Big Five Quest Safari
07 Nights/8 Days
Nairobi City, Olpejeta Wildlife Conservancy, Lake Nakuru & Masai Mara
ITINERARY
Day 1 – Arrival Nairobi, Kenya
Met on arrival at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport by Afio Mai Africa Safaris Hospitality Director and transfer to your city hotel where you have been booked on bed and breakfast for the night.
Recommended Hotels:
Nairobi Serena Hotel / Fairmont The Norfolk / Movenpick Hotel & Residences
Day 2 – Drive to Olpejeta Wildlife Conservancy
Breakfast in your hotel. 08:00hrs Meet up with our representative at your Hotel Lobby. After introductions to your dedicated Safari Driver Guide and a pre-safari briefing, depart via the Great North Road, through the famed Kenyan Central Highlands to the Equator Point just before Nanyuki Town for a brief stopover.
Here, the locals perform a water demonstration to qualify the position of the equator and for a small tip you will be awarded an ‘equator certificate’. Drive on to the nearby 110,000-acre Ol Pejeta Wildlife Conservancy, which lies on the Laikipia plains. Enjoy a game viewing drive en-route to Sweetwaters Serena Camp your home for the next two nights.
Lunch in the Camp followed by an afternoon at leisure to enjoy the facilities at the Camp that include a swimming pool. 16:00hrs enjoy an afternoon game viewing drive in the Conservancy.
All meals and Overnight at Sweetwaters Serena Camp
Day 3 – Olpejeta Wildlife Conservancy
Full day in the Conservancy with morning and afternoon game viewing drives. Host to all the members of the ‘Big Five’ (elephant, rhino, lion, buffalo and leopard), the conservancy has a higher wildlife-to-area ratio than any Kenyan national park and is one of only four private game conservancies to have been founded in Kenya.
At the forefront of the Kenyan conservancy program, the conservancy boasts the largest Black Rhino Sanctuary in East Africa, hosts the only Chimpanzee Sanctuary in Kenya, and shelters large numbers of rare and endangered species.
All meals and overnight at Sweetwaters Serena Camp
Day 4 – Olpejeta to Nakuru National Park
After an early breakfast in the camp, check-out and drive to Lake Nakuru skirting the Aberdare Mountain ranges 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 water fall. Enjoy magnificent views of the Great Rift Valley Escarpment en-route.
Lunch at your lodge.
1600hrs Depart for a game viewing drive in the park. Known all over the world for its flamingoes, it’s alkaline and is recognized 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. At times there may be almost 2 million flamingos in the residence, forming a stunningly beautiful deep pink band around the edge of the lake shore.
Waterbuck are usually sighted along the lake shore, and this is the home of the Rothschild’s giraffe. Baboon, impala, buffalo, monkeys, warthog, impala, reedbuck and eland are also resident here.
All meals and overnight at Sarova Lion Hill Game Lodge / Lake Nakuru Sopa Lodge
Day 5 – Lake Nakuru to Masai Mara Game Reserve
After an early breakfast in the lodge, depart driving down the eastern wall of the Great Rift Valley, your driver guide will stop at strategic viewpoints for photography where you will come out and view the escarpment and take photos. Drive on to Masai Mara Game Reserve to arrive at your lodge/camp in the early afternoon for check-in.
Lunch followed by an afternoon at leisure to relax and enjoy the lodge facilities that include a swimming pool that gives you sweeping views of the of the expansive Masai Mara plains.
16:00hrs Depart for an afternoon game drive in the reserve. The Mara is also noted for its abundance of lions – particularly the superb black manned 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. You’re sure to see the African buffalo. Get the cameras ready, charge the batteries and enjoy yourself!
18:00hrs Return to the lodge/camp to refresh for dinner.
Dinner and overnight at Mara Serena Safari Lodge / Sarova Mara Game Camp / Mara Sopa Lodge
Days 6&7 – Masai Mara Game Reserve
Two full days in the Mara with morning and afternoon game viewing drives daily in the Reserve. Certainly the most frequented game reserve in Kenya, Masai Mara is a magnificent landscape of open plains bisected by the Mara River and its tributaries punctuated by marshes and forests.
As the northern tip of the vast Serengeti ecosystem, the Mara hosts the spectacular seasonal migration of many thousands of Wildebeest, Zebras and attendant predators. Arrive in time for lunch then have an afternoon game drive. This 650 sq kilometer reserve supports the highest density of game to be seen anywhere considering its size.
Balloon Safari
Experience the Masai Mara on a different level! Flying high up in the skies above the Masai Mara is the ultimate safari experience. The landscape below is a never-ending exciting mixture of riverine forests, sprawling savannahs, towering escarpments and rugged rivers. Against a back drop of stunning, hot-air balloon flights in the Masai Mara give you a unique vantage point of the abundant wildlife living below. There’s really nothing quite like it, the view is unparalleled and the experience is unforgettable!
All meals and overnight at Mara Serena Safari Lodge / Sarova Mara Game Camp / Mara Sopa Lodge
Day 8 – Masai Mara to Nairobi & Departure
07.30hrs, after breakfast in the lodge/camp, check out and drive to Nairobi to arrive in time for a farewell lunch at the Carnivore Restaurant hosted by Afio Mai Africa Safaris! The Carnivore is a meat specialty 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 Masai swords and roasted over a huge charcoal pit!
Later transfer to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport for your home bound International flight. Day Room/s can be arraigned at a supplement fee on request.
An African Wildlife Experience!!
Package cost includes the following services:
- Meet and Greet services by our Safari & Hospitality Directors
- Pre & Post Safari Briefing
- Pick up from your Nairobi City Hotel for the Safari
- 02 nights on full board basis at Sweetwaters Serena Camp
- 01 night on full board basis at Sarova Lion Hill Game Lodge / Lake Nakuru Sopa Lodge
- 03 nights on full board basis in Masai Mara at Mara Serena Safari Lodge / Sarova Mara Game Camp/ Mara Sopa Lodge
- Safari transport in custom made Safari 4x4WD Land Cruiser on exclusive use
- Game viewing drives as per itinerary
- Guaranteed window seats for ease of game viewing and photography
- Services of English speaking driver guides
- Park entrance fees
- Farewell lunch at Carnivore Restaurant hosted by Afio Mai Africa Safaris
- Departure Airport transfer with Meet & Assist services
- International Flights and Visa entry charges to Kenya. All items of personal use i.e. drinks, laundry, telephone calls, tips/gratuities, personal travel insurances- etc.
- Balloon Safari/Ride in the Mara – Service can be booked in advance on request
BIG FIVE QUEST SAFARI
| SEASON | 2/1/25 – 28/2/25 | 1/4/25 – 31/5/2025 | 1/6/25 – 31/10/25 | 23/12/25 – 1/1/26 |
| Each of | Per Person Cost | Per Person Cost | Per Person Cost | Per Person Cost |
| 02 PAX | $3755 | $3514 | $4946 | $4946 |
| 04 PAX | $3065 | $2822 | $4254 | $4254 |
| 06 PAX | $2836 | $2595 | $4027 | $4027 |
| SRS* | $750 | $650 | $1170 | $1170 |
| *Single Room Supplement | ||||
| Easter Christmas supplement US$ 40. 18th ,19th ,20th 21st April 24th ,25th ,26th ,31st December 2025 1st January 2026 | ||||