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AJS
34: 3Nights/4Days Safari
Mombasa - 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.
In the afternoonyou
will visit Mzima Spring replenished with two hundred and twenty million
liters of crystal-clear water every day, from the underground streams
stemming from the lava massif known as the Chyulu Hills, 40-50 kilometers
away. Mzima forms a haven for a rich wildlife pageant with elephant soaking
half immersed in the waters, light footed but ponderous looking hippo,
apparently weightless, tip-toeing across the bottom, crocodiles basking
on the bank or swirling through the water; gazelles, zebra and giraffe
wandering around the banks through the thick acacias and raffia palms
together with hundreds of chattering monkeys and birds. Mzima is also
the main source of Mombasa's water supply. There are well-marked nature
trails, an observation platform and an underwater glass tank, which provides
a special vantage point to view this remarkable oasis. Not far from Mzima
Springs, along a well-marked track, lies the precipitous magnificence
of the Ngulia escarpment at the foot of the Ngulia Hills, which rise to
1825 meters. Dinner & overnight at KILANGUNI
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 - MOMBSA
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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