Wonders of Kenya Safari

At 07:00, meet up with our hospitality representative and your dedicated safari driver-guide at your Nairobi hotel lobby or the airport. After introductions and a pre-safari briefing, depart and drive down the eastern wall of the Great Rift Valley. Your driver-guide will stop at a strategic viewpoint for photography, where you can step out to view the escarpment and take photos. Drive on to the Masai Mara National Reserve to arrive at your camp in the early afternoon for check-in.

Enjoy lunch at the camp, followed by time at leisure, or you may opt to enjoy a swim in the lodge’s swimming pool overlooking the sprawling savannas.

The reserve is noted for its abundance of lions, particularly the superb black-maned males. You'll see lots of elephants here, often in large herds, as well as, if you're lucky, leopard, cheetah and rhino. All of the Big Five are residents here, and you're sure to see the African buffalo. Get the cameras ready, charge the batteries and enjoy yourself!

Meals & drinks: Lunch & dinner (Breakfast not included); Drinks not included

Overnight: PrideInn Mara Camp
Mid-range tented camp bordering Masai Mara National Reserve without fences

Spend a full day in the Mara with morning and afternoon game drives in the reserve. Certainly the most frequented game reserve in Kenya, the Masai Mara is a magnificent landscape of open plains bisected by the Mara River and its tributaries, and punctuated by marshes and forests.

This 650-square-kilometre reserve supports the highest density of game to be seen anywhere, considering its size. During the seasonal migrations, the Masai Mara is home to up to a million wildebeest and an equally impressive number of zebra that move into the area from neighbouring Serengeti National Park in Tanzania.

Meals & drinks: All meals included; Drinks not included

Overnight: PrideInn Mara Camp
Mid-range tented camp bordering Masai Mara National Reserve without fences

Have an early breakfast at the camp, check out and drive to Lake Nakuru National Park to arrive in the early afternoon in time for check-in and lunch.

Go on an afternoon game-viewing drive in the park. Known all over the world for its flamingos, the lake is alkaline and is recognised as being one of the natural wonders of the world. Lake Nakuru is now a rhino sanctuary, harbouring a population of over 40 black and over 60 white rhinos, but the flamingos, of course, have always been the main attraction.

Meals & drinks: All meals included; Drinks not included

Overnight: Lake Nakuru Sopa Lodge
Mid-range lodge located inside Lake Nakuru National Park

After breakfast at the lodge, depart and drive to Mweiga in Nyeri, skirting the Aberdare Mountain range, to Nyahururu Falls for a photo stop. Still known to many as Thomson's Falls, its waters fall 237 feet, making it the country’s highest waterfall. Enjoy magnificent views of the Great Rift Valley Escarpment en route. Drive to your base hotel, Aberdare Country Club, for check-in and lunch.

Later, transfer to your overnight destination, The Ark Lodge. One of Kenya’s more unusual hotels, it's built in the style of Noah’s Ark and beautifully situated overlooking a waterhole in the heart of Aberdare National Park. The drawcard here is its position – this game-rich reserve has a staggering diversity of wildlife that is drawn to the waterhole. At night, floodlights are switched on so viewing can continue after dark from the comfort of the lounges, dining room and multi-level decks.

Meals & drinks: All meals included; Drinks not included

Overnight: The Ark Lodge
Mid-range lodge located inside Aberdare National Park

Enjoy a sumptuous breakfast at the lodge before transferring to the base hotel to meet your dedicated driver-guide for your onward drive to Samburu National Reserve, arriving in time for check-in and lunch.

Later in the afternoon, depart for a game drive in the reserve. Samburu is the most accessible game reserve in northern Kenya. This park represents the semi-arid ecosystem of northern Kenya and features some of the most beautiful wildlife in the country.

Animals typical of semi-arid ecosystems include the reticulated giraffe, gerenuk, oryx, Somali ostrich, and Grevy's zebra. Many visitors to this reserve are amazed at the large herds of elephants that roam this area. As the sun sets on the horizon, return to the lodge to refresh for dinner and overnight.

Meals & drinks: All meals included; Drinks not included

Overnight: Samburu Sopa Lodge
Mid-range lodge located inside Samburu National Reserve

Spend the whole day in the game reserve with morning and afternoon game-viewing drives. The Samburu National Reserve is among Kenya's most pleasant and relatively undiscovered reserves. The permanent forest shade on the banks of the Ewaso Nyiro River offers wonderful year-round game viewing, and the birdlife is unusually numerous.

A highlight of this park is watching large numbers of elephants bathing in the Ewaso Nyiro River. Other animals include lions, cheetahs, leopards, buffaloes, impalas, elands, crocodiles, and hippos, among others. Birdlife is abundant in this reserve, with some of the most beautiful birds.

Meals & drinks: All meals included; Drinks not included

Overnight: Samburu Sopa Lodge
Mid-range lodge located inside Samburu National Reserve

Have an early start for Nairobi, driving through the foothills of Mount Kenya for a brief stopover at the Equator Point before Nanyuki town. Here, the locals perform a water demonstration to mark the position of the equator, and for a small tip, you will be awarded an "equator certificate".

Drive on through the Kenyan Central Highlands, passing the town of Thika, which boasts the world's third-largest pineapple plantation, to arrive in Nairobi in time for a farewell lunch hosted by Afio Mai Africa Safaris at the famed Carnivore Restaurant.

The Carnivore is a meat speciality restaurant. At the restaurant, whole joints of meat, lamb, pork legs, exotic meats, sausages, chicken livers and wings and even crocodile are skewered on traditional Maasai swords and roasted over a huge charcoal pit!

Later, transfer to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport for your travel home.

Note: A day room to relax and refresh before your airport transfer can be arranged at a supplement fee on request.

Meals & drinks: Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included); Drinks not included