Full Itinerary
Day 1: Arrive Nairobi, Kenya
Jambo na Karibu! Welcome to Nairobi, or the “place of cool waters” in the Maasai language. After a warm welcome, you’ll be driven to your boutique lodge located on the edge of Nairobi National Park. Overnight at Emakoko
Day 2: Nairobi
Enjoy a morning game drive followed by touring in the sprawling capital city of Nairobi. Overnight at Emakoko
Day 3: Nairobi/ Namunyak Wildlife Conservancy
Your safari takes off with a flight to the Namunyak Wildlife Conservancy in the northern frontier of Kenya. Meet your expert ranger for a game drive and start exploring the conservancy’s dramatic landscape. You’ll be delighted by the varied wildlife that can be spotted here. Be sure to watch for leopard, wild dog and reticulated giraffe. Overnight at Sarara Treehouses
Day 4: Namunyak Wildlife Conservancy
Namunyak is home to the Reteti Elephant Sanctuary. On today’s visit you are paired with an elephant keeper and given a behind the scenes tour of the sanctuary. Watch the elephants as they receive their bottles and play in the mud, all the while learning valuable skills, so that they might be re-introduced into the wild. Cap off the day with a night game drive in search of nocturnal species. Overnight at Sarara Treehouses
Day 5: Namunyak Wildlife Conservancy
Immerse yourself in the culture of the Samburu people. During the dry season visit the unique singing wells to observe the warriors as they chant and collect water for their cattle. Co-existing with the wildlife, this semi-nomadic pastoralist tribe is an intrinsic part of this remote wilderness. Overnight at Sarara Treehouses
Day 6: Namunyak Wildlife Conservancy/ Maasai Mara
Fly to the magical Maasai Mara and your luxurious tented camp. The Mara is the ancestral home to the Maasai people and has the greatest and most diverse concentration of wildlife in Africa today. After settling in, embark on a game drive with your ranger. Overnight at Governors’ Il Moran Camp
Day 7: Maasai Mara
Each day in the Mara will be dramatically different as you take game drives with your expert rangers. Lions, leopards, cheetahs, large numbers of elephants and other plains game, countless birds and smaller animals frequent the Mara’s tree-flecked grasslands. Overnight at Governors’ Il Moran Camp
Day 8: Maasai Mara
Observe the Mara’s cycle of life slowly unfold. Sit quietly for hours observing a day in the life of a pride of Mara lions. Drive along the banks of the Mara River and listen to vocal hippos as they emerge and then sink back below the waters’ surface. Large troops of olive baboons can been seem grooming one another as their infants play and explore. There is no better way to fall asleep than being serenaded by the sounds of nature. Overnight at Governors’ Il Moran Camp
Day 9: Maasai Mara
Soak up your last morning on safari before returning
to Nairobi. This afternoon, enjoy a bit of last minute shopping and lunch. A
day-room is at your disposal until you are transferred to the airport for your
international departure flight.