Wings Over Kenya
per person
Enjoy a unique combination of adventure and relaxation with select accommodations and gastronomic delights as you are whisked between well-known game parks rich with wildlife. Accommodations: Ole Sereni Location: Kenya The Ole Sereni hotel is just 15 minutes away from the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. Located…
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Destination
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Departure
Nairobi, Minimum 2 people -
Dress Code
Casual. Comfortable athletic clothing, hiking shoes, hat, light jacket.
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Day 1 Arrive Nairobi
On arrival we meet and transfer you to the hotel. Balance of the day is at leisure.
Overnight stay at Ole Sereni Hotel
Accommodation: Ole Sereni
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Day 2 Nairobi – Shaba Game Reserve
A private transfer from your hotel and transfer to the Nairobi’s Wilson airport to board your northbound flight to Shaba Game Reserve. Upon arrival at the airstrip, your guide welcomes you and transfers you to Joys Camp, built on the site of Joy Adamson's tented home in Shaba National Reserve. The site was also home to Penny the leopard, the heroine of her last book. The camp overlooks a large natural spring where elephant and lion jostle for watering rights with herds of buffalo. After lunch at camp you experience your first game drive.
Dinner and overnight stay at Joys Camp
Accommodation: Joy's Camp
Included Meals: BLD
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Day 3 Shaba Game Reserve
Enjoy a day of game drives in Shaba Game reserve. The area is famous for its rare desert species – especially striped hyena and aardwolf, Beisa oryx, reticulated giraffe, Grevy's zebra and the elegant gerenuk. The Uaso River flows through the heart of Shaba Game Reserve and offers year round water for the various wildlife that inhabit this park. Joys camp is set ideally overlooking a large natural spring where elephant, lion and buffalo often frequent.
Dinner and overnight stay at Joys Camp
Accommodation: Joy's Camp
Included Meals: BLD
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Day 4 Shaba Game Reserve – Lake Naivasha
After your early morning bush breakfast on the banks of the Uaso River, check-out and board your luxury Cessna to fly to Naivasha; flying along the Uaso River and then past the Aberdare Mountains and across the Great Rift Valley. On arrival you are met and transferred from the airstrip to Chui Lodge (or Kiangazi House) where on the way admire the beautiful scenery and the free roaming wildlife. The camp is located in the private Oserain Wildlife Conservancy. After a sumptuous lunch at the lodge enjoy a game drive on the conservancy.
Dinner and overnight stay at Chui Lodge or Kiangazi House
Accommodation: Kiangazi House
Included Meals: BLD
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Day 5 Lake Naivasha
After breakfast, take a serene morning boat ride on Lake Naivasha. Later, drive back to your camp for lunch and some time to relax and enjoy the wonderful panoramic views from the lodge. In the afternoon go on a game drive through the conservation area. When the sun starts to go down enjoy a bush sundowner and on your way back to the camp experience the Kenyan savannah at night – a unique experience.
Dinner and overnight stay at Chui Lodge or Kiangazi House
Accommodation: Chui Lodge
Included Meals: BLD
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Day 6 Lake Naivasha – Mara North Conservancy
Enjoy a bush breakfast on the shores of the lake as you watch hippos, birds and wildlife around you. After breakfast, check-out and fly to the world famous Maasai Mara. Your guide welcomes you at the airstrip and drives you to Karen Blixen Camp. Set on the bank of the Mara River the camp consists of 22 luxurious tents. The location is spectacular, with the great Mara plains behind the camp and the impressive escarpment and the river in front. After lunch at camp you experience your first game drive.
Dinner and overnight stay at Karen Blixen Camp
Accommodation: Karen Blixen Camp
Included Meals: BLD
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Day 7 Mara North Conservancy
During the day, you go on a game drive through Masai Mara. The game reserve is best known for its wildebeest and zebra migration, which tends to pass through the area July to October, but many areas offer excellent game viewing year round. Lunch will either be at the camp or picnic lunch in the park. We offer you the option to go on a balloon safari (surchargeapplies) and to enjoy the bird’s eye view of Kenya.
Dinner and overnight stay at Karen Blixen Camp
Accommodation: Karen Blixen Camp
Included Meals: BLD
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Day 8 Mara North Conservancy
Spend the day exploring the vast wildlife areas of the Mara North Conservancy, a beautiful private wilderness area of more than 30,000 hectares. It is a vital part of the Masai Mara ecosystem as it forms the north-western zone, bordering the Masai Mara National Reserve in the south of Kenya. Professional management ensures guests of a truly exclusive and private safari experience with a very low vehicle density. The Masai Mara is famous for its unique concentration of wildlife, birds, rich vegetation and open savannah. It has been classified one of the "Seven Wonders of the World" due to the extraordinary annual migration (July October) when over 1.3 million wildebeest and zebras cross from the Serengeti to the Maasai Mara in search of greener pastures. Less famous, yet very impressive, is the Loita Hills migration, where thousands of local wildebeest come to the Mara North Conservancy between December and May.
Dinner and overnight Karen Blixen Camp
Accommodation: Karen Blixen Camp
Included Meals: BLD
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Day 9 Masai Mara - Nairobi
After returning from your early morning game drive, enjoy a leisurely breakfast at camp. Later, check-out and transfer to the airstrip. Fly on the luxury Cessna flight to Nairobi’s Wilson Airport . From Wilson airport you are transferred to your Nairobi hotel
Included Meals: B
Inclusions | Not Included |
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Meet & Greet service on arrival at Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport | International Airfare, airport taxes and security related fees |
Private transfers airport/hotel in Nairobi | Meals not described in the itinerary |
Flights between Nairobi – Shaba – Naivasha | Tips and gratuities to driver, guide, hotel and restaurant staff, room service etc. |
Masai Mara – Nairobi in Luxury Cessna Caravan | Travel Insurance |
All airstrip transfers to/from camps | Items of a personal nature i.e., telephone/internet usage, laundry, bottled water and other alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, etc. |
8 nights’ accommodation as described (or similar) with private en-suite facilities, based on double occupancy | Any optional tours or excursions not mentioned in the itinerary |
Meals as described by BLD | |
Transportation by specially fitted Safari 4X4 vehicles | |
All applicable park entrance fees | |
Special meet and greet in the parks | |
All laundry | |
Bottled water during all game drives | |
Services of a professional English speaking guide for all services for 8 days | |
All game drives as described in the itinerary | |
Applicable local and government taxes on accommodation and transportation |