DAY 1 NAIROBI
Arrive at Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. After proceeding through immigration and Customs, you will be met by our guide who will brief you on your safari.
Have breakfast and drive to Nairobi National park in the morning which is approximately 20minutes drive from hotel. Animals in Nairobi National park include lions, leopards, zebras, rhinos, wildebeests and other species including a wide range of birds. Here you will spot four of the big five exception of the elephant. One of the attractions also is Daphne Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage- Adopt an Elephant Orphan – Foster an Elephant or Rhino Orphan with the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Nairobi Kenya. {Nairobi National Park and Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage, Nairobi You can visit between 11am and 12 noon every day, and see the elephants being fed and playing. In addition, there is a keeper who will give a talk about the elephants, their origin, how they are getting on, and how some of the previous orphans are progressing. You can get really close to the elephants.
You can also visit Karen Blixen Museum home of the famous novelist Karen Von Blixen. The museum contains many of its original pieces with pieces donated by the creators of the movie "Out of Africa" or The Giraffe Centre.
Dinner and overnight at the hotel.
DAY 2 OPEJETA – SWEET WATERS
Depart Nairobi after breakfast. Drive through the white highlands farms, cross the Equator line and have very beautiful views of Mt. Kenya and the Great Rift Valley to Sweetwaters private ranch, close to Mount Kenya. After buffet lunch siesta enjoy a first introduction to the wildlife of Kenya and a chance to see Elephant, Rhino, Giraffe, Zebra and Antelope. Sweetwaters has a Chimpanzee Sanctuary and you will have a great chance to see these animals that resemble man. Dinner and overnight at the camp. Hotel/camp
DAY 3 SAMBURU
Breakfast and drive to Samburu National Reserve. Arrive at the Samburu National Reserve, in time for lunch, where you spot crocodiles along the sun-baked banks of the Ewaso Ng'iro River. And if Samburu's scenery looks familiar, it's not déjà vu; these open plains featured prominently in the award-winning British drama, Born Free. Our destination is Samburu National Reserve, a wilderness retreat of grassy savannah, rolling mountains and glimmering horizons obstructed only by passing elephants, lions, leopards, zebras, and giraffes.
Your very first game drive is a smorgasbord of once-in-a-lifetime experiences, including sightings of hippos and Nile crocodiles (oh my!). The reserve is also home to kind-hearted Kamunyak ("Blessed One"), the miracle lioness who adopted at least six oryx calves. She hasn't been seen since 2004; will you be the one who spots her next? Dinner and overnight at
Lodge/Camp.
DAY 04 SAMBURU
Early morning game drives enable you to see wild animals in the cool of the morning along other species of birds. You're on the lookout for Samburu's special "Big Five" – rare sightings of Beisa oryx, gerenuk, Grévy's zebra, Masai ostrich, and reticulated giraffe (Somali giraffe). Further game drives after breakfast enables you to see Rhinos, lions, giraffes, eland, buffaloes, impalas, zebras, and other wild animals and birds could be seen here.
Lunch at the lodge. Afternoon game drives.
Dinner and overnight at Lodge/camp
DAY 05 NAKURU
Breakfast and drive across the white highland farms and the equator to view the spectacular Thompson Falls. Drive across The Great Rift Valley and stop at the view point to view the valley. Coffee and Tea plantations will be seen on your way to Lake Nakuru, another shallow Soda Lake, which has been described as “an ornithologist paradise and one of the world’s most magnificent sights”.
Here one has an opportunity to view millions of pink flamingoes, pelicans, heroin, cranes, weaver birds, Egyptian geese and many other species of birds are found here.
Lake Nakuru has the largest rhino sanctuary in Kenya. Lions, giraffe, impalas, gazelles, eland, orlyx, hippos, buffalo, zebra, baboons, waterbucks, and other wild animals are found here.
Lunch atThompson falls. Drive to L. Nakuru arriving in the Afternoon in time for the 4.00pm game drive which enables you to see variety wild animals and different species of birds.
Dinner and overnight at Lodge/Camp
DAY 6 LAKE NAIVASHA
Early breakfast at the lodge and have a full day of activities in Naivasha.
Early breakfast at the lodge and have a full day of activities in Naivasha.
OPTIONS IN NAIVASHA:
Drive to the Hells gate national park with stops at view points to marvel at the scenic Great Rift Valley escarpment. Hell’s Gate is one of Kenya's smaller national parks, which can be explored on foot. A game walk or bicycle ride amid gracefully grazing gazelles, larger antelopes, Zebras and Giraffe is a delightful experience. You can take a nature walk at the shores of the lake and a boat-ride to view Hippos, Buffalo, Waterbuck, Antelope, Giraffes and Zebra among others.
What you may see at hells gate National park...... Bufallo, Zebra, Eland, Hartbeest,Thomson's gazelle, Giraffe, Baboon, Servalcat, Klipspringer, Antelopes, prolific birdlife featuring 103 species.
1 hour boat ride in L.Naivasha to see hippos that share the lake with different species of birds, imposing antelope, long-necked giraffes, and countless other animals that seeks sustenance from the lake.
Dinner and overnight at Lodge/camp
DAY 7 MAASAI MARA
Breakfast and drive across The Great Rift Valley to Maasai MaraNational Reserve. Arrive in time for lunch at Explore Mara
This is the peak of the annual migration of millions of wildebeests and zebras. Follow the wildebeest’s migration and possibly see the spectacular Mara River crossing where some are caught by crocodiles.
The Park is well known for its wide variety of wildlife. The black manned lions, leopards, elephants, cheetah, buffaloes, wildebeests, giraffes and different species of birds.Dinner and overnight at Explore Mara /Similar
Options:
You may take an early morning hot air balloon ride to see millions of wildlife migration from the air USD $450 per person or visit a traditional MaasaiManyatta /village (from $35 per person) to get to know their cultures, traditions and very authentic way of life.
DAY 8 & 9 FULL DAY MAASAI MARA
Full days in Maasai Mara with unlimited game drives which involves early morning, mid-morning, and evening game drives.
We search for grazing giraffes, speedy antelopes and hippos, but our most sought-after sightings are of Africa's Big Five – the five most fierce and dangerous animals on the continent: African buffalo, black rhinos, bush elephants, leopards and lions. And if we timed our trip right, there's more: the Great Migration. This annual event is considered the Eighth Wonder of the World, and for good reason: every year, millions of wildebeest (gnu) and hundreds of thousands of zebra thunder across Tanzania's Serengeti and into the Maasai Mara, comprising the largest land animal migration in the world.
Lunch, Dinner and overnight at lodge/camp
DAY 10 NAIROBI
Early breakfast and depart Mara Game drives en route to Nairobi arriving in the afternoon.Lunch on the way.
Dinner and overnight at the Hotel.
DAY 11 NAIROBI- AMBOSELI
A whirlwind travel day begins with early breakfast in Nairobi. Drive to Amboseli National Park which sits on an international border, its Kenyan sights flanked by Tanzania's imposing stratovolcano – the tallest peak in Africa and the highest free-standing mountain the world, the snow-capped Mt Kilimanjaro (19340 feet).
Amboseli National park is well known for its large herds of African elephants. Arrive in time for lunch at the lodge .Afternoon game drive will follow where you may get a chance to spot huge herds of Wildebeests and many other animals including Giraffes, Buffaloes, Zebra, Hippos, Impala, Water buck, lions, monkeys, zebras ,Baboons, hyenas, antelope and many other different kinds of wild animals and different species of birds including the Ostrich.
Dinner and overnight at Lodge/camp
DAY 12 FULL DAY IN AMBOSELI
Early morning game drive around the park with the beautiful view of Africa’s tallest Snow Capped Mt. Kilimanjaro (19340ft).The park provides vantage view of the majestic mountain with its snowcapped peaks easily seen.Furthergame drives take us into the wilds of Amboseli which is well known for the vast elephant herds that saunter these plains, seemingly unaware that here, in the shadow of Kilimanjaro, they are not the biggest game in town.
Ferocious lions, motionless on their elevated perches, survey their kingdom. African buffalo, wildebeest, zebra, black rhinos and cheetah share the savannah. There's no question why photographers consider Amboseli to be one of Kenya's most photogenic destinations.
DAY 13 TSAVO WEST
Early morning breakfast and depart for Tsavo West National Park via the Chyulu hills and the Shetani lava flow. Tsavo west national park, (The second largest park in Kenya after Tsavo East, which covers an area of 9,065 km2 and 13,747 km2 for Tsavo East). Enter Tsavo West National Park at Chyulu gate. Begin a game drive en route to the Visit the Mzima springs where you have a chance to see hippos, fish and crocodiles. The spring produces over one million litres of water underground from the nearby Chyulu hills. After visiting the Mzima Springs. checking in at , at Kilaguni Serena Lodge/Ngulia around 1.00 pm time for lunch and relax till 4.00 pm. Another evening game drive where you visit the rhino sanctuary and have a chance to see the black rhinos. Tsavo west is a paradise for animals including elephants, giraffes, leopards, cheetah, zebras, buffalos among others. Physical attractions include the Chyulu Hills, Ngulia Hills, Chaimu Larva and Mzima Springs.The landscape of Tsavo west is grassland savannah with acacia bushes with Mzima Springs and Shetani Larva being the special attractions. The game drive goes on till 6.30 pm where you drive back to the lodge for dinner and overnight at, Lodge/Camp
DAY 14 NAIROBI – JKIA
Early breakfast at the lodge and check out. Drive back to Nairobi game drives en-route.
Drop off at JKIA in time for your flight back home.