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Overview

Luxury discovery travel in Kenya

This luxury safari offers an exciting overview of the wonders Kenya has to offer, in particular its very rich wildlife. It is a superb discovery to the splendours of Kenya, presenting some of the most important national parks along the classic safari circuit.
We have selected exclusive luxury lodges and camps, nestled in the best locations of each of the national parks, allowing participants to experience this authentic stay in the Wild, in the most adventurous and luxurious way.
Mara Intrepids Club sits above a sweeping bend in the Talek River, at the confluence of the Masai Mara's four game-viewing areas. The Mara Intrepid Club enjoys one of the most spectacular locations in the world's best-known wilderness.

Don't hesitate to contact our Kenya expert at Uniktour to get more information about this luxury discovery trip!

Itinerary

Day 1| International flight

Day 2| Nairobi
Arrive Nairobi - Jomo Kenyatta international Airport
You will be met by one of our safari English speaking driver guides in the international arrival lounge. Transfer to Norfolk Hotel, assistance with check-in formalities.
Dinner not included.
Overnight at Norfolk Hotel - Bed and breakfast.
The Fairmont Norfolk Hotel has played a leading role in Kenya's colorful history, and continues to be Nairobi's finest and best-known luxury hotel. The town and later the modern city of Nairobi was built around the Fairmont Norfolk, which to this day still has its own private tropical gardens. The hotel is the traditional starting point for safaris and the Lord Delamere Terrace is Nairobi's most famous and modern meeting place. Drinks and light meals are served continuously from morning until midnight.

Day 3| Massai Mara
Immediately after an early breakfast at the hotel, we depart and drive across the floor of the Great Rift Valley and the Loita Plains into the Maasai Mara Game reserve. We arrive just in time for check in and a fabulous lunch at Mara Intrepid Camp. After lunch, we will begin our first afternoon game drive in Kenya’s most acclaimed and finest game reserve.
Dinner and overnight at Mara Intrepid Camp - Full board.

Days 4-5| Massai Mara
We will spend the next two full days enjoying game viewing in this world famous game reserve. All three meals are included. Overnight at Mara Intrepid Camp - Full board.

You will also be given the opportunity to participate in some optional activities available in this area, including:

- Visit a Massai Village for a cultural experience; approximately $35 USD per person.
- Experience an unforgettable hot air balloon safari above the Massai Mara; approximately $499 USD per person.

Day 6| Nakuru National Park
This morning, after an early breakfast, depart and drive through the Loita Plains and across the floor of the Great Rift Valley to Nakuru National Park arriving in time for check in and lunch at your lodge. This afternoon, embark on a game viewing/bird watching drive around the shores of the lake.
Dinner and overnight at Sarova Lions Hill 4* - Full board

Day 7| Amboseli
Enjoy another early breakfast and check-out, board your safari vehicle and enjoy a short game viewing drive en-route to Nairobi arriving at the reputed Carnivore restaurant for lunch. After lunch, continue on your journey to Amboseli National Park for a late afternoon game viewing drive.
Dinner and Overnight at Tortilis Camp 5* - Full board.

Day 8| Amboseli
Enjoy a full day in beautiful Amboseli National Park as you embark on an early morning and afternoon game viewing drives. All three meals are included.
Overnight at Tortilis Camp - Full board

Day 9| International flight
***Please note, Luxury Kenya Discovery is combinable with a private luxury discovery to breathtaking and neighboring Tanzania.

Budget

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Overview

Located near the equator, Kenya is a country that offers savannah's teeming with game, cultures that are ancient and unchanged by the modern world, forests, snow-capped peaks, deserts, beaches, and even coral reefs. Here, there is an endless opportunity for adventure and breathtaking moments of discovery.

Discover the Masai Mara and it's indigenous people, steeped in their rich traditions and celebrations. Explore Amboseli, the land of the giants and vast stretches of savannah plains, and the Great Rift Valley or beautiful Mount Kenya. Delve into her national parks, great reserves, and wildlife refuges, a must see for any safari enthusiast.

Vistors can immerse themselves in the endless scenery of major eco-systems and a massive variety of wild game.

Geography

No other country on earth can offer the visitor as much to see and do.
Within the borders of a single country, you will find savannahs rich with big game, timeless cultures unchanged by the modern world, pristine beaches and coral reef, equatorial forests and mighty snow-capped mountains, searing deserts and cool highland retreats and endless opportunities for adventure, discovery, relaxation; more than you would ever expect.

Location and topography
Kenya lies astride the equator on the eastern coast of Africa. It is a medium-sized country by continental standards, covering an area of about 586,600km sq. Inland water bodies cover some 10,700km sq, the bulk of this in Lakes Victoria and Turkana. Kenya has tremendous topographical diversity, including glaciated mountains with snow-capped peaks, the Rift Valley with its scarps and volcanoes, ancient granitic hills, flat desert landscapes and coral reefs and islets.

Culture

Kenya has a culture born of countless sources.
This region has been crossed by the paths of a long and complex history. From the prehistoric records of early man to the present day, Kenya has been a land of unending change, contrasts and diversity.
The early tribal states saw cycles of migration and shifting power, with Kenya as a meeting place for peoples from the plainlands of the south, the forests of the West and the deserts of the North.

The sea brought influences from the outside world, and the passage of the spice trade created the unique coastal culture, where lines between Africa and Arabia blurred. The open coast brought European influences into this world of change and began a turbulent struggle for control whose exotic history lingers today.

The first explorers discovered a land of great peril and greater beauty, and their great adventures created the most unique colony in the British Empire. This was a meeting place of cultures, where adventurers and soldiers of fortune mingled with a complex tribal society, and the arrival of labourers and merchants from India brought new and pervasive influences.

The colonial legacy lives on in the traditions of the great safari, and the pursuit of adventure and freedom.

Kenya has drawn on all of these influences to develop its own unique culture. This is the nations greatest strength- the ability to blend the best of many worlds into a strong, singular identity.

Today, Kenya welcomes the world to its shores and continues to evolve a modern culture that is born of endless variety, and yet purely, proudly Kenyan.

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Climate

Generally the climate is warm and humid at the coast, cool and humid in the central highlands, and hot and dry in the north and east.
Across most of the country, rainfall is strongly seasonal, although its pattern, timing and extent vary greatly from place to place and from year to year. Rainfall peaks in most areas are in November and April.