kenya 2024
Escorted by James Cracknell
Annual Migration Africa Tour 23 august, 2024
Annual Migration Africa Tour video Africa 2024 Brochure
ITINERARY
Day 1 In flight to Dubai
Please make your own way to Sydney International Airport for your Emirates flight Sydney to Dubai.
Flight Departs approximately 6.00am
On arrival in Dubai you will be Transferred to your stopover hotel
Hyatt Regency Dubai
Day 2 Dubai to Nairobi
After breakfast You will be transferred to Dubai airport for your flight to Nairobi
JAMBO - KARIBU!! Our tours representatives will warmly meet you upon arrival at the Jomo Kenyatta International airport with our traditional, unique & special welcome (bubbly, wet towels and presentation of authentic safari hat and a beautiful authentic canvas pouch filled with safari essentials). We will then transfer you to the Sarova Stanley Hotel, located in the heart of the central business district for check-in.
Sarova Stanley Hotel - Dinner own arrangements
Day 3 Nairobi
This morning after a hearty leisurely breakfast, our guide driver will pick you from the hotel and drive to the Daphne Sheldricks orphanage. Here you will have amazing moments interacting with young elephants and other species. This centre is a nurturing home for young elephants and other species whose mothers are not able to mother them due to death, incapacitation or sickness. They are well taken care of until they are able to fend for themselves then released back to the wild. We then proceed to the Giraffe centre for a thrilling experience with tallest mammals on earth. Here we have the the Rothschild giraffe, one of the three sub-species that we have in Kenya. Here we will be able to feed them with our hand, take some amazing photo shots beside them . This is a life-time experience and perhaps the closest one can get to these gracious creatures in their natural setting. Our last visit of the day is an exclusive visit to” Kazuri” which a charity organisation focusing on Kenyan Women. It’s a wonderful visit where you will see women making the world famous Kazuri beads enabling them to live a poverty free life for them and their children. Our guide driver will drop you back to the hotel for the overnight.
Sarova Stanley Hotel L-BB
Day 4 Nairobi – ol Pajeta Conservancy
After a sumptuous breakfast depart to Ol Pajeta Private Ranch. Situated on the Equator and with a stunning backdrop of the majestic Mount Kenya, the 90,000 acre wildlife Conservancy boasts of an astounding variety of animals. We arrive at our camp to a warm welcome, ushered in for check-in then lunch. This afternoon we depart for an exciting game viewing drive in the wildlife rich game sanctuary. We will enjoy a visit the Chimpanzee Sanctuary which is incorporated within the Ol Pejeta Conservancy and provides a lifelong refuge to orphaned Chimpanzees from West and Central Africa. Watching their behavior, watching as they do stuff with great intelligence is an experience that will brighten our day with laughter and amazement. Ol Pejeta’s combination of these amazing wildlife and stunning views guarantees an unforgettable safari experience. Return to our tented camp for dinner and overnight.
Sweetwaters Tented Camp LDBB
Day 5 Ol Pejeta Conservancy
A full day to explore exotic Sweetwaters Sanctuary which is home to the Big Five (the endangered black and white rhinos, elephants, lion, leopard & Cape buffalo) and a host of other animals such as the Grevy’s zebra, cheetah, gazelles, black-back jackals, ostrich, baboons, waterbuck, Oryx, eland and several hundred bird species, We also today will head to the back country region of the reserve to try and find the elusive African Hunting Dog.. This is Africa as Teddy Roosevelt saw it years ago when he led one of the first safaris to tour Africa in comfort and splendor. The combination of amazing wildlife and stunning views across the open plains of Ol Pejeta guarantees an unforgettable safari experience. Dinner and overnight at the camp.
Sweetwaters Tented Camp LDBB
Day 6 Ol Pejeta Conservancy - Samburu
Our guide driver will warmly meet you after breakfast, help you load your luggage into the Safari land cruiser then proceed to Samburu. We arrive at the intimate 12-tent Elephant Bedroom Camp to a warm welcome then lunch. We enjoy an afternoon game viewing drive. The Samburu region is the best place to find several endemic Northern species; including the Gerenuk (twiga gazelle) due to her long neck, the beisa Oryx, the Reticulated Giraffe, the Somali ostrich and Grevy’s Zebra. Samburu is also an ornithological paradise, home to many birds including local species such as the Palm Nut Vulture and the Vivacious Dove. Dinner and overnight at our camp.
Elephant Bedroom Camp LDB
Day 7-8 Samburu Game Reserve
Full day of game viewing in both Samburu and Buffalo Springs game reserves. Leopards are often seen at dusk. The Samburu culture is a truly fascinating one, sharing a great deal of ancestral and linguistic ties to the Maasai. The entire Samburu region is a place of breathtaking and magical beauty, a place where the vision of a deep red sunset silhouetting the doum palms along the river as a leopard emerges to hunt brings the perfect end to a day on safari...... Meals and overnight at our camp.
OPTIONAL ACTIVITY: Visit to a Samburu Manyatta to see how the tribe lives in this harsh surrounding.
Elephant Bedroom Camp LDBB
Day 9 Samburu - Lake Naivasha
Depart this morning and drive to Lake Naivasha arriving for lunch at the lodge. Afternoon Boat ride for some hippo and bird spotting
Lake Naivasha Sopa Lodge LDBB
Day 10 Lake Naivasha – Masai Mara Game Reserve
A hearty early morning breakfast then drive to the Masai Mara National Reserve, offering wonderful scenery and plenty of game. We arrive at Serena Mara Lodge to a very warm welcome for lunch, some leisure. This afternoon is the moment we have been longing for – we depart on an exciting game viewing drive. The Rolling plains and grasslands, stretching far into the horizons as far as the eye can see is home to the black-manned lion, the savannah elephant, the Cape buffalo, wildebeests ,the elusive leopard ,cheetah ,the spotted & stripped hyena, the rhino, topi ,burchelle’s zebra, the Maasai giraffe among many others. The Mara game reserve is one that can never disappoint. One is spoilt by the variety of bird and wildlife species in this game reserve….. For a long time, Mara Game Reserve has stubbed her authority as the ‘granary’ of wildlife in Kenya. We return back to the camp for dinner and overnight.
Serena Mara Lodge LDBB
Day 11 Masai Mara Game Reserve
Sumptuous breakfasts then we depart for a full day adventure. We are right in time for the greatest spectacle on earth; the eighth wonder of the world – the wildebeest migration. From July to October, the fields are awash with thousands of wildebeests that yearly migrate from the Serengeti National park in Tanzania to Maasai Mara in search of pasture. They cross the Nile crocodile invested Mara River. Tens of them drawn in the raging waters, others are captured and killed by the giant crocodiles. The wildebeests are closely followed by Burchell’s zebras and impalas. Predators too in their hundreds also follow and lay in wait for those animals that become weak or incapacitated during the long journey for a kill.. Be on the look-out for the big five that Masai Mara is famous for. These include the lion, savannah (African) elephant, the Cape buffalo, the leopard and the black rhino. We may even be so lucky to witness a leopard or a cheetah sprint and make a kill! We return back to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
Serena Mara Lodge LDBB
Day 12 Masai Mara Game Reserve
We enjoy another day of game viewing, tracking the wildebeest migration which is the most exciting experience at this time of the year. We may be lucky to see a wide variety of predators (cats) that closely follow on the wildebeests with calculated moves for a kill. All meals and overnight at the lodge
Serena Mara Lodge LDBB
OPTIONAL ACTIVITY: Balloon Safari over the Mara plains followed by a champagne breakfast
Day 13 Masai Mara Game Reserve - Nairobi - Dubai
Today you will be transferred to a local airstrip for your flight to Nairobi. On arrival into Nairobi you will be met and transferred to Nairobi’s international Airport . a packed lunch will be provided enroute to the airport before your flight Nairobi to Dubai
Luggage Limit: Please note that light aircraft flights in Kenya have a luggage restriction of 15kgs (excluding a reasonable amount of hand held camera equipment).
On arrival in Dubai you will be met and transferred to your hotel Hyatt Regency
Hyatt Regency Dubai
Day 14 Dubai
Today will be at Leisure to wander the City of Dubai.
Hyatt Regency Dubai Bfast included
Day 15 Dubai to Sydney
Bfast Included
This morning you will be transferred to Dubai Airport for your Emirates flight. Dubai to your homeport
Day 16 Arrive Sydney
Price includes:
Economy Air Travel Sydney – Dubai – Nairobi – Dubai – Sydney
Departure Taxes
Airport transfers
All meals as per itinerary
Full Board at Game Lodges
All Accommodation and sightseeing as per itinerary
Escorted by James Cracknell
All sightseeing and entrance fees
Cost per person twin share $14986.00
Single Supplement Price $2053.00
Although travel insurance is not compulsory it is highly recommended at the time of booking. A non-refundable deposit of $2000.00 per person is required to secure a seat.
Full Payment will be required by 01 June 2024
Credit Card fees will apply 1.5% Visa & MasterCard 3.5% Diners and Amex
Tour price does not include:
Personal Travel Insurance
Meals other than specified
Optional Sightseeing
Kenyan Visa
Items of Personal nature
Tipping
Conditions
Price Includes
Land Arrangements: Transfers, Sightseeing, additional meals and accommodation as per the itinerary. Lodge Accommodation in Kenya is on a full board basis whilst accommodation in Nairobi & Dubai is on a bed & breakfast basis.
Vehicles: In Kenya we normally take a maximum of 6 clients in a vehicle so everyone gets a window
seat
Airfare: This Quote includes all economy airfares from Sydney / Dubai / Nairobi / Dubai / Sydney.
Price Excludes
Passports, visas, insurance, emergency evacuation costs, meals not specified in the itinerary, laundry, tips, items of a personal nature including medication and excess luggage. Visa cost on
Kenyan Visa approx $80 USD
Exchange Rates
The tour costs have been calculated using current exchange rates. Should the Australian dollar fall in value against these currencies we will have no alternative but to impose a currency surcharge.
Deposit & Booking Form
Deposits a non refundable of $2000.00 per person is required at the time of booking. A completed booking form is also required.
Cancellation Fees
Windsong Travel’s cancellation policies will be strictly enforced. In summary, cancellations more than
60 Days prior to departure incur loss of deposit, 59-41 Days 45%, 40-31days 65%, 30 Days or less no refund
Final Payment
Final Payment is due 01 June 2024
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tour operators and are no liable for any loss, damage, delay or injury however caused. Air and surface transportation is subject to the conditions of carriage of the companies concerned. Baggage is at owner’s risk throughout the tour
This tour has been arranged by:
James Cracknell
Windsong Travel
Shop 1 – 58 Hyde St.
Bellingen, NSW
Phone 0266550855
Email: Bellingen@windsongtravel.com.au