Wander Africa Safaris, Ltd.

Kenya

Kenya is located on the Equatorial East Africa, and shares its borders with Somalia to the Northeast, Ethiopia to the North, Sudan to the Northwest, Uganda to the West and Tanzania to the South. The country covers an area of approximately 582,650 sq Km, and has a landscape that is topologically diverse. The eastern half slopes gently to the coral-backed seashore, the western portion rises more abruptly through a series of hills and plateaus to the Rift Valley, then slopes westward to the lowest part that is occupied by Lake Victoria. Kenya has a coastline of approximately 536 Km with fronting the Indian Ocean, with a series of beautiful beach hotels offering world class accommodation.

When to go:
The main tourist season is in January and February, since the hot, dry weather at this time of year is generally considered to be the most pleasant. It's also when Kenya's birdlife flocks to the Rift Valley lakes in the greatest numbers. June to September could be called the 'shoulder season' as the weather is still dry. The rains hit from March to May (and to a lesser extent from October to December). During these months things are much quieter - places tend to have rooms available and prices drop. The rains generally don't affect travellers' ability to get around.

Events:
Kenya's most spectacular annual event is organised by an unlikely group - wildebeests. Literally millions of these ungainly antelopes move en masse in July and August from the Serengeti in search of lush grass. They head south again around October. The best place to see this phenomenon is at the Masai Mara National Reserve. Kenya's more orthodox annual events include public holidays such as Kenyatta Day (20 October) and Independence Day (12 December).

Safaris to Kenya

African Adventure Safari

African Luxury Safari

Nairobi National Park & Animal Orphanage

Karen Blixen Museum

Great Rift Day Safari

Special Safaris we can arrange:

Survival Trail

Survival Safari

Safaris to Kenya

OPTION I
Day 1- Arrival transfer – New Stanley Hotel B/B or similar + Safari Briefing + Welcome Dinner
Day 2 – Masia Mara + game Drives – Mara Simba Lodge or similar – Full Board
Day 3 – Masia Mara + game Drives – Mara Simba Lodge or similar – Full Board
Day 4 – Lake Nakuru + Game Drive – Lion Hills Lodge or similar – Full Board
Day 5 – The Ark (Tree hotel) or similar – Full Board (Children under 7 years are not allowed)
Day 6 – Mt. Kenya Safari Club – Full Board
Day 7 – Return to Nairobi for Lunch and Departure transfer

OPTION II
Day 1- Arrival transfer – New Stanley Hotel B/B or similar + Safari Briefing + Welcome Dinner
Day 2 – The Ark (Tree hotel) or similar – Full Board (Children under 7 years are not allowed)
Day 3 – Lake Nakuru + Game Drive – Lion Hills Lodge or similar – Full Board
Day 4 – Masia Mara + game Drives – Mara Simba Lodge or similar – Full Board
Day 5 – Masia Mara + game Drives – Mara Simba Lodge or similar – Full Board
Day 6– Return to Nairobi New Stanley Hotel B/B or similar + Farewell Dinner
Day 7 - Departure transfer

OPTION III
Day 2 – Masia Mara + game Drives – Mara Simba Lodge or similar – Full Board
Day 3 – Masia Mara + game Drives – Mara Simba Lodge or similar – Full Board
Day 4 – Lake Nakuru + Game Drive – Lion Hills Lodge or similar – Full Board
Day 5 – The Ark (Tree hotel) or similar – Full Board (Children under 7 years are not allowed)
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African Adventure Safari

Day 2
Leaving Nairobi, drive north passing through coffee, sisal and pinapple plantations head the highlands. Neasted on the slopes of Mweiga Hill in a 1,300 acer wildlife sanctuary. The Aberdare Country Club welcomes you for a sumptuous lunch. Here you’ll store your luggage and take a small overnight bag with you to the Ark. After lunch you’ll depart on special busses into the thick woodlands to the Ark at the heart of the Aberdare National Park. Situated in a fairyland forest, you can stay up all night long, if you choose, game viewing from a variety of observation decks or an underground bunker. The ark is situated beside a floodlit waterhole and natural saltlick, where a constant parade of wildlife will visit throughout the night. There’s absolutely no limit to the number of animals you’ll see. Birds and bushbuck are joined by elephant, buffalo, rhino, hyena or maybe lion that may come sample the saltlick.
FULL BOARD @ THE ARK OR SIMILAR

Day 3
After breakfast, drive north, A stop at the Equator gives you a chance to take a photo with one foot in the northern and one foot in the southern hemispheres. Then you’re off to the heart of Kenya’s “Big Game” country –Sweetwaters Game Reserve. This 22,000acer private rench encompasses a rich terrain of plains, low hills and forest. Each of your luxurious thatched – roofed tents has a private veranda and overlooks a large floodlit waterhole. Your afternoon game drive gives you an opportunity to see a variety of unsual species, including the Reticulated Giraffe, Grevy’s Zebra and Beisa Oryx. Included is a visit to Jane Goodall’s chimpanzee Sanctuary.
FULL BOARD @ SWEETWATERS TENTED CAMP

Day 4
This morning you’ll head for the distinguished Mt. Kenya Safari Club, one of the most exclusive clubs in the world. Set on the Equator with magnificent views of Mt. Kenya, this luxurious club spreads over 100 acres of manicured lawns, magnificent gardens and ornamental ponds which are graced by free roaming peacocks and other exotic birds. Do a little or do a lot here. For activities available include hoarse riding, tennis, golf, putting green, croquet, heated swimming pool, trout fishing, as well as an art gallery, health & beauty parlour, boutique, club shops and the William Holden Animal orphanage. The Mt. Kenya Safari Club indeed the showplace of East Africa.
FULL BOARD @ MT. KENYA SAFARI CLUB

Day 5 After breakfast, drive to Nanyuki Airstrip for flight to Masai Mara. PM game drive in Maasai Mara Game Reserve – Kenya’s most precious wildlife sanctuary. Here plains game are found in staggering numbers and in turn support a tremendous predator population. Upon arrival in Maasai Mara Game Reserve, you’ll be met by the camp’s vehicle and transferred to Mara Safari Club.
FULL BOARD @ MARA SAFARI CLUB OR SIMILAR

Day 6
During your morning and afternoon game drives, you’ll travel across the savannah to rendezvous with the Mara residents, herds of buffalo, wildebeest, hartebeest, impala and gazelle, Comman to the Maasi Mara is a colony of enchanting rare roan antelope with long swept back horns. Dense thorn bush reveal browsing black rhino, and near the riverine woodland large numbers of giraffe and elephants are to be seen. Hippos cavort, en masse, in the Mara River, Host to the country’s largest predator population, the reserve is renowned for lion prides up to 20 strong.
FULL BOARD @ MARA SAFARI CLUB OR SIMILAR

Day 7
After breakfast, you’ll be transferred to the Airstrip where you’ll get on the flight back to Nairobi. Lunch + last minute shopping later drive to Jomo Kenyatta Airport for your onward flight. Back to Top

African Luxury Safari

Day 1
Upon arrival in Nairobi, proceed through Immigration and Customs. After exiting the Customs & Immigration Hall, please look out for a uniformed Big Five Tours & Safari’s driver/guide holding a Big Five Banner with your name, group name or tour name on it. Our Guide will assist you with your luggage and transfer you to the Norfolk Hotel. Later there will be a safari briefing. Afternoon you’ll visit the Giraffe center which is very unique and gives one rare opportunity to come face to face with Africa’s tallest animals. Then visit the Kazuri Beads factory. In the evening you’ll enjoy a welcome dinner.
OVERNIGHT BED & BREAKFAST @ NORFOLK HOTEL OR SIMILAR

Day 2
After breakfast, you will be picked up at 8.00 am, and driven to Wilson Airport where you’ll get on a flight to Samburu. Upon arrival in Samburu, you will be met and transferred to Samburu Intrepids. In afternoon you’ll have a game drive to view unusual species rarely seen outside of this region. Grevy’s zebra with its distinctive narrow strip’s Reticulated giraffe with its geometric pattern, the shy long – necked Gerenuk which stands erect on its hind legs to feed on the tender leaves of the high tree branches, and the bluer – necked Somali ostrich, among a variety of others.
FULL BOARD @ SAMBURU INTREPIDS CLUB OR SIMILAR

Day 3
You’ll set out on morning and afternoon game drives to observe Samburu’s unusual wildlife. The Ewaso Nyiro River provides an oasis from the equatorial sun in this harsh spectacular land of rock soil and scrubland. Bird enthusiasts will be rewarded with a wealth of species attracted to the palm tree – lined permanent water of the river. Photographers will appreciate the dramatic backdrop of Ololokwe Mountain. You’ll eagerly search for leopards lounging high on tree limbs. There will be time to relax by the pool in between game drives. At the end of the day, you’ll savor the quite activity of the river.
FULL BOARD @ SAMBURU INTREPIDS CLUB OR SIMILAR

Day 4
After breakfast, you’ll head for the distinguished Mt. Kenya Safari Club, one of the most exclusive clubs in the world. Set on the Equator with magnificent views of Mt. Kenya, this luxurious club spreads over 100 acres of manicured lawns, magnificent gardens and ornamental ponds which are graced by free roaming peacocks and other exotic birds. Do a little or do a lot here.
FULL BOARD @ MT. KENYA SAFARI CLUB

Day 5
Today you have the whole day to relax at the club. For activities available include hoarse riding, tennis, golf, putting green, croquet, heated swimming pool, trout fishing, as well as an art gallery, health & beauty parlour, boutique, club shops and the William Holden Animal orphanage. The Mt. Kenya Safari Club indeed the showplace of East Africa.
FULL BOARD @ MT. KENYA SAFARI CLUB

Day 6
After breakfast, you will be transferred to Nanyuki Airstrip and fly over the great Rift Valley to one of the stellar events of your safari – the Maasai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya’s most precious wildlife sanctuary. Here plains game is found in staggering numbers and in turn support a tremendous predator population. In the afternoon, you’ll have a game drive. Tonight you’ll recall the gently rolling grasslands, stretching to the horizon, intersected by dark green veins of rich acacia woodland. It was here that the beautiful footage for “Out of Africa” was filmed.
FULL BOARD @ MARA SAFARI CLUB OR SIMILAR

Day 7
During your morning and afternoon game drives, you travel across the savannah to rendezvous with the Mara Residents: herds of buffalo, wildebeest, hartebeest, impala and gazelle. Dense thorn bush reveal browsing black rhino, and near the riverine woodland large numbers of giraffe and elephants are to be seen. Hippos cavort, en masse, in the Mara River. A host to the country’s largest predator population, the reserve is renowned for lion prides up to 20 strong.
FULL BOARD @ MARA SAFARI CLUB OR SIMILAR

Day 8
After breakfast, you’ll be transferred to the Airstrip where you’ll get on the flight back to Nairobi. Lunch and last minute shopping later drive to Jomo Kenyatta Airport for your onward flight. Back to Top

Bush Comfort Safari

Day 2
After breakfast, you will be picked up at 8.30 am, and driven to Wilson Airport where you’ll get on a flight to Amboseli. Upon arrival you will be met at the Airstrip and transferred to the Tortillis Camp. It lies in the shadow of Mt. Kilmanjaro. Surely this is the most spectacular backdrop for photography in any wildlife sanctuary in Africa. Here you’ll stay at Tortills Camp. This exclusive camp is set on the gently sloping hillside of Umbireshari and sits on the edge the park itself, on the plains owned by the local Maasai people. The Camp is the only one of its kind in Amboseli and is to provide something Different, away from the crowds in Amboseli.
FULL BOARD @ TROTILLS CAMP OR SIMILAR

Day 3
Early morning and late afternoon game drives. You may find the park’s elephant herds cooling off in the swamp waters, or the tall Maasai giraffe peering at you through the treetops. The bird life of Amboseli is rich and varied over 420 species – 47 of them raptors. Part of the park is composed of a dry lake bed which produces mirages in the shimmering heat. Swamps and springs are fed by the underground rivers of Mt. Kilimanjaro’s melting shows. And provide permanent water for game. In the evening, a visual feast Mt. Kilimanjaro at sunset.
FULL BOARD @ TROTILLS CAMP OR SIMILAR

Day 4
Today after breakfast, you will be dropped off at the Airport for your flight back to Nairobi where you’ll connect the flight to Samburu. Upon arrival in Samburu, you will be met and transferred to Samburu Intrepids. In afternoon you’ll have a game drive to view unusual species rarely seen outside of this region. Grevy’s zebra with its distinctive narrow strip’s Reticulated giraffe with its geometric pattern, the shy long – necked Gerenuk which stands erect on its hind legs to feed on the tender leaves of the high tree branches, and the bluer – necked Somali ostrich, among a variety of others.
FULL BOARD @ SAMBURU INTREPIDS CLUB OR SIMILAR

Day 5
You’ll set out on morning and afternoon game drives to observe Samburu’s unusual wildlife. The Ewaso Nyiro River provides an oasis from the equatorial sun in this harsh spectacular land of rock soil and scrubland. Bird enthusiasts will be rewarded with a wealth of species attracted to the palm tree – lined permanent water of the river. Photographers will appreciate the dramatic backdrop of Ololokwe Mountain. You’ll eagerly search for leopards lounging high on tree limbs. There will be time to relax by the pool in between game drives. At the end of the day, you’ll savor the quite activity of the river.
FULL BOARD @ SAMBURU INTREPIDS CLUB OR SIMILAR

Day 6
After breakfast, you’ll head for the distinguished Mt. Kenya Safari Club, one of the most exclusive clubs in the world. Set on the Equator with magnificent views of Mt. Kenya, this luxurious club spreads over 100 acres of manicured lawns, magnificent gardens and ornamental ponds which are graced by free roaming peacocks and other exotic birds. Do a little or do a lot here.
FULL BOARD @ MT. KENYA SAFARI CLUB

Day 7
Today you have the whole day to relax at the club. For activities available include hoarse riding, tennis, golf, putting green, croquet, heated swimming pool, trout fishing, as well as an art gallery, health & beauty parlour, boutique, club shops and the William Holden Animal orphanage. The Mt. Kenya Safari Club indeed the showplace of East Africa.
FULL BOARD @ MT. KENYA SAFARI CLUB

Day 8
After breakfast, you will be transferred to Nanyuki Airstrip and fly over the great Rift Valley to one of the stellar events of your safari – the Maasai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya’s most precious wildlife sanctuary. Here plains game is found in staggering numbers and in turn support a tremendous predator population. In the afternoon, you’ll have a game drive. Tonight you’ll recall the gently rolling grasslands, stretching to the horizon, intersected by dark green veins of rich acacia woodland. It was here that the beautiful footage for “Out of Africa” was filmed.
FULL BOARD @ MT. KENYA SAFARI CLUB

Day 9
During your morning and afternoon game drives, you travel across the savannah to rendezvous with the Mara Residents: herds of buffalo, wildebeest, hartebeest, impala and gazelle. Dense thorn bush reveal browsing black rhino, and near the riverine woodland large numbers of giraffe and elephants are to be seen. Hippos cavort, en masse, in the Mara River. A host to the country’s largest predator population, the reserve is renowned for lion prides up to 20 strong.
FULL BOARD @ MARA SAFARI CLUB OR SIMILAR

Day 10
After breakfast, you’ll be transferred to the Airstrip where you’ll get on the flight back to Nairobi. Lunch and last minute shopping later drive to Jomo Kenyatta Airport for your onward flight. Back to Top

Kenya Game Safari

Day 2
Safari life begins at 9.30 am, you drive to the Mountain Lodge. It is located at Mt. Kenya National Park & Forest Reserve, at the slopes of Mt. Kenya. The park is a teo and half hour drive from Nairobi. Apart from the Big Five animals, the bird life is prolific. At the height of 7,200 feet, on the slopes of Mount Kenya is Mountain Lodge. The lodge is ringed by a dense forest which comes alive at dusk with myriad sounds of animals. It is the closest “tree lodge” to Nairobi and can be reached by a good road passing through coffee, sisal and pineapple plantations. The property is built on stilts overlooking floodlit waterholes and salt licks. It is regularly visited by elephant, buffalo, waterbuck, antelope and sometimes members of the cat family. Each of the lodge’s rooms has a private showers and toilets. Once in the snug surrounding of the lodge, with its spacious public verandahs or from one of the bedroom balconies, the visitor looks beyond the branches of the tall trees to witness the endless parade of the game animals. A specially constructed viewing bunker, connected to the lodge by short tunnel, affords a spectacular close – up view of the game at the waterhole. Constantly towering over the scene, at their clearest in the early morning or late afternoon, are the rocky peaks of Mount Kenya, with a half dozen glaciers.
FULL BOARD @ MOUNTAIN LODGE TREE HOTEL

Day 3
After breakfast, drive towards the highlands The terrain makes a dramatic descent from the lush central highlands to the low semi-arid plains of Kenya’s Northern Frontier District. You arrive in time for lunch at your riverside lodge in Samburu Game Reserve. This afternoon you’ll have a game drive to view unusual species rarely seen outside of this region. Grevy’s zebra with its distinctive narrow strip’s Reticulated giraffe with its geometric pattern, the shy long – necked Gerenuk which stands erect on its hind legs to feed on the tender leaves of the high tree branches, and the bluer – necked Somali ostrich, among a variety of others.
FULL BOARD @ SAMBURU SERENA LODGE

Day 4
You’ll set out on morning and afternoon game drives to observe Samburu’s unusual wildlife. The Ewaso Nyiro River provides an oasis from the equatorial sun in this harsh spectacular land of rock soil and scrubland. Bird enthusiasts will be rewarded with a wealth of species attracted to the palm tree – lined permanent water of the river. Photographers will appreciate the dramatic backdrop of Ololokwe Mountain. You’ll eagerly search for leopards lounging high on tree limbs. There will be time to relax by the pool in between game drives. At the end of the day, you’ll savor the quite activity of the river.
FULL BOARD @ SAMBURU

Day 5
This morning you’ll head for the distinguished Mt. Kenya Safari Club, one of the most exclusive clubs in the world. Set on the Equator with magnificent views of Mt. Kenya, this luxurious club spreads over 100 acres of manicured lawns, magnificent gardens and ornamental ponds which are graced by free roaming peacocks and other exotic birds. Do a little or do a lot here. For pleasure activities available include hoarse riding, tennis, golf, putting green, croquet, heated swimming pool, trout fishing, as well as an art gallery, health & beauty parlour, boutique, club shops and the William Holden Animal orphanage. The Mt. Kenya Safari Club indeed the showplace of East Africa.
DINNER AND OVERNIGHT @ MT. KENYA SAFARI CLUB

Day 6
After breakfast, depart at 8.00 am and drive via Thomsons Falls into the Great Rift Valley to one of the world’s most important bird sanctuaries. Lake Nakuru itself bosts the most spectacular of all of Africa’s bird sights, enormous flocks of pastel pink flamingoes, as well as other bird species. Here you have wonderful opportunities for color photography as masses of pink bodies glide above the reflection of blue water. Lunch is at the Lion Hill Lodge. Afternoon drive to the Great Rift Valley Lodge & Golf Resort. The lodge sits at above 7,000 feet, from which elevation it enjoys magnificent views to the west and east. The vistas stretch from the shimmering waters of Lake Naivasha to the jagged volcanic crater of Mount Longonot.
DINNER AND OVERNIGHT @ RIFT VALLEY LODGE & GOLF RESORT

Day 7
After breakfast, relax at the resort, optional activities can be booked directly at the lodge, eg. Horse riding and mountain biking with expert guides, playng golf etc. After lunch drive via Narok (the major Maasai Administrative centre) to one of the stellar events of the safari – The Maasai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya’s most precious wildlife sanctuary. This is big Game country and long famed as one of the Africa’s greatest concentrations of game. Plains game are found here in staggering numbers, which in turh supports a tremendous predator population.
DINNER AND OVERNIGHT @ MARA SERENA LODGE

Day 8
Your schedule today includes pre-breakfast and late afternoon game drives. Travelling across the savannah, you’ll rendezvous with the Mara residents herds of buffalo, wildebeest, hartebeest, impala, and gazelle. The Maasai Mara is the northern – most extremity of the great Serengeti ecosystem. Here, black rhino browse among dense thorn bushes and herds of giraffe and elephant roam the woodlands. Large number of hippos gather to feed and swim in the Mara River. Boasting Kenya’s largest predator population, the reserve is renowned fo lion prides up to 20 strong. Nested under canvas, tonight you’ll dream of all the wonders of Africa.
FULL BOARD @ MARA SERENA LODGE

Day 9
After breakfast, you will depart for your final game drive in Maasai Mara Game Reserve. You will have opportunities to see herds of impala, wildebeest, giraffe, elephant, topi, buffalo, warthog, ostrich, as well as lion, cheetah, hyena, and possibly the elusive Leopard. Later you’ll depart with lunch boxes and drive back to Nairobi. You will be dropped of at the Airport for your onward flight.
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Extension to Mombasa

Travellers Beach Hotel – Mombasa
2 nights Travellers Beach Hotel – Half Board + Transfers.

Serena Beach Hotel - Mombasa
2 nights Serena Beach Hotel – Half Board + Transfers.

Minimum 2 passengers per departure

Mombasa is the oldest and the second biggest city in Kenya, and is the centre of the Kenyan Coast. It is situated on the South-Eastern part of Kenya and is the biggest and most important port of East Africa. From here you can visit the North Coast Beaches, South Coast Beaches, Malindi & Watamu, Lamu, Tana River Delta, or even Taveta and enjoy natural beauty and living history. From its rich history to its diversity of cultures, Mombasa has its own very special feel, Very different from Nairobi. Mombasa is string influenced by Arabic culture and this is quite evident in the food, dress and architecture. Back to Top

Nairobi Excursion

Departure: Daily
Duration: 1/2 Day

This city tour takes you through the commercial and shopping centre of Nairobi. This vibrant and bustling city is a study in contrasts. Sleek skyrise buildings stand next to small stalls (dukas) made of corrugated iron. There are elegant shops selling international wares near the wonderful city bazaar with its bright tropical flowers and a tempting array of handicrafts from baskets and beads to soapstone and wooden carvings.

People of various races and cultures pass you on the streets. You will see the Parliament buildings and tour the National Museum which has been described as "The finest Small Museum in Africa" and is well known for it’s prehistoric exhibits and displays of tribal artifacts. You can view reptiles in safety at the adjacent snake park. Your tour concludes with a drive through a residential area of Nairobi.
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Nairobi National Park & Animal Orphanage

Departure: Daily
Duration: 4 Hours

In only minutes from the hubbub of downtown Nairobi you can enjoy the tranquillity and beauty of wild animals in their natural bush habitat. Nairobi National Park in an extensive area of unspoiled and varied countryside ranging from open grassy plains to forested river banks. Situated on the city boundary, the park covers an area of 44 square miles and is home to a wide range of animals including lion, cheetah and buffalo.

On your game drive you are likely to see giraffe and herds of wildebeest, hartebeest and zebra. You may be lucky and spot hippos and crocodiles along the banks of the Athi River. Nairobi National Park is also one of the best places to see rhino in Kenya.

At the main entrance to the park is the Animal Orphanage which cares for semi-tame, orphaned and wounded animals. Back to Top

Karen Blixen Museum

Departure: Daily
Duration: 4 Hours

This tour takes you to the rural suburb of Karen named after Karen Blixen, the famous author whose memoirs were immortalized in the popular film "Out of Africa". You visit her home, restored by the National Museums of Kenya, and now the Karen Blixen Museum. In this lovely home with its spacious gardens and views of the Ngong Hills, the visitor can step back in history and gain an insight into the life of this remarkable woman.