Full Itinerary

Summary of Key Tour Details:
• Duration: 7Days/6Nights
• Destinations: Nairobi/Naivasha/Hells Gate/Lake Nakuru/Lake Bogoria
• Accommodation: Campsites and Tented Camps.
• Transport: Using Custom-built Vans with pop up rooftop for Game viewing

Day 1: Arrive Nairobi in the Evening (2 Nights)
Upon your arrival at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, our guide will meet and assist you and then transfer you to your city hotel for the evening. The evening meal/dinner is on own arrangement as flights arrive in different hours some as late as midnight and therefore no need to include the dinner in the cost of the package.
The hotel is also booked on bed and breakfast basis with any other meals coming in as extra cost.Overnight in a city hotel booked on Bed and Breakfast (BB)

Day 2: Full Day Nairobi City Tour-Culture, Museums, History and Conservation
Today we start our full day city tour that will feature historical museums, conservation efforts in Kenya and cultural exposure with dance and tales of all communities in Kenya.David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust: This morning we shall start with a visit to The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust. This is a small flexible charity, established in memory of David Sheldrick, famous Naturalist and founder Warden of Kenya’s giant Tsavo East National Park in which he served from 1948 until 1976.
This orphanage is home to orphan baby Elephants and is open daily from 1100 – 1200 hours during feeding time. One is able to watch the orphans as they are brought out to feed and sometimes can participate in feeding them. There is no set entrance fee but a small donation is expected to help sustain the Elephants.
Helping Save The Lives Of Orphaned Elephants And Rhinos Who Are Ultimately Released Back Into The Wild Is Just Some Of The Many Wildlife Commitments The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Is Involved In.Karen Blixen Museum:- After the visit to the Sheldrick, we shall head to the Karen Blixen Museum. Located in Karen, the beautiful Nairobi suburb that was once part of Karen Blixen’s vast coffee estate, “Mbogani” was Karen’s home from 1917 until 1931. The house and grounds were made famous by the film ‘Out of Africa’ and have been restored by the Danish community of Kenya. Visitors have a glimpse of typical colonial life in Kenya at the turn of the twentieth century. As well as many of Karen’s original belongings, replicas replace items that have been lost over the years. From the beautiful gardens there are magnificent views of the Ngong Hills, held dear by Karen and described so tenderly in her writings. At the front of the house the original millstone tables can be seen from which Karen conducted much of her farm business.Lunch. We shall have lunch at either the Karen Blixen Coffee Garden or at any other city restaurant
Bomas of Kenya: After lunch, this afternoon we will visit the Bomas of Kenya, located adjacent to Nairobi National Park and a few kilometers from the city centre. Bomas is a Swahili word for villages and the Bomas of Kenya contains numerous homesteads reflecting Kenya’s cocktail of cultures, faithfully recreated for visitors to see traditional village life of the many Kenyan communities. There will be a display of traditional dances, music and other folklore traditional songs in a splendid arena.
Later in the Afternoon we will return to the hotel for the evening and dinner.Overnight in a city hotel booked on Bed and Breakfast (BB)

Day 3: Nairobi –Naivasha/Hells Gate National Park
Breakfast in Nairobi and depart to Naivasha where you will visit cut flower farms, Hells Gate National Park and later have a lesson on conservation education at Elsamere Conservation Centre.
• Cut Flower Farms:- Have an insight into Green-House farming technology in the farms that supplies cut flowers to Europe.
• Hell’s Gate National Park:..“ the land of the daring and adventurous”
• Located about an hour from Nairobi, Hells Gate National Par is famous for its magnificent landscape. The valleys, rocky outcrops and winding gorges make it a haven for photographers. Being the only national park where walking or riding a bicycle is permitted makes it even more attractive.
• Elsamere Conservation Centre:- Go through a conservation education session at the centre from the conservation experts. We will have a Lesson on Conservation and the various conservation efforts and activities at Elsamere.
Http://Www.Elsatrust.Org/Pages/Elsamere_Field_Study_Centre.Vrt

Overnight at Elsamere Conservation Centre booked on full board. Lunch/Dinner/Breakfast

Day 4: Naivasha/Hells Gate National Park –Lake Nakuru
Breakfast at the Elsamere Centre and start our journey to Lake Nakuru National Park.
We shall carry parked lunch that will ensure we drive straight to the park for both morning and afternoon game drives.
Lake Nakuru National Park, the world famous haunt for pink flamingos, is a shallow alkaline lake in Kenya’s Rift Valley and some 62 km2 in extent. The road from Nairobi to Nakuru passes down the Kikuyu escarpment with fine views of the Kedong Valley and Mounts Suswa and Longonot. The landscape is picturesque, areas of sedge, marsh and grasslands alternating with rocky cliffs and outcrop. In late 80’s the park also became Kenya’s first rhino sanctuary and is today home to both the White and Black Rhinos. Lions, leopards, hippos, giraffes, waterbucks are equally at home in this unique park. In the evening we shall drive out of the park and spend the night in the Town of Nakuru.

Overnight at local camp or budget hotel in Nakuru, booked on full board. Lunch/Dinner/Breakfast

Day 5: Lake Nakuru- Day Trip to Lake Bogoria
Breakfast at the hotel in Nakuru. Get our packed lunch boxes and start our journey deep into Rift Valley; we drive past Lake Baringo and arrive in Lake Bogoria at around lunch hour and have lunch at the shows of Lake Bogoria. After Lunch, enjoy the sceneries around Lake Bogoria as well as the famous hot springs of Lake Bogoria which are also breeding ground for various birds. Be careful as they are hot and dangerous.

• Lk Bogoria Hot Springs And Geysers:- have a feel of mother nature’s mystery in the hot springs and geysers where you can understand the intensity of the hot springs by boiling green maize and eggs.
• Bird Watching:- this area alone has over 135 species of birds; see how many you can identify. • Afternoon, we shall pass by lake Baringo on our way to the cultural villages.
• Cultural Villages:- interact with Baringo’s Kalenjin families and learn from them about their cultural way of living.
• Evening Pass By A Local School:- Visit a local school and get an insight into rural education in Kenya and aspirations of these kids despite the challenges. This Will Be Done If Time Allows.
• In the evening drive back to Nakuru Town for overnight.

Later proceed to Nairobi where you will be transferred to the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport for your early morning flight out of Nairobi.

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Activities/services included in the cost:
• Arrival and departure airport transfer. • Accommodation as per the itinerary.
• Accommodation in the National Parks is based on Full Board
• Road transportation in custom made safari vehicles.
• Exclusive private vehicle and driver-guide throughout the safari
• Game dives as per the itinerary
• Park and game reserve entrance fees
• English Driver guides available for the safari
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• Visa fees, Travel & Personal accident insurance
• Excursions, services and activities not mentioned in this program
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• Personal expenses e.g. laundry, telephone calls, Drinks, Tips etc

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