Day 1: - Kembu Camp, KENYA.
We leave Nairobi and descend into the Great Rift Valley , pausing at lookouts with amazing views en route. Lake Nakuru National Park is only 60 kilometres across the Rift Valley floor. It has the largest herd of black rhino in East Africa , over a million pink flamingos (who are part time residents) and more than 400 other bird species.
We leave Nairobi and descend into the Great Rift Valley, pausing at lookouts with amazing views en route. We then depart for Nakuru town and the old working farm of Kembu Camp. We spend the afternoon here.
The camp has good facilities and a bar. We stay here for two nights.
Stage highlights:
Kenya, Nairobi, Great Rift Valley, and Lake Nakuru
Stage duration:1 day
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Day 2 LAKE NAKURU
Today we spend at Lake Nakuru exploring its many varied features.
'Nakuru' means 'place of the waterbuck' in Swahili and these antelope abound in the park as well as impala, buffalo and warthog. The lions here unusually often sit in the lower branches of trees.
You can see rhinos on your walk.
We leave Lake Nakuru after a morning game drive and visiting Nakuru town, we spend the night at Kembu Camp.
Lake Nakuru National Park is only 60 kilometres across the valley floor. It has the largest herd of black rhino in East Africa, around a million pink flamingos (who are part time residents) and more than 400 other bird species. 'Nakuru' means 'place of the waterbuck' in Swahili and these antelope abound in the park as well as impala, buffalo and warthog. The lions here sit in the lower branches of trees.
We leave Lake Nakuru after a morning game drive and visiting Nakuru town, then return to Kembu Camp
Stage highlights:
Lake Nakuru. Lions in trees and leopards if we are lucky.
Stage duration:1 day
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Day 3: LAKE NAIVASHA
We set up our tents under the trees of Fishermen's Camp, on the shores of Lake Naivasha . Lake Naivasha is well known for its hippo population that comes ashore every night to graze. The camp is protected by a deep trench, which stops the hippos coming too close.
The camp has a good bar restaurant overlooking the lake and good facilities.
Nearby is Hell's Gate National Park where you can hire bikes to take you around the park and see the herds of zebra, buffalo, hartebeest and gazelle. There is some spectacular scenery here, red cliffs, grassy plains and rock towers made of hardened lava, the remains of ancient volcanoes. It's a hard ride but well worth it. Or you can spend the day on the lakeshore, spotting the rich variety of African birds. There are more species of birds on this one lake that there are in the whole of the UK.
Also on the lake is Elsamere, once the home of Joy Adamson and Elsa the lion of 'Born Free' fame. Elsamere is now the centre of the Born Free Foundation and you can find out more about their work, see the rare Colobus monkeys and take afternoon tea in the gardens. 
Stage highlights:
Lake Naivasha, Hell's Gate National Park, amazing birding, Elsamere - home of Elsa the lion of ‘Born Free’ fame and the Born Free Foundation and see the rare Colobus monkeys.
Stage duration:1 day
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Day 4: LAKE NAIVASHA
In the morning you can visit Crescent Island – the film location of ‘Out of Africa', where you can wander with a guide amongst African wildlife in predator-free surroundings. We then depart for Nakuru town and the old working farm of Kembu Camp.
The camp has good facilities and a bar. We stay here for two nights.
Stage highlights:
Lake Nakuru, game drives and a relaxing afternoon.
Stage duration:1 day
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Day 5: MASAI MARA
We climb out of the Rift Valley and over the Mau escarpment passing through the Masai capital of Narok. We enter Masai Mara Game Reserve from the East. We spend the afternoon game driving in the Masai Mara. The evening is spent in a tented camp on the edge of the reserve. The Mara must be one of Africa 's most famous Parks, and justifiably so. Here herds of elephants browse among rich, tree-studded grasslands. Thomson's gazelles, zebra, eland and many more species of savannah game offer a rich choice for the predatory lions, leopards and cheetahs that hunt in the reserve and the surrounding areas.
The camp is a simple site on the edge of the park, among the animals. We stay here for two nights.
DAY 6
Game driving at its best, in the vast grassland plains, the untouched habitat of the Masai Mara.
Stage highlights:
Masai Mara Game Reserve
Stage duration:1 day
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Cost includes:-
Transport in expedition truck, cooking and camping equipment, services of a driver/leader and local cook, two meals a day, gamepark entrance,
Cost Excludes:-
Visas, flights, insurance, personal spending money, restaurant meals
Departure dates:-
03/12/2005, 31/12/2005, 28/01/2006, 25/02/2006, 25/03/2006, 22/04/2006, 20/05/2006, 17/06/2006, 15/07/2006, 12/08/2006, 09/09/2006, 07/10/2006, 04/11/2006, 02/12/2006, 30/12/2006
Baggage Limits:-
Backpack and daypack
Age Limits:-
Minimum Age:- 17 Maximum Age:- 60
Passenger Limit:-
24
What to bring along:-
Clothes, sleeping bag, mosquito net (optional)
Price:-
The cost of the Essential Game Parks of Kenya and Tanzania 9 Days is GBP 250.00
Local Payment:-
GBP 170.00
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