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Hells Gate National Park, Loita Hills, Masai Mara National


ITINERARY


Day 1 : Nairobi - Hell's Gate National Park

Your Kenya safari adventure begins with pickup from your hotel at 7 a.m. or upon arrival at the airport. En route through the Rift Valley viewpoint. Arrive at Hell's Gate for a day of guided walking and cycling tour in this picturesque park among herbivores, not carnivores. The park has spectacular scenery that includes towering cliffs, water-cut gorges, scrub-covered volcanoes, and plumes of geothermal steam. It is an activity park, a paradise for hikers and cyclists. Common animals include African buffalo, eland, zebra, Thomson's gazelle and baboons. The park is also home to Chandler's mountain reedbuck and klipspringer antelope. It also has prolific bird life then head to the lodge for late lunch. Accommodation at lodge or camp on full board basis.

Day 2 : Hell's Gate National Park - Loita Hills (Maji Moto)

Departure from Nairobi towards the Rift Valley where you will stop to take a few photos, near Suswa Ranges and Mount Longonot. You will descend on a winding road down the Rift Valley towards Narok town to refuel. This is the last stop in town on the Loita Hills route to store snacks and drinks before the jungle. You will arrive at the camp around 1 p.m. at the Maji Moto Maasai Cultural Camp, nestled in the northern foothills of Loita Hills. Maji Moto is a synonym for hot water in Kiswahili and it is a real source of pure steam which flows from the rocks, arrival at the Camp for lunch and rest then a short safari on foot with the Masai guides and you will then visit a Maasai village or farm to learn about women's work and children's lives. You will have time to sit in the shade and make the famous jewelry with colorful beads – necklaces, earrings, bracelets, you can buy valuable souvenirs made by the women of the village and then return to the camp for admire the sunset from a viewpoint on a hill, you can bathe in natural hot water. Around you are glassy volcanic flakes, used to make stone tools from before the Iron Age. The day ends with an evening meal and a chance to learn Maasa songs around the campfire. Then, an evening meal cooked over a wood fire under the stars and a campfire discussion about Maasai culture. you will then enter

Day 3 : Maji Moto full day

Our morning drive takes us from Swiss lakes to Swiss Army. At the once-secret Swiss army bunker at Fortress Fürigen, we'll see part After an early breakfast, you will walk for 4 to 5 hours with Maasai guides to the top of the Loita Hills. You will watch birds and learn about medicinal herbs and the history of the hills. This is a very isolated part of Maasai land, seen by very few visitors. You will be introduced to the sounds, sights and smells of the bush – every plant, bird or insect has a story to tell. These will be familiar to you on your future walks and you will feel a closeness to the land that no minibus tourist will ever understand. you may also see zebra, gazelle, giraffe, wildebeest, wildebeest, hartebeest, baboon, as well as many species of animals. You can hear the sounds or see the footprints of lions, hyenas or elephants and watch Maasai warriors dance at night in the desert. You will return to camp for lunch, followed by warrior training. You will see exhibits and attempt to throw spears and arrows yourself, fight by throwing natural sisal at other “warriors in training”, making red ocher to mark your skin with stones and natural leaves. You will also see the traditional marks of burning legs and hands. You can also have the chance to learn how to make fire by rubbing a stick and wood, taking cow blood so you can drink without killing, traditional dancing, slaughtering goats and practicing other traditional activities of the Maasai. Dinner and night at Maji Moto Eco Camp, full board

Day 4 : Maji Mito - Masai Mara National Reserve

Early breakfast before leaving for the Maasai Mara short walk in Loita land and then road to the Masai Mara National Reserve. Arrival, installation and lunch. Afternoon safari in Kenya's wildlife reserve. Dinner and night at the lodge or camp, full board. You will rest in the afternoon and then experience an evening safari

Day 5 : Masai Mara Full day

After breakfast at 6:30 am and departure for a full day in Kenya's famous and most popular reserve where you will have the best opportunity to spot the Big Five (lion, leopard, buffalo, rhino and elephant). You will travel along the savannah plains of Mara. If you feel like it, you can head towards the Mara River where you will be able to see hippos in the ponds and crocodiles sunbathing on the banks of the river. At 1:00 p.m., I will take you to a place for a picnic which will have been prepared by the camp leader. After a short rest. you will resume the safari. Return to camp at the end of the day. After a hot shower, a good dinner awaits you. Night Lodge or Camp. (Full board)

Day 6 : Masai Mara National Reserve - Lake Nakuru National Park

After breakfast, drive to Lake Nakuru National Reserve safari in the reserve to Lake Nakuru Lodge for installation and lunch and then afternoon safari then return to the lodge for dinner and overnight. Accommodation at the Lodge or Hotel on a full board basis.

Day 7 : Lake Nakuru National Park - Amboseli National Park

Departure in the morning after breakfast, drive towards Amboseli National Park. Arrived in Amboseli. Installation, lunch and rest then safaris in Amboseli Park until sunset. Dinner and night at the Lodge or Camp Amboseli National Park is one of the oldest reserves in Kenya, renowned for its location opposite Kilimanjaro (below) and its beautiful herds of elephants, but there are also lions, cheetahs, giraffes, Hippo etc… the landscapes are truly magnificent, its land in laterite, blue sky and green vegetation, so many colors and lots of wild animals!! The night will be lodge or Camp. Full board. The very famous Amboseli Park 400 km2 is one of the most beautiful parks in Kenya, with Kilimanjaro in the background (to see it, you have to get up early (or sometimes in the evening) because there are many clouds most often hide it all day long. You can observe many animals (zebras, wildebeest, giraffes, cheetahs, lions, etc.) Located 200 km south of Nairobi Vast plain dotted with acacias,

Day 8: Amboseli National Park - Tsavo West National Park

Departure after breakfast for Tsavo West safari to Tsavo West National Park with a visit to Mzima Spring pass; resurgence of crystalline rivers filtered in the volcanic rocks of Tsavo, forming a body of water inhabited by hippos and crocodiles, arrival at Ngulia safari Lodge for lunch and rest until 4 p.m. for an afternoon safari until 'at 6 then return for dinner and overnight at the Lodge. Accommodation: lodge on full board basis.

Day 9: Tsavo West National Park - Tsavo East National Park

Departure after breakfast for Tsavo East. The semi-arid plains of East Tsavo extend from the Taita Hills to the Yatta escarpment where the broad Galana River flows and where large numbers of hippos and crocodiles live. Herds of elephants as well as herds of buffalo are numerous on the vast plains of Tsavo-East. Tsavo East also has the particularity of hosting numerous groups of lions, cheetahs also like the plains of Tsavo East. safari in Tsavo East park then lunch and rest at the lodge until 4 p.m. then afternoon safari until 6 p.m. Tsavo East National Park is one of the oldest parks in Kenya. The two national parks Tsavo East and Tsavo West together form one of the largest nature reserves in Africa (21,000 km2). Tsavo as a whole has an area of ​​10 million hectares, within which there are savannah, mountain ranges and hills, acacia forests and an extensive hydrographic network. Accommodation: Voi Safari Lodge.

Day 10: Tsavo East National Park - Diani/Mombasa or Watamu

Morning after breakfast game drives in Tsavo East National Park in search of lions, cheetah, antelopes, elephants with many other animals and leave the park for the direction of Mombasa with lunch en route. Then continue the journey to your hotel in the coastal region arriving in the afternoon…end of safari


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