Best Of Kenya-DEACTIVATED - 7 D / 6 N

Welcome to your Southern Travels Best of Kenya tour – WINTER SEASON. On arrival into Nairobi, your southern Travel tour manager or local representative greets you at the 'meeting point' at the exit after immigration. Depart for Amboseli National Park with game drives en-route the Amboseli Sentrim Camp. Check-in at the camp. Afternoon game drive - Sentrim Amboseli located deep inside the reserve guarantees close encounters with the park's elephants. Also, happily roaming the grasslands are buffalos, wildebeest, zebra, giraffes, impalas and several other species of animals. The Park is famous for its breathtaking views of Kilimanjaro. The Park also shelters more than 420 species of birds. Enormous elephant population and other big game are attracted to the area by underground springs fed from the melting snows of Mount Kilimanjaro.

Today, you have morning and afternoon game drives in Amboseli National park. After breakfast, Rise early for great views of Mount Kilimanjaro. The Park is known for its felines: lion, leopard, cheetah and some civet cats. Herds of graceful Impala thrive on the short grass in the woodlands, along with the black-faced vervet monkey and Olive Baboon. Hippos live in the open waters and swamp channels and Buffalo feed on the shoreline. You will encounter large numbers of elephants and you can observe their complex greeting rituals and the way all the adult females protect and instruct the young. The Amboseli elephant population is one of the few in Africa that has not been ravaged by poachers. Maasai warriors are famous and are proud nomadic tribes whose legendary prowess in battle and single-handed acts of bravery in fights with wild animals are known across the world.

After breakfast, depart for Lake Elementaita region and check-in to Lake Elementaita in time for lunch. Lake Elementaita or Lake Elementeita is a soda lake in the Great Rift Valley area just between Lake Naivasha and Lake Nakuru lying in the silhouette of the sleeping warrior a local hill. The Lake is located in central Kenya, about 120km North West of Kenya’s capital Nairobi just off the Nairobi- Nakuru highway. Lake Elementaita is home to over 400 bird species include the famous flamingos, The variety of birds found on Lake Elementaita include but not limited to:- flamingos, ducks, geese, spikes, cormorant, kingfishers, Montane white-eye, Northern puffback, Pallid harrier, Red-capped lark, pelicans, Rufous-throated wryneck, Long-tailed widowbird, Maccoa duck, Rüppell’s vulture, Rüppell’s robin-chat, Schalow’s wheatear, Shining sunbird, Slender-billed greenbul and many more.

After breakfast, depart for Masai Mara Game Reserve. This world renowned reserve, which stretches over 1510 square Kilometers of open rolling grasslands, is watered by the Mara River and littered with an astonishing amount of wildlife. It is home to Africa's famous "big five" (Lion, Elephant, Rhino, Leopard and Buffalo.) Arrive in time for lunch at Sentrim Mara Camp. Nested in a valley between two hills, in the African wilderness 1780 meters above sea level, Sentrim Mara is a deluxe intimate design Camp located right on the North Eastern edge of the famous Maasai Mara game reserve. This is a home away from home for those who enjoy a personalized experience. This luxury safari camp offers a new concept in the African safari, with high standards of service and cuisine. In the afternoon, enjoy an enthralling game-viewing drive. Spotting lions, cheetahs and other spectacular predators is the highlight of your day. This evening, enjoy a sumptuous dinner at your camp.

Early morning tea or coffee before an early morning game drive and thereafter enjoy a full day in the Mara with two game drives included. This reserve is situated to the west of Nairobi; on Tanzania’s northern border it is the extension to the larger Serengeti National Park in Tanzania. The Maasai Mara offers wonderful scenery and an abundance of big game. It is perhaps the only region left in Kenya where the visitor may see animals in the same super abundance as existed a century ago. It is a reserve of breathtaking vistas, panoramas of vast rolling plains, hills and woodland groves, well watered by the lovely Mara River, which bisects the Reserve from north to south. The Mara is home to the largest population of lions in Kenya, these magnificent beasts spending most of the day sleeping in the shade of acacia trees. Vast herds of buffalo, zebra and wild beast roam the plains. Impala, gazelle, giraffe and hartebeest grace the landscape, and the cautious topi may also seen standing sentinel on earth mounds on constant lookout of predators. The waters of the Mara River are home to crocodiles and pools of hippo, the acacia woodlands and riverine forests favored by leopard and elephant, and the open savannah and dry bush areas play host to the plains game and their attendant predators such as lion, cheetah, hyena and jackal.

After breakfast, proceed to Nairobi. Orientation Tour of Nairobi. Begin with travel to the Heart of the city where you can shop for an authentic Safari outfit or browse the local stores. The city tour takes you to Nairobi’s ancient landmark buildings - Parliament buildings, Kenyatta International Conference Centre with the monument of the 1st President of Kenya – Mzee Jommo Kenyatta, and to a lookout point, where a spectacular view of the city of Nairobi awaits you. Then go onto the city market for some shopping. Kenya's capital is cosmopolitan, lively, interesting and pleasantly landscaped. Its central business district is handily compact and is a great place to tune into modern urban African life. Today, it is the largest city between Cairo and Johannesburg. Nairobi (green city in the sun) is an attractive and growing city that stands on the edge of the Athi Plains and the gentle slopes of Limuru that rise in the Aberdares Mountains. It is an important business and social center with high-rise buildings and international hotels and a good selection of restaurants serving several international cuisines. Public parks and beautiful gardens dot the city and the main routes out of town are tree-lined avenues.

Breakfast at the hotel. Later, we drive you to the airport for your flight back home. It’s time to say goodbye to all the new friends you have made. We hope you take back many happy memories of your holiday. We would like you to spare a few minutes of your time to write and tell us how you enjoyed your holiday and any suggestions you may have for the future. Please do give us your valuable feedback on feedback@southerntravels.in