Best of Kenya.......... Unforgetable Safari Experience!



Day 1: ABERDARE NATIONAL PARK
This morning at 9:00am, you depart for our tree Lodge. Aberdare lays around two high peaks, Kinangop and Lesatima. Breathtaking waterfalls, a fascinating and diverse plant world and gorgeous scenery make this national park both lovely and intriguing. This is the area for those who are keen to fish. Naro Moru, Thego and the Chania rivers, are renowned for fishing. The Aberdares are also remembered as the guerilla base of Kenyan heroes during their war for independence from the British. The Kimathi Hideout / Mau Mau caves are found here. Two of Kenya's best safari lodges: Treetops and The Ark are located here and they both provide excellent game viewing over the watering hole which is floodlight by night. Large numbers of buffalo, black rhinos, elephant, colubus monkeys, leopard, bush pig and warthog are found in the forests. The birding is excellent! The Aberdares even has a Hollywood connection. This is where the film "Gorillas in the Mist", starring Sigourney Weaver, was made. Perhaps even more famously, although rather longer ago, it was to Treetops, that the news of her father's death, and her succession to the throne, was brought to the then Princess Elizabeth. Check-in at Outspan Hotel for lunch and they will transport you to the Tree Lodge. Dinner and overnight at Treetops Lodge (Full Board)

Day 2: SWEETWATERS GAME SANTUARY
This morning you are transferred back to the Outspan where you will meet your driver. Today you travel to the exotic Sweetwaters Game Reserve, now “Ol Pejeta Conservancy” a 90,000 acre private ranch between the foot hills of the Abedares and the magnificent snowcapped Mount Kenya. The combination of amazing wildlife and stunning views across the open plains guarantees an unforgettable safari experience!
Sweetwaters Tented Camp set in the pristine calm of the private Ol Pejeta Conservancy offers a charming blend of under-canvas ambiance and safari luxury.
Its popular waterhole is floodlit by night, providing excellent game viewing including the big five. The reserve comprises extensive savannah grasslands and the riverine forests that border the Ewaso Nyiro River. Sweetwaters excels in private game viewing and is Mt Kenya region’s best kept secret. Game rides on horseback or perched atop camels within the sanctuary is a unique experience. You will spend the entire day exploring the ranch.

In the afternoon visit the Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary, a 200 acre was opened in 1993 in a negotiated agreement between the Ol Pejeta Conservancy, the Kenya Wildlife Service and the Jane Goodall Institute. The facility was initially established to receive and provide life-long refuge to orphaned and abused chimpanzees from west and central Africa. An initial group of three chimpanzee orphans were brought to the sanctuary from a facility in Bujumbura, Burundi in 1993. This group of chimpanzees needed to be evacuated due to the outbreak of civil war in Burundi. A gentle and charming diversion for children and adults alike, it offers visitors the unique opportunity of taking a boat ride on the Ewaso Nyiro River, which flows through the centre of the sanctuary where 26 orphaned chimps enjoy the peace and harmony of their natural environment. The sanctuary is open daily from 9:00am to 10:30am and 3:00pm to 4:30pm. Dinner and overnight at Sweetwater’s Tented Camp (Full Board)

Day 3: LAKE NAKURU

After breakfast you depart for the world famous bird sanctuary and home to 1/3 of the population of flamingoes worldwide.  Check in at your Lodge in time for lunch. After lunch start your game drive. The game drives will include the shores of this world famous bird sanctuary home to lesser and greater flamingo, pelican and fish eagle. When the flamingoes are present en-masse, the whole lake turns into a gorgeous rosy pink! Besides the birds, the park is also home to the black rhino, buffalo, Rothschild giraffe, lion, and defassa waterbucks. The elusive leopard is frequently spotted here “Keep your sights on the tree tops”. Drive to your Lodge at sundown for Dinner and overnight. (Full Board)

Day 4: MASAI MARA

This morning at 8:30am you drive to the world’s greatest game spectacle - the Masai Mara Game Reserve which is one of the best known and most admired reserves in the whole of Africa. The reason is perhaps it is because of its 'big skies', the open savannahs, the maasai people who over the course of time forged out a symbiotic relationship with the wildlife, the romance of films like 'Out of Africa' and certainly because of the yearly wildebeest migration, the concentration of game including the ‘big five’, the diversity of birdlife and the excellent opportunity of taking a hot air balloon ride! You arrive at your luxurious lodge where you enjoy a delicious lunch followed by some time to relax and settle down with a refreshing shower. This afternoon, you depart on a game drive and return to your Lodge just before dusk for Dinner and overnight (Full Board)

Day 5: BALLOON SAFARI
This morning you rise early at 5:00am followed by a freshly brewed coffee and thereafter depart for the Balloon Safari. Enjoy the entire experience of pumping the Balloon with air, then heating the air and a slow and easy take off as you glide over the Savannah plains. Watch the Mara from Birds eye view and then enjoy a Champagne Breakfast where you land. Lunch at your Lodge. Afternoon game drive. Dinner and overnight. (Full Board)

 

 


Day 6: MASAI MARA

A song of the African bird life awakens you as you rise early for pre-breakfast game drive at 6:30 am. An occasional hippo returning late to the river, lots of wildebeests, zebra, elephant, lion and many other species of wildlife may be seen today as the African sun awakens the savannah to a day of activity. Luck may even get you to witness a kill in action as the predators search for breakfast. After an active morning, return back to the lodge for a delicious breakfast followed by time out to relax for the rest of the morning by the blue waters of the pool or relax in your comfortable accommodation. After a delicious lunch you depart for the evening game drive for more action of Gods own world. This afternoon you also visit the Maasai village.

The Maasai people are popularly known for their colored ornaments made of beads and are arguably Africa's most populous tribe. They have reputation as fierce warriors and a community with a colorful lifestyle. They are nomadic pastoralist and their life revolves around their large herds of cattle. According to their tradition, they belief that all cattle belong to them and are traditionally known to be fierce cattle raiders. Cattle are sign of wealth in the community and are traditionally used to pay dowry during weddings. The Maasai are the only people whose culture is still alive. Their living conditions are very basic and hard. People and cattle will often share the same house. It’s a big amazing experience! Dinner and overnight at your Lodge (Full Board)


Day 7: DEPART TO NAIROBI

After breakfast at 9:00am you drive back to Nairobi and have a brief stop-over at the “view point” where you also have an opportunity to purchase some souvenirs. Check in at your Hotel in the hearts of the city for late lunch at 2:00pm. Spend your late afternoon at leisure. (Full Board)

 

 



DAY 8: AMBOSELI NATIONAL PARK

This morning at 8:30am after breakfast you will depart for Amboseli National Park set at the foothills of the mighty Mt. Kilimanjaro and is one of the classical images of East Africa with the herd of elephant strolling across the plains among other wildlife species with the snow capped peak of Mount Kilimanjaro. Kilimanjaro was once part of Kenya, but on the marriage of Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany, Queen Victoria gifted it to her beloved grand son, whose colony Tanzania then was, as the perfect wedding present. Here you will have a beautiful day to enjoy some of the very best game viewing experiences. The grey African elephant, lion, cheetah, zebra and giraffe all on the lovely back drop of Mt. Kilimanjaro. Arriving at your Lodge in time for lunch. After Lunch relax at the pool. Late afternoon game drive in the Park. Return to your Lodge for dinner and overnight. (Full Board)

DAY 9: AMBOSELI NATIONAL PARK
An early rise and depart for an early morning game drive at 6:30am. This is one of the best game drives as you witness the African sun rise lighten the majestic Mt. Kilimanjaro distributing its golden rays to the dry savannah of Amboseli National Park. Very good photographic moment is available now. The overwhelmingly lovely views, good wildlife sightings and indigenous Maasai lifestyle are too good to miss! After an active morning, return back to the lodge for a delicious breakfast followed by time out to relax for the rest of the morning by the blue waters of the pool or relax in your comfortable accommodation. After a delicious lunch you depart for the evening game drive. Return to your Lodge just before dusk for Dinner and overnight (Full Board)

DAY 10: NAIROBI
After breakfast at 9:00am depart for Nairobi and you are transferred to Jomo Kenyatta International airport for your outbound flight.