Ultimate Kenya Adventure

Welcome to Nairobi, Kenya! Today you will be picked up from your hotel or Nairobi Airport by your professional English-speaking driver guide. After a warm greeting, a scenic drive across the equator via the central Kenya highlands will take you to Meru National Park, a savanna park. Along the way, you could enjoy the plantations of tea and coffee and experience the climate changes from subtropical forest to semi-arid desert. The whole journey takes around 6 hours. After arrival, your driver guide will help you check into the lodge and you could have a good rest. You will take an evening game drive in search of the wildlife, which will surely be an unforgettable experience.

Good to know: 
Instead of the land transfer, we can also arrange a flight from Nairobi to Meru for you, which takes around one hour. If you're interested, please let us know and we will provide you with the relevant quotation.

Meals: Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation: Ikweta Safari Camp - a luxury tended camp

Meru is an awesome park with various kinds of wildlife and stunning landscapes. It was made famous by George Adamson's novel Born Free, which was later made into a film. Today you will have a great chance to enjoy a game drive to look for the Big Five which are elephants, rhinos, buffalos, lions and leopards, as well as some northern Kenyan wildlife. The rivers in this park are abound with hippos and crocodiles, which you could observe up close. In addition, it is also a birdwatcher's heaven.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation: Ikweta Safari Camp - a luxury tended camp

This morning, you will be guided to visit Tharaka farming community, which is one of the Ameru clans living close to Meru National Park. Here, you will learn about the farmers' way of life and explore their rich and ancient cultural traditions. 

After that, we will drive for around 5.5 hours to Samburu National Reserve. Upon arrival, check into the lodge. In the late afternoon, enjoy a game viewing drive to look for the leisurely walking elephants, fast running cheetahs, herds of antelope or wildebeest, which is a vibrant natural scene.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation: Ashnil Samburu Camp (4 stars)

All of your time today will be dedicated to exploring Samburu National Reserve. As one of the dreamlands for wildlife photographers, Samburu, with endless savannahs, is famous for the African Special Five, including reticulated giraffe, grevy's zebra, Somali ostrich, beisa oryx and gerenuk. Their habitats are mainly in Northern Kenya. Your driver guide will take you to find them on the endless grassland. In addition to these rare wildlife, you could also admire the snow-capped Mount Kenya on sunny days. After the exciting game viewing, you will be transferred back to the lodge for dinner.

Good to know: 
For a full-day game drive, a lunch box will be provided for convenience, so please have a big breakfast at your lodge and pack some snacks ahead of time.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation: Ashnil Samburu Camp (4 stars)

If you wish, you can get up early in the morning to enjoy a morning game drive, which will offer an utterly different view of Samburu. Later, we will drive for around 3 hours to Ol Pejeta, aka Sweetwaters. This private wildlife conservancy is the only place in Kenya that you can see chimpanzees. Upon arrival, check into the lodge and have a rest. Then, continue your safari trip here with an afternoon game drive. In addition to looking for the Big Five, you will also have an opportunity to catch a glimpse of the white rhinos, which are very rare and not easy to spot in other national parks.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation: Serena Sweetwaters Camp (4 stars)

A morning game drive around the sanctuary will be arranged for you to continue to enjoy the peaceful natural scenery, and feel the joy of the harmonious coexistence of man and animal and nature. 

Then, we will drive via Mount Kenya, the second highest mountain in Africa, for around 3 hours to Aberdare National Park, which is said to be one of the homes of God. Upon arrival, you will check into the tree lodge, which is famous all over the world for many heads of state and celebrities from all walks of life have visited it.

After some rest, you will be guided to enjoy an afternoon game drive. Since it is endowed with both rich rain forests and open moorlands, there are many species of wildlife, such as elephant, black rhino, cheetah, spotted hyena, bushbuck, and baboon. In addition, more than 250 bird species, including partridges, sparrow hawks, goshawks, sunbirds and plovers, live here.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation: Treetops Lodge - a world renowned rustic treehouse

After a hearty breakfast, we will drive for around 1.5 hours to Thompson Falls, which is Kenya's second largest waterfall. It is also the most famous equatorial waterfall in the world and seems to be as monumental as a national border. Afterwards, we will continue to drive for around 1.5 hours to Lake Nakuru National Park, which is a park specially established for the protection of birds, known as the bird watching paradise. Upon arrival, you will check into the lodge.

In the afternoon, you will enjoy a bird watching and game viewing drive. If you want, you could take a boat, which will enable you to watch hippos and thousands of birds up close, especially a large number of flamingos here. In addition to the extraordinary bird viewing, you will also encounter cute Rothchild's giraffes.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation: Lake Nakuru Lodge - one of the best lodges in Lake Nakuru

Today, we will depart from Lake Nakuru and drive through the floor of the Rift Valley for around 5 hours to the world famous game reserve, Masai Mara National Reserve. Upon arrival, you're suggested to have a good rest to restore energy for the following 2 days exhilarating safaris in Masai Mara. If you’re energetic and eager to start your safari here, we will provide a late afternoon game drive for you.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation: Ashnil Mara Camp (4 stars)

Today, we will take a full-day game drive in this beautiful savannah plain, which is home to the African Big Five as well as some rare wild animals. As the main route of the famed wildebeest migration, Masai Mara never stops delighting tourists all year round, especially from July to October when the great migration will be on show around the Mara River. After the whole day safari, we will head back to the lodge for a wonderful dinner. Packed lunch boxes will be offered around noon.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation: Ashnil Mara Camp (4 stars)

The whole day will be also dedicated to game viewing safari in Masai Mara. In addition to the famous Big Five and the great migration, Masai Mara National Reserve boasts a large variety of birds, like ostriches, fish eagles and flamingoes. Most of the birds like to abide in wetlands or in trees. Besides, the endless savannahs are also dotted with herds of zebras, giraffes, antelopes and wildebeests. What's more, you can visit some Masai villages to learn more about the indigenous people - Masai people and their beloved folk customs.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation: Ashnil Mara Camp (4 stars)

In the morning, we will depart for Lake Naivasha National Park, which is the only fresh water lake in Kenya. After checking into the lodge, you will take a boat ride to the Crescent Island in the middle of the lake to meet hippos and water birds. Then, we will proceed to the Hell's Gate National Park, famous for rugged rocks and ravines. Here you can see grazing gazelle, impala, antelope, zebra and giraffes. Afterwards, return to the lodge for dinner.

Good to know:
If there is no enough time to visit the Hell's Gate National Park today, we will schedule the visit tomorrow morning.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation: Great Rift Valley Lodge & Golf Resort (4 stars)

Since Lake Naivasha is about 350 kilometers (217 miles) away from Amboseli National Park, we will spend around 6 hours on the long time drive today. Upon arrival, check into the lodge and have a good rest.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation: Amboseli Serena Lodge (4 stars)

A full-day excursion at Amboseli National Park awaits you today. The park is dotted with rich meadows, which attracts countless animals. In addition to driving through the park to feel the charm of the wild, you will also be guided to ascend the Observation Hill, which is one of the best places to admire African's highest mountain - Mt. Kilimanjaro. Then we will proceed to the Enkorongo Narok, which is a wetland home to black rhinos, hippos, elephants, buffalos and wildebeests. To the north of the Observation Hill lies Kikoko Lake, where you can view groups of flamingos, snow-white geese, crown crane, Egypt wild goose, etc. Since Amboseli is regarded as the elephants' paradise, it will also be very easy to observe how the elephant groups live here.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation: Amboseli Serena Lodge (4 stars)

If time permits, you will enjoy a last morning safari in Amboseli. Afterwards, you will be driven for around 4 hours to Nairobi airport for your homebound flight and your driver guide will see you off there. Your 2 weeks Kenya holiday packages will draw to an end here. Thank you for traveling with us!

Meals: Breakfast