Ultimate Bush Experience

Full day in the reserve with game drives at 0630hrs and 1600 hrs respectively. Samburu is famous for its rare mammals that only survive north of the equator. These are the gerenuk, reticulated giraffe, beisa Oryx and grevy's zebra. Overnight and dinner at the Camp/Lodge.

Depart after breakfast and drive to the Aberdare Country Club. The Club is the base hotel for your tree hotel - The Ark. Lunch at Aberdare Country Club and at 1430 hrs, transfer to The Ark which is located in the Aberdare National Park, with small overnight bags as most of the luggage is left at the base hotel. The Ark has various decks and balconies for easy viewing and photography of wild game. Dinner and overnight of game viewing at the Camp/Lodge.

After breakfast, transfer back to the base hotel to retrieve rest of your luggage and drive towards the Rift Valley to Lake Nakuru National Park arriving at your lodge in time for lunch. At 1600 hrs, enjoy an afternoon game drive in park that also takes you to the shores of the lake famous for its bird life especially flamingos that form a pink hue across the lake. Overnight at preferred Camp/Lodge.

Depart Nakuru after breakfast and drive through the floor of the Rift Valley to the world famous Maasai Mara game reserve, arriving at your hotel/lodge in time for lunch. At 1600 hrs enjoy an afternoon game drive in the reserve. Overnight at preferred Camp/Lodge.

Full day in the reserve with both morning and afternoon game drives at 0630 hrs and 1600 hrs mid morning and early afternoon at leisure respectively and in the course of the day you can plan with your guide to visit the Maasai village to experience the local cultural life. The Mara is the northern extension of the Serengeti and its rolling plains are home to hundreds of plains game together with predators that feed on them. Considered by many to be Kenya's finest game reserve, the 650sq miles of the Maasai Mara adjoin Tanzania's well known Serengeti, forming one ecosystem. The open rolling savannah grassland of the Mara is the home of numerous wildlife species including elephant, rhino, lion, cheetah, leopard, hyena, jackal, buffalo, eland, topi, impala, gazelle, warthog and zebra. From June to September, the annual Wildebeest migration takes place when thousands of these animals sweep across the plain and seek out new grazing grounds. Overnight at preferred Camp/Lodge.

Depart the Mara after breakfast and drive back to Nairobi arriving early afternoon. Lunch at the Carnivore restaurant. The Carnivore is justifiably referred to as Africa’s Greatest Eating Experience. Twice voted amongst the world’s 50 best restaurants by UK based Restaurant magazine, the Carnivore is an amazing open-air meat specialty restaurant that has strikingly different food service and atmosphere to any other restaurant in Kenya. Whole joints of meat - legs of lamb and pork, haunches of exotic meat, rumps of beef, racks of lamb, spare ribs, sausages, chicken wings, skewered kidneys, even crocodile, and other tasty morsels - are roasted on traditional Maasai swords over a huge, visually spectacular charcoal pit that dominates the entrance of the restaurant. After lunch spend the afternoon at own leisure as you await for your transfer to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport for your flight.