WNB 15: SAFARIS FROM MOMBASA
COAST SAFARIS
MOMBASA
- TSAVO WEST NATIONAL PARK Tsavo
is Kenya largest and oldest National park.Tsavo is home to a fantastic array of
wildlife and scenery. The park contains most of the habitats found in Kenya ranging
from open plains, savannah bush, semi desert scrub,acacia woodland, extensive
ranges of hills, fast flowing rivers, palm thickets and mountain forest. Game
viewing can be very exciting in this wild park.Tsavo west became famous at the
turn of century for the man - eating lions that preyed upon the railway workers
building the Great Uganda Railway.Its plains border with Tanzania and its supports
large populations of elephants, buffalo, giraffe, zebra, antelopes as well as
the big cats and some of the shyer mammals.The crystal clear waters of Mzima springs
provide an exciting opportuinity to get face to face with hippo from the underwater
viewing hide. This
is a morning drive to Tsavo West, part of Kenya's largest National Park. This
afternoon, enjoy a game drive in the park. Tonight watch for wildlife as they
come to the lodge's floodlit waterhole.
Day 2: TSAVO
WEST - AMBOSELI Drive
to Amboseli, designated a National Park in 1977.
Most famous for its elephant population, Amboseli is also home to a variety of
other game, including lion, cheetah and hyena. Day
3: AMBOSELI
- TAITA HILLS After
an early morning game drive and breakfast, continue to Taita Hills, a privately-owned
game sanctuary. Enjoy game viewing in the sanctuary this afternoon.
Day 4: TAITA
HILLS - MOMBASA : Return to Mombasa, arriving
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/ SALT LICK / TSAVO WEST / TSAVO EAST DAY
01: MOMBASA - SALT LICK After an early morning
breakfast, you will be picked at Hotel (south or North Coast) and your driver/guide
will drive you through the North Great Road to Taita Hills Wildlife Sanctuary
is a privately owned conservation area located at the foot of the Taita Hills
adjacent to Tsavo West National Park in Kenya - one of the world's largest game
reserves. The Sanctuary offers many diverse opportunities for guests to experience
the unique flora, fauna and culture of this fascinating ecosystem. Night game
drives provide guests with an opportunity of seeing animals not usually encountered
on a daytime game drive. Take
a nature walk with qualified guides; enjoy a bush dinner or breakfast, champagne
sundowner at Kudu Point or visit local communities and experience their culture.
Night game drives are available conducted by our highly trained rangers giving
an opportunity to observe some species not seen during daytime game drives.
You will check-in SAROVA SALT LICK GAME LODGE for lunch which
is located in the heart of the Taita Hills Wildlife Sanctuary and is a truly unique
architectural concept consisting of 96 distinctively luxurious oval-shaped rooms,
overlooking a waterhole which attracts a large array of wildlife, especially elephants.
In the evenings the animals gather at the waterhole - a spectacular site to behold,
to drink at the watering hole. Afternoon game drive, dinner and overnight at SAROVA
SALT LICK GAME LODGE (LD). DAY 02 :
SALT LICK - TSAVO WEST After an early morning
breakfast we depart Salt Lake and drive to the legendary land of the "Man-Eaters"
- Tsavo National Park. The 21,000 sq km park is one of the largest in the whole
world. Due to its enormous size, this animal and plant heaven was divided into
two parts Tsavo East and Tsavo West, for easy administration and management. This
wilderness is home too over 1000 plant species, 400 bird species and more than
60 major mammal species such as lions, huge herds of buffalo, the solitary and
ill-tempered Rhino and at least 7000 elephants. The park is the location of Africa's
most famous adventure story "Man eaters of Tsavo", in which two lions
where responsible for eating over 500 workers who where building the Uganda railway
also known as the "Lunatic Line " by it's opponents in the British Parliament
in 1898. The story was made famous in the 1996 movie "The Ghost and the Darkness." Enjoy
your lunch at KILANGUNI SERENA LODGE. Conveniently located in
the heart of the park (Tsavo West), the lodge offers captivating views of the
majestic Mt. Kilimanjaro and the Chyulu Hills. Only 100m from the main building,
is a water hole where animals come to quench their thirst. Each of the 53 rooms
has a private shower, toilet, and a verandah (Patio) overlooking the waterhole
and Africa's highest mountain, snowcapped Mt. Kilimanjaro. With it's own airstrip
nearby, Kilanguni lodge is the place to be. Dinner & overnight at KILAGUNI
SERENA LODGE (BLD). Day
03 : TSAVO EAST Soon after breakfast with game en-route through
the vast Tvaso National Park we will depart Tsavo West for our today's major game
drive at Tsavo East. You will check-in at VOI SAFARI LODGE
for your lunch. Perched on the top of a cliff faced hill, voi safari lodge is
uniquely designed to be a hinge like structure overlooking the Tsavo east plains
extending as far as the undulating terrain of the Yatta plateaus. This vantage
positioning of the lodge has made it a stop over for many safari adventures, nature
lovers and holiday makers who are assured of sampling Kenya's wildlife attractions
that continuously beat a track to the three water holes sunk by the lodge below
the cliff. During the dry season the waterholes are the convergence of a lot of
wild animals moving almost in a radial flies as if urged on by some kind of telephatic
communication, the sight is just fantastic. The location evokes a romantic inspiration
that once moved a visiting British poet who now incorporated his experience at
the lodge in most of his poems, to describe it as sample of wonder that is better
than a dream. The visitors to the lodge have the rare chance of coming as
close as a breath away from the wild animals in a specially designed tunnel with
protective barricades that has proved popular for Post Card quality close-ups
of Kenya's wildlife. The 52 roomed lodge is designed to blend with the rocky surroundings
and boats of a unique dug up rock swimming pool with the surroundings dotted by
wild flora planted around the lodge The lodge is also proving popular with
the travelers along the Mombasa - Nairobi highway,located 165 kms from Mombasa
and has the advantage of being within a park that is served with a good infrastructure
including communication facilities. After few hours relaxation you will
enjoy a late afternoon before you retire for day at VOI SAFARI LODGE
for dinner and overnight. DAY 04 : TSAVO - MOMBASA
After breakfast, you will drive through the North Great
Road via VOI TOWN and later proceed to your Hotel for lunch. .
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