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DAY 1
NAIROBI / DELORAINE
You will be collected from either
Jomo Kenyatta Airport of your Nairobi Hotel and drive
to Deloraine arriving in time for lunch and an afternoon
ride. Swimming pool, tennis and corquet also an option.
Overnight Deloraine House.
DAY 2
DELORAINE
An early morning ride before breakfast
is optional. Also day trips to either Lake Nakuru or
Bogoria famous for their flamingoes can be arranged
with a picnic lunch. Overnight Deloraine House.
DAY 3
DELORIANE / MASAI MARA
Leaving after breakfast we drive with
a picnic lunch to our first camp at the foot of the
Loita Hills. We meet up with our horses and may be time
for a short evening ride. Overnight Barkitabu Camp.
DAY 4
MASAI MARA
Our first moving day with the horses
and after breakfast we pack up a picnic lunch to be
carried in our saddle bags. Leaving the Loita Hills
behind us we cross the plains to the foot of the Bardamat
Hills. A ride of approximately 30 kms. As we ride we
encounter an increasing amount of game including giraffe,
zebra, buffalo and a variety of plains game. We arrive
at our next camp set up beside the Olare Lamun Springs.
Overnight Olare Lamun Camp.
DAY 5
MASAI MARA
A full day to explore this remote
area with abundant game. Drives, rides and walks may
be taken from camp. Overnight Olare Lamun Camp.
DAY 6
MASAI MARA
Another moving day and we break camp
in good time as it is the longest ride of the trip covering
nearly 50kms. We ride across rolling open plains and
the game generally becomes more plentiful as we approach
the Mara ecosystem. We should see herds of zebra, topi,
giraffe, wildebeest, gazelle and there is a good chance
of seeing elephant and buffalo as well. We reach our
camp on the edge of the Masai Game Reserve on the Olare
Orok lugga late afternoon. From camp we are likely to
hear lion and hyena at night and the abundance of game
is apparent everywhere. Overnight Olare Orok
Camp.
DAY 7 - 8
MASAI MARA
Two full days of morning and evening
rides from camp with the option of driving into the
game park for some good photographic opportunities.
From the landrovers we can get much closer to lion,
elephant and buffalo than we are able to do from the
horses. Overnight Olare Orok Camp.
DAY 9
MASAI MARA
Another moving day and we follow
the Olare Orok Lugga upstream before heading our across
the plains to the foot of the Siria Escarpment, where
we find our final campsite set up on the banks of the
Mara River. Close by there are some hippo pools and
their grunting at night is a special feature of this
camp. Overnight Mara River Camp.
DAY 10
MASAI MARA
Once again we are able to go for a
morning and evening rides from camp as well as using
the vehicles for our final day in the Mara. Overnight
Mara River Camp.
DAY 11
MASAI MARA / NAIROBI
Transfer by air back to Nairobi
2011 Departures & Rates
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The safari
departs with a minimum of 4 guests.
Tristan
Voorspuy
Tristan has led safaris in Africa since the early 1980's
- it is no surprise that he has been recognised by The
Times as one of the top safari guides in Africa. His
knowledge and experience of Africa and its wildlife
has led to him being chosen as one Kenya's honorary
Game Wardens. Tristan has a deep understanding of the
interaction between wildlife and man on horseback. After
a glorious day on safari and around a bush fire at night
there are few better story tellers in Africa.
Jakob
von Plessen
Born and raised in Argentina, Jakob is a highly proficient
horseman. On any riding safari with Jakob you quickly
appreciate he is an inspirational source of knowledge
for Kenya's wildlife as well as being the perfect host.
Jakob is fluent in German, Spanish, English and French.
He spends most of the year in Kenya but when the rains
come he heads back to Argentina to run his own riding
safari company. He is rarely seen not wearing his traditional
Argentinian 'boyna' hat.
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