The Best of Meru, Samburu & Mara
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Highlights:
This suggested program is custom curated to provide discerning travelers exposure to a unique safari experience in Meru National Park and two diverse areas of the Mara - one of which is the domain of the semi-nomadic Samburu people who you will find delightful.
You will be exposed to giant termite cathedrals, unparalleled valley views from your Cliffside villas and close encounters with black rhinos as part of a unique conservation and anti-poaching program. It goes without saying that dining and accommodations will be more than satisfactory.
This suggested program is custom curated to provide discerning travelers exposure to a unique safari experience in Meru National Park and two diverse areas of the Mara - one of which is the domain of the semi-nomadic Samburu people who you will find delightful.
You will be exposed to giant termite cathedrals, unparalleled valley views from your Cliffside villas and close encounters with black rhinos as part of a unique conservation and anti-poaching program. It goes without saying that dining and accommodations will be more than satisfactory.
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Explore: MERU, SAMBURU & MARA
Customizable Itinerary - 13 Days (from $7,618 / person)
Day 1: USA-Africa
For presentation purposes we assume that you take an evening flight to Europe and connect in Europe to Nairobi getting you to Nairobi in the evening of the following day. If you choose other flights we can, of course, amend the itinerary.
Day 2: Nairobi Arrival
You will arrive in the evening and we will meet your flight and take you to your hotel for a good night’s rest.
Day 3: Meru and the Legacy of Elsa
You awake refreshed and enjoy a sumptuous breakfast before being transferred to the domestic airport where you board a flight for the flight to Meru National Park. Upon arrival, a driver/guide from your camp will meet you at the airstrip and take you to the camp in time for lunch. In the afternoon enjoy your first game driver followed by sundowners at a scenic spot. Meru is an authentic African experience. It has a rugged, semi-arid landscape and is perhaps best known as the birthplace of Elsa the lioness in the classic book and movie ‘Born Free.”
Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 4: Discovering the Meru
Today you will discover the Meru on both a morning and an afternoon game drive. Brilliant on a magnificent scale, the Meru features luxuriant jungle, coursing rivers, verdant swamp, khaki grasslands and giant termite cathedrals all under the sky’s great blue bowl. Little visited and utterly unspoilt, few places are comparable to the remote and rugged atmosphere found here. Visitors can see Grevy's zebras, elephants, Bohor reedbucks, hartebeests, pythons, buffalos and more than 427 recorded species of birds.
Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 5: Exploring the Meru
Another day to explore different areas of the Meri. Wildlife is diverse here, including all three big cats, lion, leopard and cheetah. The region os also home to the Meru people, a group less well known but certainly as colorful and interesting as the Maasai.
Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 6: Meru to Samburu
After breakfast you will be transferred to the airstrip for a flight to Samburu where one of the Samburu guides will meet you and take you on a game viewing drive before arriving at your exclusive camp for lunch. Saruni Samburu is located in tribal lands to the north of Samburu National Reserve. The lodge is built into the rocks and overlooks a vast private wildlife sanctuary called Kalama Conservancy which has exclusive access to the surrounding 200,000 acres of pristine protected wilderness. With only six villas there will obviously be no traffic problems. Enjoy the afternoon at the infinity pools taking in the vast valley below you. You have an afternoon game drive along with sundowners before dinner. By prior arrangement we can offer a bush dinner in a dry river bend with firelight, Samburu dancers and star-gazing.
Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 7: Game Viewing in the Samburu
Enjoy a picnic breakfast by the banks of the Ewaso Niro River before embarking on your morning game drive either a guided bush walk or in a vehicle. The area is teeming with wildlife, from the giant herds of Samburu r=elephant coming to drink at the waterholes, leopard making their lairs on rocky outcrops nearby, to endangered packs of African wild dog seen traversing the plains below the lodge. The area is also home to rare endemic species, the Samburu Five: Grevy’s Zebra, reticulated giraffe, Beisa Oryx, Somali Ostrich and Genenuk.
Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 8: Black Rhino Encounter
By staying at your camp you not only support the Samburu locals but also help underwrite an ant-poaching initiative to preserve the endangered black rhino. Because of this you can take part in a walking safari tracking black rhino on foot, accompanied by an expert Saruni guide and a highly trained Sera Community Conservancy Ranger, equipped with a transmitter correlating to the GPS whereabouts of the 11 rhinos in the 120,000 acre sanctuary. For security purposes, the tracking device is only turned on at certain times allowing the ranger to bring the guests in walking distance of one of the rhinos. Once found you leave the vehicle and cautiously make your way on foot to within feet of this endangered creature. It will be an unforgettable moment especially when you know that your funds are helping to protect these creatures.
Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 9: From Samburu to the Maasai Mara
Today you leave your Cliffside dwelling and transfer to the airstrip for a flight to the Mara arriving about 11:30AM. You will be met and taken to your exclusive camp where lunch will be served. After a chance to relax you are taken on an afternoon game drive culminating with cocktail sundowners at a scenic spot. Return to camp for the first of the fine dinners you will enjoy.
Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 10: Discovering the Maasai Mara
The Maasai Mara is a landscape of open plains bisected by the Mara River and its tributaries and punctuated by marshes and forests. The most frequented game reserve in Kenya, the 250 square mile reserve supports the highest density of game to be seen anywhere. After early tea or coffee you have the option of taking a balloon ride at sunrise to give you another perspective. You return for breakfast and then a morning game drive. After lunch a nap gets you ready for the afternoon and evening activities.
Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day11: Another Day on the Mara
You have two game drives to look forward to today. During the seasonal migrations, the Maasai Mara is home to over 1 million wildebeest and an equally impressive number of zebras that move between here and the Serengeti National Park. The reserve is home to all the “big five” and it is also possible to observe baboon, eland, ostrich, bat-eared fox, jackal and cheetah. The rivers abound with hippos and crocodiles.
Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 12: Return to USA
After breakfast at the camp you are transferred to the airstrip for a flight to the domestic airport. You are met and driven to the international airport where you will begin your journey home.
Breakfast
Day 13: Arrival in the USA
You arrive back in the USA in the afternoon.
For presentation purposes we assume that you take an evening flight to Europe and connect in Europe to Nairobi getting you to Nairobi in the evening of the following day. If you choose other flights we can, of course, amend the itinerary.
Day 2: Nairobi Arrival
You will arrive in the evening and we will meet your flight and take you to your hotel for a good night’s rest.
Day 3: Meru and the Legacy of Elsa
You awake refreshed and enjoy a sumptuous breakfast before being transferred to the domestic airport where you board a flight for the flight to Meru National Park. Upon arrival, a driver/guide from your camp will meet you at the airstrip and take you to the camp in time for lunch. In the afternoon enjoy your first game driver followed by sundowners at a scenic spot. Meru is an authentic African experience. It has a rugged, semi-arid landscape and is perhaps best known as the birthplace of Elsa the lioness in the classic book and movie ‘Born Free.”
Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 4: Discovering the Meru
Today you will discover the Meru on both a morning and an afternoon game drive. Brilliant on a magnificent scale, the Meru features luxuriant jungle, coursing rivers, verdant swamp, khaki grasslands and giant termite cathedrals all under the sky’s great blue bowl. Little visited and utterly unspoilt, few places are comparable to the remote and rugged atmosphere found here. Visitors can see Grevy's zebras, elephants, Bohor reedbucks, hartebeests, pythons, buffalos and more than 427 recorded species of birds.
Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 5: Exploring the Meru
Another day to explore different areas of the Meri. Wildlife is diverse here, including all three big cats, lion, leopard and cheetah. The region os also home to the Meru people, a group less well known but certainly as colorful and interesting as the Maasai.
Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 6: Meru to Samburu
After breakfast you will be transferred to the airstrip for a flight to Samburu where one of the Samburu guides will meet you and take you on a game viewing drive before arriving at your exclusive camp for lunch. Saruni Samburu is located in tribal lands to the north of Samburu National Reserve. The lodge is built into the rocks and overlooks a vast private wildlife sanctuary called Kalama Conservancy which has exclusive access to the surrounding 200,000 acres of pristine protected wilderness. With only six villas there will obviously be no traffic problems. Enjoy the afternoon at the infinity pools taking in the vast valley below you. You have an afternoon game drive along with sundowners before dinner. By prior arrangement we can offer a bush dinner in a dry river bend with firelight, Samburu dancers and star-gazing.
Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 7: Game Viewing in the Samburu
Enjoy a picnic breakfast by the banks of the Ewaso Niro River before embarking on your morning game drive either a guided bush walk or in a vehicle. The area is teeming with wildlife, from the giant herds of Samburu r=elephant coming to drink at the waterholes, leopard making their lairs on rocky outcrops nearby, to endangered packs of African wild dog seen traversing the plains below the lodge. The area is also home to rare endemic species, the Samburu Five: Grevy’s Zebra, reticulated giraffe, Beisa Oryx, Somali Ostrich and Genenuk.
Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 8: Black Rhino Encounter
By staying at your camp you not only support the Samburu locals but also help underwrite an ant-poaching initiative to preserve the endangered black rhino. Because of this you can take part in a walking safari tracking black rhino on foot, accompanied by an expert Saruni guide and a highly trained Sera Community Conservancy Ranger, equipped with a transmitter correlating to the GPS whereabouts of the 11 rhinos in the 120,000 acre sanctuary. For security purposes, the tracking device is only turned on at certain times allowing the ranger to bring the guests in walking distance of one of the rhinos. Once found you leave the vehicle and cautiously make your way on foot to within feet of this endangered creature. It will be an unforgettable moment especially when you know that your funds are helping to protect these creatures.
Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 9: From Samburu to the Maasai Mara
Today you leave your Cliffside dwelling and transfer to the airstrip for a flight to the Mara arriving about 11:30AM. You will be met and taken to your exclusive camp where lunch will be served. After a chance to relax you are taken on an afternoon game drive culminating with cocktail sundowners at a scenic spot. Return to camp for the first of the fine dinners you will enjoy.
Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 10: Discovering the Maasai Mara
The Maasai Mara is a landscape of open plains bisected by the Mara River and its tributaries and punctuated by marshes and forests. The most frequented game reserve in Kenya, the 250 square mile reserve supports the highest density of game to be seen anywhere. After early tea or coffee you have the option of taking a balloon ride at sunrise to give you another perspective. You return for breakfast and then a morning game drive. After lunch a nap gets you ready for the afternoon and evening activities.
Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day11: Another Day on the Mara
You have two game drives to look forward to today. During the seasonal migrations, the Maasai Mara is home to over 1 million wildebeest and an equally impressive number of zebras that move between here and the Serengeti National Park. The reserve is home to all the “big five” and it is also possible to observe baboon, eland, ostrich, bat-eared fox, jackal and cheetah. The rivers abound with hippos and crocodiles.
Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 12: Return to USA
After breakfast at the camp you are transferred to the airstrip for a flight to the domestic airport. You are met and driven to the international airport where you will begin your journey home.
Breakfast
Day 13: Arrival in the USA
You arrive back in the USA in the afternoon.
