ITINERARY

Pick up from Nairobi and drive north of Nairobi up the Great Rift Valley to the Samburu/Buffalo Springs National Reserve arriving in time for a late lunch at the at the camp/ lodge. Followed by an early afternoon at leisure evening game drive will follow, Dinner and overnight at the camp/ Lodge.

Enjoy a full day on safari in Samburu (morning and afternoon game drives). Later in the evening, there will be an option of sundowners before dinner in the central dining room.

Samburu is a place of endless skies, dust-red plains and palm-fringed rivers, the National Reserve lies on the fringes of the vast and arid desert once known as the Northern Frontier District, whose heat-scorched scrublands extend all the way to the jade-green waters of Lake Turkana and beyond. Physically dramatic, the 104 sq km landscape of the Reserve features rocky battlements, craggy scarps, dry river beds and fallen boulders rising out of the thorn scrub against a backdrop of the far-distant hills and the great red table mountain known as Ololokwe.

Check out after breakfast and drive to south to Nanyuki and check-in at Sweetwaters Tented Camp. A sheltered oasis, clustered around a water hole and set in the pristine calm of the private Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Sweetwaters offers an attractive blend of under-canvas ambiance and safari luxury. Located on the plains of Mount Kenya, the camp features thirty-nine luxury tents, each with its own private veranda overlooking the water hole. The central Rhino Restaurant, housed in the former manager’s house of this once colonial farm offers both regional and international cuisine. Also within the house is the Kashoggi Bar and lounge, which centers on a blazing log fire. The Waterhole Bar, built in the style of a game-viewing hide, overlooks the waterhole and offers unrivalled wildlife-watching

After breakfast at Sweetwaters Tented Camp, depart for Naivasha via Thompson’s falls. The beautiful waterfall and head to Lake Naivasha National Park with en-route views of Lake Elementaita before arriving at your destination. Check in on arrival followed by Lunch at the lodge. Afternoon will be spent at leisure with an option of enjoying an evening boat ride at an extra cost. Dinner and overnight at the lodge.

Check out after breakfast and drive past the great rift valley from Naivasha drive south via Narok, a masai town to the Mara reserve, upon arrival enjoy an enroute game drive to your lodge or tented camp. Lunch at the Camp/ Lodge later enjoy an evening game drive to get a closer look at the Mara. Masai Mara has incredible wide-open landscapes and fertile riverine woodland following the looping meanders of the Mara and Talek rivers. Wherever you go in the Mara you will see a frequent amount of wildlife such as Masai giraffe, baboons, warthogs, bat eared foxes, grey jackals, spotted hyena, topis, impala, hartebeests, wildebeest. Elephants, buffaloes, zebras and hippos also exist in great numbers. It is also common to see lions either basking after a heavy meal, or surveying the plains for their next meal. Cheetahs and leopards are harder to spot but are still reasonably common.

This day enjoy an early morning game drive in the Masai Mara this is ideal time to see game as temperatures are cooler and hopefully lion, cheetah and leopard will be roaming the vast grasslands in search of prey. Return to the lodge for breakfast. The rest of the morning will be at leisure or  you can enjoy some optional activities such as a visit to Masai village at an additional cost.  Lunch at the lodge followed by an afternoon game drive to get a closer look at the Mara and to look out for the ‘ Big 5 ‘. Return to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay at the Lodge/Camp.

Check out after breakfast and enjoy an enroute game drive to Nairoibi, Lunch at a Carnivore restaurant at your own account. Later transfer to the airport for your departure flight.