DAY 1: NAIROBI SERENA HOTEL, NAIROBI  

Nairobi

Situated in along the Nairobi River in beautiful Kenya, the capital of Nairobi is East Africa’s most cosmopolitan city. It serves as an excellent starting point for African safari trips around Kenya. Nairobi is Africa’s 4th largest city and is a vibrant and exciting place, and although it has developed a reputation which keeps tourist visits brief, there are some fascinating attractions: its cafe culture, unbridled nightlife, the National Museum, the Karen Blixen Museum, the Giraffe Centre and most notably just 20 minutes from the city centre wild lions and buffalo roam in the world’s only urban game reserve. Make sure you pay a visit to the Elephant orphanage operated by the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust.

Day Itinerary

Arrival at Jomo Kenyatta Airport, met and greet, assisted by AMA Safaris representative. Transfer to your hotel. Rest of the day at leisure.

Overnight: Nairobi Serena Hotel   

The Nairobi Serena Hotel is nestled among lush gardens at the edge of Nairobi’s Central Park. The elegant guest rooms include satellite TV, minibars, coffee and tea making stations, free daily newspapers, and free Wi-Fi. With three on-site restaurants, a coffee bar and a pool bar serving drinks, guests are spoilt for choice when it comes to dining. Guests can enjoy leisurely strolls through the large grounds, have a splash in the heated pool, or enjoy relaxing massages and treatments at the Maisha Spa and Health Club.

Basis

Bed and Breakfast

DAY 2: GIRAFFE MANOR, NAIROBI    

Nairobi

As previously described

Day Itinerary

Breakfast at the Hotel and check out.

Pick up by our guide for your full day excursion to Daphne Sheldricks, Karen Blixen and Giraffe Centre with lunch and check in at Giraffe Manor. Dinner and overnight at the Giraffe Manor

Overnight: Giraffe Manor   

Giraffe Manor is an exclusive boutique hotel, set in 12 acres of private land within 140 acres of indigenous forest in the Langata suburb of Nairobi. This elegant, personally hosted hotel is famous for its herd of resident Rothschild’s giraffe who visit morning and evening, poking their long necks into the windows in the hope of a treat. With its stately façade, elegant interior, verdant green gardens, sunny terraces, and delightful courtyards, Giraffe Manor offers a rich blend of comfortable accommodation and highly trained and friendly staff. It is the only place in the world where you can enjoy the breathtaking experience of feeding and photographing a giraffe over the breakfast table or at the front door.

Basis

Fully Inclusive – Bed, All Meals, Fees and Activities

DAY 3: ELEPHANT BEDROOM CAMP, SAMBURU NATIONAL RESERVE   

Samburu National Reserve

Resting on the banks of the Ewaso Ng’iro River and neighbouring the Buffalo Springs National Park, Samburu National Reserve is remote, hot and arid. The reserve spans over 165km² of spectacularly scenic landscape featuring rugged hills, undulating plains and riverine forests. The park is home to abundant wildlife including a variety of rare species such as the reticulated giraffe, the long necked gerenuk, Somali ostrich, Grevy’s Zebra and Beisa Oryx. Samburu was one of the homes of ‘Elsa the Lioness’, star of the best selling book and award-winning movie ‘Born Free’. Visitors can enjoy viewing over 900 elephants, a variety of predators, and over 450 bird species.

Day Itinerary

0700hrs – Transfer from Giraffe Manor to Wilson airport for your morning scheduled flight to Samburu departing at 1020hrs. Samburu National Reserve is rugged and remote, providing some of the best and most unique wildlife species from the Zebras to the antelopes.

1130hrs – On arrival, met by a AMA Safaris safari guide at the airstrip for an en route game drive to the camp for check in and lunch.

1600hrs– Afternoon game drive in the reserve until sunset when you return to camp for dinner and overnight.

Overnight: Elephant Bedroom Camp         

Set on the banks of the Ewaso Nyiro River in Samburu National Reserve surrounded by doum palms and other beautiful indigenous trees and shrubs sits this small and exclusive camp of 12 luxury tents – all furnished in rustic African style while offering all the comforts expected of a luxury Camp (hot & cold running water, electricity and herbal products).

The lounge and dining area offer vibrant safari colours with original oil paintings, soft intimate lighting designed to relax guests returning from an exciting game drive. Huge herds of elephant, prides of lion or the solitary leopard amongst other game are regular visitors around the camp providing excellent game viewing in spectacular scenic background of rugged rolling hills.

Dining is a culinary experience with al-fresco breakfast, 3 course lunch and 4 course candle lit gourmet dinner set either under the African sky or inside the well appointed dining area.

Basis

Full Board – Dinner, Bed, Breakfast and Lunch

DAY 4: ELEPHANT BEDROOM CAMP, SAMBURU NATIONAL RESERVE   

Day Itinerary

All day spent in the Samburu National Reserve with morning and afternoon game drive.

All meals and overnight Elephant Bedroom Camp

Basis

Full Board – Dinner, Bed, Breakfast and Lunch

DAY 5: FAIRMONT MOUNT KENYA SAFARI CLUB, NANYUKI        

Nanyuki

This small equatorial town is a popular thoroughfare for hikers climbing Mount Kenya via the Burguret or Sirimon routes, and consequently has a wide array of accommodation options and a few good restaurants, including Barney’s, known for its fine cuisine, and the Trout Tree, housed inside the trunk of an enormous tree and serving several variations of this freshwater fish.

The town boasts excellent views of the mountain, while the surrounding region encompasses several reserves, including Mount Kenya National Park, Samburu National Reserve, Sweetwaters Game Reserve, Lewa Wildlife Conservancy and Shaba National Reserve.

Day Itinerary

0700hrs – After breakfast and check out, drive to Olpejeta sanctuary arriving for lunch and game drive before driving to Mt Kenya Safari Club for your overnight. Dinner at the Safari Club.

Overnight: Fairmont Mount Kenya Safari Club    

With magnificent views of majestic Mount Kenya, the Fairmont Mount Kenya Safari Club Resort’s 120 luxuriously appointed hotel rooms, set in over 100 acres of landscaped gardens, offer a unique blend of comfort, relaxation and adventure. Originally the retreat of movie star and Club founder, William Holden, the Club’s illustrious former members have included Winston Churchill and Bing Crosby.

For those who wish to spend time relaxing at the Mount Kenya Safari Club, there are many Nanyuki recreational activities available: horseback riding, golf, croquet, a bowling green, table tennis, swimming, an animal orphanage and much more. To be able to relax and appreciate the superb setting, the personal attention lavished on all our visitors, the numerous activities and superb cuisine, one night is just not enough.

Fairmont Mount Kenya Safari Club is the ideal base for a truly superb holiday in Nanyuki, Kenya. With some of the country’s finest attractions on the doorstep, visitors to the resort can enjoy an enormous range of excursions and activities without spending hours and even days traveling between each. Making it one of the most truly best hotels in Kenya.

Basis

Full Board – Dinner, Bed, Breakfast and Lunch

DAY 6: LAKE ELMENTEITA SERENA CAMP, LAKE ELMENTEITA        

Lake Elmenteita

Elmenteita, meaning ‘place of dust’, is a small soda lake which attracts many visiting flamingos. It has been named as a World Heritage Site for its prolific birdlife. This is where Kenya’s most famous settler Lord Delamere lived and he was responsible for much of Kenya’s early agricultural experimentation in the fertile area, the area is still inhabited by some of his descendants. The shores are often alive with wildlife and the surrounding forests are perfect for long walks and birding. Visitors can look forward to visiting the Kekopey hot springs, spotting over 400 bird species and game viewing along the lake’s edge, which is abundant with eland, kudu, zebra, gazelle, and warthog families.

Day Itinerary

Breakfast at the hotel followed by the hotel check out

0800hrs – Drive past the Aberdares mountain range to the floor of the Great Rift Valley, destination Soysambu Ranch where the well-appointed Lake Elementaita Serena is located. The ecosystem, is part of the Great Rift Valley and with the presence of the alkaline lake, Elementaita supports lots of bird life as well as lots of plains game. Lunch at your camp. Afternoon game drive in the Soysambu conservancy.

Overnight: Lake Elmenteita Serena Camp

Lake Elmenteita Serena Camp is located in Kenya’s Soysambu Conservancy and features spectacular views of the surrounding volcanoes. Accommodation is available in deluxe tents and flamingo suites which feature a balcony and modern amenities, including free Wi-Fi, satellite TV, mini-fridges, and mosquito nets.

Guests may enjoy a meal in the central dining room or outdoors in the bush while watching the sunset. The camp features a beautiful outdoor swimming pool where guests can relax and enjoy the African sun. A massage service is available on-site and offers a variety of luxurious treatments.

Basis

Full Board – Dinner, Bed, Breakfast and Lunch

DAY 7: SANCTUARY OLONANA CAMP, MASAI MARA  

Masai Mara

The Masai Mara together with Tanzania’s Serengeti form Africa’s most famous wildlife reserve and park respectively, the Masai Mara National Reserve. The image of acacia trees dotting endless grass plains epitomises Africa for many, then add a Maasai warrior and some cattle to the picture and the conversation need go no further.

The undeniable highlight of the Masai Mara is undoubtedly the annual wildebeest migration traversing the vast plains of the Serengeti and the Masai Mara. It is known as the largest mass movement of land mammals on the planet – with more than a million animals following the rains.

Large prides of lions, elephants, giraffes, gazelles and eland can also be spotted in the reserve. Aside from horse riding safaris and traditional vehicle safaris, hot-air ballooning over the Mara plains has become almost essential.

Day Itinerary

Breakfast at the Camp.

0700hrs – Drive to the Masai Mara offering wonderful scenery and plenty of game. It is perhaps the only region left in Kenya where the visitor may see animals in the same super-abundance as existed a century ago.

Arrive in time for lunch and check in. Afternoon game drive in the Mara reserve until dusk. Dinner and overnight at Olonana Camp

Overnight: Sanctuary Olonana Camp        

Sanctuary Olonana is an exceptional luxury safari lodge set on a private stretch of the Mara River in the heart of Kenya’s most famous game reserve, the Masai Mara.

Featuring 14 glass-sided suites, Sanctuary Olonana is inspired by the Masai Mara’s breath-taking natural wonders, an abundance of wildlife, and a dramatic river which runs right past its forest setting. Game drives, cultural visits, bush dinners, sundowners, scenic flights and balloon rides, Olonana makes for a wonderful African safari.

From the chef’s organic garden, to the use of sustainable energy sources, Sanctuary Olonana sets a new standard with its light environmental ‘footprint’. Over the years Sanctuary Olonana has also built strong relationships with the local Maasai tribes by working with them to improve their level of health-education and lifestyle, and securing unrivalled access to their culture and local knowledge.

This luxury safari lodge is an exclusive hideaway complete with a swimming pool and glass-sided suites, 3 of which feature an extra bedroom, perfect for families. For wildlife lovers, this is one of the best places in East Africa to witness the spectacle that is the wildebeest migration.

Basis

Full Board – Dinner, Bed, Breakfast and Lunch

DAY 8: SANCTUARY OLONANA CAMP, MASAI MARA  

Day Itinerary

{0500hrs Early morning balloon ride with champagne-style breakfast.}

Early wake up call and transfer to launching site to tale off on hot air balloon over the great Mara plains.

Breakfast cooked from the balloon burners will be served at the landing point. After this experience , you will be dropped off back at the camp to spend at leisure or you may proceed for mid morning game drive.
Lunch will be served at Camp.

Afternoon game viewing drive until sunset. Dinner and overnight at Camp.

Basis

Full Board – Dinner, Bed, Breakfast and Lunch

DAY 9: END OF ITINERARY       

Day Itinerary

Breakfast at the camp. Check out and transfer to the local airstrip for your morning schedule flight departing at 1100hrs to Nairobi.

1215hrs – On arrival, met by our safari guide and transferred to Jomo Kenyatta Airport for your onward arrangement.

Basis

Breakfast