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for - African
Overland Truck Adventures
Budget Wildlife Safari
From Nairobi to Nairobi - Trip
Highlights Lake Naivasha & Elsamere Lake Nakuru National Park Hells Gate
National Park Masai Mara Game Reserve
Cooking: We take turns with the
cooking. Two meals a day are included while on the truck. We normally have
lunch out at local cafes on the way, lots of fun. Meals out are not
included.
Camping: We have made a short note
of the campsites we use at the end of each day. Those that are more basic
tend to be more scenic; that is especially in the game parks where basic
toilets and cold showers are the norm. After a night at such camps we do our
best to follow with a hot shower bar campsite. Although in the Masai Mara
are two basic nights, but the wild beauty and the animals in the park more
than makes up for this.
Changes: You should be aware that
things change frequently in Africa; camps open and close, as do the roads.
So there is a chance that the itinerary may have to be changed due to
unforeseen circumstances.
Start & before the trip: We leave
the camp at 8am on the first day of the trip. We recommend you arrive in
Nairobi the day before, however if you're there with a few days to spare
there's lots to see and do around the city. Close to the camp is Karen
Blixen's, Langata Giraffe Centre or even Nairobi National Park for a first
glimpse of African wildlife.
Itinerary
Day 1: Saturday
We
leave Nairobi and descend into the Great Rift Valley, pausing at the lookout
with amazing views en route. We head for Nakuru town and the working farm of
Kembu Camp. We spend the afternoon here. The camp has good facilities and a
bar. We stay here for two nights.
Day 2: Sunday
Lake Nakuru National Park is only 60 kilometres across the valley floor. It
has the largest herd of black rhino in East Africa, around a million pink
flamingos; who are part time residents and more than 400 other bird species.
Nakuru means place of the waterbuck in Swahili and these antelope abound in
the park as well as impala, buffalo and warthog. The lions here sit in the
branches of trees. We leave Lake Nakuru after a morning game drive and
visiting Nakuru town to return to Kembu Camp.
Days 3 & 4: Monday & Tuesday
Across the floor of the Rift Valley we set up our tents under the trees of
Fishermen's Camp, on the shores of Lake Naivasha. Lake Naivasha is well
known for its hippo population that comes ashore every night to graze. The
camp is protected by an electric fence which stops the hippos coming too
close.
Nearby is Hell's Gate National Park where you can hire bikes to take you
around the park and see the herds of zebra, buffalo, hartebeest and gazelle.
There is spectacular scenery here; red cliffs, grassy plains and rock towers
made of hardened lava, the remains of ancient volcanoes. It's a hard ride
but well worth it. Or you can spend the day on the lakeshore, spotting the
rich variety of African birds. There are more species of birds on this one
lake that there are in the whole of the UK.
Also on the lake is Elsamere, once the home of Joy Adamson and Elsa the lion
of 'Born Free' fame. Elsamere is now the centre of the Born Free Foundation
and you can find out more about their work, see the rare Colobus monkeys and
take afternoon tea in the gardens. You can visit Crescent Island the film
location of 'Out of Africa', where you can wander with a guide amongst
African wildlife in lion free surroundings. The camp has a good bar
restaurant overlooking the lake and good facilities.
Day 5: Wednesday
We
climb out of the Rift Valley and over the Mau escarpment passing through the
Masai capital of Narok. We enter Masai Mara Game Reserve from the east. The
Mara must be one of Africa's most famous Parks, and justifiably so. Here
herds of elephants browse among rich, tree-studded grasslands. Thomson's
gazelles, zebra, eland and many more species of savannah game offer a rich
choice for the predatory lions, leopards and cheetahs that hunt in the
reserve and the surrounding areas. The camp is a simple site on the edge of
the park, among the animals.
Day 6: Thursday
We
spend a day game driving in the vast, game-filled plains of the Masai Mara
and either camp at acacia or return to Narok town to camp.
Day 7: Friday
We
return to Naivasha and you have the chance to go bird watching on the lake
shores, or to climb Mount Longonot, an extinct volcano. Or you can take a
boat out on the Green Crater Lake.
Days 8: Saturday
We
return to Nairobi where we have the opportunity to sample the nightlife of
Kenya's capital or visit the Giraffe Sanctuary and Karen Blixen's house. The
trip ends in Nairobi.
Important:
Before you travel please check your Tour Voucher and Arrival
Information for the latest joining instructions. This will be sent
to you upon receipt of final payment.
All itineraries are subject to change without prior notice.
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