This impresive 11 day journey will take you through Tsavo East & Tsavo West National parks which have vast wild life like the dust red elephants and are known for the imfamous Legendary man eating lions then Amboseli and Aberdares National Parks which have a varriety of African wild life after which you go to Ol Pejeeta National Reserve known for a healthy population of both black and white rhinos Lake Naivasha one of the Lakes in the Great African Rift Valley of which then will conclude in Maasai Mara Nasional Game Reserve which has loads of grazing animals and ellusive cats like the cheetahs and leopards.
Arrive at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport Nairobi; after you disembark off the flight and pass through immigration and customs formalities, our representative will meet you and transfer you to your hotel and overnight.
Depart after breakfast and drive along Nairobi-Mombasa road to Tsavo East National Park. The park is popular for the legend of Tsavo The Man-eaters of Tsavo. The Yatta plateau, about 290Km long, one of the world’s longest lava flows is found in this park. The Lugards Falls on the Galana river which is a series of rapids is an ideal place to walk down to the river to view the rapids. Other attractions are the Mudanda rock, a long rock outcrop that is about 1.6Km long. You will arrive at your lodge/camp in time for lunch. Few hours at leisure before embarking for an afternoon game in the park which is home to most of the larger mammals, vast herds of dust red elephant, Rhino, buffalo, lion, leopard, pods of hippo, crocodile, waterbucks, lesser Kudu, gerenuk and the prolific bird life features 500 recorded species.
Pre-Breakfast game drive before departing Tsavo East for Tsavo West. Tsavo West is a beautiful, rugged wilderness. The savannah ecosystem comprises of open grasslands, scrublands, and Acacia woodlands, belts of riverine vegetation and rocky ridges including the Poacher’s Lookout where visitors can see the teeming herds in the plains below. Tsavo West offers some of the most magnificent game viewing in the world and attractions include elephant, rhino, Hippos, lions, cheetah, leopards, Buffalos, diverse plant and bird species including the threatened corncrake and near threatened Basra Reed Warbler. You will have game drive en route arriving in time for lunch. After lunch, you will enjoy an afternoon game drive with a visit to Mzima Springs and rhino sanctuary.
After breakfast, depart Tsavo West with game drive enroute and drive to Amboseli National Park. which is famous for its scenery with a backdrop of snow-capped Mount Kilimanjaro, huge herds of Elephant and is home to the legendary Maasai tribesmen. You will arrive at your lodge/camp in time for lunch. After lunch, you will have a few hours at leisure before proceeding for an evening game drive which offers you chance to see these proud giants up close and the chance to spot many other species of animals and birds. The park is best known for it’s abundance of elephant, popular residents like the well-known predators and their opponents like the Zebra, Wildebeest, Giraffe, Hippo.
Pre breakfast and afternoon game drives (or the choice of a FULL DAY game drive),allow you the chance to enjoy the interaction of wild animals in the magnificent park like settings of Amboseli. You’re likely to spot wildebeest, giraffes, Gazelles, Impalas, Zebras and large herds of Elephants. You may also spot lions on the fringes of the marshes as well as a great variety of bird-life
After breakfast, drive north climbing towards Nyeri to Aberdares National Park through fertile and hilly mosaic of small farms and coffee plantations. You will arrive in time for lunch at your lodge.In the afternoon you will drive to a dramatic wooden lodge built deep within the forest. A floodlit waterhole and salt lick in full view of the comfortable lounge areas allow guests to watch animals at any time of night, rhino, lion, elephant and buffalo are regular visitors.
Depart after breakfast and drive to Ol Pejeta Conservancy which is famous for not only being the home of the last standing 2 Northern White rhinos in the world, but also for its healthy population of both black and white rhino, all the big cats and the only chimpanzee sanctuary in Kenya. You will arrive in time for lunch and have a few hours at leisure before disembarking for the evening game drive.
After breakfast, you will make your way to Lake Naivasha, another of the lakes of Africa’s Great Rift Valley with a stop at Thompson’s Falls. Animal life abounds in this natural oasis, from hippo and buffalo wallowing among the papyrus reeds to giraffes nibbling the acacia, Colobus monkeys leaping from tree to tree and innumerate species of birds adding flashes of colour and exotic calls. You will arrive at lodge in time for lunch. Few hours at leisure before proceeding for a boat ride.
After breakfast,Drive to the Maasai Mara Game Reserve via the scenically beautiful Great Rift Valley and Narok. This enormous reserve is part of the vast Serengeti Plains, famous for its spectacular wildebeests’ migration and is home to the Big Five: Lion, Elephant, Leopard, Buffalo and Rhino. You will arrive in time for lunch at your camp and relax before departing for the afternoon game drive. You will drive through the reserve as you enjoy the Savannah with vast herds of wildebeests and zebras wandering across the grasslands. You will also have a chance to see other plain game like the Maasai Giraffe, Eland, Buffalo, Topi, and both Thomson’s and grants Gazelles. The enormous landscape of the Mara and its concentration of many varieties of game make it a fitting climax to your safari.
After Breakfast, depart the camp for a Fullday game drive, the day will be spent in the reserve driving across the plains in search for the great predators and perhaps even their cubs. On the plains you will come across enormous herds of grazing animals plus the elusive cheetah and leopards hiding amidst acacia boughs. The reserve hosts the highest concentration of wild animals than any other park in the region. You shall transverse the reserve on unlimited game viewing drives in search for the big five and of other games with picnic lunches served at the reserve.
Enjoy breakfast before driving back via the Great Rift Valley to arrive in Nairobi at approximately 1400hrs .You will be dropped off at the designated place.
