Big Kenya Safari

Experience the most beautiful national aprk in Kenya on this one-week bus safari!

Day 1:  Mombasa – Tsavo East National Park
In the morning you are picked up at the entrance to your hotel and travel towards Nairobi. Then you become immersed in the wilderness of the eastern Tsavo National Park. This is one of the biggest natural reserves of the world, on an area of nearly 21,000 square kilometres, with flat steppe countryside to the east and wooded crater landscape to the west.  This is where the »Big Five« - lions, elephants, rhinos, buffalos and leopards have their natural living quarters. After the midday meal you take part in a stalking party. 
The evening meal and the overnight stop are in the Voi Safari Lodge (about 165 kilometres)
  
Day 2:  Tsavo East – Nairobi
After a substantial breakfast in the lodge you continue on towards Nairobi. On your journey you pass towns lika Mtito Andei, where the Wakamba tribe is at home, and Makindu with its two impressive mosques. Then you reach Nairobi - the caiptal of Kenya. Your midday meal is served in the Carnivore Restaurant, well-known for its meat dishes. The evening is free for you to do whatever you want.  
The overnight stop is in the  Jacaranda Hotel (about 345 kilometres)

Day 3: Nairobi – Masai Mara Reserve
You leave Kenya's capital in the morning heading in the direction of Narok before you reach the famous wildlife reserve. In the afternoon you take part in your first stalking partying in the park in Kenya with the highest number of animals. 
The evening meal and the overnight stop are in the Mara Sopa Lodge (about 280 kilometres)

Day 4: Masai Mara
Today is made full use of, to discover the northern foothills of the Serengeti. On the early morning stalking party you start looking for the »Big Five« which are at home here. This is the best time to observe the activities of the wild animals. Further stalking parties take place around midday and in the afternoon. 
The evening meal and the overnight stop are in the Mara Sopa Lodge

Day 5: Masai Mara Reserve – Lake Naivasha
You drive through the great East African rift valley to the densely bird-populated Lake Naivasha. After the midday meal you can relax in the fantastic garden area at the lake. There is the possibility to undertake a trip in a boat.
The evening meal and the overnight stop are in the comfortable Naivasha Sopa Lodge (about 240 kilometres)

Day 6: Naivasha  - Amboseli National Park
This morning you travel towards Namanga, on the boarder of Tanzania, to the Amboseli National Park, which lies at the foot of the mighty Kilimanjaro. In the afternoon you take part in a stalking party, whereby you will certainly be confronted with one of the large herds of elephants. 
The overnight stop is in the Amboseli Sopa Lodge (about 355 kilometres)

Day 7: Amboseli National Park – Tsavo West National Park
After breakfast you take part in a stalking party through the Amboseli National Park which has a wealth of wildlife. Then the journey continues into the Tsavo National Park, the biggest national park in Kenya. Passing the lava fields and the small volcanic summit of Shetani you reach the beautifully situated Ngulia Lodge. An afternoon stalking party brings you to the Mzima Springs lying in an oasis of palm trees. This is where abundant hippos and crocodiles can be observed.
The evening meal and the overnight stop are in  Ngulia Safari Lodge (about 155 kilometres)

Day 8: Tsavo West National Park – Mombasa
After an early morning stalking party and breakfast at the lodge you say goodbye to the fascinating animal world of Kenya and begin the return joruney towards the coast, where you arrive in the late afternoon with lots of new impressions in your luggage.
(about 245 kilometres)

Price 2009:
from €1,079 per person in a double room | xxx in a single room

Included services: 

• 7 nights in selected lodges and camps
• 7 x breakfast, 7 x midday and 6 x evening meal 
• all transfers 
• native drivers with some knowledge of German
• entrance fees to all parks

Not included:

• tips 
• drinks
• fee for Kenyan visa

Tips:

• conducted from Mombasa on Mondays, Wednesdays and Sundays
• maximum of 7 people allowed in the safari bus; no children under 6 years of age allowed
• changes in the routes and hotels are possible 
• the stalking parties last about 2 hours
• the safari is contucted toghether with the renowned tour operator Private Safaris