Grand Kenya 11 Nights 12 Days

Day 1: Nairobi / Arrival

Upon arrival at JKIA, you are met by a Nature Expeditions representative and transferred to the Hotel for an overnight at Eka Hotel [Bed and Breakfast]

http://www.ekahotel.com/

 

Day 2: Nairobi/Amboseli

After breakfast, check out and drive to Amboseli National Park, famous for its big game and scenic beauty with the landscape dominated by Mt. Kilimanjaro. It offers an interesting contrast with its dry and dusty appearance, which can be attributed to the volcanic ash that came out of Mt Kilimanjaro when it last erupted. Despite the appearance, there is a continuous supply of water that gets filtered through volcanic rocks from Kilimanjaro’s melted snow. These streams flow underground, creating lush green areas, and converge at two clear water springs in the park. You will arrive in time for lunch followed by an afternoon game drive until sunset. Dinner and overnight at Amboseli Sopa Lodge [Full Board] https://sopalodges.com/

 

Day 3: Amboseli

Spend another day in Amboseli on morning and afternoon game drives. The park is famous for its big game and scenic beauty with the landscape dominated by Mt. Kilimanjaro. It offers an interesting contrast with its dry and dusty appearance, which can be attributed to the volcanic ash that came out of Mt Kilimanjaro when it last erupted. Despite the appearance, there is a continuous supply of water that gets filtered through volcanic rocks from Kilimanjaro’s melted snow. These streams flow underground, creating lush green areas, and converge at two clear water springs in the park. Dinner and overnight at Amboseli Sopa Lodge [Full Board] https://sopalodges.com/

 

Day 4: Amboseli / Aberdares

After breakfast check out and drive with picnic lunch boxes to Aberdare followed by an afternoon game drive at Solio Ranch. This ranch plays a very major part in the protection and breeding of black rhinos, the ranch is a fenced, privately-owned protected area geared toward rhino conservation, Rhino is a member of the big 5 group which includes lions, leopards, buffaloes, and elephants. Dinner and overnight at Rhino Watch Lodge [Full Board]

http://www.rhinowatchlodge.com

 

Day 5: Aberdare/Samburu

After breakfast, check out and drive further north of Kenya to Samburu Game Reserve which is within the land of the colorful Samburu people, close relatives of the Maasai, and harbors several wildlife species found only north of the equator. It offers unique vistas of rounded and rugged hills and undulating plains. The mix of wood and grassland with riverine forest and swamp is home to a wide variety of animal and birdlife. Check-in at the lodge followed by lunch and later in the evening proceed on a game-viewing until sunset. Dinner and overnight at Samburu Simba Lodge

http://www.simbalodges.com/

 

Day 6: Samburu

Spend another day in this Reserve where game viewing and visibility are excellent. Bird life is superb with over 380-recorded species and the game includes reticulated giraffes, Gravy’s zebras, elephants, Oryx, Somali ostrich, hippos, crocodiles, gerenuk, buffaloes, lions, leopards, cheetahs, and hyenas. The long-necked gerenuk is a graceful antelope that spends much of its time in a bi-pedal stance seeking succulence among the withered scrub which dots this harsh terrain. Scenically, for most of the year, Samburu is under the unsympathetic equatorial sun. Relief comes from the Ewaso Ng’iro River which rises some hundreds of kilometers to the west on the foothills of the Aberdare and vanishes beyond Samburu in the recess of the Lorian swamp. All meals and overnight at the Samburu Simba Lodge

http://www.simbalodges.com/

 

Day 7 Samburu/Lake Nakuru

After breakfast check out and proceed to Lake Nakuru arriving in time for lunch followed by an afternoon game drive. Notable game within the lake includes hippos and clawless otters. On the shores roam waterbuck, Bohor’s Reedbuck, and zebra. The woodlands and forest are now home to both black and white rhinos. Buffalo, leopards, lions, Rothschild’s giraffes, and Black and White Colobus monkeys are plentiful in the forest. The bushlands offer eland, steinbok, impala, Chandler’s reedbuck, and Dik-dik, whilst rock hyrax and klipspringer occupy the cliffs and escarpment, and the big 5 animals which are lions, elephants, leopards, Rhino and Buffalo. Overnight at Lake Nakuru Lodge (Full Board) http://lakenakurulodge.com/

Lake Nakuru National Park http://www.kws.go.ke/lake-nakuru-national-park

 

Day 8 Lake Nakuru /Lake Naivasha

After breakfast at the hotel check out and drive to Lake Naivasha. Lunch at Lake Naivasha Crescent Camp followed by an afternoon boat ride and a visit to Crescent Island animal Sanctuary. On the shores of Lake Naivasha, there are herds of Wildebeests, Giraffes, Waterbucks, Zebras, and Gazelles.  Dinner and overnight at Sawela Lodge [Full Board]

https://www.sawelalodges.com/

 

Day 9: Lake Naivasha/ Masai Mara

After breakfast, check out and drive to the famous Masai Mara Game Reserve, so named to mean the “spotted plains” in the Maa language. This is home to the greatest concentration of large mammals and is widely recognized as Africa’s ultimate wildlife reserve. The park is the northern extension of the vast Serengeti-Mara ecosystem, famous for its annual migration of wildebeest.  Arrive for lunch at the lodge and later depart for an evening game-viewing drive until sunset in this spectacular place of breathtaking sceneries, never-ending plains, and the most abundant variety of wildlife remaining anywhere in the world. The landscape is made up of rolling savannahs dotted with patchy shrubs and bush thickets. Dinner and overnight at Ol Moran Tented Camp [Full Board]

http://www.olmorantentedcamp.com/

Masai Mara www.maasaimara.com

 

Day 10 and 11 Masai Mara

Spend a further two days of game-watching with morning and afternoon game drives. Wildlife is abundant in the Reserve with the gentle grasslands ensuring that animals are never out of sight. Birds are prolific including immigrants, 450 bird species have been recorded among them 57 birds of prey. Every year the Mara plays host to the world’s greatest natural spectacle; The Great Wildebeest Migration from the Serengeti. The big cats – lion, leopard, and cheetah – follow the wildebeest, essentially their main source of food, into the Mara. The Mara at this time is packed with wildlife, providing lucky visitors on safari with superb sightings of the game. You get a chance to visit a Maasai tribal village and enjoy entertainment by Masai dancers All meals and overnight at Ol Moran Tented Camp [Full Board]

http://www.olmorantentedcamp.com/

 

Day 12 Masai Mara / Nairobi / Depart

After breakfast, check out and drive back to Nairobi for lunch en route on your own, on arrival you are transferred to JKIA for your outbound flight.