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DAY 1 NORTH AMERICA /
ENROUTE. Depart from the United States
on your flight to Nairobi, Kenya.
DAY 2 ARRIVE NAIROBI.
Transfer from Jomo Kenyatta
International Airport to our hotel. Relax by the pools, use the gym or
just rest and enjoy the sunshine.
DAY 3 ELSA’S KOPJE, MERU NATIONAL
PARK. This morning you
transfer to Wilson Airport to catch your flight to Meru National Park.
On arrival you will be met by a driver-guide and taken to our camp.
Settle into your room, unpack and relax by the pool until lunch. After a
siesta in the early afternoon, poolside or on your hill view verandah
enjoy an extended afternoon game drive.
DAYS 4 & 5 ELSA’S KOPJE, MERU
NATIONAL PARK. Full days of game viewing
on foot or in one of the custom safari vehicles. Try an early morning
guided walk in the bush to work up your appetite for breakfast. Or take
an extended game drive to the banks of the Tana River to view the Hippos
and Crocodiles, ending with late afternoon sundowners on the river banks
before a night game drive home. Line fishing and excursions to nearby
Kora Game Reserve can be arranged.
DAY 6 SABUK LODGE, LAIKIPIA.
Depart from airstrip,
Meru to Loisaba or Muridjo airstrip on the Laikipia Plateau. A driver
from Sabuk will meet you and transfer you on a 20 minute drive through
the amazing rocky scenery of northern Kenya to Sabuk, a stunning
open-plan stone and thatch lodge on the gorge overlooking the river and
the Laikipia Plateau. Traditionally a base for camel safaris, owner,
Professional Safari Guide, Simon Evans has transformed his beautiful
home into a luxurious retreat overlooking the wild rocky countryside of
the Northern Frontier District.
 DAY
7 SABUK LODGE, LAIKIPIA. Get up early
for a fantastic camel safari, walking alongside or riding the camels led
by a professional guide and his team of Laikipiak Maasai warriors who
take you along ancient trails, visiting fossilized lake beds, tracking
the prints of Lion and Elephant and game viewing & bird watching as you
go. Return late morning for a cool drink and lunch at the lodge. Spend
the afternoon by the river below, basking on the rocks and swimming in
the natural rock pools.
DAY 8 SABUK LODGE, LAIKIPIA.
After a leisurely breakfast take a guided walk downstream, or another
camel excursion across the hills with a picnic lunch by the river
banks. Return to camp late afternoon, in time for a short walk or drive
to a spectacular sun downer sight atop massive boulders looking across
the valleys.
DAY 9 DEPART.
Say goodbye to Sabuk after breakfast and return to Nairobi by private
charter. You will be met by your driver and taken to a hotel where a day
room is reserved for you to rest, repack before you are transferred you
to the international airport for your flight home.
DAY 10 ARRIVE NORTH AMERICA.
You arrive this morning back into the United States. The end of a most
enjoyable tour. |
