Day 1 – Arrival in Nairobi
Arrival at the Jomo Kenyatta International airport where our safari manager will meet and assist you to your vehicle, followed by transfer to your city hotel. Assistance with check in formalities followed by pre safari briefing. Rest of the day will be at leisure. Overnight stay at a Nairobi Hotel.
Day 2- Nairobi / Amboseli National Park
Breakfast will be served from 0630 hrs. Check out and meet your safari driver guide at 0730 hrs. Board your vehicle and embark on a south easterly journey towards Amboseli National Park. Arrival at your lodge for check in then lunch. Afternoon game drives in Amboseli, the land of the “Salty Masai Dust” from 1600 to 1800 hrs. Dinner and overnight at Amboseli Serena / Amboseli Sopa Lodge located on the foot of Mt. Kilimanjaro.
Day 3 – Amboseli National Park Morning game drives at 0630 hrs and 1600 hrs respectively with the rest of the day relaxing at your lodge or enjoying a swim. Located at the foot hill of Mt. Kilimanjaro, Amboseli enjoys stunning views of Mt. Kilimanjaro with good weather and clear skies and has several lakes and swamps that attract several wildlife and bird species. Lions, Hippos, Cheetahs, black backed Jackals, Zebras, and several bird species including the Kori Bustard (the heaviest flying bird).
At the foot of Africa’s highest mountain, Kilimanjaro, it is one of Kenya’s most popular national parks, located very close to the Tanzania border. The snow-capped peak of Mount Kilimanjaro rising above the clouds dominates every aspect of Amboseli. Established as a national park in 1974 it covers 150sq miles and supports a wide range of mammals (well over 50 of the larger species) and birds (over 400 species).
Years ago this was the locale around which such famous writers as Ernest Hemingway and Robert Ruark spun their stories of big game hunting in the wilds of Africa. The park encompasses dry lake beds, savannah woodland and extensive swamps constantly fed by springs emanating from the mountain. The water and seasonal lakes attract a wide variety of bird and animal life, in particular herds of elephant. Amboseli is one of the best parks in Africa to observe family groups of elephants and large bull elephants at close quarters. All meals and overnight stay at your lodge.
Day 4 – Amboseli / Aberdare National Park
Breakfast will be served from 0630 hrs. Check out by 0715 hrs and depart for Aberdare National Park, located in the lush central Kenya highlights on a scenic drive via Nairobi. Lunch will be provided en route. Arrival at Aberdare Country Club, your base hotel for your Tree Lodge and check in. You will then enjoy a special shuttle transfer deep into Aberdare National Park where your tree lodge for tonight is located. This evening and night, game viewing will be from the comfort of a special raised bunker as you watch animals visit the lodge’s flood – lit water hole and salt lick. Dinner and overnight stay at The Ark/similar.
Day 5 – Aberdare / Ol Pejeta Wildlife Conservancy
You will be transferred back to your base hotel after breakfast. Check out by 1000 hrs and drive to the nearby Ol Pejeta Wildlife Conservancy. Check in at Serena Sweetwaters Camp followed by lunch from 1230 hrs. You will then enjoy game drives in the vast Ol Pejeta conservancy. Ol Pejeta, which is a private game rich conservancy, holds some of the highest predator densities in Kenya. The Conservancy, which is host to all the members of the ‘Big Five’ (elephant, rhino, lion, buffalo and leopard), 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 including “Baraka” the male, blind black rhino, hosts the only chimpanzee sanctuary in Kenya, and shelters large numbers of rare and endangered species. Dinner and overnight at Serena Sweetwater’s Tented Camp.
Day 6 – Ol Pejeta / Lake Nakuru National Park
Breakfast will be served. Check out by 0800 hrs and embark on a south westerly drive, skirting the Aberdare Mountain ranges and driving down the floor of the Great Rift Valley towards Lake Nakuru National Park with a short stop over at the Stunning Nyahururu (Thompson Falls). Check in followed by lunch at your lodge. You will enjoy an afternoon game drive on the shores of the Alkaline Lake Nakuru as well as around the park. This will give you opportunities to spot Buffalos, Rhinos, Rothschild Giraffes, Baboons, Spotted Hyenas, Leopards, Lions, Water Bucks, Elands, Pelicans, Egyptian Goose among several others, and if lucky, the lesser Flamingos that this park is world famous for until 1800 hrs. Dinner and overnight stay at Lake Nakuru Lodge / Flamingo Hill Camp /Similar.
Day 7 – Lake Nakuru / Masai Mara National Reserve
Breakfast will be served. Check out by 0730 hrs and drive to Masai Mara. Check in followed by lunch at your lodge. Afternoon game drive from 1600 hrs, the beginning of the amazing Masai Mara game viewing experience. Dinner and overnight stay at your lodge/tented camp.
Day 8 – Masai Mara
Early morning and late afternoon game drives in search of the BIG 5; Lion, Buffalo, Elephant, Rhino, and Leopard and several other animals including Impalas, Gazelles, Wildebeests, Hyenas, Topis, Zebras, Giraffes and hundreds of bird species. Being a northern extension of Tanzania’s Serengeti, The annual Wildebeests Migration from Serengeti to Masai Mara also takes place here between July and October when millions of Wildebeests and Zebras closely trailed by the Big Cats cross the Mara River and roam the reserve’s plains in search of greener pastures. With over 95 mammals and 450 bird species, the high wildlife density in this reserve make it one of the best wildlife viewing havens in the world. Rest of the time spent at leisure in your lodge. All meals and overnight stay at your lodge/tented camp.
Day 9 – Depart
Breakfast will be served from 0630 hrs. Check out by 0730 hrs and drive back to Nairobi. Lunch will be served at the Carnivore restaurant followed by transfer to the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport for your onward evening /night flight.