Day 1: Nairobi – Tsavo West National Park
Depart Nairobi for Tsavo West National Park which is approximately 6 hours’ drive. You will arrive just in time for lunch. Check in, have lunch and later have an evening game drive.
From the sight of fifty million gallons of crystal clear water gushing out of from the under parched lava rock that is the Mzima Springs to the Shetani lava flows, Tsavo West is a beautiful, rugged wilderness. The savannah ecosystem comprises of open grasslands, scrublands, and Acacia woodlands, belts of riverine vegetation and rocky ridges including the Poacher’s Lookout where visitors can see the teeming herds in the plains below. Tsavo West offers some of the most magnificent game viewing in the world and attractions include elephant, rhino, Hippos, lions, cheetah, leopards, Buffalos, diverse plant and bird species including the threatened corncrake and near threatened Basra Reed Warbler.
Meals and overnight at Kilaguni Serena Safari Lodge.
Day 2: Tsavo West National Park – Taita Hills Game Sanctuary
After breakfast, you will have a morning game drive. Come back for check out and our representative will drive you to Tsavo East National Park, which is approximately 2 hours’ drive.
After check in and lunch, you will spend the sometime at leisure. Thereafter you will have a Game drive. We will tour the sanctuary for wildlife until1830hrs when we return to our lodge.
Taita Hills Wildlife Sanctuary is a privately owned wildlife sanctuary in Kenya located in the Coast Province in Taita-Taveta District approximately 220 kilometers from Mombasa. Taita Hills Wildlife Sanctuary covers an area of 280,000 acres (1,100 km2), and is adjacent to Tsavo West National Park and the LUMO Community Wildlife Sanctuary. It hosts Cape buffalo, Elephant, Leopard, Masai lion, Masai Giraffe, Zebra, Hartebeest, Impala, Waterbuck, Thomson’s gazelle, lesser kudu, dik-dik, and other smaller animals, including a great diversity of bird life.
Dinner and Overnight at Taita Hills.
Day 3: Taita Hills Game Sanctuary – Tsavo East National Park
Arise early and have a cup of coffee and head out for an early morning game drive by 0630hrs. We will tour this park for animals against the back drop of a Kenyan sunrise a true blessing to view. Thereafter we will return to the lodge by 0830hrs for a full breakfast. After breakfast, you can freshen up and we check out of the lodge and have a small game drive while we exit the park by 1100hrs. Our representative will drive you to Tsavo East National Park, which is approximately 3 hours’ drive. Check in and spend the day at leisure with lunch at the lodge. Later you will have an evening Game Drive.
Dinner and overnight at Ashnil Aruba Camp
Day 4: Tsavo East National Park
This day will be spent at Tsavo East National Park with Game drives around the park and meals at your lodge.
The sight of dust-red elephant wallowing, rolling and spraying each other with the midnight blue waters of palm-shaded Galana River is one of the most evocative images in Africa. This, along with the 300 kilometer long Yatta Plateau, the longest lava flow in the world, make for an adventure unlike any other in the Tsavo East. The park forms the largest protected area in Kenya and is home to most of the larger mammals, vast herds of dust –red elephant, Rhino, buffalo, lion, and leopard, pods of hippo, crocodile, waterbucks, lesser Kudu, gerenuk and the prolific bird life features 500 recorded species.
Meals and overnight at Asnil Aruba Camp
Day 5: Tsavo East National Park – Nairobi
After breakfast, you will have a morning Game Drive. You will check out of the hotel. Our representative will drive you to Nairobi which will mark the end of your adventurous tour.
Cost per person is @USD 1420 (based on 2 people travelling)
Cost Includes:
- Accommodation as per the itinerary
- Meals on full board basis
- Transport in a pop up roof Tour Van
- Game drives in the parks
- Services of an English-speaking Tour Guide
- Mineral water during the tour
