Best of Kenya Adventure Safari

ARRIVAL
▪ You’ll be collected from the airport or Nairobi Hotel/residence.
▪ Accommodation before the tour starts and after safari can be arranged at an extra cost.

DAY 1 : NAIROBI TO AMBOSELI NATIONAL PARK
Upon your arrival to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, you will be met by our company representatives for meet, greet and briefings. You will then be driven to Amboseli National Park a long Mombasa Road arriving in good time for lunch and rest. Proceed to the park for the afternoon game drive. The park is famous for its scenery with a backdrop of the snow-capped peak of Mount Kilimanjaro, which dominates the landscape and open plains. In the evening you will returned back to your safari Lodge or  Camp for dinner and overnight stay.

DAY 2: AMBOSELI NATIONAL PARK
After breakfast from the hotel you will head to the park with picnic lunch provided. You will have unlimited game drives in the park. The snows of Mt. Kilimanjaro, white and crystalline form a majestic backdrop to one of Kenya’s most spectacular displays of wildlife: lion, elephants, leopards, rhino, cheetah, buffalo, and hosts of plain’s game creating Kenya’s most sought after photographer’s paradise. The Park is also the home of Maasai, those tall proud nomads who have learned to live in complete harmony with the wildlife that surrounds them. This day you have an optional activity to visit Maasai village at an additional cost. Back to the lodge in the late evening for dinner and overnight stay.

 

DAY 3: AMBOSELI TO ABERDARE NATIONAL PARK
After breakfast, depart for Aberdare National Park via Nairobi, arriving in time for lunch at the camp or lodge. After lunch, you will say goodbye to your driver-guide and be transferred to The Ark by a lodge vehicle. Please note you will only require your soft bags for the night and all other bags will be left at the base hotel. In the afternoon you will have some leisure time game viewing from your balcony at the lodge for the animals that come to the nearby waterholes. Dinner and overnight at your lodge.

DAY 4: ABERDARE TO SAMBURU NATIONAL RESERVE
Depart soon after breakfast to Samburu National Park. Arrive at the lodge for lunch and rest followed by afternoon game viewing. Search for animals like the rare grants gazelle, gerenuk, gravy’s zebra, beisa oryx, the big five and the rare wild plants. In the evening you will return back to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

DAY 5: SAMBURU NATIONAL RESERVE

Early morning game drive then return back to the hotel for breakfast in the lodge. Later proceed to Samburu village at an additional expense to witness their special way of life. You have a chance to interact with the local people by singing and dancing with them. Return back to the lodge for lunch and rest. Continue with your afternoon game drive for wildlife viewing by searching the special five, big five animals and the birds till sunset.

DAY 6: SAMBURU – THOMSON FALLS – LAKE NAKURU NATIONAL PARK
Depart Samburu after breakfast with game drive en-route as you drive to the floor of the Rift Valley – to Lake Nakuru National Park making a brief stop at Nyahururu Thomson Falls. Arrive at the lodge for check-in and on time for lunch then for an afternoon game drive. Besides the flamingos, the lake is famous for approx. 400 other species of birds visiting the lake. Many species of game can be found in the park including the introduced Rothschild’s giraffe, black and white rhino, water buck, reed buck, lion,
buffalo, leopard, baboon and many species of plains game. Dinner and overnight at the lodge.

DAY 7: LAKE NAKURU TO LAKE NAIVASHA
After breakfast check out of the lodge with an en-route game drive within the park to spot the early risers. Exit the park and drive to the nearby Lake Naivasha arriving in time for lunch at the lodge. After lunch, you will have the afternoon at leisure to enjoy a short boat ride as you watch the birds, hippos, giraffes, elands, zebras, warthogs and many more species of wild animals. You will also have an opportunity to walk in the island to watch the birds and wild animals up close at no cost. Later you will return back to the lodge for Dinner and overnight.

DAY 8: LAKE NAIVASHA – MASAI MARA GAME RESERVE
After breakfast from the lodge you will depart to Masai Mara National Reserve the 7th wonders of the world arriving in time for check-in, lunch and rest at the lodge. After rest an immediate afternoon game drive will be taken till sunset returning back to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

DAY 9: MASAI MARA NATIONAL RESERVE
Full-day game viewing coupled with exploring this spectacular Park. The Mara is the land of African legend: Lion are abundant throughout the park, so are the elephants, giraffes, and a variety of gazelle species and zebra. Cheetah and leopard are also regularly seen and, less commonly, rhino. The annual wildebeest migration, one of nature’s few remaining wildlife spectacles, occurs in the Mara from July to September where the big animals and their predators are to be present. Several species of Bee-Eater, the flying rainbow that heads the list of Mara’s birds, occur in the reserve. As well as wildlife, the Masai Mara is also home to many members of the colorful Maasai tribe who may be seen around the borders of the park – Moran (warriors) loping across the plains, young boys herding goats, or elders grouped under a tree discussing matters of the day. A visit to a Maasai village (homestead) reveals this outstanding culture and customs. Dinner and overnight at the Lodge.

DAY 10: MASAI MARA NATIONAL RESERVE
After the main breakfast in the morning you will depart your lodge for a full day game viewing in the Great park with packed lunch in search of its popular residents like the well-known predators and their opponents. Picnic lunch will be served at Mara River as you watch the Hippos and Crocodiles attacking Millions of Wildebeest crossing the river. Back to the camp in the evening. A visit to Masai village is taken during this time a visit at an extra cost to witness African way of life. Meals and overnight at the Lodge.

DAY 11: MASAI MARA NATIONAL RESERVE TO NAIROBI

The next day we will start with pre-morning game drive. This is the best time to witness the lion hunting (the kill) Return to the lodge for breakfast and check-out to depart for Nairobi arriving in good time followed by a drop off to the hotel or Jomo Kenyatta International Airport for your flight to the next destination.