Starts | Nairobi, Kenya, Kenya |
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Ends | Nairobi, Kenya, Kenya |
Region | Africa |
Duration | 3 days |
Tour Operator | Peregrine |
Itinerary
Day 1 - Starting: Nairobi - Amboseli National Park & Finishing: Nairobi - Amboseli National Park
This independent Experience starts at your Nairobi hotel or from Nairobi's Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, where you will be met by our representative and transferred to Amboseli National Park (approximately 5 hours). Please ensure you arrive prior to midday to ensure you can make this departure. Time permitting, there will be an afternoon game drive en route to your lodge. Your accommodation for the next two nights is a comfortable lodge located in the heart of Amboseli National Park with stunning views of Mount Kilimanjaro, which looms dramatically on the skyline. The name Amboseli comes from the Maa word for ‘salty, dusty place’, a reference to the salty volcanic ash that spewed from the volcano tens of thousands of years ago. The park is one of the most fascinatingly diverse on the continent, with five distinct habitats – open grasslands, acacia woods, scrub steppe, swamps and marshland.
Day 2 - Starting: Amboseli National Park & Finishing: Amboseli National Park
Today you’ll enjoy game drives though this 390 square-kilometre park in the morning and afternoon. The park is one of the best places to see wildlife, as animal-covering vegetation can be sparse and numerous plains encourage them into the open. It is home to the ‘Big Five’ (lions, elephants, cape buffalo, leopard, and rhino of course) but it’s really best known for the elephants. There are an estimated 1,300 elephants living in the park, attracted by the swamps and marshes, and it will not take long for you to come across a lumbering, but graceful, herd walking right up to your 4x4 (having often been habituated to humans after years of extensive study). This area has thankfully stayed free of poachers, and so many of the bull elephants have impressively large tusks. As well as unforgettable encounters with these peaceful pachyderms, there are Masai giraffe, Grant’s and Thomson’s gazelle, and cheetah to be found in the park, as well as prolific birdlife. This incredible wildlife viewing is made even the more impressive by the iconic sight of Mt Kilimanjaro in the distance. This evening relax in your wonderfully appointed lodge, and then drift off to sleep surrounded by the sounds of the wilderness. Notes: Your game drive within Amboseli National Park will by necessity be a shared activity. You will be accompanied by other guests of the lodge.
Day 3 - Starting: Amboseli National Park - Nairobi & Finishing: Amboseli National Park - Nairobi
This morning you will set out early in the morning for a sunrise game drive – you shouldn't have trouble spotting wildlife, as this is often one of the most active times of day for animals. You will then return to the lodge for a leisurely breakfast until your departure for Nairobi. You will arrive back here in the early afternoon, when your Experience comes to an end. Notes: Onward flights should not be booked to depart Nairobi until 8pm.
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