{"id":10035,"date":"2019-07-29T12:29:22","date_gmt":"2019-07-29T12:29:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/AFRICAtime\/?p=10035"},"modified":"2020-07-07T09:04:31","modified_gmt":"2020-07-07T08:04:31","slug":"african-safari-diaries-josephine-and-steves-cheetah-safari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/african-safari-diaries-josephine-and-steves-cheetah-safari\/","title":{"rendered":"African Safari Diaries: Josephine and Steve’s Cheetah Safari"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Josephine and Steve recently visited Kenya and opted for our most popular itinerary, the Cheetah Safari. This\u00a0<\/strong>traditional seven-night safari visits Samburu, home to unique wildlife, followed by the Rift Valley Lakes. The final destination is the Masai Mara, where vast numbers of plains game and spectacular big cats abide. Josephine has shared her experience and some lovely photos with us.<\/p>\n

1. \u00a0Was this your first time visiting Kenya? What made you decide to visit?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Safari

On our first day during the drive from the Somak Lounge to the Aberdare Country Club we encountered a flat tyre! The brilliant drivers fixing the tyre whilst we all get photos of the action.<\/p><\/div>\n

Yes it was our first visit to Kenya. We have both always wanted to visit Kenya & heard it was the best place to see all the Big 5.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

2. \u00a0How did you choose your itinerary?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

We looked through the Somak Brochure and thought the Cheetah Safari gave a range of areas to visit within the 7-night timeframe.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

3. \u00a0Where did you stay whilst on your trip and what was your favourite property and place?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Aberdare Country Club<\/a>, Ashnil Samburu Camp<\/a>, Serena Mountain Lodge<\/a>, Lake Naivasha Sopa Lodge<\/a> & Ashnil Mara Camp<\/a>. The properties are all unique so it\u2019s difficult to choose a favourite but we thoroughly enjoyed our stay at the Ashnil Samburu Camp,<\/a> as whilst driving towards the camp it felt like you were in Jurassic Park. <\/span><\/p>\n

Also the Serena Mountain Lodge<\/a> is just spectacular with the waterhole.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

4. \u00a0What were your highlights from your trip?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Kenya

Masai Mara<\/p><\/div>\n

Our highlight of course was managing to see all the Big 5. We also booked the Masai Mara balloon flight which was the most amazing experience, seeing all the wildebeest from above was just mesmerising. I can\u2019t remember the amount of times I said \u2018this is just unreal\u2019.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

5. \u00a0\u00a0Do you have any advice or tips for anyone thinking of going on a holiday to Kenya?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Hyena

Hyena<\/p><\/div>\n

Don\u2019t go with the frame of mind that you want to see certain animals, you should enjoy every minute of your holiday as it\u2019s just an amazing experience, and very importantly make sure you have insect repellant!<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Sleeping

Sleeping lions<\/p><\/div>\n

We kitted ourselves out with the Nosilife clothing (insect defence clothing) and we came home with no bites! Others in our group were counting each day the amount of bites they had. <\/span><\/p>\n

Also invest in some binoculars and a camera with a good zoom as you will need it if you don\u2019t want to miss a thing!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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If after reading about Josephine’s experience you would like to book a similar itinerary, you can read more about our Cheetah Safari\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

We would love to work with you to plan the safari holiday of a lifetime. For more information on how our safari experts can help you, call Somak Holidays today on 020 8423 3000.<\/p>\n

Please note all photos featured are credited to Josephine Cartwright.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":10041,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[603,604,11,600,1,580],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-african-safari-diaries","category-inspiration-africa","category-kenya","category-testimonials","category-uncategorized","category-wildlife-and-safari"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/image1.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10035"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10035\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10865,"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10035\/revisions\/10865"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somak.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}