's resources) that chew the
pithy bark to gain the valuable moisture content. During the dry summer months
of July - October huge herds of wildlife travel vast distances from the south
and East to Tarangire to take advantage of the permanent waters of the
Tarangire River. The sight of several hundred elephant young and old frolicking
in the shallow muddy waters after several long days across the parched
Tarangire hinterlands is a soul-inspiring sight. Gerenuk, Lesser Kudu are all
local specialities to this dry, remote, region, and are obviously followed by a
myriad of predators.
Kikoti Safari Camp borders Tarangire National Park and offers 10 private safari style tented cottages each with its own en-suite bathroom and viewing decks. Supplied with Solar generated electricity, the accommodation retains the luxury of the modern world without impacting the natural one you have come to enjoy. One of Kikoti's many delights is the opportunity to walk. Be it for half an hour or half a day, the chance to get close to nature on its own terms and guided by the Maasai, makes a safari to this part of Africa unforgettable. The camp offers game viewing in open vehicle by day or by night, guided bush walks or safaris, and 'cultural visits' to Maasai Bomas. They also offer bush breakfasts and lunches in secluded areas. The management has spent much time in Botswana and Southern Africa in general and took notes on how to set up a superior tastefully designed camp.
Kikoti Camp is operated by Tanzania Photographic Safaris (TPS) who have been involved with Tanzania tourism for over 30 years; two generations have been involved and the younger generation is well traveled and determined to set a new standard for Tanzania.
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