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DAY 2, THURSDAY
London - Nairobi, Kenya
We arrive in London and connect with our British
Airways flight to Nairobi. Upon arrival this evening,
we are met by Abercrombie & Kent and taken to our
hotel. Windsor Golf and Country Club, B, L, D

DAY 3, FRIDAY
Nairobi
The morning is at leisure; this afternoon, after lunch
and a briefing on our upcoming safari, we enjoy a
sightseeing tour of Nairobi, including stops at the
colorful African Market, the Kenyatta Conference
Center and the National Museum. Dinner is taken at our
hotel. Windsor Golf and Country Club B, L, D

DAY 4, SATURDAY
Nairobi - Amboseli National Park
This morning we drive to Amboseli National Park,
arriving at our camp in time for lunch. We then go on
our first game drive in the park with Mt. Kilimanjaro
as our back drop. The evening is spent around a
roaring camp fire. Exclusive Kilimanjaro Camp B, L, D

DAY 5, SUNDAY
Amboseli National Park
Our day starts with a steaming cup of tea or coffee
delivered to our tents. After a game drive in Amboseli
National Park and the surrounding area, we return to
camp for breakfast. Mt. Kilimanjaro provides a
spectacular opportunity for photography as we discover
giraffe, elephant, zebra, wildebeest and a host of
plains game on another drive later in the day.
Exclusive Kilimanjaro Camp B, L, D

DAY 6, MONDAY
Amboseli National Park - Aberdare National Park
This morning we fly north to Nairobi where we visit an
Ostrich Farm, the home of Karen Blixen and Giraffe
Centre, a wildlife refuge just outside the city. After
stopping for lunch in Nairobi, we drive to Aberdare
National Park, a deeply forested area little known to
tourists and the last natural stronghold of rhino in
Kenya. The Ark, our safari lodge, is at an elevation
of 7,500 feet. It is "berthed" over a waterhole where
elephant, rhino, giant forest hog and buffalo come to
drink.
The Ark B, L, D

DAY 7, TUESDAY
Aberdare National Park - Samburu National Reserve
After breakfast, we drive to Nanyuki where we board a
flight north into the semi-desert bush country of the
Northern Frontier District to Samburu National Reserve
where our camp staff awaits our arrival. After
settling into our comfortable accommodations, we enjoy
a delicious dinner as the setting sun paints vivid
colors and creates sharp contrasts between sky, bush
and sand. Exclusive Samburu Camp B, L, D

DAY 8, WEDNESDAY
Samburu National Reserve
We enjoy a full day of game viewing in Samburu today.
In addition to elephant, we can also see Samburu's
unique Northern species: reticulated giraffe, Grevy's
zebra, beisa oryx, Somali ostrich, vulturine guinea
fowl and the graceful, long-necked gerenuk. We can
watch crocodiles basking on the muddy riverbanks and
vervet monkeys frolicking in the late afternoon sun.
Exclusive Samburu Camp B, L, D

DAY 9, THURSDAY
Samburu National Reserve - Mount Kenya
While our staff breaks camp, we drive to the Mount
Kenya Safari Club, with the rest of the day at leisure
to relax, swim, play tennis or golf. This private
club, made famous by the late actor William Holden, is
unique in Africa and perhaps the world. Set in the
foothills of Mt. Kenya, the scenery is magnificent and
the food delicious. Mount Kenya Safari Club (suites or
cottages) B, L, D

DAY 10, FRIDAY
Mount Kenya - Masai Mara National Reserve
Today we board a plane for the Masai Mara, famous as
Kenya's most game-rich reserve. Tonight we relax
around the campfire before retiring to our tents.
Exclusive Masai Mara Camp B, L, D

DAYS 11-12, SATURDAY-SUNDAY
Masai Mara National Reserve
We have two full days in the Mara, photographing
prides of lion, topi standing sentry on termite
mounds, huge herds of buffalo, dust-bathing elephant
and graceful giraffe set against a background of
distant sea-green hills. In the Mara River, crocodiles
bask in the sun and hippos wallow in the muddy water
as vervet monkeys frolic overhead. During our time
here we can take an optional ballooning trip over the
reserve, spotting game as we float silently above
rolling hills, or we may take a flight to nearby Lake
Victoria. Exclusive Masai Mara Camp B, L, D

DAY 13, MONDAY
Masai Mara - Nairobi
Today we say "kwaheri" to our camp staff as we board a
twin-engined plane, flying back to Nairobi. This
evening we are guests at a farewell dinner at an
elegant private home in a suburb of Nairobi hosted by
Abercrombie & Kent. Windsor Golf and Country Club B,
L, D

DAY 14, TUESDAY
Nairobi - London - United States or Canada
This morning we transfer to the airport to board a
departing British Airways flight. We arrive in London
to connect with our British Airways flight to the
United States or Canada. B

We ask that clients kindly refrain from smoking while
in sitting vehicles and at meals when dining with
other tour participants.


OPTIONAL EXCURSIONS
Hot Air Ballooning in the Masai Mara is heartily
recommended as a unique method of sightseeing and game
viewing-no other aerial experience can compare with
the slow, silent, hawk's-eye view it provides.
Available every morning during the nine-month dry
season (providing appropriate weather prevails),
ballooning is safe, spectacular-and very popular. We
suggest an early reservation if you wish to add this
optional excursion to your itinerary. See page 103 for
details.

Lake Victoria Flying Safaris center around Rusinga
Island, just 40 minutes from the Masai Mara by charter
air. Rusinga is a renowned archaeological site, with
unusual stone formations, and the island can be used
as a base for a fishing expedition - Lake Victoria's
Nile Perch can weigh more than 200 pounds. See page
103 for more information.

EXTENDING YOUR SAFARI
Many other options for extending your trip are
available, and can be added prior to or following your
scheduled safari. See our "Off the Beaten Path" series
of programs beginning on page 92 of this brochure and
the programs in our "Independent Traveller Series"
starting on page 99.

THE TANZANIA HEMINGWAY SAFARI
A Fourteen-Day Classic Tented Safari with Optional
Extensions to
The Masai Mara and Mt. Kenya Safari Club

This classic tented safari makes a matchless
experience in the great game parks of northern
Tanzania available to you-in a style that, until
recently, only such adventurers as Ernest Hemingway,
Robert Ruark and Teddy Roosevelt have known. Just as
theirs did, your camps move with you as your staff
moves to new destinations when you are out exploring
in the bush. Tents, furniture, water and food,
lanterns and all the other equipment necessary to your
comfort in the bush are transported to your next
campsite, to be ready for your return at the end of
the day. On the Tanzania Hemingway Safari, you camp in
Tarangire National Park, famous for elephant and
indigenous birds; spend a night, as your staff moves
camp, at charming Gibb's Farm; and camp again near the
shores of Lake Manyara, nestled in the Great Rift
Valley's mahogany and fig forests. After two nights at
the lodge on the rim of the Ngorongoro Crater, an
ancient volcanic caldera which encloses its own
remarkable "lost world," spend the next three nights
in your own tented camp on the Serengeti Plains. Each
year this vast acacia-studded expanse hosts
one-and-a-half million wildebeest and one million
zebra and gazelle, on their Great Migration in a
search for life-sustaining grass, truly one of the
world's great wildlife spectacles. Two options in
Kenya are available to prolong the fun: game viewing
in the fabled Masai Mara and a stay at the world
renowned Mt. Kenya Safari Club.

DAY 1, MONDAY
United States or Canada - Amsterdam
Our safari begins as we board our KLM Royal Dutch
Airlines flight to Amsterdam today.

DAY 2, TUESDAY
Amsterdam - Arusha, Tanzania
We arrive in Amsterdam this morning and connect to our
flight to Arusha. Upon arrival, we are met by A&K and
taken to our hotel. Mt. Meru

DAY 3, WEDNESDAY
Arusha - Tarangire National Park, Tanzania
The morning is at leisure. After our welcome lunch and
safari briefing, we drive to Tarangire National Park,
where we stay in a private camp overlooking the
Tarangire River.
Exclusive Tarangire Camp B, L, D

DAY 4, THURSDAY
Tarangire National Park
We enjoy morning and afternoon game drives in the
varied landscapes of the Park. Exclusive Tarangire
Camp B, L, D

DAY 5, FRIDAY
Tarangire National Park - Gibb's Farm
After breakfast we drive to Gibb's Farm, visiting a
local market en route. Gibb's i a small,
privately-owned farm set amid coffee estates and
pretty gardens in a highland district. During our stay
here, we have the option of walking to a beautiful
waterfall. Gibb's Farm B, L, D

DAY 6, SATURDAY
Gibb's Farm - Lake Manyara National Park
We depart Gibb's Farm this morning, driving to Lake
Manyara National Park in the Great Rift Valley. Here
our staff i waiting to welcome us to our exclusive
camp. We take a game drive this afternoon in this
small but rich park in Africa's Great Rift Valley.
This evening in camp is spent around the campfire,
listening to the sounds of the wildlife in the bush
around us. Exclusive Lake Manyara Camp B, L, D

DAY 7, SUNDAY
Lake Manyara National Park
We have a full days game viewing in the Park, home to
lions and elephants who let us drive astonishingly
close. In the lake we see hippo and many water birds
including ducks, pelicans and flamingoes. Exclusive
Lake Manyara Camp B, L, D

DAY 8, MONDAY
Lake Manyara - Ngorongoro Crater
Today we drive to the rim of the famous Ngorongoro
Crater. Ten miles in diameter and 2,000 feet deep,
the Crater is the largest unbroken caldera in the
world. Our lodge perches on the rim of the Crater,
looking out on one of the most spectacular panoramas
in Africa, teeming with wildlife. This afternoon we
drive down into the basin of the Crater for a game
drive.
Ngorongoro Crater Lodge B, L, D

DAY 9, TUESDAY
Ngorongoro Crater
Today we drive to the floor of the Crater for a full
day of game viewing among lion and elephant, hyena and
wildebeest, zebra and the endangered black rhino. The
seasonal takes of this isolated setting are crowded
with birds; we may also see a wandering Masai herdsman
and his cattle. We return to our lodge at the end of
the day. Ngorongoro Crater Lodge B, L, D

DAY 10, WEDNESDAY
Ngorongoro Crater - Serengeti National Park
Today we drive toward the Serengeti Plain, stopping en
route at Olduvai Gorge, site of Louis and Mary
Leakey's renowned archaeological discoveries. Then we
visit a Masai village before continuing on to the
Serengeti, a vast savannah which supports the largest
concentration of plains game in the world, where our
private camp awaits us. Exclusive Serengeti Camp B, L,
D
DAYS 11 - 12, THURSDAY-FRIDAY
Serengeti National Park
We spend two full days in Serengeti National Park,
5,600 square miles in size and containing every kind
of plains animal imaginable, including wildebeest,
zebra and antelope; great predators such as lion,
leopard, hyena and cheetah; giraffe, hippo and
buffalo. This is also the site of the great annual
wildebeest migration, when literally millions of
animals trek across the plains in search of green
grass and water. On Friday evening we say good-bye to
fellow travellers at our farewell dinner. Exclusive
Serengeti Camp B, L, D

DAY 13, SATURDAY

Serengeti - Arusha - Amsterdam
We leave the vastness of the Serengeti plain today to
fly to Arusha. Dayrooms are provided for our comfort
and convenience until our transfer to the airport for
our departing KLM Royal Dutch Airlines international
flight. Mt. Meru (dayrooms) B, L

DAY 14, SUNDAY
Amsterdam - United States or Canada
We arrive in Amsterdam this morning to connect with
our homebound flight.

We ask that clients kindly refrain from smoking while
in sightseeing vehicles and at meals when dining with
other tour participants.

MASAI MARA OPTION

DAY 13, SATURDAY
Serengeti - Arusha - Nairobi, Kenya
Travellers who have chosen the Masai Mara Option leave
the Serengeti plain this morning to fly to Arusha,
continuing by road to Nairobi, for an overnight stop.
Windsor Golf and Country Club B, L

DAY 14, SUNDAY
Nairobi - Masai Mara National Reserve
Today, board a flight for the Masai Mara National
Reserve, Kenya's most famous game reserve. On arrival,
we are met and transferred to our tented camp. After
an afternoon of game viewing, we enjoy a delicious
dinner. Kichwa Tembo Safari Camp B, L, D

DAY 15, MONDAY
Masai Mara National Reserve
We have a full day of game viewing in the Mara, the
heart of a classic grassland savannah crowded with
lion; enormous herds of antelope, buffalo and
wildebeest; and numerous elephant and giraffe. This is
one of the highlights of our safari, and we enjoy it
all from our tented camp. Kichwa Tembo Safari Camp B,
L, D
DAY 16, TUESDAY
Masai Mara - Nairobi - Amsterdam
After breakfast we say farewell to our camp staff and
board a flight back to Nairobi. The rest of the day is
at leisure; this evening we transfer to the airport
for our KLM Royal Dutch Airlines departing
international flight.
Windsor Golf and Country Club (dayrooms) B

DAY 17, WEDNESDAY
Amsterdam - United States or Canada
We arrive in Amsterdam this morning where we connect
with a homebound flight.

MOUNT KENYA SAFARI
CLUB OPTION

DAY 13, SATURDAY
Serengeti - Arusha - Nairobi, Kenya
We leave the Serengeti plain this morning to fly to
Arusha where we continue by road to Nairobi, our
overnight stop.
Windsor Golf and Country Club B, L

DAY 14, SUNDAY
Nairobi - Mt. Kenya
This morning we fly over the lush Kenyan hills to the
Mt. Kenya Safari Club, nestled in a spectacular
setting near rugged Mt. Kenya. Founded by the late
William Holden, the Club is justly famed for its
excellent food and facilities. Mount Kenya Safari Club
B, L, D

DAY 15, MONDAY
Mt. Kenya
A full day to enjoy the Club's many facilities. We can
swim, shop, play tennis, golf or simply relax in truly
beautiful surroundings. Mount Kenya Safari Club B, L,
D

DAY 16, TUESDAY
Mt. Kenya - Nairobi - Amsterdam
We fly back to Nairobi late this morning. The
afternoon and evening are at leisure until our late
evening transfer to the airport. Windsor Golf and
Country Club (dayrooms) B

DAY 17, WEDNESDAY
Amsterdam - United States or Canada
We arrive in Amsterdam where we connect with our
flight to the United States or Canada.

EXTENDING YOUR SAFARI
Many other options for extending your trip are
available, and can be added prior to or following your
scheduled safari. See our "Off the Beaten Path" series
of programs beginning on page 92 of this brochure and
the programs in our "Independent Traveller Series"
starting on page 99.

HOT AIR BALLOONING IN AFRICA

Imagine drifting slowly and silently over the vast
African plains, as the sun breaks on the horizon.
Spread beneath you is a panorama of African wilderness
that surpasses anything you have seen before: elephant
looking improbably small next to scattered trees
antelope flowing in waves across the rippled fields; a
pair of lionesses stalking a knot of wildebeest; and
cheetah glancing up as the shadow of the huge balloon
crosses their paths. We heartily recommend ballooning
in Africa, both to first-timers and to those who have
made an ascent before, because no other aerial
experience can compare with this hawk's-eye view.
        Balloon trips are available every morning
during the nine-month dry season (providing that
appropriate weather conditions prevail) in the Masai
Mara National Reserve in Kenya and in Tanzania's
Serengeti National Park. After about an hour aloft,
you descend to be met by your ground crew and a
sumptuous champagne breakfast in the bush. The cost is
approximately $350 per person.
        The balloons in which you travel are the
largest used anywhere in the world, piloted and
operated by professionals with many hours of
experience in the air.
        Balloon safaris should be booked at the time
your program reservation is made with Abercrombie &
Kent.

Abercrombie & Kent
1520 Kensington Road
Oak Brook, Illinois 60521
Phone: [phone]