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| Day 1 | Monday, 5/17/2010 - Your Gateway to Nairobi
Board your flight to Nairobi. | |
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| Day 2 | Tuesday, 5/18/2010 - Arrive Nairobi
Upon arrival you’ll be met at the airport and transferred to the Hilton Nairobi for your accommodations. | |
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| Day 3 | Wednesday, 5/19/2010 - Nairobi - "Jambo na Karibu!"
Hello and welcome to Nairobi, or the “place of cool waters” in the Maasai language. Following breakfast you will drive north to Serena Mountain Lodge, a tree lodge built on stilts overlooking an illuminated waterhole and salt lick where elephant, buffalo and several species of antelope come to drink. | Breakfast
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| Day 4 | Thursday, 5/20/2010 - Samburu Serena Lodge
After breakfast, drive further north, crossing the Equator, to Samburu Serena Lodge, set amidst trees along the banks of Uaso Nyiro River. Following lunch, a game drive. In addition to elephant herds, you can expect to see reticulated giraffe, beisa Oryx, Grevy’s zebra and the long-necked gerenuk.
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| Day 5 | Friday, 5/21/2010 - Game Drives
An early morning game drive - the best time to see and photograph the early risers against the back-drop of the mountain before it gets covered by clouds. Return to the lodge for breakfast. Lunch and a further game drive in the afternoon. Leopard is often seen on a tree on the opposite bank of the river. Dinner is included at the lodge. | Breakfast
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| Day 6 | Saturday, 5/22/2010 - Mt. Kenya National Park
After breakfast, drive to the exclusive Sweetwaters Camp in the 24,000-acre sanctuary with magnificent views across the plains to the snow-capped peaks of Mt. Kenya. Following lunch, your game drive includes a visit to the Chimpanzee Sanctuary. Dinner and overnight. | Breakfast
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| Day 7 | Sunday, 5/23/2010 - Lake Nakuru National Park
Following breakfast drive to Thompson’s Falls, named after the Scots explorer in 1884, who first saw the 78m plunge into the Great Rift Valley. Arrive at Lion Hill Lodge for lunch, followed by a tour of Lake Nakuru Park, an ornithologist’s paradise famous for it’s pink flamingoes & a sanctuary for the endangered black rhino. | Breakfast
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| Day 8 | Monday, 5/24/2010 - Maasai Mara Game Reserve
After breakfast, drive to Maasai Mara Game Reserve, home to lion, elephant, buffalo, cheetah, zebra, giraffe, impalas & gazelles. Arrive at Keekorok Lodge for lunch. Afternoon game drive in this 1800-sq-km game reserve of rolling plains, woodlands and rivers that make up the Maasai Mara triangle – one of the world’s richest wildlife sanctuaries.
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| Day 9 | Tuesday, 5/25/2010 - Game Drives
Morning and afternoon game drives in search of the more than a million migratory herds of wildebeast & zebra involved in one of the “greatest wildlife shows on earth” – The migration from Serengeti to Maasai Mara during the months of June – October. The herds are closely followed by predators & scavengers on the lookout for animals weakened by the trek. All meals and overnight. | Breakfast
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| Day 10 | Wednesday, 5/26/2010 - Nairobi
Following breakfast, drive back to Hilton Nairobi hotel for overnight. | Breakfast |
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| Day 11 | Thursday, 5/27/2010 - Amboseli National Park
After breakfast, drive to Amboseli National Park, at the foot of Mt. Kilimanjaro. Arrive at Amboseli Serena Lodge for lunch. 3.30 pm game drive in this park justly famous for its lions, baboons and herds of elephants. Dinner & overnight. | Breakfast
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| Day 12 | Friday, 5/28/2010 - Nairobi
Morning game drive followed by breakfast, then time to relax and enjoy your final day in Kenya. Depart midday for return to Nairobi, with lunch en route. Return to the residence lounge at the Nairobi Hilton. You have free time until 6:00pm, and your driver can take you on an optional visit (entrance fee not included) to the Giraffe Center or National Museum. Return to Nairobi Airport for your evening flight home. | Breakfast |
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| Day 13 | Saturday, 5/29/2010 - Fly Home
Flight from European connection point arrives home same day. WELCOME HOME!! | |
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