Pick-up from your hotel after breakfast 07:30-am for Masaai Mara driving southwest via the Great Rift Valley view-point where you’ll stop for 15-20 minutes to see the panoramic and breathtaking-views. Descend the escarpment and drive through the Hemingway-trails to Masai Mara, lunch served on the way at Narok-town. After lunch, proceed to Masai Mara arriving in good time for game viewing drive in the park until sunset.
You’ll spend 2 nights here to explore, discover and experience the magic of Mara, a spectacular watch for many millennia that has put Masai Mara the worlds 7th wonder! Dinner and overnight in Mara Serena Safari Lodge | Keekorok Lodge | Mara Sopa Lodge | Similar. Meals plan: LD.
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Located high on the slopes of the Oloolaimutia Hills, Masai Mara Sopa Lodge was one of the first safari lodges to be built in the Maasai Mara Game Reserve, a reason why its gardens and trees are so lush and mature. All the buildings follow the design of traditional African round houses with conical roofs, and these stretch along the line of the hills with the impressively large public area buildings and the swimming pool at their centre.
The lodge has fifty guest cottages divided into two wings to either side of the main public areas. Each of these house two spacious guest rooms with queen and king size beds; mosquito nets; electronic safes; dressing tables; en-suite bathrooms and sheltered verandas that all have views over the gardens and the game reserve beyond.
- Conference Facilities
- Balloon Safaris
- Bird Watching
- Nature Walks
- Flying Safaris
- Sundowners
- Swimming Pool
- Traditional Dances
- Weddings
- Game Drives
Depart after breakfast at 07:00-am for a full-day of game-viewing-drive across the rich savannah, Hemingway trails and rolling hills. The famous Masai Mara is renowned for its abundance of great animal herd. It’s a wildlife paradise! Virtually every type of animal is to be found here… we’re doing a full day of game-drive today to maximize your chances of new discoveries, new experiences and enjoyments to the fullest! Spotted; speckled and dotted are the meanings of “Mara”. This is the descriptive name given by the Masai people for this beautiful land of trees, shrub, savannah grassland and shadows made by clouds that hover over the plains. Dinner and overnight in Mara Serena Safari Lodge | Keekorok Lodge | Mara Sopa Lodge | Similar. Meals plan: BLD.
Pre-breakfast game drive from 06:30-am to 09:30-am, back to the lodge/camp for your full breakfast. Visit the Maasai ‘’manyatta’’ [villages] thereafter depart for Lake Nakuru National Park, lunch served on the way arriving Lake Nakuru in the evening. Dinner and overnight at Lake Nakuru Lodge | Lake Nakuru Sopa Lodge | Merica Hotel | Similar. Meals plan: BLD.
The Great Rift Valley was formed millions of years ago. Stretching some 6,500 kilometre from Jordan/ Northern-Africa to Mozambique/ South Africa. It’s the largest Rift on Earth. In Kenya, the rift gave rise to many lakes that have become a habitat for diverse wildlife. One such lake is Lake Nakuru- alkaline lake. Famously Lake Nakuru attracts seasonal vast numbers of fabulously colored pink flamingos to its shallow waters, Hippos, various animals, white and black rhinos, giraffes; tree climbing lions, leopards and a profusion of birds are also present at the lake.
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Located on a range of hills that form the western limits of Africa’s Great Rift Valley, the lodge offers spectacular views over the vastness of Africa. The lodge also overlooks Lake Nakuru and its surrounding National Park, one that is a paradise for bird watchers and wildlife lovers alike. Lake Nakuru National Park is mainly a wooded and bushy grassland with a wide ecological diversity and characteristic habitats that range from the lake waters to the escarpment and ridges.
- Conference Facilities
- Baby Sitting
- Catering for Special Diets
- Nature Walks
- Personal Mini Bars
- Sundowner
- Swimming Pool
- Weddings
- Wi-Fi Facilities
- Wheelchair Accessible Rooms
Early breakfast, proceed for a morning game drive in Lake Nakuru Park known for its seasonal migratory thousands of flamingoes and other water birds species. This is the only park in Kenya to see both white and black rhinos, buffaloes, tree climbing lions and many other plain games in abundance. Have lunch, and then proceed to Lake Naivasha /Hells Gate national park for an adventure walking-safari with the animals. Visit the gorges/ hot springs. Dinner and overnight at Lake Naivasha Sopa Lodge | Astorian Hotel | Similar. Meals plan: BLD.
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Set in one hundred and fifty acres of grassland studded with Acacia bushes and trees, the resort is not only home to our resident giraffe, waterbuck and both Vervet and Colobus monkeys, but it is also a night stop for the hippos when they leave the lake every night to come and trim the grass on our expansive lawns.
With Sopa’s traditional and conscientious care for the environment, we carefully positioned all the buildings on our property so we did not have to fell any of the many trees there. As a result of this, we had to come up with a radically innovative and artistic design for the main public area building which now snakes its way between the trees with long and graceful curves.
It is also why you might well ask just why our two swimming pools with a children’s section and a pool complex with its bar, snack kitchen, pizzeria and health spa; our tennis court; our two conference halls with their four differently sized meeting areas, and our stables are so widely set apart.
- Bird Watching
- Conference Facilities
- Children Friendly
- Fishing
- Horse Riding
- Nature Walks
- Sauna
- Sundowners
- Swimming Pool
- Traditional Dances
- Weddings
- Wi-Fi
- Wheelchair Accessible Rooms
Early breakfast, visit Crescent Island, watch crocodiles and hippos in the lake as well as local fishermen on their daily work. Depart for Amboseli National Park which set in rolling savannah scenery it is dwarfed by the presence of the pink-tinged, snow-capped peak of Mt. Kilimanjaro at 5,895 meters above sea level, it’s the highest free-standing mountain in the world and topped by one fifth of all the ice in Africa. Against this magnificent backdrop roam vast herds of elephant accompanied by a kaleidoscope of other fabulous beasts -lion, buffalo, cheetah, giraffe, baboon, gazelle hippo and wildebeest. There are also over 450 species of birds, visit the Amboseli swamp for the pink flamingoes. Have game viewing drive this evening. Dinner and overnight at Amboseli Serena Lodge | Amboseli Sopa Lodge | Kibo Luxury Camp | Similar. Meals plan: BLD.
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Set in 200 acres of private land, and with a rustic charm all of its own, the lodge nestles in the foothills of Mount Kilimanjaro which, at almost six thousand metres, is Africa’s highest and most famous snowcapped mountain. It was this region of Kenya that, in the 1930’s, inspired Ernest Hemingway’s unforgettable stories ‘The Snows of Kilimanjaro’ and ‘The Short, Happy Life of Francis Macomber’ which were turned into more than successful feature films in the late 1940’s due to their renowned actors. All forms of wildlife still abound in this wilderness which continues all the way to the Amboseli National Park, an easy twenty minute drive away from the lodge.
While the park conserves over six hundred breeding species of birds as well a host of rare and wonderful wildlife, this is also home to the Maasai people, perhaps the world’s most renowned African tribe.
- Bird Watching
- Conference Facilities
- Children Friendly
- Fishing
- Horse Riding
- Nature Walks
- Sauna
- Sundowners
- Swimming Pool
- Traditional Dances
- Weddings
- Wi-Fi
- Wheelchair Accessible Rooms
Early breakfast, and then set out just before sunrise in search of game as you enjoy the richness of the Park's wildlife and endless savannah. There are over 500 elephants in the parks eco-system‚ featuring some of the largest in Africa. In between your morning and afternoon game drive you will have ample time to relax and enjoy the ambiance, and have a picnic lunch under canopy of acacia trees in the wild. You will look out for the peak of Kilimanjaro which may be seen during clear weather from the camp/lodge, anywhere in the park or from the Observation hill. Large herds of elephants, hippos and unusual flamingoes can be seen bathing in the swamp grounds whose waters source is Mt. Kilimanjaro. Hyenas laughing, lions growling, buffaloes blindly grazing in the fields and other species of wildlife and birds. Dinner and overnight at Amboseli Serena Lodge | Amboseli Sopa Lodge | Kibo Luxury Camp | Similar. Meals plan: BLD.
After breakfast, have last game-drive en-route to Airport for onward schedule-flight to Manda Island where a dhow waits to transfer you across the water ways to Lamu Island. Lamu is one of Kenya’s oldest towns and a perfect place to explore historical ruins and to relax on the exotic secluded beaches. This afternoon is at leisure. Dinner and overnight at New Lamu Palace hotel | or similar.
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New Lamu Palace Hotel is an elegant architecture and a cozy hotel situated at the heart of Lamu on the shores of the old historic Stonetown Island and close to the Lamu harbor Kenya. Free Wi-Fi is available. Each room is fitted with an en-suite bathroom, mosquito net, satellite TV with cable service and desk. The terrace and rooftop restaurants on-site serve superb seafood and a variety of dishes, and the bar serves variety of drinks. The restaurant offers regular and buffet breakfast options. Live music and entertainment is featured at the bar. Guests can enjoy sunbathing, partake in water sports, beach walks, town tours, fishing, sailing, sun-downer dhow trips and donkey rides.
- Ample Parking
- Free Wi-Fi
- Safe Deposit Boxes
- 24 Hour Clock Security
- Bar & Lounge
- Pets NOT Allowed
- Children Friendly
- Swimming Pool
- Superb Seafood
A full day at leisure to explore the Island. Be sure to stop at one of Lamu’s 20 mosques and to admire the ornate and intricate woodwork. Good shopping includes local baskets, mats and souvenirs!
After breakfast, a dhow transfer takes you back to Manda Island for the return flight to Nairobi to connect your onward scheduled flight home. Wwishing you a holiday of a lifetime experience!!!