Departure from Home Country Tour

10 Days Across Border

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Board your overnight flight to Nairobi today.

Upon arrival in Nairobi, claim your bags and proceed towards arrival hall. Our Representative will meet you and assist you with your transfer to hotel.(Standard check-in time is 3:00 pm). Situated in along the Nairobi River in beautiful Kenya, the capital of Nairobi is East Africa’s most cosmopolitan city.It serves as an excellent starting point for African safari trips around Kenya.Nairobi is Africa’s 4th largest city and is a vibrant and exciting place, and although it has developed a reputation which keeps tourist visits brief, there are some fascinating attractions.

Today get involved in helping disadvantaged communities is both an opportunity to engage with local people and a rewarding way for socially responsible travelers to ‘give something back’. While there are many wealthy areas in Nairobi, other districts are home to low-income and disadvantaged families and children, and the grinding poverty they endure is very challenging and bad for their health. One Horizon initiates sustainable development programs in needy communities, and today you will help to prepare and serve a hearty and nutritious Kenyan lunch at a children’s feeding centre or ‘soup kitchen.’. You will have a fun and energetic day filled and you will pitch in with the chores like peeling and chopping fresh fruit and vegetables and cooking lunch of beans and ugali (a maize flour dish eaten across East Africa). You’ll share the lunch with the kids and have the opportunity to talk to them about their schooling and lifestyles, and you’ll discover that they are just interested about you as you are about them. This is a uniquely personal hands-on experience in a grassroots community that travelers would never typically interact with on a Kenyan holiday Meals: Breakfast and Lunch.

This morning we depart Nairobi and proceed north, driving through lush tea and coffee estates to The Ark forest Lodge. Nestled in the foothills between Abraders and Mount Kenya National Park, the lodge is famous for high porches and balconies, overlooking a salt lick and waterhole. Aberdares National Park is home to the second largest population of black rhinos, which are an endangered species. Other animals that may be observed in the park include African lions, leopards, baboons, and black and white Colobus monkeys and Sykes monkeys. There are also over 250 species of birds, including hawks,goshawks, eagles, sunbirds and plovers.Dinner and Overnight at ABERDARES Meals: Breakfast, Lunch,Dinner.

Depart by road for Lake Naivasha. Our accommodations are located right by Lake Naivasha, a fresh water lake. 1000 Hours: We visit Elsamere—the former home of the late Joy Adamson who, together with her husband George,became world famous for their pioneering conservation work and relationship with the Lioness Elsa, as told in her best-selling book and subsequent film:Born Free. 1230 Hours: Lunch at our lodge/ camp. 1400 Hours:We take a boat ride to Crescent Island. Many different types of animals are found in the Island as we take a walk with the expert resident naturalist. Giraffes,waterbucks, wildebeest, Gazelles, Impala, Dik diks can be seen during the walk. 1800 Hours: We retire back at our cozy accommodations in Naivasha Dinner and Overnight at NAIVASHA Meals: Breakfast, Lunch,Dinner
Into this remarkable and ancient culture. Take a walk to the community village which was founded for widows who had lost their cows due to drought, and can never remarry. The village offers support, safety and economic growth through the ‘Tepesia Widows Income Project’. Here the women are engage din making handicrafts and sewing eco-friendly handbags, washable sanitary pads, and backpacks to sell to visiting travelers and locals. Learn about village life and be shown around a traditional Maasai home, and their cattle enclosures the jewel among Kenya’s game reserves. After this cultural experience, we will continue to the enormous reserve which is actually part of the vast Serengeti Plains And is well-known for its spectacular wildebeest migration. It is the true home of the BIG FIVE: Lion, Elephant, Leopard, Rhino and Cape Buffalo. Its name derives from the Maasai people, the ancestral inhabitants of the area,who still call the wide plains of Kenya and northern Tanzania home. As we travel through Maasai land, we occasionally come across a solitary Maasai Moran (=Warrior) standing on one foot while herding hundreds of cows, goats and sheep. His only defense against the dangerous wildlife surrounding him to all sides is a single stick or spear!Upon arrival in the Maasai Mara, we comfortably take lunch at our camp before exploring the huge reserve on a late afternoon game drive. In the evening, we relax around the campfire and enjoy an excellent dinner.Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.

After breakfast, we drive towards the famous Masai Mara Game Reserve,arguably one of the finest game reserves in Africa. On the way you’ll stop atTepesua Village, which is known for championing Maasai women’s health and education. You’ll be welcomed by Maasai Warriors by way of traditional song and dance.Meet your Maasai hosts and enjoy a fascinating talk, full of insights

2. Into this remarkable and ancient culture. Take a walk to the community village which was founded for widows who had lost their cows due to drought, and can never remarry. The village offers support, safety and economic growth through the ‘Tepesia Widows Income Project’. Here the women are engage din making handicrafts and sewing eco-friendly handbags, washable sanitary pads, and backpacks to sell to visiting travelers and locals. Learn about village life and be shown around a traditional Maasai home, and their cattle enclosures the jewel among Kenya’s game reserves. After this cultural experience, we will continue to the enormous reserve which is actually part of the vast Serengeti Plains And is well-known for its spectacular wildebeest migration. It is the true home of the BIG FIVE: Lion, Elephant, Leopard, Rhino and Cape Buffalo. Its name derives from the Maasai people, the ancestral inhabitants of the area,who still call the wide plains of Kenya and northern Tanzania home. As we travel through Maasai land, we occasionally come across a solitary Maasai Moran (=Warrior) standing on one foot while herding hundreds of cows, goats and sheep. His only defense against the dangerous wildlife surrounding him to all sides is a single stick or spear!Upon arrival in the Maasai Mara, we comfortably take lunch at our camp before exploring the huge reserve on a late afternoon game drive. In the evening, we relax around the campfire and enjoy an excellent dinner.Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

3. Return to earth with a champagne breakfast, cooked wherever you land. Your hour hot air balloon safari ends with a transfer back to your accommodation satin an open Jeep for easier game viewing.Alternatively, sleep in a bit before going on another full day game drive and have some amazing wildlife encounters. Enjoy breakfast at the lodge. This day of Safari adventure is exclusively spent in the Maasai Mara. We look out for the park’s Big Cats, the Big Five and the abundance of wildlife and natural wonders found in Kenya’s most famous game reserve. Remember to keep a sharp lookout; you may witness a dramatic hunt, a solitary Leopard retrieving its kill from the high branches of an acacia tree, or a herd of Elephants protecting their young from predators. The heartland of the Masai, presents a landscape where Africa is laid bare in all its majesty. Here the endless struggle for survival is played out across the vast open plains and riverine forests of this captivating land. Each year the Mara explodes into life, as the annual migration of great herds of wildebeest journey from the Serengeti to fresh pastures in the north. Between July and October the Mara River becomes the setting for the crossing of some 1.3 million animals, bringing with them the inevitable predators and the inevitable dramas.Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.

10 Days Across Border

Durations10Days

Tour TypeMaasai Mara

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Day 1: Departure from Home Country

Day 2: Nairobi Arrival

Day 3: Nairobi

Day 4: Nairobi - Aberdares

Day 5: Aberdares - Naivasha

Day 6:Naivasha – Tepesua Village - Masai Mara

Day 7: Maasai Mara Game Reserve

Day 8: Maasai Mara - Eastern Serengeti

Day 9: Serengeti National P

Day 10: Serengeti National Park – Ngorongoro Crater

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