HIGHLIGHTS OF KENYA

Day 01: Nairobi:

Upon arrival at the airport in Nairobi, you will be met by a Beyond Safari Consultants professional driver guide and after a pre safari briefing; you will be transferred to your city hotel for you to relax for the night before your safari. Overnight is at the Overnight is at the Intercontinental Hotel Nairobi or Similar booked on bed and breakfast.

Day 02: Nairobi – Maasai Mara Game Reserve:

After breakfast you will depart to Maasai Mara through the Great Rift Valley, you will pass through the vast plains of the savannah of Africa as you enter the spotted plains of the Maasai. You will have few brief stops on the way and later drive into the reserve. You will arrive in time for lunch followed by an early afternoon of leisure. Later you will depart for an evening gamedrive till dusk and later return to the lodge for dinner and overnight at Masai Mara Sopa Lodge or Similar – booked on full board

Day 03: Maasai Mara Game Reserve:

This day will be spent in the reserve with options of both doing early morning and evening gamedrives or half day gamedrive or full day gamedrive with packed lunch. You can also participate in optional activities such as the Maasai Village Visit (EXTRA COST) or do the ever amazing Balloon Safari (EXTRA COST). All meals and overnight is at Masai Mara Sopa Lodge or Similar – booked on full board

Day 04: Maasai Mara Game Reserve – Lake Nakuru National Park – Lake Naivasha:

After an early breakfast, you will depart for Lake Nakuru and arrive in time for a gamedrive; you will have packed lunch at the highest point of the park followed by a gamedrive enroute out of the park.

Lake Nakuru National Park was named as “the greatest spectacle of bird view in the world” and this is because it is home to over thousands upon thousands of lesser and greater Flamingoes that migrate annually from Lake Natron and make their way to the Lake. The colorful pink infested lake Nakuru provides home and food for these birds. This park is also home to the endangered white rhino and provides a safe haven for the rhinos.

After the game drive you will depart for Lake Naivasha to arrive late in the evening for dinner and overnight at The Naivasha Sopa Resort or Similar – booked on full board

Lake Naivasha derives its name from the local Maasai name Nai’posha, meaning rough water because of the sudden storms which can arise. Lake Naivasha is home to large schools of hippos and also a wide variety of bird species. Optional activities are offered on this lake like bird walks, boat rides and visits to the crescent island.

Day 05:  Lake Naivasha – Amboseli National Park:

After breakfast you will proceed to the most magnificent park at the south west of Kenya – the Amboseli National Park. You will transverse through the migration salient of the Nairobi National Park and a few ranches on the way and arrive in time for lunch. After lunch early afternoon is at leisure followed later by an evening gamedrive till dusk. Dinner and overnight is at The Amboseli Sopa Lodge or Similar – booked on full board

Day 06: Amboseli National Park:

These days will be spent in the park with options of both doing early morning and evening gamedrives or half day gamedrive or full day gamedrive with packed lunch. You can also participate in optional activities like the Maasai Village Visit (EXTRA COST). All meals and overnight is at The Amboseli Sopa Lodge or Similar – booked on full board

Being at the border of Kenya and Tanzania; Amboseli National Park is famous for being the best place in Africa to get close to free-ranging elephants. Other attractions of the park include opportunities to meet Maasai and visit a Maasai village. The park also offers spectacular views of Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest free-standing mountain in the world. Amboseli offers some of the best opportunities to see African animals because its vegetation is sparse due to the long dry months. Amboseli National Park is home to wild animals, which include the African elephant, Cape buffalo, impala, lion, cheetah, hyena, giraffe, zebra, and wildebeest among other African animals. There is also a host of Kenyan birds, both large and small, to see if you keep your eyes open and stop at every sighting. You will have gamedrives and overnight in this park.

Day 07: Amboseli National Park – Nairobi:

Depart for an early morning gamedrive and return to the lodge for breakfast. Thereafter depart for Nairobi and arrive late in the afternoon for drop off at the airport in time for your flight back home.

Glossary:

Bed and Breakfast – meal plan includes accommodation and breakfast alone.

Full Board – meal plan includes accommodation, breakfast, lunch and dinner.