On arrival at Jomo Kenyatta Airport in Nairobi, you will be met and assisted through immigration and customs.
You then exit the arrivals terminal where you will be met by your driver/guide and transferred to Hemingway's Hotel, a drive of about half an hour.
Overnight - Hemingways Hotel
Dinner
After breakfast, you transfer to Wilson Airport where you check in for your scheduled 45 minute light air flight to Amboseli National Park.
On landing at Amboseli airstrip, you will be met and transferred to Tortilis Camp. Once you have settled in and had lunch, you set off on your first afternoon game drive returning to the camp in the early evening.
You will have a chance to freshen up before enjoying dinner.
Overnight - Tortilis Camp
All meals, selected beverages, shared game activities and laundry
You have the next two days enjoying the activities on offer at Tortilis Camp.
The main activity from Tortilis is game drives into the park which are generally extremely productive. Night drives are also possible on the way back to camp after sunset drinks on their private concession only.
Walking safaris may also be undertaken on a concession area outside the park and hosted by local Maasai guides. The walks are fun and informative and afford the well needed chance to stretch your legs! Cultural visits to local Maasai villages are also offered at a small additional cost.
Amboseli National Park covers an area of 3,200 sq. km. lying at an altitude of nearly 4,000′ at the foot of Africa’s highest mountain, Mt. Kilimanjaro. The mountain makes a scenic backdrop for photographing the variety of animals that are seen here, including elephant (in big numbers, especially during the main dry season from July to October), buffalo, lion, leopard, cheetah, spotted hyena, giraffe, eland, Grant’s gazelle, Thomson’s gazelle, Burchell’s zebra, impala, water buck, wildebeest, warthog, etc.
Overnight - Tortilis Camp
All meals, selected beverages, shared game activities and laundry
After breakfast this morning you will be transferred to the airstrip airstrip for your flight to Lewa, via Nairobi. Flying time of about 2 hours with a stop at Wilson Airport.
On landing, you will be met and transferred to Sirikoi Lodge with a game drive en route, arriving in time for lunch.
After lunch, you will have some down time before heading off on an afternoon game drive, returning to the lodge in the early evening.
Freshen up and enjoy a cold drink before dinner is served.
Overnight - Sirikoi Lodge
All meals, selected beverages, shared game activities and laundry
You have the next two nights to enjoy the activities on offer including daily game drives, night drives and guided bush walks on Lewa Wildlife Conservancy.
Additional activities include horse riding across the plains among the wildlife, walking the canopy bridge, diving into the blue glacial pools in the Ngare Ndare Forest, helicopter excursions up Mount Kenya, or up North to explore the lakes, desert and rocky outcrops and quad bike safaris.
Sirikoi Lodge is surrounded by 68,000 acres of the pure wilderness of Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, and the location of the lodge is truly exceptional.
The Lewa Wildlife Conservancy is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and an award-winning model for community conservation. Starting out with just 15 black rhinos in 1984, Lewa’s rhino population has since risen steadily, making the Conservancy the pioneer rhino conservation success story in Kenya and East Africa. Today there are 89 black and white rhino protected on the Conservancy, with over 20 having been moved to restock previously inhabited areas as well as introduce the species to new suitable and secure habitats.
Lewa Wildlife Conservancy is a vital wildlife corridor connecting Kenya’s wild and arid north with the lush Mount Kenya ecosystem. The wildlife is abundant and includes many rare endangered species such as reticulated giraffe, black and white rhino, and the largest resident population of Grevy’s zebra in the world. Elusive leopard and wild dog sightings, and families of elephant have carved Sirikoi into their migratory routes and almost daily big herds can be seen just in front of the Sirikoi deck for hours at a time.
Overnight - Sirikoi Lodge
Quad Biking
All meals, selected beverages, shared game activities and laundry
After breakfast, you will be transferred back to Lewa airstrip for your scheduled flight to the Masai Mara, flying time of about 1.5 hours.
On landing, you will be met by your driver/guide and transferred to Mahali Mzuri Camp with a game drive en route.
Take some time to enjoy the wonderful views and settle into your tent before heading back to the main area for lunch.
Overnight - Mahali Mzuri Camp
All meals, selected beverages, shared game activities and laundry
You have two days in this piece of paradise enjoying either twice daily game drives or full day game drives with packed lunches in search of the Wildebeest Migration.
The Masai Mara ecosystem is one of the best game viewing areas in Africa and is especially good for viewing the big cats. Elephants, buffalo, hippo, crocodiles, giraffe, zebra, lion, leopard, cheetah, spotted hyaena, impala, gazelles, eland, waterbuck, topi, jackal and serval are all common and seen regularly. Rhino are found in certain areas, and wild dogs are more transient visitors. The famous wildebeest and zebra migration is usually in residence from mid-July through to mid-October, though the movement of the animals is always somewhat unpredictable. The scenery of the Masai Mara is stunning with open grassland plains intersected by rivers, rocky ridges and pockets of riverine forest. Birdlife is varied and especially good around the riverine woodland areas.
Whilst the official Masai Mara Game Reserve can be busy with tourist vehicles in places, especially at river crossings in migration season, the Olare Motorogi Conservancy offers relative exclusivity away from the crowds. With a good mix of open plains, rocky hills and riverine thickets this area is superb for game viewing.
Overnight - Mahali Mzuri Camp
All meals, selected beverages, shared game activities and laundry
After a leisurely breakfast, your driver/guide will transfer you back to the airstrip in time for your scheduled flight to Nairobi, flying time of about 45 minutes.
On landing at Wilson Airport, you will be met and transferred to House of Waine where a day room has been reserved for you to freshen up and relax before your homebound flight.
You will have a vehicle and driver at your disposal should you want to do any last minute shopping or visit the giraffe centre where you are able to feed the Rothschild Giraffes from a platform.
Later this evening you will be transferred to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and depart Africa.
End of arrangements
