Period: from 5th July to 31st October 2008
More than a million wildebeest undertake an epic migration every year in summer, leaving their calving grounds in the Serengeti Plain of Tanzania to seek greener pastures in Kenya to the north.
In a bizarre mishap that conservationists described as “heartbreaking,” an estimated 10,000 wildebeest drowned last year September, while attempting to cross Kenya's Mara River during an annual migration. The deaths occurred at Kenya's Masai Mara National Reserve, as the herd was beginning its swing to the east on its way back to the Serengeti.
The deaths, which occurred over the course of several days are said to account for about one percent of the total species population.
It is hard to know how the population of the wildebeest migration will be this year; we are however hoping there will be only normal fatalities.
Special Itinerary:
[Note: book the international flight yourself and save hundreds of dollars]
Day 1: Depart from your country to Kenya.
Day 2: Arrive at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. You will be picked up by a Kenya Holidays representative, who will then take you to Panafric Hotel for your night over.
Day 3: Early morning breakfast, and pick up from your hotel to be driven leisurely through the beautiful rift valley and panoramic views of Kenya, to arrive in late afternoon at Sarova Mara, refresh, and be ready for the first game drive of your life at 5 pm in the evening.
Day 4: Early Morning game drive. Hoping to see the big cats hunting down their prey. Later Champaign breakfast. The day can be spent at your terrace or at the swimming pool or a balloon safari. Another game drive due for the evening.
Day 5: This is a choice day, you can relax in the hotel, go for nature walk, or do safaris like other days depending on how you feel.
Day 6: Leave the Masai Mara after a last game drive in the Mara, for Nairobi, Lunch at a Nairobi roast meat Joint (Nyama Choma, a Kenyan culture of eating roast goat). This will give you an experience and interaction of the normal Nairobians. A day room will be reserved at Panafric for you to refresh yourself, and dinner, as you wait for your flight back home, depending on what time it is. You will be picked up from your hotel by our representative in time for your flight.
Rate: USD 1800 per person. Book Between April 30th and May 3oth, and save USD 100!!
The above rate includes: