Activities

Day 1: Arrive Nairobi

Arrive in Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (time to be advised). Meet and assist by our airport representative and later transferred to your city hotel for the evening.

Overnight: Sarova Panafric Hotel

Meals –pay direct

Day 2: Nairobi Sightseeing (Karen Blixen/Giraffe Centre/Bomas Of Kenya)

After breakfast this morning we visit the Karen Blixen Museum. Located in Karen, the beautiful Nairobi suburb that was once part of Karen Blixen’s vast coffee estate, “Mbogani” was Karen’s home from 1917 until 1931. The house and grounds were made famous by the film “Out of Africa”. Visitors have a glimpse of typical colonial life in Kenya at the turn of the twentieth century. As well as many of Karen’s original belongings, replicas replace items that have been lost over the years. From the beautiful gardens there are magnificent views of the Ngong Hills, held dear by Karen and described so tenderly in her writings. At the front of the house the original millstone tables can be seen from which Karen conducted much of her farm business.

This morning we will also visit the Giraffe Centre, headquarters for AFEW, the African Fund for Endangered Wildlife. Made famous by „Daisy Rothschild, a giraffe calf rescued from Soi on the border of Western Kenya, Giraffe Manor was established in 1983 as a sanctuary for the then endangered Rothschild giraffe. The breeding program has been a great success and visitors can now watch these gentle giants at eye level from a raised platform. There is also the opportunity to learn more about giraffe at the interpretation center and hand-feed them while watching the semi-tame family of warthogs snuffle around their hooves in search of tidbits.

After lunch at the Karen Blixen Coffee Garden, this afternoon we will visit the Bomas of Kenya, located just a few kilometers from the city center. Bomas is a Swahili word for villages and the Bomas of Kenya contains numerous homesteads reflecting Kenya’s cocktail of cultures, faithfully recreated for visitors to see traditional village life of the many Kenyan communities. There will be a display of traditional dances, music and other folklore traditional songs in a splendid arena. Late this afternoon we will return to Nairobi for the evening.

Overnight: Sarova Panafric Hotel

Meals – only Breakfast in Nairobi, Lunch and dinner pay direct

Day 3: Nairobi / Samburu Game Reserve

After breakfast we will travel further north to Samburu Game Reserve. Relax along the way and have lunch. After lunch continue with the journey arriving in Samburu in the late afternoon in time for a late game drive in search of the rarely found species of wild game like the rare reticulated giraffe, grevy's zebra, and the long necked gerenuk antelopes. Beisa Oryx, blue flanked Somali ostrich, vulturine guinea fowl and also braving lions on the grass, leopards in the trees and plenty of other plains game.

Overnight: Samburu Sopa Lodge

Meals - Breakfast in Nairobi; Lunch and Dinner at the lodge in Samburu

Days 4: Full Day in­ Samburu Game Reserve

Enjoy a full day of African game viewing and bird watching.  The Samburu Game Reserve offers what is arguably Kenya’s greatest – and least changed – encounter with the wild Africa of yesteryear.  This harsh, savagely beautiful wilderness depends on the steady flow of the Uaso Nyiro River for its existence.  The river waters house a wide variety of animal species not found south of the Equator including the majestic Beisa Oryx, the reticulated giraffe, the thin-striped Grevy’s zebra, and the ‘giraffe-necked’ gerenuk antelope, which stands on its hind legs to feed.  Elephant, buffalo, lion and leopard can all be seen along the river. The 400-plus species of birds complete the perfect experience in Samburu. This is the home of the Samburu tribe, cousins of the Maasai, who share the same nomadic, cattle-herding existence, and an even stricter adherence to their age-old rites and customs.

Overnight: Samburu Sopa Lodge

Meals – Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner at the lodge in Samburu

Days 5: Samburu / Lake Nakuru National Park

Breakfast at the lodge and depart for Lake Nakuru National Park. Arrive in time for lunch and have an afternoon game drive in the park. The Park is renowned worldwide for its hundreds of thousands of pink flamingos that colour its shows in pink. Lake Nakuru is a shallow alkaline lake in Kenya's Rift Valley and some 62 km2 in extent. In late 80's the park also became Kenya's first rhino sanctuary and is today home to both the White and Black Rhinos. Lions, leopards, hippos, giraffes, waterbucks are equally at home in this unique park.

Overnight: Lake Nakuru Sopa Lodge

Meals - Breakfast in Samburu; Lunch and Dinner in Nakuru

Day 6: Nakuru/ Maasai Mara Game Reserve

After breakfast, drive to Masai Mara Game Reserve.  Arrive and have lunch before embarking for an afternoon game drive.

The jewel in Africa’s crown, Maasai Mara, is host to the most spectacular array of wildlife such as Lions, elephant, Cheetah, leopard, Rhinos, giraffe, gazelle, zebras among others.  Game viewing is never dull in the Mara and patience is often rewarded with unique sightings: a pride of lion stalking their prey; a solitary leopard retrieving its kill from the high branches of an acacia tree; a male wildebeest sparring to attract females into their harem; a herd of elephant protecting their young from opportunistic predators.

Overnight: Masai Mara Sopa Lodge

Meals - Breakfast in Nakuru; Lunch and Dinner in Masai Mara

Days 7: Full Day in the Maasai Mara Game Reserve

A full day is spent game viewing and exploring this natural wonder with a visit to the Mara River where the wildebeest migration takes place. Here you can see both the hippos and the crocodiles that co exist in the same waters.

The Masai Mara is Kenya’s most popular safari destination and for good reason. It is a vast reserve of endless flat grassland crossed by rivers which play host to wildlife’s most spectacular moments. Its biggest drawcard is the Wildebeest Migration when vast hordes of Wildebeest roar through the park bringing in its trail a wake of mighty predators. If you’re lucky enough to be in Masai Mara during the migration pick a spot by the river and watch enraptured as crocs and lions compete to pick-off stragglers from the clattering herds of wildebeest.

Optional Afternoon Visit to a Masai Cultural Village: This afternoon, we have an option of joining the Maasai dancers donning their African regalia and the jingling on their feet, flow by the rhythm of African beats and dance to their tunes that will leave you refreshed. Cost Per Person: $35. Advance booking advised.

Overnight: Masai Mara Sopa Lodge

Meals – Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner in Masai Mara

Day 8: Maasai Mara/Nairobi-Evening Departure

After breakfast you will drive back to Nairobi. Arrive in Nairobi, Have lunch and after lunch, shop for souvenirs before being transferred to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in time to check in for your return flight back home.

Net Cost Breakdown per Person Sharing in USD – Operated using a Safari Mini-Van

Net Cost Breakdown per Person Sharing in USD – Operated using a Safari Land Cruiser

SEASONALITY DATES AND RATES VALIDITY

• Low Season-01st April to 15th June
• High Season-01st Jan-31st March,01st Nov-20th Dec
• Peak Season-16th June to 31st October

Activities/services included in the cost:

• Arrival and departure airport transfer in Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.
• Accommodation as per the itinerary based on superior 4 star hotels/Lodges/ tented Camps
• Accommodation in the Game Reserves are booked on Full Board
• Accommodation in Nairobi is based on Bed & Breakfast
• Road transportation in a custom made safari mini-van/4X4 Safari Land Cruiser
• Game drives as per the itinerary
• Park entrance fees in all the parks
• English driver-guides available for the safari
• Drinking water throughout the safari
• Our 24hours support throughout the safari

Activities/services excluded in the cost:

• All International Flights/local Flights + Taxes
• Visa fees, Travel & Personal accident insurance
• Meals in Nairobi on arrival and departure day
• Extra $100 park fee per person per day in Masai Mara (November & December 2024)
• Excursions, services and activities not mentioned in this program
• Personal expenses e.g. laundry, telephone calls, Drinks, Tips and gratuities