The Southern Comfort Safari
3Nights/4Days Safari – Amboseli & Tsavo National Parks
07:30hrs Meet up with your representative at your Nairobi Hotel Lobby. After introduction to your dedicated Safari Driver Guide and pre-safari briefing, depart and drive to Tsavo West National Park to arrive at your lodge, Kilaguni Serena Safari Lodge in the early afternoon in time for lunch.
Package cost includes the following services:
- Pick up from your Nairobi Hotel, Meet & Greet and Pre-Safari briefing
- Three nights on full board basis at Kilaguni and Amboseli Serena Safari Lodges
- Safari transport and Game drives in custom made 4x4WD Safari Land Cruiser on exclusive use
- Services of a Professional Safari Driver guide
- Park entrance fees
- Farewell lunch at Café Maghreb Restaurant compliments of Serena Hotels
- Airport transfers as per itinerary with services
Package cost excludes the following services:
- International Flights and Visa entry charges to Kenya
- All items of personal use i.e. drinks, laundry, telephone calls, tips/gratuities, personal travel insurances- etc.
Note: Minimum, 2 pax
Safari Itinerary
Day 1: Nairobi to Tsavo West National Park
07:30hrs Meet up with your representative at your Nairobi Hotel Lobby. After introduction to your dedicated Safari Driver Guide and pre-safari briefing, depart and drive to Tsavo West National Park to arrive at your lodge, Kilaguni Serena Safari Lodge in the early afternoon in time for lunch.
Superbly situated in the lee of Mount Kilimanjaro and sheltered by the volcanic splendor of the Chyulu Hills, this classic stone-built lodge overlooks its own water hole, which is visited daily by elephants, buffalos and a wide variety of plains game.
One of the first lodges ever to be built in a national park, the lodge is cool, tranquil and hushed for optimum game-viewing, photography and painting. It is also ideally placed for visits to all the park’s prime attractions.
16:00hrs Afternoon game viewing drives in the park. Tsavo West National Park offers some of the most magnificent game viewing in the world with large herds of dusty-red elephants, hippopotamus, giant crocodiles, black rhinoceros and African buffalos. The park includes also the lion, the cheetah, the leopard. The “big five” can be seen in Tsavo. Birdlife is abundant as more than 600 species of bird have been recorded.
All meals and overnight at Kilaguni Serena Safari Lodge
Day 2: Tsavo West National Park
Full day in Tsavo with morning and afternoon game viewing drives at 06:00hrs and 16:00hrs respectively. The Park offers some of the most magnificent game viewing in the world with large herds of dusty-red elephants, hippopotamus, giant crocodiles, black rhinoceros and African buffalos. The park includes also the lion, the cheetah, and leopard. The “big five” can be seen in Tsavo.
Other animals commonly seen in the park are the zebra, the antelopes and gazelles, the mongoose, the hyrax, the dik-dik and the lesser kudu. Birdlife is abundant as more than 600 species of bird have been recorded. Some of the interesting areas to be visited are the Mzima springs, Roaring rocks, Chaimu and Shetani Lava sites to mention a few. On one of the afternoons you will be hosted to a Sundowner within the park.
This evening enjoy a Sundowner Cocktail at a location within the park as you mesmerise at the breathaking view of the Tsavo and the african sun as it goes to sleep!
All meals and overnight at Kilaguni Serena Safari Lodge
Day 3: Tsavo West to Amboseli National Park
Breakfast at the lodge
08:00hrs After check-out, depart and drive to Amboseli National Park with game viewing en-route to arrive at your lodge, to Amboseli Serena Safari Lodge for check-in and in time for lunch.
Set against the magnificent backdrop of Africa’s highest mountain, the glittering Mount Kilimanjaro, the lodge enjoys a uniquely privileged position at the heart of this world-famous national park.
Lunch in the lodge followed by an afternoon at leisure to relax and soak-in magnificent views of the park from your room Veranda/Lounge or enjoy a swim in the lodge’s swimming pool.
16:00hrs Enjoy afternoon game-viewing drives in the park. Amboseli is one of the most popular destinations for safari-goers to Kenya, but it also offers some spectacular views of the highest free-standing mountain in the world – Mount Kilimanjaro. Elephant are a dominant presence in Amboseli; they are tracked almost constantly by researchers thus; the reason they have largely escaped the ravages of 1980s poaching. Here, you are able to spot some of the older “tuskers” lumbering almost delicately before the backdrop of Mt. Kilimanjaro.
18:00hrs Drive back to the lodge in time to refresh for dinner.
All meals and overnight at Amboseli Serena Safari Lodge
Day 4: Amboseli to Nairobi & Departure
After breakfast in the lodge, depart and drive to Nairobi City to arrive at Nairobi Serena Hotel in time for lunch in the Café Maghreb Restaurant compliment of Serena Hotels. Later transfer to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport for your home bound flight.
A Safari experience to remember!