ARRIVE NAIROBI - KENYA
On your arrival in Nairobi, you will be met by our local representative, who will assist you across the terminal and to check in at the hotel.
EXPLORE NAIROBI
Today will be a full day of activities! After breakfast we will make our way over to the Giraffe Center, where we will be able to hand feed the Rothschild Giraffe, a subspecies of giraffe that is the most threatened subspecies in Africa. The experience is fun, full of smiles and selfie photographs and it is a great way to start your time in Kenya.
After our time at Giraffe Center we will drive to Sheldrick Wildlife Trust facilities for a pre-booked 11AM visit. This visit is a very heart warming experience and will warm your heart at the good work that DSWT is doing for wildlife. The love they have for these baby elephants is apparent in everything they do. You will be up close and personal with orphaned elephants that are under 5 years old. We will either eat lunch back at our hotel or we will have a light bite to eat at a recommended spot before heading to the Karen Blixen’s house, where the famed author of Out of Africa lived. You can see where she lived between 1914 and 1931 and our visit will remind of how iconic the movie Out of Africa was. Dinner and overnight at the Karen Gables
Afternoon
Afternoon
Dinner
FLY TO AMBOSELI AND EXPLORE
On Day 3, you will have an early breakfast then check out of your hotel and driver to Amboseli National Park where you will stay for the next 2 nights. This is where you get to see elephants in the wild, living in harmony with other animals. Amboseli National Park is an open ecosystem boasting huge herds of elephants, zebras, buffaloes, hyenas, lions, giraffes, gazelles and numerous bird species not to forget the magnificent Mt. Kilimanjaro. Here you will indulge in mostly morning and late afternoon game drives as this is when you get action of the elephants getting into and leaving the swamps and crossing the park roads from or to where they call home.
FLY TO AMBOSELI AND EXPLORE
After your Amboseli Experience, on Day 5, you will drive back to Nairobi and connect onto a PM flight to the Maasai Mara where you will stay for 3 nights stay. The Maasai Mara is well known for the annual wildebeest migration in which we have crossings take place in the Mara River between the months of July and September thereabouts. As a result, the Mara is home to the big cats and a range of herbivores not to forget the big five. Some of the famous wild animals in the park you are likely to encounter include lions, rhinos, hippos, crocodiles, giraffe, wildebeests, zebras, buffalo, warthogs, hyenas, jackals, wild dogs, buffalo, leopard, cheetah, many kinds of birds, antelopes, and elephants.
On one of the days, you have the option of per taking an early morning balloon ride over the Mara plains that will be crowned with a champagne bush breakfast Please note the Balloon Ride Experience comes at a supplementary cost of $500 per person- anyone willing to partake a balloon ride should communicate pass this communication to us before making their final payment so that we check on availability and reserve your ticket.). As you ascend aerially, beautiful features unfold before your eyes – gentle rolling hills, meandering rivers, and lush grasslands. From this vantage point, you realize that you can locate wildlife with little guidance – giraffes, elephants, gazelles, hippos and many other grazers and foragers. If you are lucky, you may even spot the lordly predators like lions, hyenas, cheetahs, and other hunters You also have the option of visiting a Maasai Village to get enlightened about the Maasai Culture
FLY TO NAIROBI AND CONNECT ONTO ZANZIBAR
Today you awake at leisure, have breakfast, and bid your Masai Mara farewell. A drive to the airstrip to catch your scheduled 1-hour flight back to Nairobi connect with an afternoon flight to Zanzibar - your ultimate unwind location where you will stay for 5 nights.
FLY BACK TO NAIROBI AND INTERNATIONAL DEPARTURE
Today you awake at leisure, have breakfast, an easy morning to reminisce your safari experience. Indulge in an early lunch before being transferred to the airport to catch your flight back to Nairobi and connect onwards to your international flight back home.
