Day 1 – Fly to Kenya – Nairobi

Today you will start your Kenya adventure by flying to Nairobi International Airport.

Day 2 – Arrival in Nairobi 

Welcome to Kenya, the land of stunning wildlife and mystifying cultures! On arrival at the Nairobi airport, you will be welcomed by our local representative and transferred to your hotel in Nairobi. Travel time is about 30 minutes depend on the traffic. 

Early check-in based on availability.

Rest of the day at leisure.

Location: -Nairobi   Hotel: Fairmont: The Norfolk;  Room: Luxury    Board: Breakfast & Dinner

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Fairmont The Norfolk – Nairobi Hotel

The award-winning boutique resort is the perfect getaway for those wanting to experience the breath-taking Diani Beach; indulge yourself with first-class dining, enjoy the extensive collection of old and new world wine from the owner’s wine cellar, scuba dive on untouched reefs with Kenya’s leading PADI dive centre or simply relax around the resort and soak up the Kenyan hospitality that the south coast is famous for.With sustainable practices at the core offering of resort, The Sands at Nomad is a leader in Kenya for its efforts to help preserve, protect and educate about the precious natural environment of Kenya’s south coast.A well-deserved bolthole from busy city life and the perfect end to a Kenyan safari to round off the ultimate African holiday.

• Board Includes:
• Breakfast
• Dinner

Day 3 – Nairobi 

In the morning after breakfast, you will travel to Olorgesailie Prehistoric site and later return to the hotel in the afternoon. Travel time is about an hour and half. Olorgesailie Prehistoric Site is located on the floor of the Great Rift Valley between two extinct volcanoes, Mt. Olorgesailie and Oldonyo Esakut to the south-west of Nairobi, Kenya. Olorgesailie area is in a lake basin that existed during the latter part of the middle Pleistocene period, probably between 200,000 and 100,000 years ago. Discovered by Louis and Mary Leakey in the 1940s, Olorgesailie was excavated by Glynn Isaac as his dissertation research during the 1960s.

If time permits, you can visit Karen Blixen Museum. The former African home of Danish author Karen Blixen, famous for her book Out of Africa which chronicles life at the estate. The Karen Blixen Museum is located half a kilometre from Karen Blixen Coffee Garden & Cottages. It is open every day between 0930 and 1800hrs, including on weekends and public holidays. Visitors have the opportunity to take part in guided tours, which features rooms designed in both the original decor and with props from the 1985 film. The grounds which feature original equipment from the coffee farm, are also available for touring.

Location: -Nairobi   Hotel: Fairmont@ The Norfolk;  Room: Luxury    Board: Breakfast & Dinner 

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Fairmont The Norfolk – Nairobi Hotel

The award-winning boutique resort is the perfect getaway for those wanting to experience the breath-taking Diani Beach; indulge yourself with first-class dining, enjoy the extensive collection of old and new world wine from the owner’s wine cellar, scuba dive on untouched reefs with Kenya’s leading PADI dive centre or simply relax around the resort and soak up the Kenyan hospitality that the south coast is famous for.With sustainable practices at the core offering of resort, The Sands at Nomad is a leader in Kenya for its efforts to help preserve, protect and educate about the precious natural environment of Kenya’s south coast.A well-deserved bolthole from busy city life and the perfect end to a Kenyan safari to round off the ultimate African holiday.

• Board Includes:
• Breakfast
• Dinner

Day 4 – Nairobi → Aberdare 

After breakfast you will travel by road to the Aberdare region to arrive for check-in at Aberdare Country Club followed by lunch (included). Later transfer by hotel shuttle bus to the Ark with small overnight bag (rest of luggage left at Aberdare to be collected the next morning). Enjoy game viewing from the decks with balconies and lounges as the Ark overlooks a floodlit waterhole and salt lick, which attracts a host of wildlife.

Location: -Aberdare   Hotel: The Ark              Room: Cabin          Board: Breakfast & Dinner 

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The Ark Lodge

Set in the heart of the Aberdare National Park, iconic and yes, quirky. The Ark overlooks a floodlit waterhole and salt lick, which attracts a host of awesome wildlife. Resembling and named after Noah’s Ark, The Ark comprises of three decks from which numerous balconies and lounges provide a superb location for wildlife to be seen. So that you don’t miss any animal sightings, the night guard will buzz your room when special animals come to the waterhole. The Ark has four viewing areas for observing the ever-present animal activity.

• Board Includes:
• Breakfast
• Dinner

Day 5 – Aberdare → Samburu Game Reserve 

After breakfast you will travel Aberdare Country Club. After picking the left luggage at Aberdare Country Club, depart to the Samburu National Game Reserve arriving in time for check–in and lunch at the Samburu Intrepid Camp. Lunch is followed by a game drive returning to the Camp late evening. Dinner and overnight at Samburu Intrepids Camp.

Location: -Samburu   Hotel: Ashnil Samburu    Room: Deluxe      Board: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner 

• Board Includes:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner

Day 6 – Samburu Game Reserve 

An early morning game drive is followed by breakfast. Rest of the morning at leisure at the lodge or optional visit to a Samburu Village. Lunch at the lodge is followed by a game drive. Dinner and overnight at Samburu Intrepids Camp.

Samburu National Park is dry, rugged and stunning, Samburu’s landscape is at once stark and sensual, with its iconic loaf shaped Ololokwe Mountain and hills spreading in every horizon. Its life lung is the Uaso Nyiro River coursing through its craggy terrain full of stone, thorn bush and the forked doum palms. In this arid zone where water is scarce and the land baked by the eternal sun, herds of elephants and the big cats roam the plains with the Samburu special – the Reticulated giraffe, Grevy’s zebra, Beisa oryx, Somali ostrich and the long necked antelope, the gerenuk easily seen despite its harsh climes.

Location: -Samburu   Hotel: Ashnil Samburu    Room: Deluxe      Board: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner 

• Board Includes:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner

Day 7 – Samburu Game Reserve → Ol Pejeta

Depart Samburu National Game Reserve to Ol Pejeta Game Sanctuary arriving in time for check-in and lunch at the Serena Sweetwaters Tented Camp. Lunch is followed by a visit to the Chimpanzees’ sanctuary and a game drive returning to the Camp by late evening. Dinner and overnight at the Serena Sweetwaters Tented Camp.

Location: -Ol Pejeta   Hotel: Serena Sweetwaters    Room: Standard       Board: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner 

• Board Includes:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner

Day 8 – Ol Pejeta → Lake Nakuru 

After breakfast, drive to Thomson Falls for sightseeing en-route to Lake Nakuru National Park for a game drive with lunch at Sarova Lion Hill Game Lodge. 

Late afternoon game drive to see flamingos and other game such as leopard, lion buffalo, hippo, giraffe, baboon, waterbuck, marabou storks, impala, warthog, pelican, white rhino and the rare black rhino.

Location: -Lake Nakuru   Hotel: Sarova Lion Hill    Room: Standard     Board: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner 

• Board Includes:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner

Day 9 –  Lake Nakuru 

After breakfast, check out with packed lunch for morning game drives, later proceed towards Hyrax hill pre – historic site in the afternoon, returning to the lake Nakuru with game drives en route towards the lodge for dinner.

Location: -Lake Nakuru   Hotel: Sarova Lion Hill    Room: Standard     Board: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinne

• Board Includes:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner

Day 10 – Lake Nakuru → Lake Naivasha 

After an early breakfast and with a morning game drive enroute depart for Lake Naivasha to arrive for check in and lunch. In the afternoon have leisure watching birds. Lake Naivasha is a birdwatcher’s paradise; water birds exist in great variety and abundance. Fish eagles & ospreys are residents. Herons &egrets, lily – trorlters purple gallinishes, red knobbed coots &black cracks are common African marsh harrlers and the three migrant harriers are often seen sailing just above the reed bed’s hunting the little hyperolis tree frogs which form the bulk of the diet. Some 13 km south of lake Naivasha are the towering cliffs of the hell’s gate gorge, with their resident pair of Larmmergeys, several verreaux’s eagles, colonies of Ruppel’s vultures and other notable birds

Location: -Lake Naivasha   Hotel: Lake Naivasha Sopa    Room: Cottage       Board: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner 

• Board Includes:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner

Day 11 –  Lake Naivasha 

After an early breakfast you will enjoy a morning boat ride among the hippos populating the lake to crescent Island for bird watching and a walking safari among the wildlife such as Impalas, Zebras, Horses, Giraffes, and Wild Beasts. Most of the animals listed are cowards and will do no harm if you do not threaten them. The island is one of the most beautiful parks in Kenya and is Naivasha’s best kept secret. The shores host abundant birdlife with over 450 different species including pelicans, yellow-billed and marabou storks, herons, cormorants, ibises, Egyptian geese, fish-eagles with their haunting cry and many more. Lunch and afternoon on leisure

Lake Naivasha is a freshwater lake in the Kenya section of Africa’s Great Rift Valley, and is located northwest of Nairobi with the town of Naivasha on its north eastern shore. At 1,890 meters (6,200 ft) above sea level, the lake is at the highest point in the Kenyan rift, and is set in a complex geological combination of volcanic rocks and sedimentary deposits from a much larger Pleistocene era lake. Because the outlet for this ancient lake, now called Njorwa Gorge, is today much higher than the lake, the original Lake Naivasha must have indeed been a truly vast expanse of water. The gorge now forms the entrance to the Hell’s Gate National Park which, for obvious reasons, today contains some spectacular examples of water and weather-worn rock formations as well as an abundance of flora and fauna to include some extremely rare, resident breeding pairs of Lammergeyers, otherwise known as Bearded vultures.

Lake Naivasha is home to a wide variety of wildlife including a sizeable population of hippos which usually invade our property during their nightly forays for food. Being a freshwater lake, it also has a healthy fish population to include Black bass, Tilapia and Crayfish which attract a variety of fish-eating birds such as Long-tailed and Great Cormorants, along with Fish Eagles, Pelicans, and various types of Kingfishers.

Naivasha is also a good place to see the Grey-backed fiscal. This bird replaces the Long-tailed Fiscal in areas with higher rainfall. Also to be seen in the area is the Black-lored Babbler. The Naivasha race tends to show pale tipped feathers on their heads which gives their appearance a somewhat frosty or haloed effect, and it is believed that this variation may be the result of hybridization with Northern Pied Babblers at some point in the past.

Location: -Lake Naivasha   Hotel: Lake Naivasha Sopa    Room: Cottage       Board: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner 

• Board Includes:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner

Day 12 –  Lake Naivasha → Masai Mara 

After breakfast depart for Maasai Mara to arrive for lunch. This is Kenya’s number one park and is always on every tourist’s “Must See List”. Full of life with various types of animals and birds, Maasai Mara crown’s the climax of every safari in Kenya. Its rolling grasslands and acacia savannah have time and again been captured on film with the movie “Out of Africa” being the most famous. The climate is gentle, rarely too hot, and well spread rainfall year-round. The reserve is also home to great herds of buffalo, smaller groups of elephant and giraffe, zebras, and thousands of antelopes, impalas, and gazelles. Solitary leopards haunt the acacia trees lining the Mara River, while prides of lions and cheetahs prowl the savannah plains and over 450 bird species. Have a short rest in your rooms and depart for afternoon game where you start spotting nature at its best, exploring wildlife and as the sun starts to edge dip into the African horizon it will be the perfect opportunity for you to capture the beautiful Mara landscape on film and return to your camp at sunset

Situated in the southwest of Kenya, covering an area of 1 510 square km (583 square miles), the Masai Mara National Reserve is a land of breathtaking vistas, abundant wildlife and endless plains. The quintessential Masai Mara safari delivers many attractions, as the reserve is home to an excellent year-round concentration of game, including the more than two million wildebeest, zebras and other antelopes that make up the famous Great Migration. 

The reserve is a photographer’s and naturalist’s paradise, with abundant elephant, buffalo, giraffe, lion and cheetah alongside the migratory wildebeest and zebra. Leopards are frequently encountered, endangered black rhino hide in the dense thickets and large rafts of hippo and enormous crocodiles are found in the Mara River. The park is also home to over 450 bird species.

Location: -Masai Mara  Hotel: Ashnil Mara    Room: Deluxe  Board: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner 

• Board Includes:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner

Day 13 – Masai Mara

Early morning, you set out on an exciting game-drive to view the teeming wildlife savoring their morning kill. If you are lucky, you can witness the kill in action, moment by moment, right in front of your unbelieving eyes! Enjoy breakfast, after the game drive. 

Optional visit the Masai Village, followed by lunch and another exciting game drive, where you can expect to see the famous ‘Big 5’. Dinner & overnight at Ashnil Mara.

Location: -Masai Mara  Hotel: Ashnil Mara    Room: Deluxe  Board: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner 

• Board Includes:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner

Day 14 – Masai Mara → Kisumu

After breakfast, drive to Kisumu to arrive for check-in and lunch. Thereafter visit Kit Mikayi & Crying Stone and later dinner and overnight.

Enjoy a city tour of Kisumu. Kisumu City is a quiet port town on the shores of Lake Victoria with wide streets and fine colonial architecture. Kisumu was awarded City Status in 2001 and has since grown into an attractive urban centre, with an excellent museum, one of Kenya’s largest open markets and excellent facilities for visitors. Located just a Kilometer from Kisumu’s central business district is the Kisumu Impala Sanctuary a walking sanctuary and holding area for animals which require special protection in this densely populated area. Herds of impalas and zebras roam freely in the sanctuary.

Location: -Kisumu   Hotel: Ciala Resort    Room: Superior       Board: Breakfast & Dinner 

• Board Includes:
• Breakfast
• Dinner

Day 15 – Kisumu 

After early breakfast, drive to Timlich Ohinga Prehistoric site and later have lunch at local restaurant (included). Situated north-west of the town of Migori, in the Lake Victoria region, this dry-stone walled settlement was probably built in the 16th century CE. The Ohinga (i.e. settlement) seems to have served as a fort for communities and livestock, but also defined social entities and relationships linked to lineage. Thimlich Ohinga is the largest and best preserved of these traditional enclosures. It is an exceptional example of the tradition of massive dry-stone walled enclosures, typical of the first pastoral communities in the Lake Victoria Basin, which persisted from the 16th to the mid-20th century.

Location: -Kisumu   Hotel: Ciala Resort    Room: Superior       Board: Breakfast & Dinner 

• Board Includes:
• Breakfast
• Dinner

Day 17 – Kisumu → Eldoret 

After breakfast you will travel Eldoret. You will visit school and other places in Eldoret. 

Eldoret is now the fastest growing town in Kenya. Most famous athletes in Kenya came from this region. It boasts to be the 5th largest city in Kenya today. The name Eldoret is derived from the Massai word ‘eldore’, which literally means stony river. The river bed of the Sosiani River is very stony, whence the town derives its name. Before the colonial era, the region was occupied by the Sirikwa, the Massai and the Nandi. The town came into being in the year 1910 with the construction of a post office on a site, which was known to the white settlers as Farm 64, 64 or Sisibo. The locals at that time referred to the town as Farm 64 or Sisibo because, the town of Eldoret was 64 miles away from the newly established Uganda Railway railhead, located at Kibigori. The farm was owned by Willy van Aardt. The Central Lounge in Eldoret is all that survives of Willy’s farm. In the early 1900s, Eldoret saw a huge arrival of European and Asian inhabitants and traders. 

The International Association of Athletics Federation founded a training centre in Eldoret where Kenyan and other international athletes train in its unique high-altitude conditions. These conditions turn out to be ideal for long distance runners.

Location: -Eldoret    Hotel: The Boma Inn    Room: Deluxe       Board: Breakfast & Dinner 

• Board Includes:
• Breakfast
• Dinner

Day 17 Eldoret → Nairobi

After breakfast you will be transferred to Eldoret Airport for your flight to Nairobi. 

You will be picked from the Wilson airport, and you will travel to your hotel. Travel time about 20 minutes

Afternoon you will visit Nairobi Museum located 10 minutes from the city centre, Nairobi National Museum boasts a collection of rich, cultural artefacts that date back to the earliest prehistoric remains. Displayed are the incredible skeletal discoveries of homo habilis found by renowned archaeologists, Richard and Mary Leakey at Lake Turkana. The museum re-opened its doors in 2008 after extensive renovation and expansion efforts.

Location: -Nairobi   Hotel: Norfolk Hotel   Room: Deluxe       Board: Breakfast  & Dinner

• Board Includes:
• Breakfast
• Dinner

Day 18 – Departure

Today your Kenya adventure ends. You will travel to airport to fly back, or you can extend you holiday and choose another destination of your choice.

• Board Includes:
• Breakfast