Kenya Highlights Safari

Day 1 : Arrival – Nairobi

Upon arrival at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport you will be met by our representative and transferred to the Nairobi Serena Hotel for check in and remainder of the day at leisure. This dynamic and sophisticated “Green City in the Sun” offers many attractions. You have an option at an extra cost to visit Karen Blixen Museum author of ‘‘Out of Africa’’ movie, Giraffe centre sanctuary and hand-feed the gentle endangered Rothschild giraffes, later visit the Daphne Sheldrick Animal Orphanage Trust and learn how orphaned baby elephants and rhinos are bottle-fed and re-introduced back to the wild.

• Accommodation: Nairobi Serena Hotel
• Meals & drinks: Bed & Breakfast (Drinks not included)

Day 2 : Nairobi – Amboseli National Park

This morning after breakfast, you will be picked up from your hotel and proceed towards the Amboseli National Park driving through the Maasai territory arriving in time for lunch at the Ol tukai Lodge. The Park is famous for its scenery with a backdrop of snow-capped Mount Kilimanjaro, which dominates the landscape, and open plains. Later have an afternoon game drive in the park in search of the wildlife. The name ‘Amboseli’ comes from a Maasai word meaning ‘salty dust’ and it is one of the best places in Africa to view large herds of elephants up close. The park is home to many Buffalos, and you will have good Hippo sightings in the swamps. Amboseli has an endless underground water supply filtered through thousands of feet of volcanic rocks from Kilimanjaro’s ice cap which funnels into two clear water springs in the heart of the park. You also have an option to visit the Maasai community who live around the park and experience their authentic culture. Dinner and overnight at the Lodge.

• Accommodation: Ol tukai Lodge
• Meals & drinks: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner (Drinks not included)

Day 3 : Explore Amboseli National Park

We awaken to the sights and sounds of big game country and, if we're lucky, to a view of Kilimanjaro often unclouded in the early morning sky. In addition to elephant, antelope, zebra, wildebeest and the buffalo. Amboseli is sought after by travellers in the known for its breath-taking scenery and easily approachable wildlife. Just after daybreak, we venture into the crisp morning air in search of the great herds. Our game drives are sure to reveal great wonders. Magnificent views of snow-capped Kilimanjaro are dominant. The best time to see it, however, is early morning or just around sunset. This is Africa’s highest mountain – some call it “the rooftop of Africa”. Dinner and overnight stay at the lodge.

• Accommodation: Ol tukai Lodge
• Meals & drinks: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner (Drinks not included)

Day 4 : Amboseli National Park – Lake Nakuru National Park

After breakfast, head for Lake Nakuru national park. The drive via farming country and local homesteads via the Great Rift Valley escarpment floor is scenically with picnic lunches eneroute. Arrrive in Nakuru in late afternoon and proceed with game drives in the park. Lake Nakuru National Park is one of the top tourist destinations in Africa, famed for the Flamingos, both lesser and greater, that flock to its shores to feed on the cyanobacteria that live in its alkaline waters. It is a very important breeding ground and stop over for many species of birds, and has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. At some times of the year, there can be between one and two million flamingos forming a big pink band around the edge of the Lake. The Park is home to one of the greatest concentrations of Black Rhino in the World and also has a thriving population of White Rhino. It is also a sanctuary for the rare Rothschild Giraffe. With luck, you may spot a leopard, which is rather elusive. Dinner and overnight at the Lodge.

• Accommodation: Sarova Lionhill Lodge
• Meals & drinks: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner (Drinks not included)

Day 5 : Lake Nakuru National Park – Maasai Mara National Reserve

This morning you journey south to the Masai Mara National Reserve. On arrival you will check in to the Ashnil Mara Camp for lunch. Spend two nights here to explore, discover and experience the magic and 7th wonder of the world - “Masai Mara Game Reserve’’ a spectacular watch of the immense “Big-Five” Lion, Rhino, Buffaloes, Cheater and Elephant and wildebeest migration from Serengeti-park Tanzania into Masai Mara-Kenya. Expertise and experience of our driver-guides will maximize your chances of seeing all the splendours of Masai Mara and beyond. Dinner and overnight stay at the camp.

• Accommodation: Ashnil Mara Camp
• Meals & drinks: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner (Drinks not included)

Day 6 : Explore the Maasai Mara National Reserve

Full days spent in the park with packed lunch in search of its popular residents like the well-known predators and their opponents like the Zebra, Wildebeest, Giraffe, Hippo. Take full advantage of what the Mara has to offer. Choose from a wide range of activities including the optional hot air balloon safari that can be arranged at an extra cost, optional cultural visits to the local Maasai villages. The Maasai tribe is among the few tribes in Africa whoseculture has lasted for years without changes and the locals are jointly living together and who partially contribute to the protection of wildlife and defined cultural tours as well.

Birding can also be done throughout the year with the reserve having a record of over 570 species of birds, with more than 50 bird species of prey which include: Eagles, vultures, storks and many others.

The Mara is one of the most famous ecosystems in the world and with reason, this huge expansion is home to an astonishing variety of wildlife, difficult to believe, over 450 species of animals have been recorded here. You might be lucky to see lions, rhinos, hippos, crocodiles, giraffes, wildebeests, zebras, buffalo, warthogs, hyenas, jackals, wild dogs, buffalo, leopard, many kinds of antelopes, and elephant. It is in the Mara that perhaps the most spectacular event of the natural world takes place.

Have a visit to the Mara River. In dramatic fashion, catch thousands of the great wildebeest, zebras, antelopes and elands, followed by gazelles as they cross over returning to their breeding grounds from Serengeti-Tanzania to Maasai Mara-Kenya between the months of July and October.

Dinner and overnight stay at the camp.

• Accommodation: Ashnil Mara Camp
• Meals & drinks: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner (Drinks not included)

Day 7 : Maasai Mara National Reserve – Nairobi / Depart

Proceed for the pre breakfast morning game drive in the park followed by late breakfast at the camp as you depart for Nairobi where your journey will end with the basket full of sweetest memories to share with others back home. Transfer to the airport for onward flight.

• Accommodation: End of tour (no accommodation)
• Meals & drinks: Breakfast & Lunch (Dinner & Drinks not included)