Kenya
lodge safari from Mombasa beach hotels for 8 Days - Taita
Hills, Tsavo West, Amboseli, Lake Nakuru and Masai Mara,Salt
Lick Lodge, Finch Hattons Tented Lodge in Tsavo West,
Amboseli and Kilimanjaro, Flamingoes at Lake Nakuru, African
birds, African wildlife, the great rift valley, coffee
and tea plants, breathtaking landscape, Masai Mara and
Masai people
Your Safari Itinerary:
Day 1: In the morning you will be picked from your
Beach Hotel and depart by road on safari to Taita Hills
Game Sanctuary. Have lunch on arrival at Taita Hills Lodge.
After lunch, game drive in the sanctuary until sunset,
and chances are good to see lions as well. Dinner and
overnight at Salt Lick Lodge. Salt Lick Lodge is especially
memorable for its imaginative structure. A complex of
rondavels sits on stilts over a series of water holes.
The two-storey towers, topped by peaked thatch roofs,
are connected by open-air-bridges, creating an African
fantasy of a medieval fortress. The lodge has been built
with game viewing in mind - you can see animals in all
directions because it offers spectacular open views.
Day
2: Have an early morning game drive returning to the
lodge for breakfast. After breakfast, continue with the
mid-morning game drive in the sanctuary with lunch at
Taita Hills Lodge. Depart after lunch to Tsavo West National
Park. The Park offers tremendous views with diverse habitats,
ranging from mountains, river forest, plains, lakes and
wooded grassland. Its plains borders with Tanzania. Have
your afternoon game drive enroute to the Finch Hattons
Tented Lodge. This luxury-tented lodge, named after the
aristocrat Denys Finch Hatton who introduced Royalty to
the bush and whose style was impeccable. Mineral water
bubbles out of the rock, forming 3 huge Hippo Pools, home
to Hippos and Crocodiles. The tents have all of the amenities
of a five star hotel with bathrooms en-suite. Breakfast
is served on the Terrace, overlooking the main Hippo Pool
against the backdrop of Mt. Kilimanjaro. Dinner and overnight
at Finch Hattons Tented Lodge.
Day
3: Full day in Tsavo West National Park with game
drives, visits of Mzima Springs and the Rhino Sanctuary.
Fullboard at Finch Hattons Tented Lodge.
Day
4: Have an early morning game drive returning to Finch
Hattons for breakfast. Depart after breakfast to Amboseli
National Park arriving in time for lunch at the Amboseli
Serena Safari Lodge. Set in the heart of Amboseli National
Park, the lodge is almost camouflaged in the surrounding
bushes as it is built to resemble a Masai manyatta of
homestead. After lunch game drive until sunset in the
expansive Amboseli plains, which are home to herds of
elephants that feed on the large acacia trees. Have a
Barbecue Dinner set under a canopy of trees on the banks
of Enkong Narok swamp with a spectacular view of game.
Overnight at Amboseli Serena Lodge.
Day
5: Depart after an early breakfast to Lake Nakuru
National Park arriving at the park at mid day in time
for lunch at Lake Nakuru Lodge. Lake Nakuru is world famous
for its stunning flocks of lesser flamingoes which turns
its shores pink. Its birdlife is world renowned. Lake
Nakuru Lodge is situated in the southeast ecological niche
of the Lake Nakuru National Park. The lodge blends well
with its surrounding and the animals often browse peacefully
close to the gardens. After lunch at the lodge proceed
for the afternoon game drive around the lake until sunset.
Dinner and overnight at Lake Nakuru Lodge.
Day
6: Have an early morning game drive in search of leopard
and rhino returning to Lake Nakuru Lodge for breakfast.
Check-out after breakfast and continue to Masai Mara Game
Reserve arriving at Mara Serena Safari Lodge at mid day
for lunch. Mara Serena Lodge built like a Masai village
has a spectacular view of the wildlife around it, especially
the famous annual wildebeest migration. After lunch go
on a game drive in the rolling grassy hills until sunset
in search of African wildlife. You will encounter elephants,
lion, cheetah, buffalo, giraffe, African birds, hippo,
crocodile, vultures, African birds of prey, wildebeest,
Hyena. Dinner and overnight at Mara Serena Safari Lodge.
Day
7: Early morning continue with the game drive with
breakfast at Mara Serena Lodge in the Mara plains. The
more adventures ones may want to go on a balloon safari.
After lunch at the lodge continue with your game drive
until sunset. Dinner and overnight at Mara Serena Lodge.
Day
8: Early morning continue with the game drive with
Champagne breakfast at the hippo pool at Mara river. Check-out
after lunch at Mara Serena Lodge and transfer to the airstrip
for flight back to Mombasa. On arrival at Moi airport,
you will be met and transferred back to your beach hotel.
The package includes:
Fullboard accommodation and park entrance fees, safari
transport and game drives, flight Mara/Mombasa plus taxes.
