Arrival

On arrival we will meet and transfer you to your hotel. The balance of the day is at leisure.

This morning drive north of the Equator to Samburu, on the edge of Kenya’s semi-desert lands. On today’s game drive see some of the animals and vegetation that are typical of this region such as the Grevy’s Zebra, the Reticulated Giraffe and the Somali Ostrich.

Enjoy a full day of game viewing in this harshly beautiful terrain where wildlife abounds along the Uaso Nyiro River, the park’s only source of drinking water. Also visit Shaba National Reserve, where renowned conservationist George Adamson did his lion research.

Today we head south with a stop at the market town of Nyeri, where Lord Baden-Powell, the founder of the Boy Scouts movement, is buried, before arriving at Mountain Lodge in time for lunch. Spend the afternoon and evening watching the forest animals that come to the Lodge’s waterhole and salt lick which are floodlit at night.

This morning we descend into the Rift Valley to Lake Nakuru National Park. After lunch enjoy a tour of the park to see the masses of flamingos who live on the lake. Besides its many birds, this park is filled with other game as well as being a sanctuary for the black rhino.

Driving across the lunar landscape of the Great Rift Valley we reach Kenya’s best-known game reserve ¬the Maasai Mara. In the afternoon we explore the rolling hills and plains for a wonderful sight of the great numbers of different species of animals found here.

Spend a full day game viewing to look for the park’s more than 60 species of animals, and perhaps see a lion kill. This is where the great migration of the wildebeest takes place at the end of June and extends to early September.

Today we cross the border into Tanzania, and meet our Tanzanian driver. Enjoy a picnic lunch en route to the Lodge situated on the shores of Lake Victoria. The afternoon is free to take optional excursions such as a canoe-trip on Lake Victoria to a fishing village, mountain bike trip through Masamba hills, fishing on Lake Victoria, a lake cruise or a bird walk.
(NOTE: Today’s drive is very long from the Mara Serena Lodge to Speke’s Bay and can take upward of 8+ hours depending on road conditions, game sightings en-route as well as the border crossing time from Kenya into Tanzania at Isebania)

Today we enter the Serengeti Plains game watching all day en route to the lodge.

During morning and afternoon game drives, discover the thrill of encountering the ‘Big 5’ - Lion, Leopard, Elephant, Rhino and Cape Buffalo.

We head for the Ngorongoro Crater, stopping to visit the Olduvpai Gorge, site of archaeological findings, where traces of pre-historic man dating back to 3.5 million years were discovered, and have a picnic en route. After arriving at the lodge the balance of the day is at leisure.

Spend the morning visiting the crater floor. Our 4x4 vehicle takes us down the steep walls of the Caldera into the primeval paradise of woodland, lake, river, swamp and plain that shelter approximately 20,000 animals. Spend the rest of the day at leisure. with optional excursions available.

Arrive at Lake Manyara in time for lunch, then spend the afternoon visiting the park, renowned for a large elephant and buffalo population and flamingo.

After breakfast we drive to Arusha arriving in time for lunch. A day room is available at an additional cost (please contact us for rates).