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Departure dates 2012:
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11 - 16 Aug (6 places available)
8 - 13
Sept (12 places available)
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R22
997.00 pp Sharing
R27 228.00 pp Single
R3
840.00 pp
Balloon safari (in Masai
Mara) |
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With
unlimited game drives in the National Parks! |
Includes:
- Flight from JNB to
Nairobi airport
- Airport taxes
- Return airport
transfers
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1 Night in Nairobi (on arrival)
- 1
Night at Lake Nakuru
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3 Nights in the Masai
Mara - Breakfast, lunch &
dinner
- Custom-built safari vehicles
- Game drives as
per itinerary
- All park entrance fees |
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EXCLUDED in
prices above:
Entry visa to Kenya (SA passport DO NOT require
visas) / Yellow fever inoculation (COMPULSARY) / Travel Insurance (Highly
recommended) / Meals and drinks not specified / Gratuities to driver/guide
and hotel staff / All expenses of personal nature.
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Safari itinerary
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Day 1
Johannesburg / Nairobi airport /
Nairobi |
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Meet and greet by a representative of eXplore Plus Travel &
Tours at OR Tambo airport at the Kenya Airways check-in counter two hours
before the scheduled departure time. The fee includes return economy
airfare with Kenya Airways from Johannesburg to Nairobi
Airport (depart: 10h55 – Arrive: 16h20).
At
Nairobi Airport the friendly safari team will wait to take you to the
Sarova Panafric Hotel including breakfast and dinner.
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Day 2
Nairobi / Lake
Nakuru |
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After breakfast, you will receive a briefing before departing on
your African Adventure. You will drive through the Rift Valley to
Lake Nakuru National Park, arriving in time for lunch at the lodge,
followed by an afternoon game drive in the park. Lake Nakuru is
a shallow alkaline lake in the Rift Valley, renowned for its spectacular
flamingo population and one of the world's greatest ornithological
spectacles. Although Lake Nakuru is primarily a bird sanctuary, animals
such as zebras, gazelles, Rothschild giraffe, impala, rhino (sanctuary)
lion and leopards are found at the lake.
Overnight at
Sarova Lion Hill Lodge with a picnic lunch, dinner and
breakfast.
Lake Nakuru National Park
Lake Nakuru
is a very shallow strongly alkaline lake. It is set in a picturesque
landscape of surrounding woodland and grassland next to Nakuru town. The
landscape includes areas of marsh and grasslands alternating with rocky
cliffs and outcrops, stretches of acacia woodland and rocky hillsides
covered with a Euphorbia forest on the eastern perimeter. The lake
catchment is bounded by Menengai crater to the north, the Bahati hills to
the north east, the Lion Hill ranges to the east, Eburu crater to the south
and the Mau escarpment to the west. Three major rivers, the Njoro, Makalia
and Enderit drain into the lake and the outflow from several springs along
the shore.
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Day 3
Lake Nakuru / Masai
Mara |
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Drive through the Rift Valley to the Masai Mara National Reserve,
arriving in time for lunch at the lodge, followed by an
afternoon game drive in the park. The annual highlight is the
Great Wildebeest Migration; creating one of the world’s supreme
natural spectacles. The wildebeest entrance into the Mara makes a
breathtaking spectacle, as they cross the crocodile infested waters of the
Mara River. Also within the reserve is a Masai village that holds
demonstrations of traditional dances and music as a source of tourist
income for the local communities of the Masai Mara National Reserve.
Overnight at Sarova Mara Game Camp with
breakfast, lunch and dinner included.
Masai Mara Game Reserve
The Masai Mara is one of the best known and most
popular reserves in the whole of Africa. Bordering the Serengeti National
Park, Masai Mara offers a wide variety of wildlife—and your best
opportunity to see lions (some with gorgeous, long black manes) and
cheetah. In one day alone, you can saw lions, hippos, crocodiles, antelope,
giraffes, wildebeests, warthogs, baboons, hyenas, jackals, zebras, Cape
buffalo and dozens of birds, including ostriches, cranes, secretary birds
and storks. Every year, millions of wildebeests and zebras migrate into the
Mara in search of water. The timing of this phenomenon varies, depending on
the rains. Whether you see the migration or not, wildlife watching is good
year-round, and the Mara will leave you with a good impression of Kenya.
The landscape of rolling plains is crossed by rivers and dotted with lone
acacia trees.
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Day 4
Masai
Mara |
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Enjoy your full day in Masai Mara National Reserve with morning
and afternoon game drives (or a full day game drive) with a choice of
lunch at the lodge OR a picnic lunch box. With luck you
will see some of the "Big Five" and most certainly you will be
impressed by the wide variety of species present in this area. The Masai
Mara has the highest concentration of land mammals compared to all other
parks in Kenya! Overnight at Sarova Mara Game Camp
with breakfast, lunch and dinner included.
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Day 5
Masai
Mara |
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Enjoy another full day in Masai Mara National Reserve with
morning and afternoon game drives (or a full day game drive) with a
choice of lunch at the lodge OR a picnic lunch box.
Once a year, it is striped black by millions of wildebeest and zebra
migrating grazing in the Masai Mara. Overnight at
Sarova Mara Game Camp with breakfast, lunch and dinner
included.
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Day 6
Masai Mara / Nairobi /
Johannesburg |
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Enjoy and early morning game drive before your
return to the lodge for breakfast. Drive back to Nairobi with an en-route
stops curio shops. Arriving in Nairobi we will drive to the Karen
Blixen Coffee Garden for a sit-down lunch before your transfer to
Nairobi airport for your flight home. Your flight home departs at
20h40 (Kenya time) arriving 23h50 (South African
time).
Please contact us for full details!
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Exchange
rate used (bank selling rate): US$1 = R8.30. Price quoted is per person
sharing / single room. Prices are subject to change, airfare increase,
currency fluctuations and availability by time of booking. Taxes are based
on the current exchange rate and are subject to change. Peak season
surcharges, block out periods and minimum stay conditions may apply. Valid
for dates as specified. Explore Plus Travel & Tours Standard Terms and
Conditions apply.
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