Discover some of Kenya’s incredible game during this 10 day itinerary, which takes you to the famed Meru National Park, Masai Mara Reserve and the off the beaten tracks Matthew’s Ranges. Your accommodations all provide the utmost comfort with spectacular views of the surrounding areas, and exotic animals as your constant companions.
Nairobi, » Meru National Park, » Mathews Ranges, » Maasai Mara Game Reserve, » Departure
On arrival into Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, you will be transferred to Wilson Airport for your flight to Meru, from where you will be transferred to Elsa’s Kopje.
Meals and Accommodation: Elsa Kopje
View rhino in their natural habitat from the comfort of your cottage, each uniquely designed and with spectacular views. Elsa’s Kopje also boasts an open bar, lounge and dining room with an infinity pool overlooking the Meru plains. Other major attractions include Mount Kenya, Tana River, Adamsons’s falls and rivers and riverine habitats.
Meals and Accommodation: Elsa Kopje
Meru National Park is noted for its fauna and natural beauty. It has many swamps and rivers lined with palms, as well as mountains and woodlands, and it is the setting for Joy Adamson’s book “Born Free”, which was later made into a successful film. The park is home to a large pride of lions, herds of buffalo, and hippos and crocodiles that live in the rivers.At Meru, you will find excellent views of snow-capped Mount Kenya and the park’s beautiful landscape is a camper’s paradise. The roads are suitable for vehicles and there are many rocky outcrops that provide great lookout points for the abundant Kenyan animals.
Game viewing is excellent and includes four of the “Big Five” -elephants, lions, leopards and buffalo – as well as cheetahs, antelope, hippos and crocodiles. The roads are well graded and Meru National Park is quieter than some of the other parks.
Meals and Accommodation: Elsa Kopje
Depart from Elsa’s Kopje in the morning to Mathew’s Range. Whilst there, you will stay at Sarara Camp, located within the Namunyak Wildlife Conservation Trust, the home of the Samburu people.
The wilderness country here is very much unspoilt with limited network of tracks, to enhance the experience. The emphasis is therefore on walking safaris, which you can discover with excellent local Samburu guides.
Meals and Accommodation: Sarara Camp
In the northern frontier of Kenya lies the Namunyak Wildlife Conservancy, an area of 850,000 acres of pristine wilderness in the Mathews Range. The savannah plains and lush mountain slopes are home to elephant, leopard, reticulated giraffe, wild dog and kudu in ever increasing numbers. This remote and dramatic landscape is also home to the local Samburu people whose age-old traditions, including the famed ‘singing wells’ are as much a part of the fabric of this land as the wildlife.
From its hillside view, overlooking the Mathews Range, there is not another camp, another foreigner, for nearly 1m acres. There is only the Samburu, in the distance with their cattle, and the wild animals that come to the camp water hole to drink: elephant, buffalo, warthog, impala, baboon and, at night, hyena, and leopard in search of their favourite food here: the little dik-dik antelope.
In 1993, Ian Craig of the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy persuaded the neighbouring Il Ngwesi community to become the first community conservation initiative in the north of Kenya. By 1995 the Namunyak Wildlife Conservation Trust, an area of 185,000 acres of pristine wilderness was born and has now grown to 850,000 acres. Today there are twenty six similar community projects encompassing over 3.5 million acres up and running under the umbrella of The Northern Rangelands Trust. The Namunyak Wildlife Conservation Trust, under the umbrella of the Norther Rangeland Trust and in partnership with Sarara camp has become widely recognised as one of the most successful community and wildlife conservation initiatives in Africa.
On the edge of an escarpment in the heart of the conservancy sits Sarara. The secluded camp consists of only 6 luxurious double tents spread out along the hillside with open air bathrooms to make the most of the exceptional vistas and fully benefit from the hot climate. The team of resident chefs lovingly create delicious, home-cooked meals which can be enjoyed in the bush or in the comfort of the camp’s surroundings.
I can’t imagine a more gracious setting for our three days here. Sarara is the perfect combination of rugged terrain and adventure coupled with elegance and relaxation.
Sarara has six luxury tents, each positioned to maximise the stunning views of the Mathews Range of mountains and the animal watering hole. Preserving the romance of the tented camp, these tents are spacious and high ceilinged, with plenty of cupboard space, electric lighting and 24 hour hot and cold running water. There is an outdoor bathroom offering a superb view of the hills from the shower. But there is also an indoor toilet and sink at the back of the tent for midnight visits. Each tent has its own private terrace with table and chairs and morning coffee and tea are brought to you so that you can wake up gazing out over the mountains.
After an early breakfast, head to the airstrip to catch your flight to Masai Mara. Your accommodation for the next 3 days is Richard’s Camp, a traditional tented camp of true African safari style with a few modern surprises, overlooking the vast Mara plains.
Masai Mara is one of African’s greatest wildlife reserves, in the northern section of the Serengeti National Park. Whilst roaming around, you are sure to stumble upon lions, leopards, cheetah and witness the great wildebeest migration.
Meals and Accommodation: Richard's Camp
Spend your day exploring the magnificent Masai Mara and we would leave after breakfast for a full day game drive in the Mara a fabulous place to spot the big cats and all of the big five, a variety of plains game and over 300 birds’ species. It’s also the migration time with good chances of seeing the crossing at the Mara River. Your chef will prepare a delicious hot lunch cooked out in the wild served by your personal butler. Return in the late afternoon after an exciting day to a hot safari shower and roaring fire and a gourmet dinner.
Meals and Accommodation: Richard's Camp
Enjoy the splendors of what the Mara has to offer and our guests enjoy an intimate and relaxed stay and the pace of your safari may be as active or as leisurely as you wish. A wide range of activities are offered including walks with the resident naturalist, visits to the nearby Masai village (entrance extra), a visit to the local school, sundowners, bush meals weather permitting and game drives in the Conservancy. Guests may also relax by the pool or spend some rejuvenating moments at the spa (optional extra). Meal plan is all inclusive.
Meals and Accommodation: Richard's Camp
After brerakfast, you will be transferred to your airstrip for yourflight to Nairobi, Lunch and thereafter transferred to JKIA to catch your international flight .
Nairobi, » Meru National Park, » Mathews Ranges, » Maasai Mara Game Reserve, » Departure
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