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Join us for our First Adventure Safari! - Ocober 4th, 2008 - October 16th, 2008

You have asked for it and we have listened! Join us on this exciting adventure!

This non-profit safari is organized by Bill Jordan Wildlife Defense Fund USA (BJWDF)

Meet the orphaned elephants and keepers close up and personal. Learn how they are

rehabilitated back into the wild. Enjoy a personal tour led by a Maasai tribesman

and much more!

Detailed Itinerary:

Day 1. - Arrival in Nairobi

Arrive Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, met and greeted with our traditional welcome

style and escorted to Norfolk Hotel. Later, crown your mid-morning as you move to the

elephant orphanage for a worthwhile visit to see the humanitarian care and heart it takes to

rehabilitate baby elephants and other wildlife who have lost their mothers to death, injuries

and poaching. It's the closest you get to an elephant and rhino safely! This evening, your

tour manager conducts a safari briefing in readiness for your upcoming safari. Overnight

at Norfolk Hotel, (Bed and Breakfast)

Day 2. - Kitengera Conservation Area

After a heartening breakfast, depart for Ormakau Maasai Village, which is one of the

community Based Projects we support. On the way you will have a short break at

Kitengela Town, (a town frequented by the maasai to buy their weekly rations), here you

will have a chance of visiting a traditional cobbler who will teach you how to make custom

designed tire sandals popularly known as "Jesus Shoe". After the lesson you will be

confronted with a challenge of making your own shoe with the assistance and supervision

of the cobbler and his assistants, the shoe will be given to you as a souvenir. After the

challenging and enjoyable task, we will take you to Ormakau Cultural Village where you

will be welcomed by the Maasai with a traditional dance, a local guide will take you round

the village and you will have a chance of buying souvenirs from their market, here your

bargaining power will be put to the test!

Later you will be taken on a nature walk, where the guide will explain to you how various

trees were used for various uses. the nature walk will end at the point where you will open

up your lunch boxes, which will be complemented with maasai barbeque meat. After your

lunch, you will be taken by the maasai Morans on cattle herding expedition where you

will learn techniques such as; protecting cattle from predators, counting them, milking

and tapping drinking blood from cattle. After this unique and exciting venture you will

board your tour buses for your drive back to Nairobi, as you board the vehicle a maasai

Oloibon (Maasai ceremonial leader) will bless you and wish you a safe journey.

Dinner and overnight at Norfolk Hotel, (Bed & Breakfast)

Day 3. Tsavo East National Park

This morning depart for Tsavo East National Park one of the biggest National Parks in

Kenya, arriving at Voi Safari Lodge in time for lunch. This afternoon take a game drive

in search of the "Red Elephant" of Tsavo, the elephants paint themselves red by

wallowing in the red soil mud holes to protect themselves from hot sun rays and stings

from external parasites. After the game drive back to the hotel for your overnight stay.

Dinner and overnight at Voi Safari Lodge. (Full Board)

Day 4. - Tsavo East National Park

After a sumptuous breakfast drive to an elephant orphanage where the older elephants

after their stay in the orphanage in Nairobi are brought for re-introduction back to the

wild. From here they are gradually reintroduced back to the wild by dedicated keepers,

the keepers herd them in the wild and give them chances to interact with wild elephants

and from here they make new friends, once the keepers are confident that they are

bonded well with their new found friends they release them back to the wild. The head

keeper will give a lecture on how they manage to do all this, you will have the opportunity

of also bonding with a young elephant by blowing into its trunk, during its life time the

elephant will always recognize you if you happen to meet again. After lunch you will

undertake an afternoon game drive then return to your lodge for your overnight stay.

(Dinner and overnight stay at Voi Safari Lodge - Full Board)

Day 5. Amboseli National Park

Drive towards Amboseli National Park via Tsavo West National Park, en-route you will

visit Mzima Springs and Shetani Lava Flow. Amboseli National Park lies due south of

Nairobi, within clear sight of Mt. Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest mountain 5896 meters.

The water of the mountain feed the seasonal swamps and marshes on which the game and

birds, which live in the park, rely. It is here that if the weather is permitting you shoot a

classic picture of the elephant or giraffe standing against the dramatic backdrop of the

snow capped mountain. Arrive for lunch at your lodge. Afternoon game drive until sunset.

(meals and overnight stay at Amboseli Serena Safari Lodge - Full Board)

Day 6 - Amboseli National Park

Whole day Amboseli with morning and afternoon game drives. This park affords

everyone's classic image of East Africa - herds of great animals moving across the dusty

plains with the snowcapped peak of Kilimanjaro rising straight up in the background.

Although it is situated inside Tanzania, the best views of the mountain are from Amboseli

on the Kenyan side of the border.

(All meals and overnight in Amboseli at Amboseli Serena Safari Lodge - Full Board)

Day 7. - Lake Nakuru National Park

Depart for the "Pink Lake" which is home to over 2 million migrant flamingos

via Nairobi where you will take lunch at Toona Tree Restaurant. Depart on an afternoon

game drive in search of flamingos, endangered black rhinos and the leopard.

(Dinner and overnight at Sarova Lion Hill Lodge - Full Board)

Day 8. - Proceed to Maasai Mara Game Reserve (the new 7th wonder of the world)

After breakfast depart for the famed and Kenya's finest game reserve - Maasai Mara

Game Reserve to arrive in time for lunch. Lunch at the spectacular Base Camp, which is

located on an owned by the local Maasai people alongside the Mara Reserve. This is prime

wildlife country and from Base Camp this afternoon your will explore the surrounding

savannah plains to seek out the huge variety of wildlife species for which the Mara is

famous, in particular the large population of lions, (returning for dinner and overnight at

Base Camp - Full Board).

Day 9. - Full Day in Maasai Mara Game Reserve

Morning game drives in the game-filled plain of the Mara. This reserve gives you the

opportunities to view the big five (Lion, buffalo, leopard, elephant and rhino) as well

as hippo, and abundance of the plain games. After this you will be taken on a 1-2 hour

walking safari through the savannah for wildlife viewing with the Maasai as guides and

interpreters of their lands whereby you will walk amongst giraffe, impala, zebra and

wildebeest. (Dinner and overnight stay at Base Camp - Full Board)

Day 10. - Back to Nairobi and Depart

After breakfast, say 'Kwaheri' - a swahili word for bye to Maasai Mara and leisurely

drive back to Nairobi, arriving at around mid-day. This afternoon you will visit the

historical Karen Blixen Museum - restored home of pioneer coffee farmer. You step

back in time and gain an insight into this remarkable woman's life as you enjoy views of

the Ngong Hills from the beautifully landscaped gardens of the museum. From history

proceed to the Giraffe Center a wildlife conservancy and home of "Daisy" the Rothchild

giraffe who starred in the movie "The Last Giraffe". Giraffes can be fed and observed,

roaming freely, from a raised platform. Before departure you will have time to discuss the

success of your trip with your tour manager who will award you a certificate to show

that you traveled responsibly and touched the hearts of marginalized communities in Kenya.

Later we transfer you to the airport for your home bound departure flight.(Half Board)

Rates for this trip will depend on the number of people traveling - Please call our office or e-mail for

cost of stay and flight. (608) 442-3536 - sheena@wildlifedefenseusa.org