Name:
Romance
of Africa
Activities: Cultural
Immersion, Game Viewing Luxury
Lodges, Migration, Mountain Biking,
Walking
Location(s):
Kenya
Duration: 10
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Walking at Lake Natron |

Shompole Guest Tent |

Maasai Mara Reserve |

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Day
1 Nairobi:
Guests are met on arrival at Jomo Kenyatta
International Airport and transferred
to Ngong House, a hip, tree-house 'boutique
hotel' in the green suburbs of Langata,
looking out over the spectacular Ngong
Hills, made famous by Karen Blixen in
her book & the film: Out of Africa.
1 overnight Ngong House
Days
2-4 Lake Natron
After
a lazy breakfast guests are transferred
the short distance to Wilson Airport
for a private charter flight (20 minutes)
to Shompole, the ultimate chill-zone
and luxury hide-away on the Kenya/Tanzania
border. Sculpted into the side of
the Nguruman escarpment, overlooking
the stunning expanse of the Great
Rift Valley, this sophisticated �designer'
retreat makes the most of both an
incredible view and the cool breeze.
Here guests can relax, stretch and
luxuriate in the balmy air, enjoying
stunning views, and indulge in as
much or as little activity as they
choose. With privacy, comfort and
relaxation in mind, each guest space
includes its own cool-pool and informal
sitting area, a bathroom with a view
and a specially-designed tented canopy
over the kingsize bed within each
open sided chalet with spring fed
streams channelled through each room.
Shompole has it all: game viewing,
walking with Maasai trackers, mountain
biking on the shores of Lake Natron
(one of only 3 breeding grounds for
the world population of Lesser Flamingoes)
night game driving and sumptuous food
and pampering back at the lodge.
3 overnights Shompole
Days
5,6 Loita Hills/Mara Conservancy
When
full relaxation and peace is achieved
guests reluctantly move on to the
edge of the great Maasai Mara. A short
charter flight away takes guests to
a private community owned game conservancy
between the Loita Hills and the Mara
and Naibor Camp. This is a small,
intimate tented camp with the emphasis
on style, comfort and a choice of
outdoor activities. Walking with a
professional safari guide and Maasai
trackers amongst the bush; mountain
biking across the plains, day and
night game drives and extremely stylish
tents, away from anyone else: seriously
romantic and very exclusive...
2 overnights Naibor Camp
Days
7-9 Maasai Mara
And
the grand finale� 3 nights at the
uber-luxury Bateleur Camp. This
totally indulgent �grown-up' camp
is on the border of the Masai Mara
National Reserve. The camp lies at
the base of the Oloololo escarpment
and is fringed by riverine forest
just below the spot where �Out of
Africa's� most famous scene was shot.
Bateleur features its own unique safari
architecture of canvas, shingle and
polished hardwood. It has a discreet
and sophisticated ambience with fine
antiques, a wide selection of library
books and impressive views. Each generous
tented bedroom has personal butler
service and sweeping views over greatest
grassland system on earth.
Guests
can use this luxury base to explore
what is undoubtedly the world's finest
wildlife spectacle as the predators
stalk the herds of wildebeest, zebra,
hartebeest, impala, gazelle and the
many other large mammals who crowd
the plains. From July to October the
incredible Great Migration unfolds,
as over a million wildebeest join
the resident herds in seach of lush
grazing, streaming across from the
Serengeti in Tanzania, preyed on by
the big cats and crocodiles as they
make the perilous river crossings.
3 overnights Bateleur Camp
Day
10 Nairobi & Depart
After a last leisurely breakfast and
game drive to the airstrip, guests
fly back to Nairobi on the 1100 schedule
flight, arriving at 1215 where they
are met and transferred back to Ngong
House for lunch and an afternoon at
leisure or a shopping or sightseeing
tour can be arranged, prior to departure
from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.
Day Room Ngong House
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