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Mid Range Accomodation
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Nairobi
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Provided
Overview
Are you are feeling energetic and want to immerse yourself into nature, Burn a few calories in the wild as you enjoy hiking and a cycling safari on this tour. In just six days you will visit the Solio conservancy Naivasha and cream it all with a visit to the legendary Mara National reserve.
what to Expect
- Proffessional Guide
- Comprehensive Game Drives
- Free airport Transfer
Itinerary
On your arrival in Nairobi, you’ll be picked up from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, SGR, hotel, or place of residence by our professional driver-guide in a Land Cruiser by 7:30 a.m. EAT and drive to Solio Game Reserve. You’ll immediately kick off your journey via the Nairobi-Thika-Nyeri Highway with a few stops on the way for a health break. Along the way, you’ll have a good view of the pineapple and coffee plantations before checking in for lunch at Aberdare Country Club. After lunch, you’ll proceed for a game drive at Solio Game Reserve.
Solio is the world's first private rhino sanctuary named after a Great Maasai Chief and best known for rhino conservation. It also holds some of the special six animals of Kenya e.g. (the Reticulated giraffes, Beisa oryx, vulturine guineafowl) and a variety of bird species among other wildlife that you’ll be able to spot while on your game drive. You’ll later drive back to the lodge after the game drive and check in for dinner and a sleepover.
After breakfast at the lodge, you will check out at 7:30 a.m. EAT and proceed to Naivasha with a short stop at Nyahururu Equator Point. You’ll get to learn about the Coriolis force effect along the equator that is demonstrated via water experiments, and have photos at the Equator mark making Kenya in the list of the few countries where the equator crosses. You’ll proceed on with the journey along the beautiful plains of the Aberdare ranges and check in at Sawela Lodge for lunch. Later in the afternoon, you’ll have a visit to Crescent Island via boat where you’ll be able to have a nature walk on the Island while viewing the wildlife nature and different bird species. You’ll also get the opportunity to enjoy the boat ride on Lake Naivasha before embarking back to the lodge for an evening relaxation, dinner, and sleepover.
You will have an early breakfast by 7:00 am EAT and head to Mt Longonot for 2-3-hour nature hiking with the help of a specialized hiking guide. It is an extinct volcano mountain rising from the floor of the Great Rift Valley. Its unique feature is the thick forest that lies within the crater of the mountain providing great scenic views across the beautiful Rift Valley
all the way to Lake Naivasha. Major wildlife attractions include buffaloes, elands, common zebras, giraffes, and Grant’s gazelles. After the hike, you’ll get back for lunch and a short afternoon relaxation before proceeding with cycling, a nature walks, and a sightseeing adventure at Hell’s Gate National Park. You’ll head back to the lodge for dinner and a sleepover. Hell’s Gate is in the Great Rift Valley with beautiful scenery of the towering cliffs, water-gouged gorges, stark rock towers, scrub-clad volcanoes, and belching plumes of geothermal steam making it one of the most atmospheric parks in Africa.
You will have breakfast and check out by 8:00 AM EAT and embark on your journey to Maasai Mara with a short stopover in Narok town for a health break and later check-in for lunch at Pride Inn Mara. After lunch, you’ll have a rest and later have an evening game drive until 6:30 pm EAT when you’ll be checking back for dinner and layover. During the game drive, you’ll be on the lookout for the African Big Five, giraffes, zebras, gazelles, and different bird species among many other wild animals with the help of your assigned professional tour guide.
Masai Mara National Reserve locally known as the Mara. It is named in honor of the Maasai people, the ancestral inhabitants of the area. Mara locally meaning a plain land with small scattered bushes, is worldwide recognized as a home of the 7th wonder of the world.
You will have breakfast by 7:00 a.m. EAT and head to a full-day game drive. This grants you an opportunity to spot more wildlife animals and visit the border between Masai Mara National Reserve and Serengeti National Reserve. You will enjoy a picnic lunch in the bush, or experience more wildebeest migration during the migration period between the months of July to September. After the full-day game drive, you’ll head back to the lodge for relaxation, dinner, and an overnight stay.
After breakfast, you’ll be expected to check out of the lodge by 8:30 a.m. EAT, and pass by the Maasai Village for a cultural experience before driving back to Nairobi via Narok-Mai Mahi Mahiu -Nairobi road. Few stops will be made for health breaks and a chance for one to visit the gift shops to grab something for your loved ones back home or have some bites
Inclusions
inclusions
- Park fees (For non-residents)
- All activities (Daily game drives while on safari)
- All accommodation
- A professional driver/guide
- All transportation (4X4 SAFARI VAN / 4X4 SAFARI JEEP)
- All Taxes/VAT
- Roundtrip airport transfer
- All meals
- Drinking water while on safari (As much as you can drink)
Exclusions
- International flights (From/to home)
- Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour (Unless mentioned otherwise).
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