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Scenic Samburu and Masai Mara
Mobile Camping Safari
Samburu – Sweetwaters - Lake Nakuru - Masai Mara |
| This is not a pre-scheduled group safari. Your safari vehicle, mobile camp, and professional camp staff are exclusively for you. |
| Arriving and departing in Nairobi, Kenya |
This eleven-day safari begins and ends in Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa’s safari capitol. This is an individual safari and you organize unlimited game drives at your convenience with your professional Kimbla-Mantana driver/guide. You will experience Kenya as it was in the days of the explorers. Your mobile camps and staff are there only for you and your companions.
All of Kimbla-Mantana’s driver/guides are certified with the Kenya Professional Safari Guides Association.
Kimbla-Mantana African Safaris is a long established company, specializing in private, up-market safaris with traditional, luxury mobile camping, small exclusive lodges and private wildlife areas. Our emphasis is very much on personal service and in dealing directly with our clients since we understand that each of our clients has their own needs and interests. With an enviable reputation, over 45 years of experience in arranging and running safaris, and our own infrastructure in East Africa, we are confident that we can accommodate your requirements. |
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By choosing to go on safari with Kimbla-Mantana, you will experience a safari that many can only dream of, spontaneous and devoid of timetables, with personal attention in remote and beautiful places, with few other tourists and plenty of wildlife. Our private concessions, apart from giving our safaris the freedom of privacy and exclusivity, also allow us to engage in activities like walking or night driving and have been chosen for their prime wildlife locations.
Mobile luxury camping is one of the few indulgences that still exists for the truly experienced traveler who wishes to experience East Africa as it was in the days of the explorers, - ancient and unspoilt.
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Samburu National Reserve is situated north of Mount Kenya on the banks for the Ewaso Nyiro River, which means plenty of water, trees and shade to attract wildlife like elephant, lion, giraffe, and zebra from the surrounding plains. This is an excellent reserve of scrub desert, thornbush, riverine forest, and swamps along the river.The reserve is renowned for a range of rare game – Reticulated giraffe, Grevy’s zebra, |
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the long-necked gerenuk, and the Beisa oryx. There are also over one hundred species of birds found here, including the Somali ostrich. Leopard are often seen here. Your private mobile camp is set next to the river, a truly magical setting. |
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Sweetwaters Game Reserve, a 24,000-acre game sanctuary, has magnificent views across the plains to the snow capped peaks of Mount Kenya. It is home to all the big five game and has the highest ratio of game-to-area of any park or reserve in Kenya. Other wildlife found at Sweetwaters includes giraffe, zebra, eland, oryx, waterbuck, Grant’s gazelle, Thompson’s gazelle, cheetah, silver-backed jackal, hartebeest and baboon. The reserve also boasts several hundred bird species. You’ll find the Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary here, which was established with the Kenya Wildlife Service and the Jane Goodall Institute. Here you will have the unique opportunity of taking a boat ride on the Ewaso Nyiro River, which flows through the center of the sanctuary where 26 orphaned chimps enjoy the peace and harmony of their natural environment. Additionally, you will also find a tame warthog by the name of “Carol” and a tame black rhino by the name of “Morani” – both rescued from the wild.
Lake Nakuru National Park is famous for its massive numbers of greater and lesser flamingo. Lake Nakuru is one of the alkaline Rift Valley lakes and is a fantastic bird sanctuary, its shores populated at times by more than one million flamingos. This park has 56 different species of mammals, including black and white rhinos. Other wildlife here includes lion, leopard, Rothschild’s giraffe, waterbuck, reedbuck, hippo, baboon, pelican, and cormorant. The lake is an important stopover for thousands of migratory wading birds that head to and from Europe each year.
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Masai Mara Game Reserve is one of the best known and popular reserves in the whole of Africa and undoubtedly the finest wildlife area in Kenya. Seasoned safari travelers, travel writers, documentary makers, and researchers often admit that the Masai Mara is one of their favorite places. All of the big five game is here: elephant, lion, leopard, buffalo, and rhino.Other commonly sighted secies |
include: cheetah, zebra, wildebeest, Thompson’s gazelle, Defassa waterbuck, eland, Masai giraffe, and topi. From approximately July to October, you will be privy to the great migration occurring in Masai Mara, where two million wildebeest, half a million zebra, and a quarter million gazelle roam the plains with all the big predators in tow. Masai Mara is home to over one hundred species of mammals and more than 450 species of birds. Your private mobile camp in the Koiyaki Concession area is situated next to the Mara River and offers an abundance of cool shade and bird life. |
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| Kenya Safari itinerary |
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B=Breakfast,
L=Lunch, D=Dinner |
| Day 01 - Nairobi |
| Upon arrival in Nairobi, you will be met by your Kimbla-Mantana driver/guide and taken to the historic Norfolk Hotel for an overnight stay. |
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| Day 02 - Samburu National Reserve |
This morning you depart for the arid northern areas of Kenya, driving through the fertile areas of Thika and the slopes of Mount Kenya. Afternoon game drive to your Private Mobile Camp, B, L, D |
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| Day 03+04 - Samburu National Reserve |
Unlimited game drives. Spend the next two days exploring Samburu’s unique scenery and wildlife. Visit a Samburu village and school. Private Mobile Camp, B, L, D |
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| Day 05 - Sweetwaters Game Reserve |
After arrival at Sweetwaters Game Reserve, enjoy a day of game drives along with visits to Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary and Morani, the tame black rhino who refuses to be released into the wild. Sweetwaters Tented Camp, B, L, D |
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| Day 06 - Lake Nakuru National Park |
| After breakfast, drive to Lake Nakuru National Park. Afternoon game drives. Lake Nakuru Lodge, B, L, D |
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| Day 07 - Masai Mara Game Reserve |
After an early morning game drive to see the flamingo as they really do look much pinker in the morning light, a scenic drive across the Rift Valley floor brings you to Masai Mara Game Reserve. You will be greeted with chilled drinks and a cheerful welcome back from your camp staff. Afternoon game drive. Private Mobile Camp, B, L, D |
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| Day 08+09+10 - Masai Mara Game Reserve |
| Spend the next two days exploring the vast savannahs of the Masai Mara and viewing wildlife. Your guide will explain the animal behavior – and because of his expertise and experience, will take you to the best locations for the season to maximize your safari experience. Unlimited game drives. Private Mobile Camp, B, L, D |
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| Day 11 - Nairobi |
Bid a sad farewell to your camping team before your last game drive leaving Masai Mara and returning to Nairobi. A day room is reserved for you at the Norfolk Hotel until 6:00PM. Enjoy a farewell dinner before your transfer to the airport for your international flight out this evening. B, D |
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