Day 1 Nairobi – Amboseli National Park
Rise early to enjoy a delicious breakfast at your hotel. Depart by road to Amboseli National Park. There you will experience your first game drive en-route to your lodge. The Park shelters more than 420 species of birds and has enormous Elephant population and other big game attracted to the area by underground springs fed from the melting snows of Mount Kilimanjaro. Lunch is served at the lodge, before departing for an afternoon game drive. Return to the lodge and enjoy a scrumptious dinner.
Overnight at Amboseli Sopa Lodge or Amboseli Serena Lodge
Meal Plan {Lunch & Dinner}
Day 2 Discover Amboseli
This morning we rise early for good views of Mount Kilimanjaro before clouds build up over the summit, we set off for a game drive. Amboseli is an excellent place to view a multitude of wildlife, including everything from Wildebeest to Giraffes to Baboons. A visit to a Masai village is planned after breakfast. Midday finds us at our lodge for lunch and afternoon rest, followed by another ‘Breezy’ game drive. Amboseli is home to the legendary Masai tribesmen. Masai warriors are famous and are proud nomadic tribe whose legendary prowess in battle and single-handed acts of bravery in fights with the wild animals are known across the world.
Overnight at Amboseli Sopa Lodge or Amboseli Serena Lodge
Meal Plan {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}
Day 3 Amboseli National Park – Aberdare National Park (Forest Tree lodge)
Depart Amboseli after breakfast .Our destination today is the Aberdare National Park. We stop for lunch at an upscale restaurant in Nairobi and travel overland through plantations of coffee and tea to The Aberdare Country Club, nestled on the slopes of Mweiga Hill. After high tea, set off for the Ark tree lodge, located in the forest on mountain slopes of the Aberdare Mountains at 7,000 feet. This outstanding lodge offers high altitude game viewing, including animals that are rarely encountered elsewhere: giant forest hog, bush pig, tree hyrax, large spotted genet, and the elusive bongo.
Wildlife can be observed from different levels – and from outside where you can see, hear and smell everything and inside where you can sit with a cup of tea and stay warm and cozy. You can put in a request to be awakened during the night if your favorite animals show up. A herd of Elephants might be just feet away and if you are lucky, a Leopard or large male Lion might put in an appearance.
Overnight at the Ark Forest Lodge or Treetops Forest Lodge or the Serena Mountain Forest Lodge
Meal Plan {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}
Day 4 Aberdare (Forest Tree lodge) – Nakuru National Park
Lake Nakuru National Park is the destination today. The Park’s lake is well known for hundreds of thousands of Flamingos. After breakfast, we drive through the Great Rift Valley stopping at one of the highest towns in Kenya, Nyahururu at an elevation of7700 foot. The main attraction here is the 236 foot Thomson Falls. Part of the Ewaso Nyiro River, these cascading falls tumble to the thick forest below. After lunch at our lodge, an afternoon ‘breezy’ game drive is planned where one could see both the White and Black Rhino, Rothschild Giraffe and it is almost a guarantee to see the elusive leopard here.
Overnight at the Lake Nakuru Lodge or Sarova Lion Hill Lodge
Meal Plan {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}
Day 5 Lake Nakuru – Masai Mara Game Reserve
Enjoy an early breakfast, check out of the hotel and proceed on a game drive en– route to Masai Mara. A pleasant drive across the dramatic Great Rift Valley brings you to Narok Township a Masai business centre. After a short stop over continue to Masai Mara Game Reserve. This enormous Reserve actually part of the vast Serengeti plains is famously known for it’s spectacular great wildebeest migration and is home to the big Five – Lion, Elephant, Rhino, Cape Buffalo and Leopard. A game drive will be conducted after lunch, then proceed to the Camp or lodge for an enjoyable dinner.
Overnight at Mara Safari Club or Kichwa Tembo or Mara Serena Lodge
Meal Plan {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}
Day 6 Explore Masai Mara
We spend the day in the Masai Mara – one of the greatest wildernesses of the world on morning and afternoon game drives. Large mammals are varied, abundant and easy to see. Residents among the Park’s Mammals are; Masai Giraffe, Eland, Topi and thousands of plain Game including Impala, Zebra, both Thomson and Grant’s Gazelles. Optional Hot Air Balloon rides and a trip to Lake Victoria for fishing are available at an additional cost while in the Mara. On your final evening there will be a stunning Bush Sundowners—a glorious al fresco cocktail party overlooking the savannah at sunset. Mara
Overnight at Mara Safari Club or Kichwa Tembo or Mara Serena Lodge
Meal Plan {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}
Day 7 Masai Mara – Nairobi
An early morning game drive is planned before returning to your camp/lodge for a proper sit down English breakfast. After breakfast, we drive to Nairobi and check-in to our hotel for day room use where the rest of the day is at leisure for last minute shopping and sight seeing. In the evening, you will be escorted to the Airport for flight check-in and board your plane that takes you home with a smile and a lifetime of memories.
Meal Plan {Breakfast}