You will arrive in Nairobi today. Our driver is waitng for you at the airport and will drive you to your city hotel.
You will start your tour at Sagana RIver, Kenya´s longest river. Here you can do white water rafting, Kayaking, ziplining and get in touch with Kenya´s diverse and beautiful nature
Welcome to a place of tranquillity where you can relax and enjoy great moments on the deck with a beautiful view of Mt. Kenya and wildlife at the waterhole below and in the thicket below. A completely "green" home off the grid with an inviting bush lodge setting. For the adventurous: Go on a game drive or horseback ride by prior arrangement or simply relax by the plunge pool and have fresh pizza cooked in our Gaudi-style pizza oven. You will learn how to prepare ugali and chapati.
Utulivu House is located in the Sangare Conservancy. The house has a unique design made of olive wood, is powered by solar and wind energy and the water is collected by rainwater and a borehole. The house is secluded, making it the perfect place for a peaceful vacation.
It has 3 rooms, all with en-suite bathrooms, and the team is at your disposal during your stay.
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Today you will have a working safari around the lake followed by a sundowner and then you will learn how to cook Kenyan Ugali and Chapati for your dinner.
Your first long game drive awaits you today. The "Solio Ranch" is one of the most beautiful game parks in Africa that has not been on the tourist map for generations. The park is a fenced, privately owned wildlife reserve focused on rhino conservation. Solio Game Reserve was established in 1970 when the owner of Solio Cattle moved a large portion of the land and dedicated it to conservation. The park plays an important role in the conservation and breeding of black rhinos in Kenya. Breeding has been so successful that rhinos from Solio Game Reserve are released throughout Africa. In addition to the world's largest population of white rhinos and nearly a hundred black rhinos, Solio Reserve is inhabited by various other wildlife including buffalo, zebra, giraffe, oryx, antelope, Thompson's gazelle, impala, waterbuck and warthog. The park also offers some of the best leopard viewing in the country. And lion and cheetah can also be found. An unforgettable game drive is guaranteed.
The morning you will drive over the scenic Nyabene Hills with its winding roads and beautiful scenery before heading to Maua town and Safari Camp. Enjoy lunch and an afternoon game drive. The sister parks of Meru and Kora can be admired in all their glory: lush jungle, raging rivers, green swamps, khaki grasslands and skinny termite cathedrals - all under the big blue bowl of the sky. Little visited and completely untouched, there are few places that compare to the remote and rugged atmosphere here. Visitors can see Grevy's zebra, elephant, Bohor reedbuck, hartebeest, python, puff adder, cobra, buffalo and more than 427 recorded bird species.
Wake up to a sumptuous breakfast before heading out for a full-day game drive with a picnic lunch out in the park. Meru National Park features lush verdant vegetation and over 12 rivers crisscrossing the expanse of the park. This park is rarely visited and utterly unspoilt with its wonderful and rugged terrain adding to the intrinsic beauty of the park. Spend another day spotting some rare antelope, including the Lesser Kudu, duiker and dik-dik, a tiny African antelope that stands just twelve inches high and is notoriously shy. Meru National Park also has some of Kenya’s largest herds of buffalo, along with hartebeests, giraffes and gazelles and game viewing includes elephants, hippos, lions, leopards and cheetahs.
Today you will reach the Samburu Game Reserve. In the southern part of the park, you are guaranteed to see most of the animals found in Samburu, namely: cheetah, lion, leopard, impala, buffalo, hippo and dik dik, as well as the Indigenous gerenuk, Grevy's zebra, reticulated giraffe and Beisa oryx.
Most animals are guaranteed to be seen in the dry season when they congregate at the Usaso Nyiro River, their main source of water during the long dry season. Elephants are also spotted during this time, and you may see the Nile crocodiles swimming in the river. The Samburu National Reserve is a bird lover's paradise, with over 350 species of birds already counted here. You can see a colourful selection of birds such as vultures, kingfishers, marabous, bateleur, guinea fowl, Somali ostriches and many more.
Spend the day in the national reserve with unforgettable wildlife viewing. Samburu's relief comes from the Ewaso Ng'iro River, which rises at the foothills of the Aberdares a few hundred kilometres to the west and disappears into the depression of the Lorian Swamp above Samburu. Visit the local Samburu villages where you will have the opportunity to interact with the colourful Samburu people in their traditional environment and experience their culture. This is a great opportunity to purchase traditional Samburu souvenirs, art and collectables. Did you know that Samburu National Reserve was one of the two areas where conservationists George and Joy Adamson raised Elsa the lioness? Their story was made famous by the bestseller and award-winning film Born Free.
After breakfast, you will drive with a picnic lunch to Ngare Ndare Forest. The forest forest is a lush indigenous forest at the northern foothills of Mt. Kenya. Azure pools glisten at the bottom of waterfalls and 200-year-old trees stretch into the canopy supporting a rich variety of bird and animal life. The forest is a vital corridor that links the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy and Northern Kenya to the Mount Kenya forest reserve, and one which elephants have been using for centuries. The forest boasts over two hundred species of birds, some being migratory. Rare spectacular birds like Hurtlabs Turaco and the Narina Trogon can be found here. We also have all the big five and other small animals like bushbucks, waterbucks warthogs and hyenas. It is home to the most elusive monkey, the colobus monkey! A 450 m long bridge suspended 30 feet above the ground, the longest in East Africa. Visitors walk to enjoy a bird’s eye view of the forest, which ends on a high platform where one can view elephants and other wild animals drinking water from the swamp below. For those with height phobia, this is the place to face your fears. Then you will take the hiking trail in the forest, ending at the waterfalls and azure pools. There are some areas that are quite steep, but manageable. You can rest and swim here.
Drive to Lewaso Cottages, located in Naibunga Community Conservancy in the Mukogodo Division of Laikipia. The bush surrounding Lewaso plays host to a magnificent array of local African wildlife. Regular sightings around Lewaso and on-game drives include but are not limited to Elephant, Hippos, Impala, Lions, Zebra (Grevy’s and Burchell’s), Dik Dik, Hyena & Warthog.
Twala-Tenebo is located in the semi-arid Laikipia plateau, near Mount Kenya in northern Kenya. There, a cooperative of over 200 women from six different Maasai groups coexist with the diverse wildlife and sustain themselves through aloe farming, beadwork, beekeeping and ecotourism— offering authentic Maasai cultural experiences and affordable eco-manyatta accommodations. Twala’ is a Maasai word for a bell. ‘Tenebo’ means come together. In 2007, the “bell rang” as a symbol of calling the Maasai women to action for their capacity enhancement. They joined hands and established a cultural centre together. The centre works towards empowering women to work for themselves and preserve the rich cultural and historic heritage of the local Maasai people.
The women of Twala are involved in agro-tourism as they plant Aloe secundiflora, which they do without using any chemical fertilizers so as to avoid soil and water pollution. They also keep bees for honey production. They use the aloe for the production of natural beauty products and sell it to beauty firms. At Twala, all profits go directly to the community and are utilized for the benefit of poverty reduction and sustainable development. 10% of the income earned in the centre goes towards supporting girls’ education. The cultural centre also empowers women as they get to work and provide for themselves.
Memorable baboon walks alongside troops to show that baboons and wildlife, in general, are a resource worth protecting; walks with the Maasai and their cattle to learn their authentic herding techniques; Landscape tours to learn about the medicinal plants and other important of trees to the Maasai people. Learn how the people and their domestic animals as well as wildlife coexist in one environment in a sustainable manner.
Today you will return to Nairobi. After a farewell lunch or dinner, we will drop you at the airport.
