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Wheelchair, Big Five Safari Holiday: Masai Mara Kenya (disabled hotels) + Diani Beach

Kenya Flying Safari: Lake Naivasha + Masai Mara

7 NIGHTS FROM:

$5,124

Per person sharing

Scheduled flights quoted separately

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• Wheelchair Big Five Safari Holiday

• Nairobi

• Lake Naivasha

• Lake Nakuru

• Rhino

• Masai Mara, Kenya

• Lions & Elephants

• Bird Watching

• Diani Beach extension

• Disabled Hotels

If you use a manual wheelchair & can transfer into a light aircraft, enquire about this luxury Big Five safari holiday to the famous Masai Mara, Kenya that also visits the Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage in Nairobi & Lake Nakuru. Disabled hotels & accessible transfers included, with optional extension to Diani beach. All transfers, light aircraft flights, & game drives included. Not suitable for power chairs.

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Day 1

You will be met at Nairobi Airport and transferred to your hotel in this bustling city.

Check in and relax in your warm and friendly African surroundings.

Day 2

This morning we visit the Giraffe Centre. Founded by Betty & Jock Leslie-Melville to save the endangered Rothschild Giraffe from extinction, this centre plays an important role in educating Kenyan school children on the country's wildlife and environment. It also allows visitors to come into close contact with the world's tallest species, including the opportunity to feed a gorgeous giraffe.

We then visit the Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage (open only from 11 to 12 noon). It took Daphne Sheldrick 28 years of trial and error to perfect the milk formula and complex husbandry required to rear orphaned African elephants, during the period that her husband was warden of Kenya's largest elephant sanctuary in Tsavo East National Park. Since then this sanctuary has gone on to save the lives of many orphaned elephant calves.

Afterwards enjoy a game drive in Nairobi National Park. This was the first national park created in Kenya and, despite its relatively small size and close proximity to the skyscrapers of the city, it boasts a large and varied wildlife population. Animals migrate to this park during the dry season, as it offers them a permanent source of water. You can hope to see lion, buffalo, leopard and rhino - but not elephant as the park is not large enough to sustain them. You can also see giraffe, zebra, eland, impala, Grant's gazelle, Thomson's gazelle, warthog and ostrich in the woodlands and open plains, and hippo in the Mbagathi Athi River which is lined with fever and acacia trees. The park also has a very successful rhino sanctuary. A picnic lunch is included today.

Note: Visits to Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage can only be booked 90 days in advance and are subject to availability (maximum 100 visitors per day).

Day 3

Transfer to Wilson Airport in Nairobi for your light aircraft flight to Lake Naivasha, a freshwater lake in the heart of the spectacular Great Rift Valley.

On arrival enjoy a 1-hour boat ride on the lake, with the opportunity to see hippo and some of the 400 different bird species. Then relax in your spectacular surroundings.

Note: As you will be flying in a light aircraft you must pack soft sports bags only, as rigid suitcases will not fit into the luggage pods. A baggage allowance of 15 kg (which includes your hand luggage) is strictly enforced for safety reasons. Excess baggage can be stored with our representative in Nairobi. If you cannot manage the light aircraft steps, you will need to be lifted on and off the plane.

You need upper body strength for the boat ride, as you will need to be lifted into a special high-backed seat placed inside this long shallow-draft canoe. You must wear a sun hat, as the boat is not covered and there are no toilet facilities.

Day 4

Today we drive 1.5-hours on a shared excursion to explore the wildlife of Lake Nakuru National Park.

A soda lake on the floor of the Rift Valley, at certain times of the year Lake Nakuru is home to over 400 different bird species. In addition to a significant population of Northern black rhino, Southern white rhino and Rothschild giraffe, Lake Nakuru offers sanctuary to a wide variety of other wildlife - including herds of buffalo, lions, zebra, giraffe, monkeys, baboons, Thomson’s gazelle, Grant's gazelle, impala, eland, ostrich and more.

Many resident and migrant birds wade in its shallow waters - including Lesser and Greater flamingos, Great white pelicans, Marabou storks, Grey-headed gulls, Garganey and Northern shovelers and a variety of egrets, plovers and terns. In the surrounding trees you can hope to see a Chin-spot batis, Green-backed camaroptera, Yellow-breasted apalis, Northern puffback, Buff-bellied warbler and many others. Occasionally birds of prey can also be seen.

Note: You will need some upper body strength for this safari, as you will be required to transfer into the front seat of the game viewing vehicle.

Please be aware that this park is fenced to avoid human wildlife conflict.

Day 5

Today transfer to Naivasha airstrip for your light aircraft flight to the Masai Mara, named after the Masai people and the Mara River that divides the park.

Masai Mara National Reserve is famous for its exceptional population of game and the annual migration of zebra and wildebeest from the adjoining Serengeti National Park. This phenomenon occurs every year from July to October (although exact timings cannot be guaranteed), when game migrates along a circular route from the plains of the Serengeti to the Masai Mara and back again in search of fresh pastures, followed by hungry predators - most notably lions and hyena.

After checking in to your lodge, enjoy a late afternoon game drive in this magnificent wildlife sanctuary.

Note: You need upper body strength for this safari, as you will need to be lifted into the plane and transferred into the front seat of your game viewing vehicle. As you will be flying in a light aircraft you must pack soft sports bags only, as rigid suitcases will not fit into the luggage pods. A baggage allowance of 15 kg (which includes your hand luggage) is strictly enforced for safety reasons.

Days 6 To 7

Today is dedicated to shared game viewing on the open plains of the world famous Masai Mara National Reserve.

Set off early each morning, when game viewing conditions are at their best, to view the abundant wildlife of this region. Return to the lodge to rest in the heat of the day, before setting off again in the late afternoon for another game drive.

The Masai Mara is famous for its many prides of lions, packs of hyena and other predators - as well as huge herds of wildebeest, which number over one million, zebra and giraffe. All the Big Five can be seen here, as well as numerous other species including the Thomson's gazelle, topi, kongoni, impala, and hippo. The diurnal bat-eared fox, rarely found elsewhere in Kenya, also inhabits this park as well as the endangered cheetah and black rhino.

Bird watching is also excellent with over 450 different species. These include the Marabou stork, Secretary bird, Crowned crane, Ostrich, Brown snake eagle, Black-chested snake eagle, Bateleur, Martial eagle, African paradise flycatcher, Red-fronted & White-headed barbet, Black-faced go-away bird, Woodland kingfisher, Violet-backed starling, Black cuckoo-shrike and various species of larks, cisticolas, vultures, hornbills and so much more.

Note: You need some upper body strength for this safari, as you will need to be lifted into the front seat of the game viewing vehicle Children < 6 are not allowed on open top game drives. Other safari alternatives are available, using an accessible vehicle, if you do not have upper body strength or if you are travelling with young children.

Day 8

We leave the Masai Mara this morning and transfer to the airstrip for your light aircraft flight to Wilson Airport in Nairobi

Here you will be met and transferred to a local restaurant for an included meal (excluding drinks).

Afterwards you will be transferred to Nairobi International Airport for your flight home.

Note: As you will be flying in a light aircraft you must pack soft sports bags only, as rigid suitcases will not fit into the luggage pods. A baggage allowance of 15 kg (which includes your hand luggage) is strictly enforced for safety reasons. Excess baggage will be collected from you and stored in Nairobi until your return.

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