Karibu! Your Kenyan safari adventure begins in Nairobi, where you will be met at the airport by our representative with a pager and your name on it and then afterwards, you will proceed towards Maasai Mara National Reserve for about a 5hrs drive travelling through floor of the Great Rift Valley arriving in good time for lunch at your camp/lodge. Spend two nights here to explore, discover and experience the magic and 7th wonder of the world - “Maasai Mara Game Reserve’’ a spectacular watch of the immense “Big-Five” Lion, Rhino, Buffaloes, Leopard and Elephant and wildebeest migration. The trees in the distance turn out to be giraffe’s family. The clump of bushes is a pride of lions. And the rock that moves may be a rhino lumbering out of your way. After having sumptuous lunch at the lodge proceed for afternoon game drive where you will witness the spectacular big 5 in the Mara river area. Any, the sheer mass and spectacle of the animals surrounding you will provide endless opportunities to fill many an album of treasured memories. You will have afternoon game drive after reaching in masai mara.
• Main destination: Maasai Mara National Reserve
• Meals & drinks: Lunch & Dinner (Drinks not included)
Full days spent exploring the park in search of the big 5. 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 whose culture 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.
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.
• Main destination: Maasai Mara National Reserve
• Meals & drinks: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner (Drinks not included)
After breakfast, head for Lake Naivasha. Lake Naivasha is the highest Lake of the Rift Valley located at an altitude of 1890 meters above sea level. This lake is a combination of volcanic rocks and sedimentary deposits. It has a length of 139 square kilometres. It is home to a population of more than 400 bird’s species and has a large population of Hippos. Part of the Movie “Out of Africa” was filmed in this area.
Later in the day you will conduct boat ride that will enable you to see colonies of hippopotamuses, the fishing eagles in action, marabou stork, etc. Afterwards, you will proceed to guided crescent Island Tour which is situated at the middle of the Lake. Here you will be able to view wild animals that permanently live here like wildebeests, zebras, gazelles, giraffes, warthogs. We will disembark with a local guide and will continue trekking on foot through this Island that is located at the heart of the Lake, walking at our pace around this incredible place. This will give you a chance to see and photograph the animals that reside here.
• Main destination: Lake Naivasha
• Meals & drinks: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner (Drinks not included)
After breakfast we leave and head for Lake Nakuru national park which. The drive via farming country and local homesteads via the Great Rift Valley escarpment floor is scenically arriving in time for hot lunch at Sarova Lion Hill Game Lodge. Later you will depart for an afternoon game drive. The 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 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. Afterwards you will head to Naivasha for Dinner and overnight at the Lodge.
• Main destination: Lake Nakuru National Park – Lake Naivasha
• Meals & drinks: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
After heavy breakfast check out & drive to Amboseli National Park. We will reach in the afternoon & have our lunch at the lodge. Then we will start our afternoon game drive at Amboseli National park. 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.
• Main destination: Amboseli National Park
• Meals & drinks: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
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”.
• Main destination: Amboseli National Park
• Meals & drinks: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
After breakfast bid adieu Amboseli National Park & drive to Nairobi. Enroute we will do lunch by own. After that we will visit Giraffe centre in Nairobi. The Giraffe Centre is the creation of the African Fund for Endangered Wildlife (A.F.E.W. Kenya), a Kenyan non-profit organisation. Our main purpose is to educate Kenyan school children and youth on their country’s wildlife and environment, as well as give local and international visitors an opportunity to come into close contact with the world’s tallest species, the giraffe.
• Main destination: Nairobi
• Meals & drinks: Breakfast & Lunch
Early morning check out from the hotel & drop to airport