5. Special Offer:
East Africa Big Cat Safari
Summary:
This is a 13-day luxury safari will take you to all the best
places to see East Africa's big cats. You traverse through
some of Kenya and Tanzania's best game parks, with a chance
to see East Africa's rich wildlife and cultural heritage.
Your safari takes you to Amboseli, Ngorongoro, Serengeti,
Lake Manyara, Aberdares, Lake Nakuru and Maasai Mara. Remember
that between Kenya and Tanzania you have the most diverse
and abundant wildlife in the whole of Africa. The spectacular
scenery and varied ecosystems are a bonus worth mentioning.
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PROGRAM
Day 1: FLIGHT - NAIROBI
On arrival at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport you
will be met by Africa Point staff and transferred to the Nairobi
Safari Club. Dinner on your own arrangements.
Overnight at Nairobi Safari Club
Day2: NAIROBI - MAASAI
MARA
After breakfast 0800 hrs drive through the floor of the Rift
Valley via the Maasai town of Narok to arrive at Kenya's most
populous park, the Maasai Mara Game Reserve in time for lunch
at the Mara Serena Lodge, Masai Mara.
1500 hrs -an afternoon game-drive in the game
reserve, which is Kenya's finest wildlife Sanctuary. Including
migrants, well over 450 species of animals have been recorded
here. Although July, August and September are the months when
the Mara plains are filled with migrating wildebeest and zebra,
there is also resident wildlife year round. The famous Maasai
tribesmen live within the dispersal area of the game reserve.
Dinner and overnight at Mara Serena Lodge
Day 3: MAASAI MARA
Morning and afternoon game drives in the Maasai Mara.
Lunch, Dinner and overnight at Mara Serena Lodge
Day 4: MAASAI MARA
- LAKE NAKURU
0830 HRS- After breakfast leave for Lake Nakuru with a game
drive enroute. Arrive in Lake Nakuru National park in time
for lunch. Lunch at Lion Hill lodge.
1530 hrs -afternoon game drive. This is a
chance to visit a unique sanctuary catering for a sizeable
number of the endangered rhinocerous and the Rothschild giraffe.
Waterbucks as well as and the predators such as the lion and
leopard are common at the park. Also to be seen is a myriad
different variety of birdlife in and around the lake. Flamingoes
are also plenty at the lake. Dinner and overnight at Lion
Hill Lodge
Day 5: LAKE NAKURU
- ABERDARES
Breakfast at Lake Nakuru National Park. Depart after breakfast
for Mt Lodge, one of 4 of Kenya's Tree Hotels. Lunch is at
the Lodge. Afternoon of game watching from the comfort of
your room, or bar or restaurant. Before you reach the lodge
it is advisable to have a stop to admire the 73m plunge of
the Thompson Falls named after the Scottish explorer who first
saw them in the late 1800s.
Dinner and overnight at Mountain Lodge Serena
Day 6: ABERDARES
- NAIROBI - AMBOSELI
0800 hrs- you are picked up after breakfast, drive to Nairobi
for lunch at the Thorn Tree Restaurant. You then proceed south
to Amboseli National Park and check in at Amboseli Sopa Lodge
at the foot of Mt. Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest mountain.
Dinner and overnight at Amboseli Serena Lodge
Day 7: AMBOSELI NATIONAL
PARK
0630 hrs early morning game drive. Breakfast at the lodge.
Morning at leisure. Lunch at the Lodge. 1500 hrs Afternoon
game drive. The snows of the mountain forms a majestic backdrop
to one of Kenya's most popular spectacular displays of wildlife
- lion, elephant, leopard, rhino, cheetah, buffalo and host
of plains game, creating Kenya's most sought after photographer's
paradise. After lunch proceed for an afternoon game drive
in the Park.
Dinner and overnight at Amboseli Serena Lodge.
Day 8: AMBOSELI - ARUSHA
- LAKE MANYARA
Breakfast at the hotel. O8OO hrs- you will be picked up for
drive across the border into Tanzania and drive to Arusha
town to arrive in time for lunch.
1400 hrs -after lunch proceed to Lake Manyara
National Park. With a game drive enroute to Lake Manyara Serena
Lodge. Birdlife in the park is very broad. The home of tree-climbing
lion, the park is also home to giraffes, hippo, zebra, and
buffalo.
Dinner and overnight at the Lake Manyara Serena
Lodge
Day 9: LAKE MANYARA
- SERENGETI
Breakfast at Lake Manyara Serena Lodge. 0830 hrs Depart, with
a game drive enroute, for the vast Serengeti National Park.
1300 hrs Lunch at the Serengeti Serena Lodge.
1500 hrs Depart for the afternoon game drive.
Dinner and overnight at Serengeti Sopa Lodge.
Day 10: SERENGETI
0630 hrs- early morning game drive. Breakfast at the lodge
Morning at leisure.
1230 hrs- lunch at the Serengeti Serena Lodge.
1500 hrs -afternoon game drive. Serengeti is Africa's largest
national park and also one of its most popular. The park has
an incredible number of animals, wildebeeste being the most
populous followed by zebra. Elephants are notably scarce.
Cheetahs and the rest of the big cats are regularly sighted
in the plains. The few remaining endangered black rhino are
restricted to the Moru Koppies area. The park is also famous
for the wildebeeste migration, often described as one of the
most impressive spectacle in the natural world. Arrive in
time for lunch. Afternoon proceed for a game drive.
Dinner and overnight at Serengeti Serena Lodge
Day 11: SERENGETI
- NGORONGORO
After breakfast, drive with game drive enroute to Ngorongoro
Conservation Area. Lunch at the Ngorongoro Serena Lodge. 1500
hrs afternoon game drive.
Dinner and overnight at Ngorongoro Serena
Lodge
Day 12: NGORONGORO
Early breakfast After breakfast descend into the crater for
with picnic lunches for a full day game drive. Ngorongoro
Crater, is one the largest intact caldera in the world and
one of the most spectacular sights in the whole of Africa.
The Olduvai Gorge in the neighborhood is the site where some
off Africa's oldest hominid fossils were found. The Crater
has one of the densest predators populations in Africa. Elephant,
lion, zebra, wildebeest and a host of other resident animals
are to be found here. Dinner and overnight at Ngorongoro Serena
Lodge.
Day 13: NGORONGORO
- ARUSHA -NAIROBI
Breakfast at your lodge.
0830 hrs -you will drive back to arrive in Arusha in time
for lunch. Continue to Nairobi. Dinner is at the Carnivore
Restaurant. This restaurant is famous for its succulent steaks
as welcome or farewell dinner. Later you will be transferred
by Africa Point staff to the Jomo Kenyatta International airport
for your flight home.
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Prices:
Low Season Prices - 01 April- 30 June '05:
- Cost per person sharing a double room:
US$ 1999
- Cost per person in a single room: US$ 2050
- Cost for a child sharing a room with 2
adults: US$ 1099
Mid Season Prices - 01 October -15 December
'05:
- Cost per person sharing a double room:
US$ 2124
- Cost per person in a single room: US$ 2551
- Cost for a child sharing a room with 2
adults: US$ 1168
High Season Prices- 01 July- 30 September
'05:
- Cost per person sharing a double room:
US$ 2639
- Cost per person in a single room: US$ 3149
- Cost for a child sharing a room with 2
adults: US$ 1451
Cost Includes:
- Park entrance fee at the parks & game reserves
- Full board accommodation on safari
- Service of an English speaking driver guide
- Transport based on a safari minibus with pop up roof for
game viewing in Kenya and 4 wheel drive vehicle in Tanzania
- Driver allowances and park fees for vehicle and driver
- Game drives as per the Itinerary
- Government taxes
Excludes:
- Extras -tips, drinks, telephone, laundry or any other personal
expenses
- International flights
Note:
The above prices are based on a minimum of 2 persons. A price
reduction is available for numbers above two persons. Six
persons may enjoy upto 30% saving on the per person rate!
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