3 Days 2 Nights Elsa Kopje at Meru National Park Safari

Day 1: Nairobi – Meru National Park

Our tour guide will pick you up from your hotel or airport in Nairobi and drive north to Meru National Park. Arrive in time for lunch at your reserved lodge or camp. Check-in, relax, and then enjoy an evening game drive in this untamed wilderness until dusk. Dinner and overnight stay at the lodge or camp.

Accommodation: Elsa Kopje Meal Plan: Lunch, Dinner

Day 2: Meru National Park

Spend a full day in Meru National Park with morning and afternoon game drives. Meru was made famous by the book and film Born Free, which recounted the story of George and Joy Adamson and the lioness, Elsa.

Wildlife in Meru National Park includes: large herds of buffalo, bushbuck, eland, duiker, elephant, gazelle, giraffe, genet, hartebeest, kudu, impala, waterbuck, and Grevy’s zebra. You might also spot baboons, jackals, hyenas, kudu, lion, oryx, mongoose, oribi, vervet monkeys, and warthogs. Additionally, you may see wild dogs, caracal, bush babies, cheetah, dik-dik, civet, leopard, bush pig, otter, porcupine, and black and white rhino.

Along the rivers, you’ll find abundant hippos and crocodiles. Birdlife includes Peter’s finfoot, Pel’s Fishing Owl, rollers, bee-eaters, kingfishers, starlings, and numerous weavers. Picnic lunch at the park. Dinner and overnight at the camp.

Accommodation: Elsa Kopje Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 3: Meru – Nairobi

Enjoy an early morning game drive, then return to the camp for breakfast. Check out and depart for Nairobi, arriving in the afternoon.

Accommodation: N/A Meal Plan: Breakfast

Inclusions:

• Full board accommodation on safari
• Meals as stipulated within the itinerary
• All park entry fees
• Scheduled game drive
• Vehicle park entry fees
• 4×4 landcruiser
• Services of a tour guide
• Bottles of water during safari
• Government Taxes

Costs Excluded:

• Tips and gratuities
• Government-imposed increases on Park fees
• International airfares
• Visas
• Soft drinks and local beers