SIMBA SAFARI
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DAY 1: ARRIVAL/NAIROBI/AMBOSELI
Arrival of your international flight into Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi. Met by our representatives outside customs and immigration halls. Safari briefing and introduction to your driver guide. Morning drive (3 hrs) back to Nairobi for lunch at Ole-Sereni Hotel. Continue during the afternoon to Amboseli (4 hrs) crossing the Athi plains, home of the colourful Masai tribes. Dinner and overnight at your camp/Lodge. Spend 02 nights.
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DAY 2: AMBOSELI- B, L, D
Morning game viewing drive in Amboseli Park. Lunch at the lodge and time for a siesta or a swim in the pool before an afternoon game viewing drive. Amboseli is a relatively small yet fascinating park of lush water holes and swamps contrasting against flat open plains and acacia woodlands. Elephant and plains game abound as well as the big cats such as Lion, Leopard and Cheetah. With luck, the snow-capped peak of Mt Kilimanjaro will be visible, creating a spectacular backdrop to the peacefully grazing animals. Full board and overnight at your lodge/camp.
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DAY 3: TSAVO WEST- B, L, D.
Morning drive to Tsavo West Park, stopping to see the Shetani lava flow. Afternoon game drive in the park. From Kilaguni, great expanses of open plains stretch in all directions with Mount Kilimanjaro, the Chyulu hills, the Taita hills and Ngulia Mountains on different horizons. The views from Roaring rocks and Poacher's lookout are truly spectacular. Elephant, buffalo, giraffe, lion, leopard, cheetah, rhino and most common species of plains game and smaller mammals are present so wildlife viewing is varied but requires some patience. A visit to Mzima Springs where crystal clear water bubbles up from underground may reveal hippo and crocodile, seen from an underwater viewing hide. Bird life is extraordinarily colourful and diverse with the Ngulia Mountains hosting many migratory species at certain times of the year. Overnight at your lodge/camp.
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DAY 4: TAITA HILLS- B, L, D.
Breakfast at the lodge. Depart for Taita Hills Game Sanctuary. Arrive, check-in and lunch at Taita Hills Lodge. Afternoon transferred to Salt Lick Lodge. Afternoon game drives. Taita Hills private Wildlife sanctuary, situated between Tsavo East and West is home to over 50 species of mammals and 300 species of birds within 28,000 acres of rolling savanna and woodland habitats. The Sanctuary is a success story in sustainable conservation where wildlife - including elephant, lion, buffalo and giraffe - thrive. Sarova Salt Lick lodge is set high up on stilts overlooking a waterhole which is floodlit at night when large numbers of animals come to drink giving a rare opportunity to view animals close up in their natural habitat. There is also an underground viewing hide right next to the waterhole which is reached from the lodge by a tunnel. Spend the next 1 night at the lodge on full board.
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DAY 5: TAITA HILLS/TSAVO EAST: B, L, D.
Breakfast at the lodge. Depart for Tsavo East National Park. Arrive, check-in and lunch at your lodge/camp. Afternoon game drives. A vast expanse of unremitting flat savannah plains broken up only by the Yatta plateau lava flow, the Galana river and occasional rocky outcrops. Being of lower altitude than the Western park, Tsavo East is hottr and dryer with bushy grassland, Acacia woodland and riverine forest along the water courses. Most game viewing is concentrated South of the Galana river. Here, large herds of red elephant can be found, so called because of the red Laterite soil common to this area. In addition, rhino, lion, leopard, waterbuck, kudu, gerenuk and the rare Hunter's Hartebeest can be seen. Aruba dam provides permanent water and interesting game viewing while the views from Mudanda rock and the Yatta Plateau lava flow are well worth the scramble to the top. Spend the next 1 night at the lodge on full board.
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DAY 6: TSAVO EAST/NAIROBI: B.
Breakfast at the Lodge.Depart for Nairobi. Arrive and lunch on own arrangements. Later met and transferred to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport for your international flight out.
