$3,704 to $4,614 pp (USD)
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Arrival
Day 1
Drive to Nanyuki, Olpejeta Wildlife Conservancy
Drive to Nanyuki, Olpejeta Wildlife Conservancy
07:30hrs Meet up with our hospitality representative at your city hotel lobby. After a pre-safari briefing and introduction to your dedicated Safari Driver Guide, depart and drive via the Great North Road, through the famed Kenyan Central Highlands to the Equator Point just before Nanyuki Town for a brief stopover.
Here, the locals perform a water demonstration to qualify the position of the equator and for a small tip you will be awarded an ‘equator certificate’. Drive on to the nearby 110,000-acre Ol Pejeta Wildlife Conservancy, which lies on the Laikipia plains to arrive at your camp in time for check-in and lunch.
Lunch in the Camp followed by an afternoon at leisure to enjoy the facilities at the Camp that include a swimming pool before embarking on an afternoon game viewing drive in the Conservancy.
- Main Destination:
- Ol Pejeta Conservancy (Laikipia Plateau)
- Accommodation:
- Maisha Sweetwaters Camp
Wildlife in Ol Pejeta Conservancy
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Ol Pejeta Wildlife Conservancy
Ol Pejeta Wildlife Conservancy
A full day in the Conservancy with morning and afternoon wildlife viewing drives. Host to all the members of the Big Five (elephant, rhino, lion, buffalo, and leopard), the conservancy has a higher wildlife-to-area ratio than any Kenyan national park and is one of only four private game conservancies to have been founded in Kenya.
At the forefront of the Kenyan conservancy program, the conservancy boasts the largest black rhino sanctuary in East Africa, hosts the only chimpanzee sanctuary in Kenya, and shelters large numbers of rare and endangered species.
- Main Destination:
- Ol Pejeta Conservancy (Laikipia Plateau)
- Accommodation:
- Maisha Sweetwaters Camp
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Ol Pejeta to Lake Naivasha
Ol Pejeta to Lake Naivasha
After an early breakfast in the camp, check-out and drive to Lake Naivasha skirting the Aberdare Mountain ranges to Nyahururu falls for a photo-stop. Still known to many as Thomson's Falls, its waters fall 237 feet making it the country’s highest waterfall. Drive on to Lake Naivasha enjoying magnificent views of the Great Rift Valley Escarpment en-route for check in and lunch at your resort.
Later enjoy a Boat Cruise in the lake! The highest and the most beautiful of the Rift Valley lakes. You to spot Hippo and numerous bird species including Kingfisher, Fish Eagle, Herons, Jacanas and more. The lake itself is remarkably picturesque, set against a purple backdrop of a volcanic mountain range and lined by thick yellow barked Acacia trees. Home to over a thousand protected Hippo and the shores of the lake also host small numbers of Giraffe, Zebra, Waterbuck and the odd eland and wildebeest. An exciting yet relaxing lake safari experience with plenty of interesting sights to enjoy.
- Main Destination:
- Lake Naivasha (Naivasha)
- Accommodation:
- Lake Naivasha Sopa Resort
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Lake Naivasha to Masai Mara National Reserve
Lake Naivasha to Masai Mara National Reserve
After an early breakfast in the resort, depart driving down the eastern wall of the Great Rift Valley, your driver guide will stop at a strategic viewpoint for photography where you will come out and view the escarpment and take photos. Drive on to Masai Mara Game Reserve to arrive at your camp in the early afternoon for check-in.
Lunch followed by an afternoon at leisure to relax and enjoy the lodge facilities that include a swimming pool that gives you sweeping views of the of the expansive Masai Mara plains.
16:00hrs Depart for an afternoon game drive in the reserve. The Mara is also noted for its abundance of lions - particularly the superb black manned males. You'll see lots of elephants here often in large herds, as well as - if you're lucky - leopard, cheetah and rhino. All of the Big Five are residents. You're sure to see the African buffalo. Get the cameras ready, charge the batteries and enjoy yourself!
- Main Destination:
- Masai Mara National Reserve
- Accommodation:
- Zebra Plains Mara Camp
Wildlife in Masai Mara NR
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5
Masai Mara National Reserve
Masai Mara National Reserve
A full day in the Mara with morning and afternoon game viewing drives daily in the Reserve. Certainly, the most frequented game reserve in Kenya, Masai Mara is a magnificent landscape of open plains bisected by the Mara River and its tributaries and punctuated by marshes and forests.
As the northern tip of the vast Serengeti ecosystem, the Mara hosts the spectacular seasonal migration of many thousands of Wildebeest, Zebras and attendant predators. Arrive in time for lunch then have an afternoon game drive. These 650 sq kilometers reserve supports the highest density of game to be seen anywhere considering its size.
Hot Air Balloon Safari - At an Extra Cost:
Flying high up in the skies above the Masai Mara is the ultimate safari experience. The landscape below is a never-ending exciting mixture of riverine forests, sprawling savannahs, towering escarpments and rugged rivers. There’s really nothing quite like it, the view is unparalleled and the experience is unforgettable!
- Main Destination:
- Masai Mara National Reserve
- Accommodation:
- Zebra Plains Mara Camp
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 6
Drive to Nairobi City & Departure
Drive to Nairobi City & Departure
After breakfast in the camp, check out and drive to Nairobi to arrive in time for a farewell lunch at the Carnivore Restaurant hosted by Afio Mai Africa Safaris!
The Carnivore is a meat specialty restaurant. At the restaurant, whole joints of meat, lamb, pork legs, exotic meats, sausages, chicken livers and wings and even crocodile are skewered on traditional Masai swords and roasted over a huge charcoal pit!
Later transfer to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport for your home bound travel home.
NB: Day Room/s can be reserved at a supplement fee on request.
- Main Destination:
- Nairobi (City)
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks:
