A Private Safari through The Rift Valley
and The Masai Mara in Kenya in 2008

If you love Africa and the truly wild regions, then your ideal safari is probably a small private safari away from the well trodden tourist routes, staying in remote areas in your own exclusive camp. You may have dreamed of this style of safari but found it beyond your budget, but not any more.

Migration Safaris together with Alex Walker have developed a small-tented mobile safari where your comfort, expert guiding and exclusivity are all important, but extreme luxury and a huge budget are not. You safari in a private game viewing Land Cruiser guided by an experienced and licenced guide and your camp is set up in remote private camping areas within the wildlife regions.

Your accommodation is in a walk-in bow tent, where stretcher beds and comfortable bed rolls are made up with sheets, duvets and pillows. A loo and shower tent is erected near by. A dining and kitchen area is set up by the fire and your chef will prepare delicious meals and home made bread for you while you explore the area with your guide. Dinner is eaten under the huge African night sky with the chance of inquisitive game wishing to share this with you.

This trip gives you a genuine private safari without the frills of modern living but with all the basic comforts provided for. When travelling between camping areas, your camp is taken down and re-erected in the new site on arrival. All the tents and equipment are packed in your vehicle and trailer, your guide and chef travelling with you between camps.

The real beauty of this trip is that it is ideal for two people and we will even consider taking only one person. It is ideal for those who want to really study the game and bush without the hindrance of other people around. It is a safe adventure with the security of your personal guide.

ITINERARY

Day 1 Depart from London Heathrow Terminal 4.
You depart from London Heathrow Terminal 4 on British Airways flight BA89 departing at 2035. Please allow at least two hours for check in.

Day 2 The Uaso Nyiro (4 nights mobile)
On arrival in Nairobi at 0725, you will be met by your guide and camp helpers and you drive west into the Great Rift Valley. You will skirt the southern end of the Ngong Hills and drop down towards Lake Magani. You over night at a campsite in the Uaso Nyiro area.

Day 3 The Uaso Nyiro
Explore the area surrounding Lake Magadi and Shompole
You over night at a campsite in the Uaso Nyiro area.

Day 4 Upper reaches of the Uaso Nyiro.
Drive north through the Kedong valley toward Suswa camping overnight on the upper reaches of the Uaso Nyiro.

Day 5 Maji Moto Plains
Driving through Narok to re-supply and on to the Maji Moto plains You over night on the Plains

Day 6 to 8 Serian Camp Masai Mara (3 nights)
You continue by crossing the Ol Kinyei plains and heading to the Oloololo escarpment in the west, the Mara river and on to Serian. Serian (meaning peaceful, calm or serene in the Maa language of the Maasai people) is the charismatic bush home of Alex Walker, filmmaker and guide in the Masai Mara. It is an exclusive bush camp that flanks a secluded valley located alongside the Mara River. The private marquee tents overlook the river and are set in the shade of large walburgia trees that cover the site, a tranquil setting that borders one of the finest Game Reserves in the world. The camp operates all year but from June until the end of February is the best period for wildlife viewing. For keen ornithologists April and May are incomparable. The camp lies on a gentle slope under large Walbergia trees positioned to blend unobtrusively into the surrounding vegetation. Clients driving into camp alight on the hillside above camp and descend down a cut grass pathway to the mess tent. This opening onto views of the Mara River and the Olololo Escarpment, a ridge that defines the western edge of the Maasai Mara National

There are eight ensuite Marquee's. Each furnished in rich warm textures mixed with natural hard woods, comfortable colonial style furnishing with a little eastern “spice”. The tents are set on a mix of hardwood decks & grass plinth, measure approx 30sq m, and are similar in design. They are constructed of canvas and supported by hardwood poles with the interior walls and ceilings made from Kenyan canvas. Entry to each tent is through a screened door that zips closed to form a totally insect proof barrier. The verandah is furnished with directors chairs and a small round drinks table.and a comfortable day bed

Day 9 & 10 Serian Mobile Camp, Masai Mara National Reserve ( 2 nights)
Once again you set off with your guide to camp on the banks of the Mara River in a private campsite set within the National Reserve (The Triangle). Here game is teeming in its thousands and you will avoid the crowds that the Mara can be known for.

Day 11 Depart
We will fly you to Nairobi at 1545 where we will meet you and drive you to The Talisman for dinner. After dinner you will be transferred to the airport for your overnight flight on BA64 departing at 2335 to London Heathrow.

Day 12 Arrive London Heathrow
You arrive in London Heathrow Terminal 4 at 0525.

The cost of the trip includes:
Cost includes use of 4WD Toyota Land Cruiser open top based on two people with driver/guide and cook.
Lightweight fly camp on a fully inclusive basis including all drinks and park entry fees and conservation fees
Fully inclusive accommodation as stated in the itinerary.
All road transfers. Scheduled domestic flights
Flying doctor membership
Airport and airstrip transfers
All game drives and activities.
Laundry.
All transfers in Nairobi.

Total amount £3,400. per person based on two people travelling.

Return economy flights on British Airways including taxes from £ 410.00

The cost of the trip does not include:
Visas , Travel insurance
Gratuities
Drinks and dinner at the Talisman in Nairobi on last night

The cost of the trip includes all your food and wine, beer and soft drinks, game park entry and camping fees, guide, cook, fuel and camping equipment. Medical air rescue is also included.

E & oe 2007 Migration Safaris