8 Days Kenyan Tour – Amboseli, L. Nakuru, L. Naivasha & Mara

Guests Arrive at JKIA. Leave the airport for Nairobi and head on straight to the Amboseli Serena Lodge in Amboseli National Reserve. Amboseli National Reserve is one of the best wildlife-viewing experiences in the world with 400 species of birds including water birds, pelicans, kingfishers, crakes, hammerkops, and 47 types of raptors. The park protects two of the five main swamps, and includes a dried-up Pleistocene lake and semiarid vegetation. The park is famous for being the best place in the world to get close to free-ranging elephants. The park also has views of Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest free-standing mountain in the world. Amboseli was home to Echo, perhaps the most researched elephant in the world, and the subject of many books and documentaries, followed for almost four decades by American conservationist Dr Cynthia Moss. Echo died in 2009 when she was about 60 years old. It offers some of the best opportunities to see African wildlife because the vegetation is sparse due to the long, dry months. It is also home to many species, including African bush elephants, Cape buffaloes, impala, East African lions, cheetahs, spotted hyenas, Masai giraffes, Grant’s zebras, and blue wildebeest among other African animals. Arrive at the Lodge for check-in and Lunch. Afternoon Game drive. Overnight at the Lodge.

06:30AM Breakfast 08:00AM Morning drive in the Park en-route to Lake Naivasha. Lake Naivasha National Park It is a freshwater lake in Kenya, outside the town of Naivasha in Nakuru County, which lies north west of Nairobi. It is part of the Great Rift Valley. The name derives from the local Maasai name Nai’posha, meaning “rough water” because of the sudden storms which can arise. The lake is home to a variety of types of wildlife including over 400 different species of bird and a sizeable population of hippos. Between 1937 and 1950, the lake was used as a landing place for flying boats on the Imperial Airways passenger and mail route from Southampton in Britain to South Africa. Arrive for check-in and lunch at the Lake Naivasha Sopa Lodge followed by a boat ride in the afternoon. Lake Naivasha Sopa Lodge. DBB