BIRDS, CATS AND SCENENERY
KENYA 
JANUARY 31- FEBRUARY 14, 2025
(private group departure)

February 1st, 2025: Tour of Giraffe Centre, Karen Blixen Museum, & Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage:
Our tour starts at the Giraffe Centre, an elevated treetop aerie where we may hand feed giraffes, quite literally face–to–face. The Centre has a feeding platform where they exchange kisses with visitors for pelleted food.  Then we will proceed on to the Karen Blixen Museum. Karen Blixen Museum is located on the outskirts of Nairobi on Karen road. Its history dates back to 1914, during the First World War, with the arrival of Karen Blixen from Denmark. At the foot of Ngong Hills, Karen Blixen established herself as a farmer. After her departure in 1931, the suburbs retained the commemorative home of Karen. The Danish government donated the house, and the surrounding land to Kenya after independence. The house was restored by the Danish government, and was used during the filming of "Out of Africa" which immortalized Karen Blixen's book by the same name. The museum was opened to the public in 1986.  From there we will go to the Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage for our private visit with the baby elephants.  Daphne Sheldrick is a world–class conservation figure and the premier authority on the successful raising of milk–dependent infant elephant and rhino orphans. During this time the baby elephants are brought out to play and to feed, and visitors can watch and interact with them. Wardens are on hand to explain the work of the orphanage and to answer any questions.

Overnight at Hemingways (BL)
 
February 2nd, 2025: Fly to Amboseli National Park

 

This morning you will fly from Wilson Airport to Kimana Airstrip in Amboseli National Reserve.  You will be met by your host for the next four nights, Fred Ronko.  You wil then transfer to Angama Amboseli.

​

Overnight Amboseli Angama (BLD)

​

February 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th 2025: Amboseli.

 

Amboseli is most famous for its "super tuskers." This are has the largest population of elephants in Kenya.  It also has over 400 species of birds. You will spend your days looking for new birds as well as all the wildlife Kenya is know for.

​

Overnight Amboseli Angama (BLD)

​

February 8th, 2025: Fly to Ripoi Conservancy bordering the Masai Mara National Reserve. 

This morning you will fly from Amboseli to Siana Springs Airstrip in the Ripoi Conservancy.  You will be met by your host for the next ten nights, Jackson Looseyia, who will see to your needs throughout your stay at Mara Siana.  Here we will concentrate on the big cats and smaller animals of the Mara ecosystem. 

Overnight at Mara Siana Camp (BLD)
 
February 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th, 2025: Masai Mara.
The Masai Mara National Reserve was named for the Maasai people who inhabit the area, and for the Mara River, which flows through this great reserve. It shares a border with Tanzania’s Serengeti National Park and is essentially a continuation of this park, forming the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem.  The Masai Mara is home to an excellent year-round concentration of game and is renowned for its annual visit by the two million animals that make up the Great Migration. Covering an impressive 1 115 km² (430 square miles), the Masai Mara is a land of breathtaking vistas, abundant wildlife and endless plains. The Masai Mara was made famous by the book Out of Africa by Karen Blixen, which was later made into a movie starring Robert Redford and Meryl Streep.Immortalized through famous tales of olden day safaris, the Masai Mara National Reserve is one of the richest and most diverse wildlife areas in the world. Known as the ‘spotted land’ to the Maasai, the reserve is home to a vast number of resident wildlife, as well as part of the annual phenomenon of the Great Migration. The migratory wildebeest, zebra, kongoni and topi join abundant elephant, hippo, buffalo, giraffe, lion and cheetah in the Mara. Leopard and serval are frequently encountered, while endangered black rhino can be found in the dense bush thickets. The Mara River is also famed for its enormous crocodiles, which lay in wait for the wildebeest and zebra during the excitement and drama of the migration. Six species of primates and over 450 birds add to the Mara’s incredible natural diversity.  The newly formed Ripoi conservancy is home to year round game that doesn't migrate, as well as a large cheetah population and wild dogs.

 

Overnight at Mara Siana Camp (BLD)

 

February 14th, 2025: Fly to Nairobi. Transfer to hotel for dayroom use.
Day rooms Four Points by Sheraton Nairobi Airport (B)
 
Cost per Person Sharing:

Kenya Safari                            $21,500 US Dollars.    

 
Terms and conditions:  All payments are non-refundable.  Medical evacuation insurance is mandatory.
 

​

This includes:
1.    Accommodation at Hemingways, Angama Amboseli and Mara Siana as stated above.
2.    Dayroom use on the last day at Four Points by Sheraton Nairobi Airport
3.    Park and conservancy Entrance fees as per the itinerary.
4.    Meals: All Meals beginning with breakfast on the 1st of February included except dinner on the 1st, and meals after breakfast on the last day.
5.    All airport and airstrip transfers in Nairobi, Amboseli, and Masai Mara Game Reserve.
7.    Bottled water in Nairobi and also on Safari
8.    Flying Doctor Services
9.    Internal domestic flight (Nairobi – Amboseli - Masai Mara – Nairobi on the dates indicated)
10.   Nairobi Tour (Private visit to Daphne Sheldrick/ Karen Blixen Museum/ Giraffe centre)
      
Not Included:

1. Roundtrip international airfare From the USA to Africa

2. ETA for Kenya

3. Tips to guides and drivers

4. Cancellation and medical evacuation insurance

5. Phone calls

6. Sodas and Alcohol except where explicitly stated

7. Laundry

8. Dinner on the last night in Nairobi

 
Deposit of $6000 per person due to hold your space for safari.  Final payment due October 10, 2024



​About Hemingways: