8 Days (7Nights) to Maasai Mara, Nakuru, Samburu

Arrive Nairobi airport, met and Transferred to the hotel (Panafric Hotel or Nairobi Serena Hotel) for an overnight on bed and breakfast. (B/B)

After breakfast depart northwards to Mountain Lodge, situated at the base of Mount Kenya. This is a Tree lodge which Mount Kenya region is famous for, and is uniquely Kenyan concept. The lodge has specially constructed viewing bunkers where you can spot game any time of the day. Arrive at the lodge in time for lunch. Afternoon take a guided forest walk before returning for game viewing from a spacious verandah overlooking the waterhole, if you are lucky, you could see an elephant coming to feed near the lodge, only meters away from you. Dinner and overnight at Serena Mountain Lodge. (F.B)

Distance: 200 km (3 hrs). After breakfast, drive to Samburu National Reserve arriving in time for lunch. After lunch you may choose to have an afternoon game drive or relax by the poolside. Game viewing in Samburu National Reserve with your skilled guide is provided from 4pm running until 6.30pm. A place of endless skies, dust-red plains and palm-fringed rivers, Samburu National Reserve lies on the fringes of the vast and arid desert once known as the Northern Frontier District, whose heat-scorched scrublands extend all the way to the jade-green waters of Lake Turkana and beyond. Physically dramatic, the 104 sq kilometer landscape of the Reserve features rocky battlements, craggy scarps, dry riverbeds and fallen boulders rising out of the thorn scrub against a backdrop of the far-distant hills and the great red table mountain known as Lololokwi. Dinner and overnight at Samburu Serena lodge (F.B)

Full day in Samburu with private guide and game viewing in safari van with pop-up roof or jeep. Two game drives are provided, morning and afternoon. Dinner and overnight at Samburu Serena lodge (F.B)

Today you will have an early morning game drive from 6:30am to 8.00am time for breakfast. After breakfast you will drive through the Great Rift Valley to Lake Nakuru, arriving in time for an afternoon game drive. Lake Nakuru National Park claim a fame on its flamingo's and the over 400 species of birds found here. The lake itself is a soda lake on the floor of the rift valley. The sight of the at times millions of flamingos is quite spectacular. From a distance the lake appears ringed in pink. The Lake has also earned a reputation as an important haven for endangered species- particularly the Rothschild Giraffe and the black and white rhino. Lions, waterbuck, buffalo and baboons are all residents here. Diner and overnight at Lake Nakuru Lodge (F.B)

After breakfast proceed to Masai Mara through the Great Rift Valley. Arriving in time for lunch. After lunch you will have an afternoon game drive from 3.30pm until 6.30pm. Masai Mara offers wildlife in such a variety and abundance that it is hard to believe. Over 450 species of animals have been recorded here. You will easily see lions, rhinos, hippos, crocodiles, giraffe, wildebeests, zebras, buffalo, warthogs, hyenas, jackals, wild dogs, leopard, many kinds of antelopes and elephant. It is in the Mara that perhaps the most spectacular event of the natural world takes place. This is the annual migration of millions of wildebeest and zebra from the Serengeti (Tanzania) in search of water and pasture. Following on their heels are the predators of the savanna- lion, cheetah, wild dog, jackal, hyena and vultures. Diner and overnight at Fig Tree Camp (F.B)

Morning and afternoon game drive. Sunrise and sundown are the greatest moments for game viewing in these mystic plains, a time where the soft red hues of the sun will give your photographs the clarity of the actual African savannah. Masai Mara offers wildlife in such variety and abundance that it is difficult to believe: over 450 species of animals have been recorded here. You will easily see lions, rhinos, hippos, crocodiles, giraffe, wildebeests, zebras, buffalo, warthogs, hyenas, jackals, wild dogs, buffalo, leopard, many kinds of antelopes and elephant. It is in the Mara that perhaps the most spectacular event of the natural world takes place. This is the annual migration of millions of wildebeest and zebra from the Serengeti (Tanzania) in search of water and pasture. Following on their heels are the predators of the savanna- lion, cheetah, wild dog, jackal, hyena and vultures. Dinner and overnight at Fig Tree Camp (F.B)

After breakfast you will have a morning game drive with packed lunch. After lunch you will be transferred to the local airstrip for your scheduled flight to Mombasa/Ukunda airstrip. On arrival you will be met and transferred to Pinewood beach hotel. jeep Price

includes: -Ground transport in a comfortable safari van or jeep. -Full board accommodation whilst on safari. -Accommodation on bed & breakfast basis in a Nairobi hotel -All park entrance fees and government taxes -Service of an English speaking professional driver/guide -Game drives as detailed in the itinerary -Arrival and departure transfers -Bottled water whilst on safari -Domestic flight, Masai Mara – Mombasa inclusive of local taxes -Guided forest walk at Mountain Lodge Serena Does not include:

Tips, drinks, cigarettes, laundry and things of personal use.