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DAY 1 ABERDARE NATIONAL PARK
Welcome to Kenya, our homeland of safari adventure that has continued to thrill from time immemorial.
Depart at 0800 for Nyeri. We drive north through plush Kikuyu farmlands watching the landscape alternate from rolling green hills to never ending plains. Arrive at the Outspan Golf & Country Club on the outskirts of Nyeri town at 1100. Time at leisure, lunch at 1230, transfer at 1415 to Treetops, located in the heart of the Aberdare Rain Forest and providing a front seat to the never ending theatrics of the animals at the waterhole. Arrive by 1515, afternoon and evening at leisure, the “treehotel” stands on wooden stilts overlooking a waterhole from which animals can be viewed throughout the day and night (the waterhole is lit by powerful spotlights strategically positioned). Dinner and overnight. FB.
DAY 2 NANYUKI
Wake up call at 0630, depart at 0700 for Outspan, arrive by 0745 to a hearty American breakfast, depart thereafter at 0900 for Nanyuki. Brief rest halt at the Nanyuki Equator Point. Proceed onwards to arrive at the club by 1030, 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 honored 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 0900, depart by 100 for Nairobi, arrive by 1230, drop off.
End of safari.
