KENYA SAFARI & EGYPT TOUR

PRIVATE KENYA AND EGYPT TOUR
17 days / 16 nights 2022
GUARANTEED TO OPERATE WITH A MINIMUM OF TWO TRAVELERS
PRIVATE TOUR, just your party with your own guide and transport.

KENYA: Nairobi, Mt. Kenya National Park, Aberdares National Park, Samburu Game Reserve, Lake Nakuru National Park, Masai Mara Game Reserve

EGYPT; the "A" list of antiquity sites and museums in Cairo, Luxor and Aswan featuring a 4 day Deluxe Nile cruise and optional excursion to Abu Simbel.

Tour features include: 
15 Breakfasts, 10 Lunches and 10 Dinners. 
Transport: Using custom made safari vehicles with pop up rooftop for game viewing in Kenya plus a/c mini-vans in Egypt. 
Accommodation: 5 star Hotels / Lodges / Luxury Tented Camps. 
Exclusive private vehicle and driver-guide throughout the safari. 
Unlimited game drives from morning to evening everyday while in the park. 
Fully escorted tours in Egypt with a licensed English speaking Egyptologist.

NOTE: Early booking recommended as hotels sell out far in advance during high season.

Day 01 (Tuesday) Arrival and Overnight in Nairobi
Arriving Jomo Kenyatta International Airport meet safari driver-guide and transfer to the Tamarind Tree hotel for overnight.
Hotel website:  https://tamarindtree-hotels.com/

Day 02 (Wednesday) Nairobi to Mount Kenya National Park, Serena Mountain Lodge
Breakfast at the hotel, Tour Briefing in the hotel reception lobby and drive to Mount Kenya National Park. Along the way, we shall have panoramic views of coffee farms and tea farms before arriving at the lodge around mid-day and in time for lunch. Located within Mount Kenya National Park, approximately a two-and-a-half-hour drive from Nairobi, the Serena Mountain Lodge, nestled in a woody area of the Mount Kenya National Park at a height of 2134 meters (about 7,000 feet) above sea level. The lodge towers over the mountainous peaks of Mount Kenya where you can view the spectacular game, regularly viewed at the waterhole daily. The panoramas surrounding Serena Mountain Lodge will delight you with their dramatic features. By day, cool, clear mountain air and sweeping views across the treetops beckon with opportunity for discovery and exploration. The African night is enlivened by the sounds of the forest animals. You can view the game even closer as they feed at the water hole, by visiting the specially built and constructed viewing bunker connected to the lodge from a short tunnel. An open-air deck gazes down to a water hole bustling with elephant and buffalo herds. Enjoy afternoon and evening watching wildlife from the hotel terrace as they come to drink water at the waterhole.
Mount Kenya National Park website: http://www.kws.go.ke/content/mount-kenya-national-park-reserve.
Dinner and overnight at Serena Mountain Lodge on Full Board Basis
Hotel website: https://www.serenahotels.com/serenamountainlodge/en/default.html
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner at the hotel

Day 03 (Thursday) Mount Kenya to Samburu Game Reserve, Sarova Shaba Game Lodge
After breakfast drive to Samburu Game Reserve arriving for lunch. Afternoon game drives in Samburu Game Reserve. Samburu National Reserve was one of the two areas in which conservationists George and Joy Adamson raised Elsa the Lioness. Their story was made famous by the bestselling book and award-winning movie "Born Free". Samburu National Reserve is situated on the banks of the Ewaso Ngiro River in the dry northern Kenya and neighbors the homes of the Samburu tribe of Kenya, a tribe known for their remote culture, pastoral and nomadic way of life.
The presence, of the Ewaso Ngiro River - and its shady trees - attracts plenty of wildlife. Giraffe, large herds of elephants, buffalo, gerenuks, gazelle, waterbuck and zebra (including the endangered Grevy's zebra) from the surrounding savannah plains trek to the water, Lion, leopard and cheetah are also quite easy to spot, thanks in part to the lack of grass cover. The reserve provides the opportunity to see wildlife that only lives in the dry north of Kenya; namely: the long necked gerenuk, Grevy's zebra, reticulated giraffe and Beisa onyx. The elusive Kenya leopard is often known to visit the park, especially in the evenings.
Birdlife is as plentiful as wildlife at Samburu National Reserve, which boasts over 350 different species of birds including vultures, kingfishers, marabous, bateleurs, guinea fowl, Somali ostriches and others. Optional visit to a Samburu Cultural Village at US $20 (price guaranteed only with advanced booking)
Samburu Game Reserve website: https://www.samburu.net/
Dinner and overnight at Sarova Shaba Game Lodge on Full Board Basis
Hotel website: https://www.sarovahotels.com/shabalodge-samburu/
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner at the hotel

Day 04 (Friday) Full Day in Samburu Game Reserve
Breakfast in the hotel and depart for a full day game drive with picnic lunch boxes or enjoy morning and afternoon. Alternatively, enjoy game drives in Samburu Game Reserve with lunch break in between the game drives.
Dinner and overnight at Sarova Shaba Game Lodge on Full Board Basis
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner at the hotel

Day 05 (Saturday) Samburu Game Reserve to Aberdares National Park, The Ark Lodge
After breakfast drive to Aberdares National Park arriving for lunch. Well known to the world as the home of succession where in came a princess and out went the Queen of England while at Treetops lodge, Aberdares is a land of fortune and diversity. The Park got its name from Lord Aberdares, one of the founder members of the Royal Geographical Society. Located in the central highlands, west of Mount Kenya and 160kms from Nairobi, the foothills of the Aberdares National Park is covered with huge trees, which, as you go higher, gradually give way to bamboo forests. From about 3, 000 meters (about 9,850 feet) upward the landscape consists primarily of alpine moorland which gives way to an area of grass land with, from time to time, giant lobelias presenting an attractive contrast. Try this destination of fortunes.-and who knows? You might be the next one queen or king!
Attractions: The major physical attractions: Lesatima and Kinangop peaks, numerous waterfalls, Twin & Elephant hills, Table Mounts, black rhinos, elephant, buffalo, giant forest hog, lion, leopard, baboon, black & white colobus and sykes monkeys are abundant. Bird viewing is incredible with over 250 species of birds recorded. Lunch at the hotel and enjoy your afternoon and evening watching wildlife from the hotel terrace as they come to drink water at the waterhole.
Aberdares National Park website: http://www.kws.go.ke/
Dinner and overnight at The Ark Lodge on Full Board Basis
Hotel website: https://thearkkenya.com/
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner at the hotel

Day 06 (Sunday) Aberdares National Park to Lake Nakuru National Park, Sarova Lionhill Lodge
Breakfast in the hotel and drive to Lake Nakuru National Park heading straight for a game drive in Lake Nakuru National Park. Lake Nakuru national Park: Established in 1961 and gazette in 1968 as a National Park, the park has Kenya's largest population of rhinos. The park is home to Lion Hills, Makalia waterfalls, unique vegetation, Picturesque landscape, yellow acacia woodlands and a wide range of birds most famous being Flamingoes and Pelicans.
Located in the Great Rift Valley Lake System, the park is also as an ecologically significant region having been named a RAMSAR Site and Important Bird Area. Covering 73 square miles (188 square kilometers), Lake Nakuru is world famous for flamingos, and was created a National Park to protect, its stunning flocks of lesser flamingo which literally turn its shores pink. These are the millions of flamingoes seeking their food in the salty deep-green waters of Lake Nakuru. The park is indeed a birds' paradise hosting over 500 species. Animals include: Thomson gazelles, Grants gazelles, impalas, waterbucks, giraffes, buffaloes or even black rhino, leopards and about 450 birds species in total. Buffalo, leopard, lion, Rothschild Giraffe, White and Black Colobus monkey are plentiful in the forest. The bush lands offer eland, Steinbok, impala, Chandler's Reedbuck and dik dik, whilst rock hyrax and klipspringer occupy the cliffs and escarpment.
Lake Nakuru National Park website: http://www.kws.go.ke/lake-nakuru-national-park
Dinner and overnight at Sarova Lionhill Lodge on Full Board Basis
Hotel website: https://www.sarovahotels.com/lionhill-nakuru/
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner at the hotel

Day 07 (Monday) Lake Nakuru National Park to Masai Mara Game Reserve, Serena Mara Lodge
After breakfast drive to Masai Mara Game Reserve, Lunch at your hotel and enjoy afternoon game drive in the Game Reserve.
Optional Afternoon Visit to a Masai Cultural Village: This afternoon, join the Masai dancers donning their African regalia and the jingling on their feet, flow by the rhythm of African beats and dance to their tunes that will leave you refreshed. Cost is $20 per person. (Price guaranteed only with advanced booking) Masai Mara Game Reserve: The Reserve, the Land of Big Cat Diary and Disney's African Cats, is considered a "must see" for any new and repeat visitor traveling on a safari to Kenya. It is on the "to do" list for many Kenyans and visitors alike because the park is graced by a wide variety of unique and exquisite wildlife and birds. Masai Mara is the best place to see the "Big Five" animals (elephants, lions, leopards, rhinos and buffalo).
Home of the Great Wildebeest Migration: The location of the 'Annual Great Wildebeest Migration' – one of the natural wonders of the world – is a gloriously beautiful, wildlife-rich savannah landscape. The annual wildebeest migration from June to October consists of over 1.5 million wildebeests, gazelles gnus and Zebras roar converge at the border of Tanzania's Serengeti and Kenya's Masai Mara making a spectacular entrance in a surging column of life that stretches from horizon to horizon, before finally plunging wildly into the raging waters of the Mara River, creating a frenzy as the fight against swift currents and waiting hungry crocodiles takes priority.
Those that survive crocodiles and raging waters cross over to the patiently waiting predators such as hyenas, jackals, leopards and lions for another survival battle.
Wildlife – The Mara is known as one of the finest wildlife destinations in the World. There is an excellent chance of seeing the Big 5, cheetah, serval, hyena, bat-eared foxes, black-backed and side-striped jackals, hippo, crocodile, baboons, warthog, topi, eland, Thompson's gazelle, Grant's etc
Dinner and overnight at Mara Serena Safari Lodge on Full Board Basis
Hotel website: https://www.serenahotels.com/serenamara/en/default.html
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner at the hotel

Day 08 (Tuesday) Full Day in Masai Mara Game Reserve
Breakfast in the hotel and depart for a full day game drive with picnic lunch boxes or enjoy morning and afternoon game drives in Masai Mara Game Reserve with lunch break in between the game drives.
Optional Masai Mara Balloon Ride: Early morning wake up at 5.30am and transfer to balloon launch site where you will gather for takeoff. Enjoy early morning ballooning over the plains, getting a bird's eye view of the game below as the sun creeps slowly over the horizon. After approximately one hour aloft, the balloon lands and we transfer to the bush breakfast site. The smell of bacon, sausages and eggs drift on the breeze as we sample exotic Kenyan fruits and homemade pastries and, if you wish, glasses of bubbly to toast our flight, a tradition initiated by the Montgolfier brothers. Cost Per Person: $450. (Price guaranteed with advanced booking)
Overnight at Mara Serena Safari Lodge on Full Board Basis
Meals: Breakfast, Picnic Lunch, Dinner

Day 09 (Wednesday) Masai Mara Game Reserve to Nairobi, Four Points Sheraton
Breakfast in the hotel and drive to Nairobi with a stop-over in Narok town for lunch (pay direct for lunch) after lunch proceed to Nairobi.
Arrive in Nairobi late afternoon and transfer to the Four Points Sheraton hotel.
Overnight Four Points by Sheraton Nairobi Airport
Meals: Breakfast Serena lodge
Hotel website: https://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/nbofa-four-points-nairobi-airport/

VISAS: All travelers to Egypt are required to obtain a visa. Travelers from many countries can get theirs on arrival or on the web at: 
https://www.visa2egypt.gov.eg

Day 10 (Thursday) Departure from Kenya, Arrive Egypt
We recommend Egyptair #850 currently departs at 04:25, flying nonstop to Cairo arriving 08:05. (flight cost not included)

EGYPT

Day 10 (Thursday) ARRIVE CAIRO, FLY TO ASWAN, MOVENPICK RESORT
Arrive Cairo, staff assists with clearing immigration and customs then transfers you to your flight to Aswan. At Aswan staff transfers you to the Movenpick Elephantine Island resort where you will enjoy the comfort of a Superior Nile view room with private balcony. Overnight Aswan
Meals: Breakfast on the flight from Nairobi to Cairo

Day 11 (Friday) BOARD CRUISE, HIGH DAM, PHILAE TEMPLE AND UNFINISHED OBELISK
Staff will meet you at the hotel at 10AM for transfer to board your Deluxe Five Star Nile cruiser, the M/S Mayfair or the M/S Acamar Lunch on board then tour the High dam, the Temple of Philae and the Pharaohs granite quarries with the Unfinished Obelisk. Dinner. Nightly Evening entertainment (please check with reception for the entertainment schedule. Overnight Cruise / Aswan
Meals: Breakfast at the hotel, Lunch and Dinner on the cruise

Day 12 (Saturday) TEMPLE OF TWO GODS, TEMPLE OF HORUS
Cruise to Kom Ombo. Visit the temple of two gods. Return to the ship for lunch while cruising to Edfu. Arriving visit the Temple of Horus. Dinner while cruising to Luxor. Overnight Cruise / Luxor
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 13 (Sunday) NECROPOLIS OF THEBES, TEMPLE OF KARNAK, TEMPLE OF LUXOR
Tour of Luxor's Necropolis of Thebes, where you will visit the Valley of the Kings (including entry to King Tut's tomb), the Valley of the Queens (optional entry to Queen Nefertari's tomb), the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut and the Colossi of Memnon. Return to the ship for lunch then tour the Temple of Karnak and the Temple of Luxor. Dinner. Overnight Cruise / Luxor
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 14 (Monday) FLY TO CAIRO, GIZA PLATEAU, MENA HOUSE
Staff transfers you to the airport, assists with checking in and you fly to Cairo. Arriving enjoy a tour of the Giza Plateau featuring the Great Pyramid and Sphinx before staff transfers you to the Mena House hotel where you will have a Pyramid view deluxe room. Overnight Cairo
Meals: Breakfast

Day 15 (Tuesday) SAQQARA, DAHSHUR, ABU GHURAB, MEMPHIS
Tour the ancient burial ground of the Pharaohs at Saqqara including the Step Pyramid, entry to the 4,200 year old tomb of Mehu, the tomb of Male (wet nurse and perhaps half sister of King Tut).
On to Dashur for an examination of the first of the stone pyramids, the Bent and the Red (both open for entry) then its off to Abu Ghurab to see the ruins of the Sun Temple and the stargate. End the tour with a visit to the ancient capital, Memphis. Overnight Mena House, Cairo
Meals: Breakfast

Day 16 (Wednesday) GRAND EGYPTIAN MUSEUM (opening in 2021)
The 5.2-million-square-foot Grand Egyptian Museum will become the world's largest museum devoted to a single civilization. "This will be the museum of the 21st century," said its director general, Tarek Tawfik. "All means of modern technology have been taken into consideration in order to make this an unforgettable experience for the visitor, but at the same time provide the best possible environment for the artifacts." Costing more than $1 billion, the museum will re-house and restore some of the country's most precious relics. Its expansive, glass-fronted building offers sweeping panoramas of the Giza plateau and Great Pyramids, which stand just two kilometers away. Overnight Mena House Cairo
Meals: Breakfast

Day 17 (Thursday) INTERNATIONAL DEPARTURE
Staff transfers you to the airport, assists with exit formalities and checking in for your international departure. Meals on the flight

KENYA PRIVATE Tour Includes:
KENYA: Transfers related to the tour program starting with your arrival to Nairobi. Due to limited space in safari vehicles, please pack your belongings in a soft-sided bag. Traditional suitcases with rigid frames or hard plastic sides should not be used.Accommodations as per program however final hotels not guaranteed until tour booked and confirmed. Meals as outlined in program. Road transfers by custom made 4 X 4 safari Land Cruisers. Park entry fees, English speaking guides and drivers. Bottled water on game drives with a limit of two bottles per person, per day. Arrival and departure airport transfer in Nairobi's Jomo Kenyatta Inter-national Airport.

NOT included are: Air, items of a personal nature such as entry visa, entry or exit taxes, tips, laundry, telephone, beverages of any nature except water on game drives as noted in included, anything not specifically mentioned as included.

EGYPT PRIVATE Tour Includes: Domestic flights in Egypt in coach (economy) class (Cairo to Aswan and Luxor to Cairo). All transfers by air-conditioned mini-van relating to the tour program starting with arrival to Cairo. Baggage handling of no more than 1 piece of luggage per person however baggage and personal effects are at the owner's risk at all time during the tour (baggage handling does NOT include tips for bellmen, porters, etc.). Hotels (based on double occupancy). 5 star Deluxe Nile cruise with outside Nile view cabins, private bath, individual climate control. Meals as noted. Included meals are in the main dining room, no speciality restaurants or room service. Fees for visiting antiquity sites and museums. Services of an English speaking licensed Egyptologist. Service charges and taxes.

NOT included are: INTERNATIONAL AIR, air ticket taxes, fuel surcharges, items of a personal nature such as tips (tipping guideline), entry visa, phone calls, laundry, beverages of any nature at any time, any items not specifically covered in the included items.

GUARANTEED TO OPERATE WITH A MINIMUM OF TWO TRAVELERS

NOTE: We recommend Kenya Airways from New York to Nairobi, then Egyptair from Nairobi to Cairo and then Egyptair from Cairo to New York. Both carriers are members of the Star Alliance and these flights are non-stop between the cities.

THIS TOUR CAN BE REVERSED WITH EGYPT FIRST, THEN KENYA.

ESTIMATED TOUR COST:
$4,475 per person, double occupancy Plus Egyptair flights
Cairo to Aswan: $162 per person, economy class
Luxor to Cairo: $149 per person, economy class
(Flight costs subject to change until tickets issued)
Cost is only an estimate and subject to change until tour booked and confirmed.

Tours must be booked at least 45 days prior to arrival.
Rates subject to change without notice.

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