[ Nairobi-Tsavo East-Taita Hills-Amboseli ]This 8 days Elephant Trails safari allows our guests to get up close with the African elephants. You’ll take part in elephant conservation by appreciating the efforts being made to preserve and protect these threatened pachyderms. We start by taking you to David Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage, where you’ll interact with young elephant calves that have been rescued after being orphaned mainly through poaching. You then proceed to Tsavo East national park. Tsavo East National Park is one of Kenya’s largest game parks, offering untouched wilderness, home to numerous wild animals. The park is unique for its herds of dust-red elephants and hosts more than 10, 000 of them. The Southern part of the park, near river Galana, is ideal for safaris as it provides amazing variety of wildlife. Even though Tsavo East and West National parks are only separated by the Nairobi-Mombasa highway, they are distinct in a number of ways-varying ecosystems. Taita hills wildlife sanctuary is a private Conservancy that is habitat to large herds of elephants. Sometimes one can experience a spectacular show as the elephants come to quench their thirst and cool at the waterhole overlooking the lodge.
Afterwards the 8 days Elephants Trails safari will lead you to the amazing Amboseli National Park, second most popular park in Kenya, for excellent views of Mt. Kilimanjaro and large herds of elephants. Here you’ll learn in details about the conservation efforts being taken to ensure the host community, in this case the Maasai, live harmoniously with these animals.
This 8 days elephant Trails safari is a worthy package for those looking at getting closer to elephant families.
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Early morning
This 8 days elephant Trails safari is a worthy package for those looking at getting closer to elephant families.
After breakfast we pick you up from your city hotel and proceed to David Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage. Between 11 o’clock and 12 o’clock you will have an opportunity to get up close with the elephant calves and the caretakers of the orphanage who will furnish you with detailed information regarding the orphaned elephants rescued and protected here.
Thereafter depart to Carnivore Restaurant or similar for lunch. Proceed to the Giraffe Centre where you’ll get closest to the tallest mammals and also enjoy the rare opportunity of feeding them. Late afternoon, at 5 pm, you’ll be taken back to the Elephant Orphanage for a foster parent visit, specifically intended for sponsors only. The public is not allowed in at this time. This exclusive visit provides a wonderful opportunity for sponsors to learn more about the project they support and ask the caretakers in-depth questions about the Elephants.
Early pick up from your hotel by your safari driver and head to the park for a full day of exploring Tsavo east national park, Tsavo East national park is one of the oldest national parks in Kenya making part of the great Tsavo national park. The park consists of many tourist attractions such as wildlife, Mudanda rock, Yatta plateau, Lugard falls, Aruba dam and many more. While in this extensive park you will take part in a game drives to appreciate its rich abundance in wildlife.
Arrive in good time for lunch and thereafter in the afternoon set out in search of the elephant herds in this amazing national park.
Dinner and overnight
Ashnil Aruba Lodge or similar
At 06.00am enjoy a quick cup of tea or coffee and depart for an early morning Game Drive in search of the gentle red giants of Tsavo and other animals such as the big cats returning from their hunting escapades. Return Back to the lodge for a full breakfast.
You’ll attend a small talk organised by your safari guide on the elephants in Tsavo, their challenges and survival in this vast ecosystem. You may choose to relax at the lodge or at about 10h30 depart for a short optional game drive returning to the lodge in time for lunch.
Proceed with game drive as you follow elephant families and also looking for more wildlife. Just before sunset, return Back to the lodge for dinner and overnight
Ashnil Aruba Lodge or similar
Enjoy a quick cup of tea or coffee and depart for an early morning Game Drive in search of the gentle red giants of Tsavo and other wildlife species. Return Back to the lodge for a full breakfast.
You’ll continue with your game viewing as you encounter the red elephants before retreating for lunch. After a well deserved lunch break proceed with game drive as you follow elephant herds and also looking for more wildlife. Just before sunset, return Back to the lodge for dinner and overnight
Ashnil Aruba Lodge or similar
After breakfast we drive to Taita Hills, where you will also arrive for lunch. Savora Saltlick Lodge is one of our favourites among the lodges around Tsavo National Park. It is situated in its own conservation area in the Taita Hills adjacent to Tsavo West National Park. The unusual design stands out from afar, as the entire lodge is on stilts and connected by wooden bridges, allowing you to watch the nearby waterhole from the entire hotel complex. Here we have been able to observe so many animals, especially elephants and zebras, even very close to the water ditch right next to the lodge. A unique experience! In the afternoon we go on another game drive in search of elephants, buffalos, zebras, giraffes, lions, cheetahs, leopards and many birds.
Dinner and overnight at Saltlick Lodge.
After breakfast depart from Taita game sanctuary for a scenic drive along the Kenya – Tanzania border to Amboseli national park. Arrive with a game drive before checking into your lodge for lunch. Later afternoon game one of the best places in Africa to view large herds of elephants up close, such as Cheetah, Wild dogs, Buffalo, Elephant, Giraffe, Zebra, Lion, Crocodile, Mongoose, Hyrax, Dik- dik, Lesser Kudu, and Nocturnal Porcupine Prolific birdlife features 600 species drive in the park.
Dinner and overnight at Amboseli Serena lodge.
Spend the entire day in Amboseli National Park. Here you have the chance to admire the gigantic African elephants at the backdrop of Africa’s highest mountain – Mt. Kilimanjaro. You’ll also learn about elephants conservation in this 390km2 park with a high population of elephants. Also appreciating how they co-exist with the neighbouring Maasai communities.
Dinner and overnight at Amboseli Serena lodge.
Early morning breakfast at your lodge. After breakfast check out with game drive proceeding to Nairobi.
