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DAY 1 LAKE NAKURU NATIONAL PARK
Depart at 0730 for Nakuru, driving to the floor of the Great Rift Valley. Spectacular photography opportunity as you descend into the valley against the backdrop of the Longonot Caldera and Lakes Naivasha and Elementaita. Arrive at the lodge by 1000, time at leisure. The lake is home to millions of flamingo which give the lake an unmistakable pink hue on the horizon. Lunch at 1230, early afternoon at leisure, game viewing run at 1600. The park hosts the endangered white rhino, lions, buffaloes,the elusive leopard and hordes of plains game. Return to the lodge by 1845. Evening at leisure. Dinner and overnight. FB.
DAY 2 NANYUKI
Early morning game viewing run at 0630, return for breakfast by 0900. Depart at 0930 for the Aberdares. Drive through plush Kikuyu farmlands as you ascend the Great Rift Valley watching the landscape alternate from rolling green hills to plains. Breif rest halt at Nyahururu Falls, the Equator point. Proceed further north for another rest halt at the Nanyuki Equator Point. Proceed onwards to the club to arrive by 1200, time at leisure.
The club, set in pristine grounds at the foot of the majestic snow capped Mount Kenya was founded in 1959 by William Holden and has been honoured by visits from many celebrities including John Travolta. Time at the club is graced by long lunches and lazy log fire dinners, for the more energetic there is a heated swimming pool, tennis courts, croquet, a golf course, trout fishing, nature / bird walks, horse back riding and an early morning ride on an ox wagon through the club grounds.
Lunch at 1230, afternoon at leisure. There is an animal orphanage within the club grounds which has cheetahs, the llama, ostriches, zebroids (mixed breed of zebra and a horse), porcupines, baby antelopes, the white tailed Colobus monkeys and a tortoise rumoured to be over 100 years old.
Dinner and overnight. FB.
DAY 3 NAIROBI
Breakfast at 0930, depart by 1030 for Nairobi, arrive by 1400, drop off with memories of your African safari to cherish.
End of safari.
