Day 1. MOMBASA - TSAVO EAST
You will be picked from your hotel early in the morning at 05:00Hrs and drive to tsavo east through Bachuma gate. Arriving at around 8.00am and start the game drive immediately. Lunch at Voi Safari Lodge. Time will not allow us to visit the Lugaeds falls but we may see plenty of animals. After lunch you will have a short game drive from 2.45pm.
Tsavo East National Park is located 333 km from Nairobi and approximately 160 Km from Mombasa, it is one of the largest national parks in Kenya, covers an area of about 11,747 square kilometers. The park contains some fantastic terrain, including rivers, lakes, tarns, glaciers, and peaks with a wide variety of vegetation, including grasslands, acacia vegetation, open plains and savanna. It is therefore recognized as one of the world's leading bio-diversity strongholds. Some of the popular destinations within the park include the Mudanda Rock and the Yatta Plateau, which is the world's largest lava flow. Luggard's Falls on the Galana River include shapely water-worn rocks. You can view a variety of animals at the park, including elephant, lion, leopard, crocodile, waterbuck, kudu, gerenuk, zebra and Aruba Hunter's hartebeest. You will also observe the large herds of red elephants- they glow red due to red dust of Tsavo.
There are also about 500 species of birds, including the ostrich, and migratory birds like kestrels and buzzards. We will leave the park gate at about 4:00pm and drive to Mombasa, arriving in your hotel at around 6:30pm
Price includes:
Transport, Accommodation on full board, all meals, park entrance fees, Game drives in a safari mini-bus or 4x4 jeep as per the itinerary and bottled mineral water in a cool box during game drives
Excludes:
Drinks at the lodge/Camp, cigarettes, tips and things of personal nature. |
