12 Days Grand Tour Kenya

Itinerary

• 1

  Nairobi/Amboseli
  Drive south through Masai territory to Amboseli Game Reserve, arriving in time for lunch. Afternoon gamedrive with the snow-capped Mt Kilimanjaro in the background. Dinner and overnight at a lodge

• 2

  Amboseli
  Day spent viewing game with a morning and afternoon gamedrive. In between relax by the pool side. Amboseli (392 sq km) is not a big park but supported by swamp vegetation it harbours elephants, buffaloes, hippos, lions, cheetahs, hyenas, jackals, gazelles, wildebeests, warthogs, zebras, ostriches and Masai giraffes in the background of the magnificent snow caped Mt Kilimanjaro. The waters from melted snow find their way down the mountain under lava flows and re-surface on the Amboseli plains in form of swamps. Dinner and overnight at a lodge

• 3

  Amboseli/Tree Hotel
  Gamedrive then drive via Nairobi to the Aberdare for an exciting Tree Hotel or lodge overlooking a floodlit waterhole frequented by wildlife. Dinner and overnight at your tree hotel

• 4

  Tree/Hotel/Samburu
  After breakfast we drive north across the Equator to the edge of the Northern Frontier in the Samburu Game Reserve. Arrival will be in time for lunch followed by afternoon gamedrive. Dinner and overnight at your lodge

• 5

  Samburu
  The day is spent game viewing in the Samburu game park. Elephants abound; also available in this park and the neighboring Buffalo Springs Game Reserve is lion, leopard, cheetah, reticulated giraffe, buffalo, gerenuk, grevy’s zebra, Somali ostrich, oryx and crocodile. Dinner and overnight at your lodge

• 6

  Samburu/Mt Kenya Safari club
  Early morning gamedrive then drive to Mt Kenya Safari Club to enjoy their excellent facilities or take an optional tour to the nearby Sweetwaters and Olpejeta wildlife sanctuaries for gamedrive and viewing of the orphaned chimps

• 7

  Mt Kenya Safari Club/Lake Baringo
  Early morning drive via Nyahururu Falls down to the scenic Lake Bogoria to view the hot springs and geysers. Later drive to Lake Baringo. Evening bird walk followed by dinner and overnight in your hotel/lodge.

• 8

  Baringo/Lake Nakuru
  We have morning boat ride in Lake Baringo followed by lunch, then drive along the floor of the Rift Valley to Lake Nakuru. Dinner and overnight at your lodge

• 9

  Nakuru/Masai Mara
  Early breakfast followed by morning game drive at Lake Nakuru National Park. After lunch drive across the Rift Valley down to the Masai Mara. Dinner and overnight at your lodge

• 10/11

  Masai Mara
  Two days to experience the Mara magic! Kenya’s premier reserve is famed for its astounding concentration of wildlife and harbouring lions, leopards, cheetah, elephants, buffaloes, zebras, masai giraffes, hippos, black rhinos, spotted hyenas many species of antelopes. The climax is the annual great wildebeest migration in July, August, September and October of each year. Dinner and overnight at your lodge

• 12

  Masai Mara/Nairobi
  Early morning game drive and then return to Nairobi by lunch time and drop off at your hotel or airport. END OF SAFARI