This is a Family safari with private guide, The “Big Five,” your child’s Favorite animals, local experiences and more. This safari is for a wilder wildlife viewing with impactful cultural encounters and exciting natural learning. You will have one-on-one time with orphaned baby elephants visit the maasai warriors’ villages, share their traditional skills and ways of life. You will visit Amboseli National Park and the shores of Lake Nakuru turned pink with flamingos. Experience the wild beast migration across the Maasai Mara each year from July until October, with profession guides focused on your child’s enjoyment and enrichment.
ITINERARY SCHEDULE
Days 1 & 2: Arrival in Nairobi National Park Overnights at Ololo Lodge
Today you will arrive at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, the driver guide will be waiting for you at arrivals with a notice having your name on it. You will then drive to Ololo Lodge. Visit the Sheldrick Animal Orphanage and meet the resident baby elephants. Interact with the orphans and watch their inspiring keepers feed, nurture and rehabilitate them, so that they can form new families in the wild. You will Enjoy lunch at Tamambo Restaurant before heading to the nearby Giraffe Center. Stand atop the platform to be eye-level with these gentle giants. Hold out some pellets and feed lunch to a hungry giraffe.
You will end the day with a tour of Kazuri Beads. Kazuri began as a tiny workshop making handmade beads and is now large enough to operate it’s own factory that produces beautiful handmade jewelry and pottery. See how the beads are made and turned into exquisite crafts.
Includes: Lunch, Dinner Wi-fi, Swimming pool Private guide & private vehicle
Days 3 & 4: Drive to Amboseli National Park Overnights at Amboseli Serena Safari Lodge
Amboseli National Park’s open savannah is famous for elephants. Researchers at the Amboseli Elephant Research Project have tracked these elephants for more than 40 years, given them names and mapped their family trees. You will watch the herd’s matriarchs, babies, teenagers and bulls interact and relate to one another.
Have fun learning animal identification, tracking and spotting skills from your safari guide. Supplement the guide’s knowledge with extra information, maps and pictures at your fingertips.
You will drive to the Enkongo Narok swamp and the acacia woodlands are always green and attract plenty of animals. The swamp’s water is replenished underground from the snows of Mt. Kilimanjaro. You will stay overnight at Amboseli Serena Safari Lodge on Full board.
Includes: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Wi-fi, Swimming Pool Private guide & private vehicle
Day 5: Ololo Lodge | Beads for Education/Isinya
Today you will Depart Amboseli for a special day in the rural town of Isinya—home to the BEADS for Education program. This international non-profit supports Maasai mothers and their daughters by offering mothers the opportunity to sell traditional beaded crafts to pay for the school fees of their daughters. In places like Isinya, girls have been traditionally discouraged from pursuing education. Instead, they have been married off, frequently to older men as a second, third or fourth wife. The program attracts international donors who sponsor students that attend primary school, secondary school and college, if they choose. This program changes lives.
Spend time in class with Tembea Academy’s BEADS Students and enjoy lunch. The children will have the opportunity to talk, laugh and share stories with their Kenyan peers.
Includes: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Wi-fi, Swimming Pool Private guide & private vehicle
Days 6 & 7: Bush flight to Lake Nakuru National Park Overnights at Sarova Lion Hill Lodge
You will take a domestic/bush flight to Lake Nakuru National Park, the Park contains a variety of ecosystems from acacia forest, woodlands and a famous soda lake that draws more than 400 species of birds. You will stay at Sarova Lion Hill Lodge offers marvelous views of pelicans fishing and flamingos wading.
You will do morning and afternoon game drives to see several wildlife, Spot leopards and even lions lounging in trees. Four million flamingos roam the Rift Valley soda lakes throughout the year, literally turning the shores pink.
Includes: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Wi-fi, Swimming Pool Private guide & private vehicle
Days 8 & 9: Bush flight to Naboisho Conservancy Overnights at Base Camp Eagle View
Spend an afternoon at a Maasai village. Basecamp has close ties to the local community and the camp’s staff and guides are locals who are happy to share their traditions and culture. Experiences here are authentic and unobtrusive.
Basecamp Eagle View sits in the private Mara Naboisho Conservancy in southwest Kenya and offers some of Kenya’s best wildlife viewing year-round. Zebras and giraffes, attracted to nearby salt-licks, often stroll the grounds and in July and August, herds from the great migration journey through. The conservancy is a predator refuge with some of the highest concentrations of lions in the world. Star gaze the clear night sky.
Includes: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Alcohol & Beverages, Laundry Private guide & private vehicle
Day 10: Bush flight to Nairobi for international flight
After breakfast and morning wildlife viewing, your driver guide will transfer you to the bush airstrip for your flight back to Nairobi. driver awaits you at Wilson Airport to transfer you to the Hilton Garden Inn where a day room awaits. In the evening, your driver will transport you to Jomo Kenyatta Airport for your international departure.
Includes: Breakfast Swimming Pool, Wi-fi Private guide & private vehicle
INCLUSIONS, PRICING & ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
2020 Custom Pricing & Departures
July – Oct, 15-31 Dec• 6 guests: $8,000 USD per person • 4 guests: $8,350 USD per person• 2 guests: $8,750 USD per person
• Child under 12 years: $4,200 USD
Jan – June, Nov – 14 Dec• 6 guests: $7,600 USD per person • 4 guests: $8,000 USD per person• 2 guests: $8,400 USD per person
• Child under 12 years: $3,800 USD
All pricing in US dollars. Pricing assumes two adults and one child per room. Arrival and departure are though Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, Kenya. Prices do not include international airfare. All itineraries and prices are subject to change.
Kenya with Kids safari includes
• Start-to-finish safari expertise
• Accommodations in all lodges & tented camps
• All meals as stated in itinerary
• Wildlife viewing with private guide in private 4x4safari Land Cruiser
• All park and entrances
• All in-country transportation
• Safe drinking water available at all times
• Beverages in your 4×4 safari vehicle
• Laundry at some camps and lodges
• Alcohol & beverages at some camps and lodges
• Extensive pre-departure briefing and materials including health information, reading list
Excludes
-International Flights
-Personal Insurance
– Expenses of a personal nature such as visas, driver tips etc
Travel with Wilder Africa Holidays
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