Today you will be picked up from your hotel in Nairobi by our tour guide, who will give you a short
introduction and briefing on your upcoming safari. After your safari briefing you will head north through an agricultural region that is rich with coffee, wheat and various other crops. You will cross the equator at Nanyuki and continue north before descending from the cool highlands into the wildlife rich savanna woodlands. Arrive at Samburu National Reserve in time for lunch and an afternoon game drive. The Samburu is one of the lesserknown Kenyan national parks, but is nevertheless teeming with wildlife. Situated alongside the Ewaso Nyiro River, there is plenty here to attract animals from the surrounding savanna plains. The reserve is home to an abundance of rare northern species such as the Grevy’s zebra, Somali
ostrich, reticulated giraffe, gerenuk and the beisa oryx.

Overnight at the lodge at Samburu Sopa Lodge.

Enjoy an early morning game drive in Samburu. The morning is the most ideal time for game viewing, and your guide will make certain to search for the elusive leopards and lions along the way. Return to your lodge for breakfast and then spend the remainder of the day at your leisure. In the evening, you will go on another game drive early evening in search of the abundant wildlife at Samburu. You will encounter and learn more about the wildlife species roaming this reserve. On a typical game drive you are bound to come across Leopards, Elephants, Lions, Giraffe, among other wild species.

After your evening game drive, you will return to your lodge for dinner and Overnight.

After breakfast, depart from Samburu with a game drive en route driving into the scenic Ol Pejeta – the East Africa’s Largest Black Rhino Sanctuary, the only place in Kenya to see chimpanzees. A sheltered oasis, clustered around a water hole and set in the pristine calm of the private Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Sweetwaters Tented Camp offers a charming blend of under-canvas ambiance and safari luxury.

You will have an early evening game drive around the Ol Pejeta Conservancy returning to your camp in time for dinner at Sweetwaters Serena Camp.

After breakfast we will drive to Lake Naivasha—the highest and purest of the Great Rift Valley lakes. This area is famous for its birdlife. It is a breeding ground for pelicans, fish eagles, cormorants, and many more. You will also find other animals such as hippos, zebras, antelopes, and Colobus monkeys. In the afternoon you’ll take a boat ride along Lake Naivasha to Crescent Island, where you will be doing a nature walk next to zebras, giraffes, wildebeest, waterbucks, antelopes, and many types of birds. You might also see zebras and giraffes close to the lakeshore. Dinner and your overnight stay at Naivasha Sopa Lodge.

This morning we shall depart Lake Naivasha and drive along the floor to the Great Rift Valley to Lake Nakuru National Park arriving in time for lunch at the the Lodge. The park Kenya’s first rhino sanctuary and one of the largest
concentrations of black rhinoceros in the world a large population of white rhino. Also of interest is an area fenced off as a sanctuary to protect Rothschild giraffes. Among predators are lion, leopard and large pythons hiding in the dense woodlands which may occasionally be seen crossing roads or dangling from trees. Other game includes Thomson’s and Grant gazelle, the long- eared leaf-nosed bat, colobus monkey, rock hyrax, hippo, and waterbuck; Impala, striped hyena, bat-eared fox, wildcat, reedbuck and golden cat. (full board).

Dinner and overnight at Sarova Lion Hill Game Lodge.

You will eat an early breakfast and then enjoy a game drive as we we exit the park. We’ll drive via the Great Rift Valley to the Masai Mara in time for lunch at the Lodge. The Masai Mara National Reserve, one of the best places to watch wildlife anywhere in Kenya. You’re almost guaranteed to see plenty of predators, including lions, leopards, cheetahs and spotted hyenas. With so many impalas, zebras, wildebeests, buffaloes and other prey species here, as well as over 500 bird species, you’ll see plenty of safari action. Also everywhere are elephants, giraffes and hippos, and everyone who visits falls in love with the Masai Mara’s classic safari landscapes.

After game driving until dusk, we’ll return for dinner and your overnight stay at Mara Kimana Camp.

The full day spent exploring the park in search of the “Big Five.” An optional hot air balloon safari can be arranged at an extra cost of $450 USD per person. The Mara offers wildlife in such variety and abundance that it is difficult to believe—over 450 species of animals have been recorded here. You will easily see lions, rhinos, hippos, crocodiles, giraffe, wildebeests, zebras, buffalo, warthogs, hyenas, jackals, wild dogs, buffalo, leopard, many kinds of antelopes, and elephant. It is here that the most spectacular event of the natural world takes place: the annual migration of millions of wildebeest and zebra from the Serengeti in search of water and pasture.

Following on their heels are the predators of the savanna: lion, cheetah, wild dog, jackal, hyena, and vultures.

An optional visit to a local Masai village can also be arranged.

Dinner and your overnight stay will be at the Lodge.

After breakfast a full breakfast and check-out. With enroute game drives as we leave the park and drive to Nairobi where your safari ends at the airport or in the Nairobi Hotel.