Itinerary

1. Day 1: Arrival – Nairobi

   • Our representatives will meet you at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and transfer you to Panafric Hotel in Nairobi overnight. Depending on your arrival time, our team will be at hand to arrange an optional Nairobi City Tour or a game drive to Nairobi National Park.

   Accommodation: Eka Hotel

   Meal Plan: Breakfast

2. Day 2: Nairobi – Lake Nakuru National Park

   • Depart Nairobi after breakfast for Lake Nakuru National Park with a brief stopover at the Rift Valley view-point for a morning view of the Majestic Mt. Longonot and the breath-taking view of the Rift Valley. 
   • Arrive in Lake Nakuru National Park and proceed directly on a game drive before lunch break.
   • After lunch, proceed on another optional game drive. Lake Nakuru birdlife is world-renowned and offers over 400 species of both aquatic and terrestrial birds.
   • Lake Nakuru's animals include Black and White Rhino, buffalo, leopard, lion, Rothschild’s giraffe, White and Black Colobus monkey, eland, steenbok, impala, and Chandlers Reedbuck, dik-dik, rock hyrax, klipspringer, hippo and clawless otter.
   • Return back to our accommodations in Lake Nakuru National Park.

   Accommodation: Lake Nakuru Sopa Lodge

   Meal Plan {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}

3. Day 3: Lake Nakuru National Park – Lake Naivasha

   • After an early morning game drive, we return to the lodge/camp for breakfast. Depart by road for Lake Naivasha. Our accommodations are located right by Lake Naivasha, a freshwater lake.
   • We visit Elsamere — the former home of the late Joy Adamson who, together with her husband George, became world-famous for their pioneering conservation work and relationship with the Lioness Elsa, as told in her best-selling book and subsequent film: Born Free. Lunch at our lodge. 
   • We take an optional boat ride to Crescent Island. Many different types of animals are found on the Island as we take a walk with the expert resident naturalist. Giraffes, waterbucks, wildebeest, Gazelles, Impala, and dik-diks can be seen during the walk. We later retire back to our cosy accommodations in Naivasha
     Accommodation: Sawela Lodge

   Meal Plan: {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}

4. Day 4: Lake Naivasha – Masai Mara Game Reserve

   • We depart the hotel after breakfast this morning and drive through the dramatic Great Rift Valley to the Masai Mara Game Reserve. This enormous reserve is part of the vast Serengeti plains, famously known for its spectacular great wildebeest migration. It is home to the Big Five: Lion, Elephant, Leopard, Buffalo and Rhino. 
   • Lunch at our Lodge and relax before departing for the afternoon game drive. The Mara Game Reserve is one of the greatest wildernesses in the world, and large mammals are varied and easy to see. Residents among the parks are Masai Giraffe, Buffalo, Eland and thousands of plain game including Impala, Zebra, Topi, both Thomson’s and grants Gazelles. 

   Dinner and overnight at our Lodge.

   
   Accommodation: Mara Sarova Camp

   Meal Plan: {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}

5. Day 5: Full Day In The Masai Mara Game Reserve

   • Our full day in the Masai Mara Game Reserve will be spared for the search for the big cats of the Masai Mara and the spectacular view of the famous migration. All “Big Five” animals (elephants, lions, leopards, rhinos, and buffalo) can be spotted here. Herds of plains zebras are found throughout the park. Other animals include giraffes, jackals, gnus, warthogs, gazelles, hartebeests, hyenas, bat-eared foxes, Topi antelope, hippos, and crocodiles in the Mara River. For bird lovers, the Mara birds come in every colour and size. More than 400 bird species have already been recorded, including birds of prey.
   • You can enjoy a colourful view of birds such as vultures, ostriches, long-crested eagles, pygmy falcons, secretary birds, marabous, red-winged Schalow’s turacos many others.
     Accommodation:  Mara Sarova Camp

   Meal Plan: {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}

6. Day 6: Masai Mara Game Reserve – Nairobi

   • If you are not participating in the optional hot air balloon, you enjoy morning tea/coffee or Hot chocolate followed by a morning game drive. On the plains are enormous herds of grazing animals plus the elusive Cheetah and leopard hiding amidst acacia trees. 
   • Return to the lodge for breakfast. 
   • Optional visit to an authentic Masai village (at an extra cost) to witness the singing and dancing part of their daily lives and sacred rituals. 
   • Depart the Mara by road back to Nairobi, arriving late afternoon, lunch en route.

   Meal Plan {Breakfast, lunch}