Safari Description:

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Program Highlights:

Detailed Safari Itinerary:

Day 1: Arrival - Mombasa - Nairobi

Upon arrival at the Mombasa Moi International Airport (MBA), our guest relations’ officer will personally meet all arriving guests. We will be standing outside the arrival section holding a signboard with your name on it for your transfer to your flight to Nairobi. Upon arrival at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA), our guest relations’ officer will personally meet all arriving guests. We will be standing outside the arrival section holding a signboard with your name on it. Transfer to your Nairobi hotel for the overnight.

If arriving directly at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in Nairobi. you will be transferred to your Nairobi hotel for the overnight avoiding the flight transfer from Mombasa to Nairobi.

Early breakfast; thereafter, drive towards Masai Mara National Reserve with lunch arranged at the Sarova Mara Camp. Game drives are planned for you in the Masai Mara National Reserve, which forms part of the Serengeti-Masai Mara ecosystem. The Masai Mara National Reserve is Kenya's finest wildlife reserve. Everything about this reserve is outstanding. The wildlife is abundant and the gentle rolling grasslands ensure that animals are never out of sight. Birds, too, are prolific. Including migrants, well over 450 species have been recorded, among them, 57 species of birds of prey. Experience the wildebeest migration spectacle. You have to be present on the plains of the Masai Mara to genuinely appreciate the experience. Thomson's and Grant's gazelle, Topi and Eland and many more species of plains' game offer a rich choice of food for the dominant predators; lion, leopard and cheetah which hunt in this pristine wilderness. In the Mara River, hippo submerges at the approach of a vehicle only to surface seconds later to snort and boast their presence. Seemingly, the drowsy crocodile sunbathe on the riverbanks, mouth agape, waiting with subtle cunning for prey at which to strike with lightning swiftness.

Activities Included: Day game driving.

Other Experiences Available Additionally: Visit the Maasai En’kaang for a cultural experience; specially arranged meals in the bush; Masai Mara hot air balloon safari.

Overnight Accommodation: Sarova Mara Camp

Day 4: Masai Mara National Reserve - Great Rift Valley Featuring Lake Nakuru National Park

Drive towards the Great Rift Valley, with a visit to Lake Nakuru National Park. Upon entering the Lake Nakuru National Park and driving to the lodge, guest will have the opportunity to experience the vegetation and feel the calmness of the Lake Nakuru in the distance. An afternoon game drive is planned. During your game driving, guest will experience the awesomeness of the lake, which is world famous as the location of the greatest bird spectacle on earth - myriads of fuschia pink flamingoes whose numbers are legion, often more than a million maybe two. Apart from the flamingoes, Lake Nakuru is one of the best places to view leopards, black rhinos and lions. The park also has large sized python snakes that inhabit the dense woodlands, and can often be seen crossing the tracks or dangling from trees

Activities Included: Game driving in Lake Nakuru National Park

Overnight Accommodation: Sarova Lion Hill Lodge

Day 5: Great Rift Valley Featuring Lake Nakuru National Park - Amboseli National Park

Day 6: Amboseli National Park - Tsavo West National Park

After lunch, drive to Tsavo West National Park. Check in to your camp and relax in the lounge area with spectacular views of wildlife at the waterhole just 100 meters away. Relax with a hot shower and prepare to complete the day with a tasty dinner and comfortable sleep.

Entering the Tsavo ecosystem, AfricanMecca guests can place themselves back in time when the grass was dry and sunlight illuminated the grasslands, and in the distance the presence of the great majestic lions can only be felt. Hollywood's portrayal of the magnificent era was accounted for in the Movie "Ghost and Darkness", a must watch for guests intending to visit Kenya. Upon entering Tsavo West National Park, guests can view the landscape being dominated, especially off the hills by the giant baobab, a tree that is reputed to live a thousand years.

Day 7: Tsavo West National Park - Tsavo East National Park

Experience morning game drive in Tsavo West National Park with stop over for lunch. Thereafter, drive to Tsavo East National Park undertaking a game drive on route. During your game drives, a variety of animals can be seen such as lions, leopard, cheetah, zebras, giraffes, serval, antelopes, kongoni, lesser kudu, oryx, klipspringer, impala, stripped hyena, ostriches, gazelles, buffalos, elephants. There are many interesting aspects in the open areas of Tsavo East such as the Yatta Plateau, one of the world's longest lava flows. An additional attraction is the Athi River flanked by stately doum palms which, near the Manyani gate forms the Lugard Falls, a long stretch of rippling white water cataracts and a favorite haunt for sunbathing crocodiles. Lugard Falls gush through a small fissure, narrow enough for the foolhardy to leap across, before dropping to Crocodile Point below, where the river changes its name to the Galana.

Check in Satao Camp and relax on your private verandah with spectacular views of wildlife around the camp. Satao Camp is one of Kenya’s best-kept secrets. Words cannot do justice to the phenomenal wildlife experience that guests get treated to. The wildlife such as waterbucks and impalas at Satao Camp are literally residents of the camp because Satao was intellectually designed around a traditional migratory trade route and the tamarind trees that have been growing over the last 100 years continue to attract wildlife.

Activities Included: Day game driving; superb wildlife viewing from camp.

Other Experiences Available Additionally: Nature walk around the campgrounds spotting birds and learning about the flora present.

Overnight Accommodation: Satao Camp

Day 8: Tsavo East National Park - Airport, Mombasa North or South Coast Beach Hotel

After an early wakeup call, a morning game drive is experienced. A variety of animals can be seen such as lions, leopard, cheetah, zebras, giraffes, serval, antelopes, kongoni, lesser kudu, oryx, klipspringer, impala, stripped hyena, ostriches, gazelles, buffalos, elephants. There are many interesting aspects in the open areas of Tsavo East such as the Yatta Plateau, one of the world's longest lava flows. An additional attraction is the Athi River flanked by stately doum palms which, near the Manyani gate forms the Lugard Falls, a long stretch of rippling white water cataracts and a favorite haunt for sunbathing crocodiles. Lugard Falls gush through a small fissure, narrow enough for the foolhardy to leap across, before dropping to Crocodile Point below, where the river changes its name to the Galana.

Return to Satao Camp for breakfast. Check out from Satao Camp, returning to Mombasa via an air-conditioned shuttle service with a drop-off at your hotel by early afternoon. Spend rest of the day relaxing at hotel in Mombasa.

Day 9 - Day 14: North or South Coast Of Mombasa

Spend the rest of your days holiday relaxing at your beach hotel.

Day 15 - North or South Coast Of Mombasa - Departure

After breakfast, transfer to Mombasa Moi International Airport (MBA) in time for outbound flight check in.

What's Included:

• Pre-planning professional program expertise, resource guiding along with first hand experience.
• Professional wildlife guiding services. All guides are native experts in African wildlife, game driving, and the African culture, many of who speak other European languages
• Accommodation in a double or twin room - sharing.
• Full board meals (lunch, dinner & breakfast) when staying the night during the safari.
• Half board meals (dinner & breakfast) when staying the night at your beach hotel of choice.
• Bed & breakfast when staying the night during in Nairobi.
• All point-to-point personalized meet, greet and transfer service as in the program.
• Nairobi-Mombasa one-way flight.
• All park entry fees, airstrip transfers, VAT, state levies, service charge and hotel taxes.
• All gratuities except to driver-guides, game rangers, escort, and lodge, hotel, camp or bar staff.
• 24 Hours-7 days US/UK/Kenya office and cellular emergency contact details.

What's Not Included:

Personal expenses such laundry, flying doctor service, travelers insurance; communication charges, visas, international airfares; meals, all drinks, excursions, Mombasa/Nairobi hotel accommodation, additional activities or sightseeing NOT included in the itinerary.

Other Additional Notes Specific to Funzi Keys:

AFRICANMECCA CUSTOMER COMMENTS

Dear Altaf

I hope this email will find you well. It’s a long time since we last wrote to each other. In the mean time Alena and I have visited Kenya and we have had a wonderful time. It took us long to get back to the reality in the UK. I just want to tell you that we were very pleased with all the services provided in Kenya, with the organisation as well, but especially with our driver and guide in one- John. He was great! We had so much laugh and we've learned a lot from him. He was like a walking, or rather driving encyclopedia J with eyesight of an eagle!

He told us he had a great time with us too despite the fact that we have bothered him with so many questions (many times also silly questions too ;). He answered them all with the big smile on his face, which has never disappeared.

The whole experience was awesome and we both were positively surprised with the beauty of Kenya. No wonder that we fell in love with it immediately.

Thank you very much for all your effort and for organising this fantastic trip for us.

Have a nice evening.

Kind regards

Agents: Gabriela Hrinova, Reservations Executive, HotelBeds.com & Alena Tankosova, Carlson Wagonlit
United Kingdom

We travelled with your AfricanMecca team and had wonderful days in Kenya. The program you organized was excellent. Although the weather condition was playing with us, more rain then normal (Global warming I guess) we managed to see the Masai Mara as well. Some other tourist we meet on the way had first visited Masai Mara and they had experienced a lot of troubles. Some of them even had to be evacuated by some other vehicles. The roads were extremely muddy and bad. We got stuck but luckily was pulled out by another jeep. I guess it was part of the safari :) We loved each lodge/camp; they were very nice places and comfortable too. The game life was also interesting, we saw many wild animals except Leopard and took a lot nice photos... Some of them can also be classified as National Geographic photos.... At the moment I'm sending the photos with our guide Rajab. Excellent person very friendly and experienced. We enjoyed his service a lot; thanks to you we feel that we have a friend in Kenya now. Thank you very much for the excellent service, without meeting you in person you made us trust you 100% and you really gained our heart. Thank you again for all your support and collaboration. If you ever plan to come to Istanbul please let us know we will be glad to assist you before or during your stay in Istanbul.

Mine Kortel
Turkey

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