Safarierlebnisse zu den schönsten
Nationalparks Kenias
Diese
Safari wird garantiert ab 2 Personen durchgeführt. Sie
entdecken die schönsten Nationalparks Kenias - Samburu
und Buffalo Springs, Mount Kenya, Kigio Wildlife und
Lake Nakuru sowie als Höhepunkt die Masai Mara. Auf
Wunsch verlängern wir Ihr Safarierlebnis mit einem
Badeaufenthalt am Indischen Ozean wo Sie in herrlichen
Resorts das Erlebte Revue passieren lassen können.
Min.:
2 Personen
ab/bis: Nairobi
Abfahrt: Beginn samstags
   
Reiseverlauf:
Tag 1 Nairobi
Nach Ihre Ankunft auf dem Jomo Kenyatta Airport
werden Sie von einem Repräsentanten unserer Agentur
begrüß, der Ihnen auch bei den Einreiseformalitäten
behilflich ist. Anschließend werden Sie zu Ihrem Hotel
gefahren. Es ist noch ein wenig Zeit ein wenig von
Nairobi zu entdecken.
Übernachtung im Safari Park Hotel / Frühstück
Tag 2 Samburu & Buffalo Springs N.R
Nach dem Frühstück begrüßt Sie Ihr
englischsprachiger Fahrer und Sie fahren in nördliche
Richtung via Nanyuki und Mt Kenya zum Samburu National
Reserve. Rauhe und abgeschiedene Wildnis erwartet Sie in
diesem Naturreservat, welches die besten und
vielfältigsten Wildbeobachtungen des Landes bieten. Zur
Mittagszeit erreichen Sie die Lodge und Sie stärken sich
bei einem Lunch. Nachmittags führt Sie Ihr Guide zu den
schönsten Plätzen im Reservat.
Übernachtung in der Samburu Serena Lodge
(Lunch/Dinner/Frühstück)
Tag 3 Samburu & Buffalo Springs N.R
Ihr heutiger Tag ist ganz der Safari gewidmet.
Vormittags und Nachmittags unternehmen Sie Pirschfahrten
auf die Big Five.
Übernachtung in der Samburu Serena Lodge
(Lunch/Dinner/Frühstück)
Tag 4 Mt. Kenya National Park
Sie verlassen das Reservat nach dem Frühstück und fahren
zu der Serena Mountain Lodge, die idyllisch am Fuße des
Mt. Kenia liegt. Lunch wird Ihnen in der Lodge serviert.
Entspannen Sie am Nachmittag auf der Terrasse der Lodge
von der aus Sie einen phantastischen Blick über das vor
Ihnen liegende Terrain haben.
Übernachtung in der Serena Mountain Lodge
(Lunch/Dinner/Frühstück)
Tag 5 Kigio Wildlife Sanctuary/Lake
Nakuru National Park
Frühstücken Sie noch in der Lodge und im Anschluss fahren
Sie zu den Bergketten der Aberdares. Unterwegs laden die
Nyahururu Wasserfälle ein bevor die Fahrt weiter zu der
Ebene des Great Rift Valley geht. Nach dem Lunch
unternehmen Sie eine ausgedehnte Pirschfahrt und kehren
am Abend ins Camp zurück.
Übernachtung im Kigio Wildlife Camp
(Lunch/Dinner/Frühstück)
Tag 6 Kigio Wildlife Sanctuary
Am Vormittag erleben Sie ein Safariabenteuer der
besonderen Art. Ihr Guide führt Sie zu Fuß zu den
schönsten Plätzen des Reservates.
Nach dem Lunch steht ein kultureller
Austausch mit Bewohnern der Community an und Sie
erfahren Wissenswertes über das Reservat Kigio in einer
Lektorstunde. Abends haben Sie optional die Möglichkeit
an einer Nachtsafari teilzunehmen.
Übernachtung im Kigio Wildlife Camp
(Lunch/Dinner/Frühstück)
Tag 7 Masai Mara
Ein weiterer Safarihöhepunkt steht heute mit dem Besuch
der weltbekannten Masai Mara an. Es ist vielleicht die
einzige Region in Kenia, die dem Besucher eine
authentische Wildbeobachtung erlaubt wie diese in den
vergangenen Jahrhunderten vorherrschte. Die Keekorok
Lodge läd unterwegs zum Lunch ein.
Entdecken Sie die Mara am nachmittag.
Übernachtung in der Mara Serena Lodge
(Lunch/Dinner/Frühstück)
Tag 8 Masai Mara
Lifestyle und Safari - eine optionale Ballonfahrt mit
Champagner Frühstück erlaubt Ihnen ausgezeichnete
Ausblicke auf die Mara und den riesigen Wildbestand.
Heute verbringen Sie den ganzen Tag in der Masai Mara
mit Pirschfahrten am Vor- und am Nachmittag.
Übernachtung in der Mara Serena Lodge
(Lunch/Dinner/Frühstück)
Tag 9 Abreise
Nach Ihrem Frühstück verlassen Sie die Mara und Ihr
Guide bringt Sie nach Nairobi zurück. Falls Sie Ihren
Heimflug antreten werden Sie zum Jomo Kenyatta Airport
gebracht.
Oder Sie starten Ihr weiteres Programm z.B. nach
Tanzania oder an den Indischen Ozean.
Preis:
auf Anfrage
Im Preis eingeschlossen:
- 8 Übernachtungen im
Doppelzimmer mit Vollverpflegung (Ausnahme Tag 1 und Tag
9 nur Frühstück)
- Mahlzeiten wie erwähnt
- Safari im 7-sitzigen Safari Minibus
- Transfers wie angegeben
- qualifizierter englisch sprechender Fahrerguide
- 1 ltr. Mineralwasser pro Safaritag/Person
- Reisepreissicherungsschein
Nicht eingeschlossen:
- internationale Flüge und
Steuern und Gebühren
- Visakosten
- Trinkgelder
- Reiseschutzversicherungen
Zusätzlich als Geschenk:
-Geschenkpräsent
- 1 x 188 Seiten umfassender Safariguide für Ostafrika
- Safari Pouch mit Kugelschreiber
- Safari Hut
Zwischenverkauf,
Preisänderungen und Änderungen im Reiseverlauf bleiben
vorbehalten.
ACCOMMODATION INFORMATION
MOUNTAIN LODGE
At 7,200 feet on the slopes of Mount Kenya, Mountain
Lodge is ringed by a dense rain forest, which comes
alive at dusk with a myriad of sounds of creatures of
all sizes. This is the adventure offered at the 42 rooms
Mountain Lodge where animal sightings are fascinating
and frequent. A two and a half hour drive from Nairobi,
Mountain Lodge is now managed by Serena Hotels. The
comfortable rooms have spacious verandas and private
shower rooms. The game viewing is excellent. You may
watch the waterhole, right next to the lodge, throughout
the evening and at night and local game includes
elephant, buffalo, rhino and waterbuck. A specially
constructed viewing bunker, connected to the lodge by a
short tunnel, offers spectacular close-up views of
wildlife at the waterhole. Towering over the landscape
are the majestic rocky peaks of Mount Kenya, providing
some dramatic photographic opportunities.
Kigio Wildlife Camp
Kigio Wildlife Camp is a superb all-suite camp built
within Yellow-fever woodland overlooking the Malewa
River. The camp is built from sustainable pinewood,
local soil from the conservancy, traditional thatch
provided by the surrounding community and canvas panels
- there has been minimal usage of cement and steel in
the construction of the camp. Power is provide by solar
panels and the environment has been carefully preserved
during the construction of the camp. Accommodation is in
eleven spacious suites, each 72 sq-metre and one
2-bedroom suite all built on deck and containing a large
bedroom, a separate sitting room that opens up at the
front and a private bathroom with flush loo and shower.
The dining and sitting areas are in an open glade
overlooking a cliff that houses a colony of bee-eaters.
A most attractive bar sits between two towering
indigenous fig trees facing the cliff. Wholesome meals
are cooked using gas and eco-bricks and ingredients are
sourced daily from local community and farmers.
Activities that are possible include nature walks with
rangers, day and night game drives, fishing, biking and
bush meals. Kigio Wildlife Camp offers some of the
highest standards of accommodation in East Africa in
glorious surroundings and at the same time instills a
genuine concern for the environment and community. A
minimum of 2 nights stay is recommended to enjoy the
beautiful natural surroundings and the camp.
Mara Serena Lodge
A masterful interpretation of a traditional Masai
village, Mara Serena Lodge seemingly floats on a sea of
savannah. A beautiful pool looks out over the wide
plains. The rooms are Masai-influenced in style yet
extremely comfortable. The main dining room, where
delicious meals are served, has three large domes and
three small ones depicting Maasai manyattas (villages).
Occasionally an African al fresco barbecue is served by
the pool overlooking the Mara plains. Fresh fruit juices
and cocktails, wines, spirits or liqueurs are available
at the bar until lat in the evening. At Serena, the
views are stunning. It is on this very terrain,
stretching endlessly before the lodge, that the annual
migrations take place. Millions of wildebeest, zebra and
gazelle pass through on their way to and from their
alternative feeding grounds in Tanzania. The Mara Serena
offers you a grandstand seat for one of the greatest
shows on earth.
PARKS & RESERVES INFORMATION.
Samburu & Buffalo Springs N.R
Samburu is different from many of the other frequently
visited areas. These forty square miles of reserve is
not the oft-seen Kenyan landscape of savannah and
flat-topped acacias, but harsh, dramatic terrain. The
people from this area, the Samburu, are similarly
dramatic to the outsider. Dressed in bright red, with
their braided hair and skin daubed with red ochre, the "moran",
the youthful warriors of the Samburu almost always
spear-in-hand, are a wonderful sight. The permanent
water supply of the Uaso Nyiro River is what attracts
the game to Samburu. Much of the reserve is arid, hilly
landscape but riverine forest fringes the riverbanks and
there are doum palms, the fruit of which is a great
favourite with elephants. Crocodiles lie quietly in the
mud and it is here that you will find abundant birdlife,
including palm-eagles, storks, hornbills, bee-eaters and
plenty of weaverbirds. Some species in the area are
specially adapted to the arid environment, and are
particularly northern - the magnificent oryx, for
example and the gerenuk, a rather odd looking
long-necked gazelle which can stretch up to reach the
lower branches of the thorn trees. You will also find
Grevy's Zebra, larger than the more commonly seen
Burchell's zebra, and reticulated giraffe, with their
irregular netted pattern of white. Desert lion are found
here, leopards can be seen, and the ostrich (Ethiopian)
have blue legs! Elephant wander, browsing in family
groups.
Buffalo Springs has the Uaso Nyiro River as its northern
boundary, and thus may almost be seen as an extension of
Samburu Reserve, which is bounded in the south by the
river. The game here is the same as Samburu, but here
there is more marshland and the large pools from the
springs themselves. You may cross from one reserve to
the other via a bridge over the river. Samburu and
Buffalo Springs are becoming more sought after as a
wildlife destination. They are only a couple of hundred
miles from Nairobi and thus an easy hop on the light
aircraft that fly from Wilson Airport, which itself is
just outside Nairobi. In addition, the harsh beauty of
the landscape is compelling.
Mount Kenya National Park
Centered on Africa's second highest mountain, Mount
Kenya National Park covers the most astonishing
variation in terrain. The twin high peaks of extinct
volcano Mount Kenya, Batian at 5199m and Nelion at
5188m, are the only places on the equator to boast
permanent snow. Four days, for the fit amateur, will see
you to the top of the lower peak, Lanana, and on the way
up allow you to see the GM-looking giant plantlife of
the mountainsides, including a huge lobelia of up to ten
feet high quite unlike our own garden varieties, and
giant rosette plants! The two higher peaks, joined by a
ridge called the Gate of Mists, are strictly for the
accomplished climber and Kenya is rated, even by
Himalayan climbers, as one of the most difficult ice
mountains in the world. To the Kikuyu, Kenya's largest
ethnic group, Mount Kenya is the home of the God Ngai
who sits atop the highest peak and is thus their sacred
mountain. Forested with juniper and podo from about two
thousand metres, the vegetation changes to bamboo and
then a thick canopy of lesser trees. Spanish moss frosts
the trees, watered by the mists of the mountain slopes.
Leopard, elephant, colobus monkeys, the shy bongo and
buffalo inhabit the forest. Stunning sunbirds in jewel
bright colours may be seen on the slopes. The Mount
Kenya mole rat and the Mount Kenya mole shrew, specific
to the area, are rare. The elusive golden cat can also
be found at higher altitudes and it is said that on the
moors there is a better chance of seeing the melanistic
black leopard. Tracks up the mountain are passable in
good weather by four wheel drive vehicles. The Naro Moru
track leads through the main gate to the park and takes
you to about ten thousand feet. The Chogoria track, on
the Meru side, takes you to about fourteen thousand
feet. High altitude moorland walks are of stunning
beauty. Tarns twinkle in the sunlight and the views are
utterly breathtaking.
Lake Nakuru National Park
Originally declared a national park because of a
superbly diverse bird population, which includes many
migrants, the park is also a favourite place for
travellers to seek the rare black rhino. However, it is
for the flamingos that the lake is best known, and it
was for their protection that the park was originally
created. The level of the blue-green alkaline waters
here varies and this, with other accompanying
environmental changes, causes considerable variation in
the flamingo population, but when they are present, en
masse, the whole lake turns a gorgeous rosy pink.
Although protection of the flamingo population on the
lake was the original rationale for the inception of the
national park, further land was included in the early
seventies and it is now about 190 sq m. This expansion,
which took in a large grassland area, has allowed the
park to protect further species.
Buffalo, zebra, antelope and both lion and leopard are
to be found. The rather less ubiquitous reedbuck and
waterbuck are also here as is the glamorously leggy
Rothschild giraffe. Temptingly, the black rhino breeding
programme, started in the late eighties, has proved
successful and this is an excellent place to view them.
Lake Nakuru is a small national park. There is no need
to stay in the area in order to see all that is to be
seen. A good day trip may be enough and these can easily
be organised from the Lake Naivasha area.
Masai Mara National G.R
Probably the most famous of the reserves, the Masai
Mara, in Kenya's southwestern corner, boasts an
astonishing amount of game. Unfenced, the Mara is
bounded in the east by the Ngama Hills and in the west
by the Oloololo or Siria Escarpment. Gazelle, wildebeest
and zebra graze in large numbers and where prey is found
so are predators. Not only is this a great place in
which to find game, but also the wide greeny-gold
savannahs spotted with thorn trees make it ideal for
photography. The Mara, as it is known in Kenya, is
ravishingly beautiful and also offers long, undisturbed
views and utterly dramatic panoramas. The weather really
means something here. The sun may beat down
unforgivingly, huge clouds in fabulous shapes may sweep
across the widest of skies, and the wind ripples the
grasses as though they are stroked by a giant hand. The
landscape is stunning. The famously black-maned Mara
lions are possibly the stars of the Mara show, but
cheetah, elephant, kongoni, topi, Thompson's gazelle,
waterbuck, hyena, and primates are all here too. As with
the rest of Kenya, the birding is good. There is no
settlement within the reserve however, the Mara is in
theory owned by the Maasai, pastoralists and, in earlier
times, renowned lion-killers. Lodges and hotels offer
the opportunity to buy their beadwork, checked cloths
and copies of their spears. It is said that if lions
scent approaching Maasai on the breeze they move swiftly
in the opposite direction. Famously, the Mara is the
northerly end of the Great Migration, that great
primeval surge of wildebeest, zebra and antelope that
sweeps in from Tanzania’s Serengeti to Kenya's Masai
Mara as the Tanzanian grass starts to fail. They are
tracked by the large predators that pick off the weak,
the stragglers and the young. The great herds, nearing
their destination by July, mass along the Mara River,
pushing, shoving and fantastically noisy, just waiting
for the first animal to cross so that they can all
follow, lemming-like, on the final leg of the journey.
However, crocodiles lie in wait, sluggishly cruising the
waters, fully prepared for their best meal of the year.
Many fail in the life-and-death struggle - drowned,
eaten by the crocodiles or, made careless or weak by
their stressful swim, brought down by lions. The Masai
Mara is terrible yet wonderful, and not to be missed.
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