TAILOR MADE ADVENTURES BY PRIVATE AIR


AFRICAN ADVENTURE PRIVATE SAFARI-14 Days

 

African Adventure Private Safari is a sophisticated and exclusive, offering privacy, flexibility and the near undivided attention of each camp owner or manager who is also the consummate host, maybe even your personal Safari Guide, as well as dinner companion around a great table every evening.

 

Bush homes are small exclusive camps or the actual private homesteads and ranches of individuals who settled in Kenya , often generations ago, and now open their homes and extraordinary way of life to a limited number of guests. Each bush home usually possesses no more than 10-12 exquisite rooms, ensuring powerfully privileged experience.

Your safari commences on the date of your choosing and, being a small party of just yourselves, moves with great ease and tranquility between locations within Kenya .

 

The activities of each day are not fixed according to a predetermined schedule but decided by you, on the spot, depending upon your impulse of the moment. Each morning your expert Spice safari director describes various options available. Then it's your call. Choices for the day might include, for example, a game drive by open-top vehicle or a spirited hike in the reserve for a spot of exercise and a great view; a horseback riding safari or perhaps a foot safari, both providing an unhurried examination of the bush; tracking wildlife at the traditional crack of dawn or sleeping in and catching them later!Simply, this Spice safari has no equal!

 

AFRICAN ADVENTURE PRIVATE SAFARI ITINERARY  

 

Day 1 United States - Europe
We board our flights and the journey begins. Magical Africa beckons!

 

Day 2 - Day 3 Nairobi
We land in the evening and drive to a charming inn located in the wooded hamlet of Karen. Offering the warmth and character of a private country home blended with old world charm combined with amenities of a fine hotel, our stay at Ngong House, Giraffe Manor or House of Waine is an ideal overture to the game lands to follow.

 

And a visit to Karen Blixen's home-where it all began-is almost a must see! As is a rendezvous at the Daphne Sheldrick Wildlife Sanctuary. Daphne, a living legend in the conservation world, is frequently present chatting casually with visitors. Perhaps this afternoon you'll also have time for tea at the Giraffe Centre, feed Giraffes while you learn a great deal about them. By dinnertime tonight, you'll already be applauding your decision to travel on AFRICAN SPICE SAFARIS PRIVATE AFRICA SAFARI

 

Day 4 - Day 6 Lewa Downs, Mount Kenya Northern province


It's off to the bush by light aircraft, setting a course to Lewa Downs, the home of our hosts Will and Emma Craig. The ranch has been the Craig family home since 1922, when Will's grandparents came from England to raise cattle. Located in the foothills of Mount Kenya , it has been described as "a private home, a private ranch, and a private paradise." We agree.And it's certainly no exaggeration that game viewing here is also some of the best in Africa .

 

With every manner and mode of viewing possible! Via an open-top vehicle day or night, on foot with a professional tracker, jogging with a Maasai warrior, sitting in a blind with a thermos of hot coffee and a good book, or even on horses so compliant that a five-year-old child could ride effortlessly for hours. After which you can tour Lewa's community weaving and furniture workshops, tour the organic garden producing the lodge's fruits and vegetables, play tennis, explore the nearby ancient archaeological site, swim in the pool or simply relax on the terrace with a pair of binoculars spotting the "Big Five" from your lounge chair. The accommodations here are also divine-British cozy meets safari chic. Simply stated, Lewa Downs is an utterly perfect safari experience.  

 

Day 7 - Day 9 Loisaba House, Laikipia Plain
In truth, every bush home seems utterly perfect. Loisaba, for example, takes luxury, privacy and adventure to Located at the edge of a towering escarpment in a secluded glade, Loisaba was built as the Kenyan home of Italian Count Ancilotto, who transformed its 60,000 acres from a failing cattle ranch to a successful enterprise in alternative land use-and in the process, created a wilderness paradise that a very privileged few can share. The home is exotic and grand (Italian nobles have exquisite taste!), offering diversions beyond our wildest imagination.


Micro-light flying anyone? Or perhaps mountain biking down the escarpment, rafting the Ewaso Nyiro River , four-wheel driving through the wild canyons of two great rivers or trekking with camels. All in addition to excellent game viewing, of course. And the star beds! Spend an evening, if you so desire, in a four-poster bed with only the boundless equatorial night sky for a ceiling. Remarkable.  

 

Day 10 - Day 12 Cottar's 1920 Camp, Maasai Mar a Game Reserve


"If you want to track the safari bloodline, you go to Cottar's," states Travel+Leisure . A short flight and yet another stunning sojourn, now with Calvin and Louise Cottar as your hosts. Calvin's great grandfather was an American, who inspired by Teddy Roosevelt's hunting exploits, moved to Kenya in 1911 and established Cottar's Safari Services. The rest is history-nearly 90 years of it.

 

Cottar's today is the quintessential deluxe safari camp, inspired by the halcyon Days of African travel. And who would know better? Scattered throughout the camp are Cottar family heirlooms, from the Victrola to the silver tea service. Each guest tent, with its own butler, is a luxurious affair of white canvas replete with antiques, illuminated by lanterns, offering private en suite dressing rooms and bathrooms complete with a freestanding tub! Cottar's fortuitous position in the Mara-located on a concession of private land bordering the Serengeti-affords prolific game drives in the shimming light of early morning, golden light of late afternoon or by the sterling light of the moon. All without equal.  

 

Day 13 - Day 14 Nairobi - United States
We fly to Nairobi and return to our charming inn.it's like coming home again. A vehicle is at our disposal should we wish to make a trip to town for a quick spot of sightseeing or shopping. Our international flight departs after dinner and arrives home the next day. The unique appeal of this safari is the exclusive nature of bush homes, which also means that occasionally one of them may be fully booked when you wish to visit. In which case, we will either reorder the itinerary or recommend another bush home-there are, literally, scores of exquisite places to choose from!


Land Arrangements (per person)

 

 

APRIL-MAY

JUNE-NOV

BALANCE OF YEAR

Double Occupancy

USD 7,000

USD 8,000

USD 9,000

Single Supplement

USD 1,000

USD 1,100

USD 1,300

 

Connections may apply.

(Nairobi-Lewa-Laikipia-Maasai Mara-Nairobi)

 

PRE AND POST SAFARI OPTIONS THAT COMPLEMENT THIS SAFARI:

  • Ballooning in Maasai Mara (One spectacular morning):USD 425
  • Zanzibar (4 Days 3 Nights/roundtrip Airfare included):USD 1,425
  • L. Victoria (4 Days 3 Nights/roundtrip Airfare included):USD 2,650
  • Mombasa (4 Days 3 Nights/roundtrip Airfare included):USD 1,300

2008 AND 2009 DEPARTURE DATES
Daily departures at your pleasure.

* Please note that some bush homes may close in April, May or November; we will suggest other exceptional properties.

 

WHAT'S INCLUDED.

  • 4 Time saving domestic flights
  • 3 meals a day while on safari
  • Bottle water while on safari
  • Arrival and departure transfers
  • Accommodation in luxurious all inclusive bush homes throughout your safari
  • Detailed Safari briefing and orientation before the safari departure
  • Hospitality personnel at your service in your Nairobi Hotel
  • Farewell Bush dinner on the plains of the Maasai Mara
  • Expertise help on shopping, packing and shipping
  • All game park and conservation fees
  • Complete pre-tour documentation
  • Twin bedded rooms with private bath or shower
  • A visit to a Maasai cultural Village
  • Multiple daily game viewing in custom made minivans driven by accomplished non-smoking driver guides
  • Services of an Expert African Spice Tour Director
  • Guaranteed departures for two or more passengers upon booking this safari
  • All gratuities for meals, porterage for 2 bags per person at every bush home and airports
  • Membership in flying doctors services
  • Personal expenses such as laundry, Beverages such as soft drinks, beer and spirits and house wines
  • Bush walks with an expert naturalist
  • Sundowner bush cocktails at twilight on the African plains
  • Bush dinner under the African stars
  • All Airport transfers.
  • African spice safaris luxury private safari is limited to less than 12 travelers
NOT INCLUDED

  • Personal expenses such traveling insurance, excess baggage fee, communication charges that include, emails, faxes and phone calls or meals not indicated or included in the itinerary
  • Gratuity for your expert Tour Director and professional Driver Guide
  • Optional Night game drive game drives
  • Cost of obtaining passport and visas
  • Luxury champagne and luxury spirits

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