In supplier order. Some entries may cover multiple days; optional experiences are described by the supplier.
Sample itinerary. Choose a departure for its exact itinerary and hotel plan.
Day 1 — UK - Nairobi
Our nationwide shared chauffeur service collects you from home for your flight to Nairobi. On arrival we transfer to our hotel for tonight.
Day 2 — Aberdare National Park
This morning, we travel to Aberdare National Park, encompassing the beautiful, forested Aberdare Mountains and the heart of Kenya’s coffee-growing highlands. We arrive at our lodge, built beside a watering hole, for the start of our Kenya safari holidays.
Rhino and families of elephant are relatively common visitors, slaking their thirst as we settle back this evening. You can enhance your visit, by choosing in-room buzzer alerts during the hours of darkness, to let you know whenever a spectacle is unfolding outside.
Please note: Due to limited storage space in the rooms at the Ark Lodge, you will need to pack an overnight bag containing essentials for one night, including any medication. Your main luggage will be stored at Aberdare Country Club and reunited with you on the morning of Day 3.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 3 — Lake Nakuru National Park
We depart this morning and head west to Lake Nakuru National Park, stopping along the way at Kenya’s most beautiful waterfall - Thomson Falls. Lake Nakuru is an ornithologist’s paradise, for hundreds of exotic species that call its shores home. At ground level, sightings of Rothschild giraffe, black and white rhino, lion and leopard are not unusual.
Our lodge tonight has commanding views over the lake, and is a great base for wetland game drives - we’ll enjoy our first one late this afternoon.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 4 — Lake Nakuru National Park - Lake Naivasha National Park
After another exciting game drive early this morning, we make our way to another of the lakes of Africa’s Great Rift Valley - Lake Naivasha. This natural oasis teems with animal life, from hippo and buffalo wallowing among the papyrus reeds to giraffes nibbling the acacia, Colobus monkeys leaping from tree to tree and birds adding flashes of colour and exotic calls.
There’s time to relax this afternoon and just listen to the wildlife around you.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 5 — Lake Naivasha National Park
This morning we explore the Crescent Island Game Conservancy, a reserve located on the eastern side of the lake and a haven for viewing birds and game.
We’ll also make a stop at Elsamere, for a tasty afternoon tea. This small museum is the former home of Joy Adamson, author of ‘Born Free’, which was later turned into a hit film.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 6 — Maasai Mara National Reserve
No Kenya tour would be complete without a stay in the Maasai Mara, renowned for its year-round concentration of wildlife and its location along the route of the Great Migration of wildebeest and zebra. Visit a local Maasai village to learn more about the community’s culture and traditions before continuing to your camp in the heart of the reserve. Later, head out on an afternoon game drive. Stay three nights at the 5-star Sarova Mara Tented Camp.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Days 7-8 — Maasai Mara National Reserve
Spend two full days exploring the Maasai Mara, with a morning and afternoon game drive on each day. Look out for prides of lion, cheetahs roaming the open plains and a host of other large mammals. You may also spot hippos in the nearby rivers and some of the Mara’s hundreds of bird species.
Meals: 2 Breakfasts, 2 Lunches and 2 Dinners
Day 9 — Maasai Mara National Reserve - Nairobi - In flight
After an early breakfast, travel back to Nairobi for lunch at the world-famous Carnivore restaurant. Visit the Giraffe Centre before transferring to the airport for your overnight return flight to the UK.
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch
Day 10 — UK
Upon arrival, your vehicle will be waiting for the journey home.
