6 Day Giraffes, Elephants and Maasai Mara Mid-range Safari

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

Day 1
JKIA to Hotel
1 stop
1
Upon arriving at the Airport you will find the representative waiting for you with a big sign reading your names assist you with your luggage to the waiting van and transfer you to the Kenya Comfort hotel or similar on Bed and Breakfast
4 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 2
Day tour
3 stops
2
Giraffe Centre
Start your tour with pick up at your Nairobi Accommodation/Hotel 8:00am. Start off to the Giraffe Center, headquarters for the African Fund for Endangered Wildlife made famous by 'Daisy Rothschild. It is quite an experience being eye to eye with a giraffe - you can get a real sense of the size of these gentle giants.There is also an education centre with lots of information about the breeding and conservation of the rarest of Kenya’s three giraffe species. Learn their behaviors, traits and more conservation education as you get up close and personal on a raise
2 hours • Admission ticket included
3
KOBE TOUGH beads & leather
The next stop visit Bead Factory. This is a pottery company that makes one of the world most beautiful beads. You will be shown all the stages from the start to the finish. It’s also a unique factory as it employs single mother parents from the poor neighborhood who earn a living to support their families. This pottery, ceramic and bead factory employs all single mothers to make its beautiful gifts and souvenirs - which are now exported all around the world. There is a gift shop which stocks some of their wares. Please note that the workshop is closed Saturday afternoon and all day Sunday, however the gift shop is open 7 days
1 hour • Admission ticket included
4
Karen Blixen Museum
You will then be driven to the old colonial house of Danish author, Karen Blixen. Now a museum, this property and the surrounding Ngong Hills were made famous in the book and then the movie ‘Out of Africa’. It is a must see for all Danes and lovers of African history and romance. Return to your hotel around 5pm.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
Day 3
Nairobi to Lake Naivasha
1 stop
5
Lake Naivasha
You will depart Nairobi and head to the eastern Rift Valley escarpment and down onto the Rift Valley floor on your way to Lake Naivasha, where you’ll arrive in time for lunch. You are likely to see colobus monkeys, bushbuck, zebra and giraffe wandering the grounds. After lunch you’ll head out on a boat safari across the lake where you may see hippos and many species of birds including fish eagle, pelicans and sometimes flamingos, you will then stop off at hell’s gate for a nature walk before returning to the lodge for the evening where you can have dinner. Dinner and overnight at Naivasha sopa or similar
8 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 4
Naivasha to Masai Mara National Reserve
1 stop
6
Masai Mara National Reserve
After an early breakfast your driver will take you to the open grassland of the Masai Mara. Rich in biodiversity and home to a large variety of bird species and wildlife, the Masai Mara offers great game viewing and bird-watching opportunities. You’ll arrive in time for lunch at camp . After lunch you’ll head out for a game drive in the reserve. to explore the savannahs of the Masai Mara and search of the Big Five and many more. Dinner and overnight at the camp
8 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 5
Masai Mara full day Game Drive
1 stop
7
Masai Mara National Reserve
Spend the full day exploring Mara in search of the Big Five. You will have picnic lunches in the Reserve as you scale the Mara beauty sited at the banks of Mara river. Optional: In the evening, Visit the Maasai village for a Maasai cultural tour at USD 20. Learn about the Masai community and interact with the local Maasai people. A overnight at the Masai village can be organized upon request. It is in the Mara that perhaps the most spectacular event of the natural world takes place: the great migration. Dinner and overnight at Enkorok Mara camp or similar
8 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 6
Masai Mara to Nairobi
1 stop
8
Jomo Kenyatta International Airport
After breakfast depart the Masai Mara for Nairobi. Stop for panoramic views of the Great Rift Valley en-route. Arrive in Nairobi in the afternoon. Drop off to your Nairobi Hotel or Airport
8 hours • Admission ticket included

Additional info

• Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels

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