Africa(EB.232)

Welcome officially to Kenya!

EB.232: (MASAI MARA IS CALLING –ZEBRA PLAINS MARA CAMP)

Day 1: Arrival - Nairobi

You will be met upon arrival at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport by our representative once you finalize with immigration. Please look for the paging board that he will be holding. 
Thereafter, you will be transferred to your city Hotel for check in.

Kenya’s capital city has risen in a single century from a brackish uninhabited swampland to a thriving modern capital. Modern Nairobi is still the safari capital of the Africa, but the modern world has quickly caught up with the city. A frontier town no more, Nairobi is one of Africa’s largest, and most interesting cities. Nairobi is a city that never seems to sleep. The entire town has a boundless energy, and is thriving place where all of human life can be found. This is a place of great contrasts where race, tribe and origin all become facets of a unique Nairobi character. The city has not lost its sense of the past, with an excellent museum and the historical home of Karen Blixen, author of Out of Africa open to visitors. This is not a modern capital separated from the great wilderness that surrounds it. Just outside the city is Nairobi National Park, 113 sq. km of plains, cliffs and forest. The park is home to large herds of zebra, Wildebeest, Buffalo, Giraffe and more. Rhino, Cheetah, and a large number of Lions are all found here, living wild within 20 minutes of the Centre of town.

Rest of the day is spent at leisure with overnight at the town hotel in Nairobi. 
Dinner will be payable direct.
Ibis Styles Hotel                                        Meal Plan: Nil

Day 2: Masai Mara Game Reserve

Breakfast will be served at your town hotel. 
Today, you will proceed for Masai Mara Game Reserve arriving at your camp in time for lunch. You will have some time at leisure at the camp enjoying the camps activities. 

This afternoon you will visit the traditional Maasai Manyatta for cultural experience.

(No game drive is scheduled for this day as it’s not worth it to pay so much for park fee for just few hours, we will do a full day game drive tomorrow, however if you would still want to go for this short game drive on this day we will invoice 
$ 100 per person from Jan -June extra
$200 per person from July -October extra, not Masai Mara Park fee was amended to 12 hrs per day from previous 24hrs)

Return later in the evening to the camp for dinner and overnight.

Zebra Mara Camp                                     Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Day 3: Masai Mara Game Reserve

This day will be spent game viewing in Kenya's finest wildlife park, the Masai Mara National Reserve in search of Africa's Big Five and the plethora of other wildlife inhabiting this vast Kenyan game reserve. 

On clear days, the Masai Mara offers fantastic orange tinged sunset’s well-worth capturing on camera. The Masai Mara Game Reserve has incredible wide-open landscapes and fertile riverine woodland following the looping meanders of the Mara and Talek rivers in Kenya. One glimpse is enough to explain its appeal; it is classical open savannah, with a mass of amazing wildlife. Wherever you go in the vast Masai Mara you will see an abundance of wildlife such as Masai giraffe, baboons, warthogs, bat eared foxes, grey jackals, spotted hyena, topis, impala, hartebeests, wildebeest. Elephants, buffaloes, zebras and hippos are also found in great numbers. It is also common to see lions either basking after a heavy meal or surveying the wild plains for their next meal. Cheetahs and leopards are harder to spot but reasonably common. The ultimate action here is, without doubt, the annual wildebeest exodus, the Great Migration, in July and August when millions of these grass eaters move north from the Serengeti in search of lusher grass before turning south again in October. 

Hot-air balloon trips are an entirely outstanding way of seeing the savannah plains teeming with wildlife. These Masai Mara balloon trips can be arranged at extra cost.
Zebra Mara Camp                                     Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Day 4: Masai Mara – Nairobi

This morning, enjoy a leisurely breakfast then check-out at the agreed time with your guide. You will then proceed to Nairobi. Your guide will recommend a good hotel where you can have lunch (payable direct). 
We begin our visit to Giraffe Centre which offers the unique experience of hand-feeding these gentle giants at eye level from a raised platform, while watching the warthogs below snuffle around looking for titbits. 
Drop off at your town hotel at 1700hrs latest. You will say goodbye to your safari guide as he will not be the one doing the transfer in Nairobi.
Dinner on this day will be served at the hotel but payable directly by the clients.

Overnight at Ibis Styles Hotel                            Meal Plan: Breakfast

Day 5: Nairobi

Breakfast will be served at your Town hotel. We will transfer you to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport this morning. 

Alternatively,

You will check out by 1200hrs (latest check out time) and stay at the Hotel’s lobby awaiting lunch. Lunch will be served (payable directly) at the agreed time based on your departure flight, you will be met by our representative and you will be transferred to Jomo Kenyatta international Airport for your outbound flight.

Meal Plan: Breakfast

“We look forward to welcoming you again in Kenya!

Included in the Safari:

•      Arrival/departure transfers as detailed in the itinerary in KENYA 
•      Bed and breakfast accommodation at Ibis Styles Hotel 
•      Full board accommodation at Zebra Camp Masai Mara 
•      Services of English speaking driver guide/s
•      Unlimited supply of drinking water in our safari vehicle only
•      game viewing drives
•      Park entrance fees -01 day 
•      Complimentary Maasai village visit for cultural experience
•      Use of safari equipped safari minivan for safari on exclusive use and our voxy /Noah for transfers in Nairobi. Upgrade to a safari landcruiser is possible but at an additional supplement.

Excluded in the safari:

•      International airfares and related taxes
•      Visa entry to Kenya. To be applied online
•      Meals not mentioned above 
•      Items of a personal nature such as drinks and laundry, telecommunications bills etc. not mentioned in the inclusions
•      Balloon ride 
•      Travel, baggage and medical insurance which is highly recommended
•      Tips and gratuities to hotel/camp staff, driver guides, etc.
•      Optional excursions/ activities available on safari  
•      Any deviation from the main program
•      Tip for your safari guide, we recommend between $10 -$15 per person per day payable to him directly
•      Any fluctuation on park entrance fees will affect the rates 
•      Any review on government taxation on us we will have to amend pricing on the programs 
•      Any other item(s) not specifically mentioned under inclusions above

Accommodation details

Ibis Styles Nairobi

Ibis Styles Nairobi Westlands is in a business location in Nairobi. This recently built 280-room hotel is near the city's central business district and local business parks. Free buffet breakfast, free WiFi in public areas, and free self-parking are also provided. Additionally, a fitness center, a coffee shop/café, and a snack bar/deli are onsite. All 280 individually decorated rooms feature free WiFi and pillow top beds. For a bit of entertainment, guests will find flat-screen TVs with satellite channels, and other amenities include room service and premium bedding. Bathrooms include showers, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers. This Nairobi hotel provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Housekeeping is provided daily.

Zebra Plains Mara Camp

Our luxury tented rooms are furnished with all the amenities that you will require for a comfortable stay whilst visiting the Maasai Mara. The rooms can be converted into doubles, singles or triples depending on the bookings. Our family tent is spacious, and it can accommodate a group of between 4 and 6 guests. All our tents have both cold and hot running water for showers. The tents are furnished with a wash basin, toilet, luggage rack, reading table, mosquito nets and comfy safari chairs to experience the amazing views from the verandah. The camp has two comfy lounges with the main lounge having an adjoined bar. Here you may share the day's stories with your hosts or other guests. During the day the lounges have the best view of the plains of the expansive Maasai Mara and perhaps you may be lucky to capture the actions from some of our resident wildlife. We have three dining areas to offer you a once in a life time dining experience in the bush. Our main indoor dining area is mostly used when the weather is not suitable for outdoor dining under our shaded area or under the stars dining on our wooded deck.
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