UPMARKET SAFARIS IN KENYA

• Best Kenya Wildlife Safari - 14 Days / 13 Nights
• Best Of Kenya Wildlife Camping Adventure Safari -12 Days/ 11 Nights
• Best Budget Camping Safari in Kenya - 12 Days / 11 Nights
• Best Couple wildlife safari-8 Days / 7 Nights
• Rift Valley & Kenya Highlands Camping Adventure -7 Days / 6 Nights
• Best Couple Wildlife Camping Safari in Kenya -6 Days / 5 Nights
• Best Wildlife Safari in Kenya – 4 Days / 3 Nights

Best Kenya wildlife Safari-14 Days / 13 Nights

Highlights: This is a budget camping adventure which starts from Nairobi and ends in Nairobi. You will be able to visit the 7Th wonders of the World Maasai Mara from Nairobi then proceed to Nakuru National Park and then to Samburu National Park. You will stay in tents or Guest houses at the various campsites within the Maasai Mara National Reserve, Nakuru National Park and Samburu National Park. (Maasai Mara - Naivasha - Nakuru - Bogoria -Baringo - Samburu - Mount Kenya - Amboseli - Tsavo West - Tsavo East - Nairobi Or Mombasa)

Itinerary:

Day 1: Nairobi - Maasai Mara

On arrival at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, or if you are staying in a Nairobi City Hotel, our tour manager will meet you and brief you on your safari, and thereafter depart Nairobi for Masai Mara Game Reserve, picnic lunch en-route. On arrival proceed to the campsite .After a short rest proceed for a game drive in search of black maned lions, elephants, leopards, cheetah, buffalos and other plains game.

Return to the camp for dinner and overnight.

Day 2: Maasai Mara

Early breakfast followed by a full day of game drive within the reserve.

Masai Mara is renowned for its high animal concentration and abundance. Black-maned lions, elephants and buffalo can be seen (3 out of the big 5) though luck is essential for spotting leopard and rhino, which make the other two. The reserve is essentially the northern extension of Tanzania's Serengeti National Park and is home to numerous plains game including wildebeest, common zebra and the Maasai giraffe as well as antelopes like Thompson's gazelle, hartebeest, impala and dik dik among others. You will have a break for your picnic lunch at the hippo pool where hippos are in view and with luck, crocodiles.

Return to the campsite for dinner and overnight.

Day 3: Maasai Mara

Morning game viewing in the Mara with an option nature walk or visit to a nearby Maasai village in between the meal breaks. (Maasai village visit available at extra cost).

It is estimated half of the world's surviving population of mountain gorillas -300 live within Bwindi and Mgahinga boundaries. Bwindi National Park is located in the southwestern part of the country at the edges of Kigezi Highlands once known as Switzerland of Africa before the drop of the Western Rift Valley. Both National Parks offer a dramatic steeply forested landscape and are incredibly dense, but crisscrossed by numerous animal trails allowing access to tourists. Among the gorilla families that live in this forest have been habituated for tourism and although trekking may be strenuous the viewing of the gorillas in their natural habitat is an experience long to be savored. Apart from the gorillas, there are a variety of primates to be seen including the blue monkeys, red tailed monkeys, and black & white colobus monkeys. The great blue turacos are often seen and even for a non bird watcher they are marvelous sight.

Dinner and overnight at Camp site.

Day 4: Maasai Mara - Naivasha

After breakfast, depart for Lake Naivasha. After lunch, visit Hells Gate National Park and the geothermal power plant.

OR

Optional Balloon Flight

You can opt to carry out your game viewing activity on an adventurous and unforgettable balloon flight over the spectacular Mara at an extra cost. This package includes a champagne drink in the wild.

Proceed to Fisherman's camp for dinner and overnight.

Day 5: Lake Naivasha - Lake Nakuru

Depart after breakfast and drive to the home of millions of flamingos and the home of the white rhino and about 350 different species of birds.

It is known as: ORNITHOLOGICAL PARADISE.Lake Nakuru is a soda lake on the floor of the Rift valley. It is famous due to its being a home to about 1.5 million flamingo's and the over 450 species of birds found here. The sight of the millions of flamingos is quite spectacular. From a distance the lake appears ringed in pink. The Lake has also earned a reputation as an important haven for endangered species - particularly the Rothschild Giraffe and the black and white rhino. It is a home to Lions, waterbucks, buffalos, baboons and pelicans.

Dinner and Overnight at a Campsite.

Day 6: Lake Bogoria -Lake Baringo

After breakfast, drive to Lake Bogoria where the hot water springs abound and plenty of medicinal springs. After lunch, visit Lake Baringo. At an extra cost, have one hour boat ride which enables you to see hippos at a close range.

Dinner and overnight at a Campsite

Day 7: Nakuru - Samburu

After breakfast, depart for Samburu via the Thompson falls. Lunch en-route, arriving late afternoon.

Dinner and overnight at a campsite.

Day 8: Samburu

After breakfast, depart for an early morning game drive. Return to a camp for lunch. At 04.00 pm. You will be taken for another game drive till dusk.

Samburu National Reserve is a wildlife haven. Here you will spot Africa's big cats - lions, cheetahs and the elusive leopard. Some animals are unique to this northern Kenya Park: Grevy's zebra, reticulated giraffe, kudu and gerenuk. The Ewaso Nyiro River, the boundary with the neighboring Buffalo Springs National Reserve, is where the elephants, buffalo and other animal species gather for a drink. You will find the scenic semiarid landscape quite dramatic. The reserve is located within the lands of the colourful semi-nomadic Samburu tribesmen.

Dinner and overnight at a campsite.

Day 9: Samburu - Mount Kenya

After breakfast, depart Samburu for Mount Kenya (Nanyuki) arriving in time for lunch. After lunch, visit the Mau Mau caves (where Kenyan Freedom Fighters could hide from the British Troops during the struggle for Independence).

Mount Kenya National Park: The national park around Mt Kenya is very different from all others. For one thing, the protected area only starts at a height of 3,300meters above sea level and because of the rough mountain country is unsuitable for a motor safari. For another, although many animals live here (e.g. Elephants, Buffaloes) you do not see many of them except at the water hole by the mountain lodge where particularly at night many animals can be observed. The unique vegetation and fantastic scenery attract mountaineers and botanists who can plunge through mountain forests draped with lianas, bamboo and fields of giant heather before coming to the Alpine moorland, bizarre volcanic formations and finally, the eternal ice and glaziers of the summit region.

Dinner and overnight at a tented camp.

Day 10: Mount Kenya - Amboseli via Nairobi

After breakfast, drive south via the biggest open-air market in East and Central Africa (Karatina). Proceed to Nairobi arriving in time for lunch in one of the restaurants Flame tree or Carnivore. Continue to Amboseli via Kenya/Tanzania border (Namanga) arriving in Amboseli late in the afternoon. An evening game viewing drive will be done if time allows.

Dinner and overnight at a campsite.

Day 11: Amboseli

Early morning game drives before breakfast. After breakfast have a whole day game viewing.

Amboseli National Park has the combination of scenery, people and animals is what makes the Amboseli national park of fascinating. Beautifully situated at the foot of the towering Kilimanjaro, it Is the home of the brightly painted Maasai tribe, here you can see lions , cheetahs, spotted hyenas and wild dogs as well as gnus , Kaffir buffaloes , Burch ells zebras and herds of elephants . All these animals come to drink at water holes consisting of small lakes or muddy ponds kept filled up by water from the melting snows of Kilimanjaro. The northern lake Amboseli contains water only after rain.

Optional: Maasai Village visit Nature walk OR Swimming in one of the lodges pools (all at extra cost).

Return to campsite for dinner and overnight.

Day 12: Amboseli - Tsavo West

After breakfast, drive via Chyullu hills to Tsavo West National Park, arriving in time for lunch. Afternoon game viewing drive and a visit to Mzima Springs; (The source of drinking water for Mombasa).

Return for dinner and overnight at a campsite.

Day 13: Tsavo West - Tsavo East

After breakfast, drive to Tsavo East National Park which is renowned for its large numbers of Elephants and the famous Man Eating Lions (during the building of the Kenya / Uganda Railway in 1890).

Tsavo East and Tsavo West, both national parks are managed separately but together they form the largest reserve in East Africa. The northern part of Tsavo east may not however be visited by tourists. Nevertheless the Tsavo national park founded in 1947 is one of the most visited tourist attraction in Kenya. In spite of its arid countryside and savannah vegetation about 60species of mammals and 400 different species of birds are to be found here. The Tsavo is particularly famous because of its dramatic scenery and the Red Elephants which owe their colors to the dust prevalent in this area as well as lions and cheetahs. There are many antelopes (Oryx, kudus, giants gazelles and giraffe) Burchell's zebras, Masai giraffes baboons and vervet monkeys of the birds the most impressive is the Maasai ostrich. Where there is water such as at Mzima springs, crocodiles and hippos can also be seen.

Lunch on arrival. Game viewing drive follows after lunch till dusk.

Dinner and Overnight at a campsite.

Day 14: Tsavo East - Nairobi or Mombasa

After breakfast and your final game drive, return to Nairobi or proceed to Mombasa for further vacation at the coast.

End of Safari

Cost: US$ 4900 per person.

Package Includes:
• all game parks or national parks entrance fees
• all game drives in the various parks accompanied by our professional English-speaking driver cum guide
• transport by comfortable safari vehicles with hatch-roofs
• all campsite fees
• all camping equipment (except sleeping bags)
• accommodation in the campsite
• three sumptuous meals per day whilst on safari, prepared and served by our cook

Package Excludes:
- Hot air Balloon flight in Maasai Mara -US$ 425 per person extra
(Price is subject to confirmation at the time of booking.)
- Tips to driver guide, cook and porter.
- Extras at the lodges -tips, drinks, telephone, laundry etc
- Items of personal expenses

Best Of Kenya Wildlife Camping Adventure Safari -12 Days/ 11 Nights

Highlights: This is a budget camping adventure which starts from Nairobi and ends in Nairobi. You will be able to visit the 7Th wonders of the World Maasai Mara from Nairobi then proceed to Nakuru National Park and then to Samburu National Park. You will stay in tents or Guest houses at the various campsites within the Maasai Mara National Reserve , Nakuru National Park and Samburu National Park.

Itinerary:

Day 1: Nairobi - Maasai Mara

On arrival at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, or if you are staying in a Nairobi City Hotel, our tour manager will meet you and brief you on your safari, and thereafter depart for the Masai Mara Game Reserve with stops at the viewpoint of the Great Rift Valley and Narok town for lunch and refueling. Arrive in time for a late afternoon / early evening game drive enroute to a campsite for dinner and overnight.

Day 2: Maasai Mara

Early breakfast then proceed for a full day of game viewing in the reserve.
The day will be taken up tracking game with your guide though there will be a break for a picnic lunch at the hippo pool.

The abundance and variety of game in this reserve is nothing short of amazing. Practically every mammal can be seen in the Mara with a few exceptions. Various antelopes, scavengers like hyena and vulture are common. The reserve contains all the cats that are; lion, cheetah and leopard; sighting leopard needs luck more than just being there but lions are abundant and there are excellent chances for spotting cheetah. The hippo pool is a popular spot to watch out for hippos; with luck, you may catch crocodile basking on the rocks. Elephants, buffalo, the Maasai giraffe, wildebeest and the common zebra abound.

Return to the campsite for dinner and overnight.

Day 3: Masai Mara

After breakfast proceed on another game-viewing session. After lunch you will have the option to go for a game drive or at extra cost, visit a nearby Maasai village to see their nomadic lifestyle. Both activities will end at the campsite in the mid evening where you will retire for the night after dinner.

Day 4: Masai Mara -Nakuru

Maasai Mara Balloon (Optional)
0630 hrs- early morning game drive - if you still want to go for more

OR

Take the opportunity to fly over the Mara in a Hot air Balloon provided at an extra cost. The balloon package includes a champagne breakfast in the wild! If you can spare the money, viewing abundant game afloat a balloon is an unforgettable experience.

After breakfast, depart the Mara region for Nakuru. The drive offers panoramic views of Mount Longonot and Lake Naivasha from afar; this means that you will see them from the main highway. Arrive at Nakuru in time for dinner and overnight at a campsite.

Day 5: Lake Nakuru / Samburu

Wake up to an early morning game drive in Lake Nakuru National Park.

Flamingos and other water birds that thrive in a salt-water environment can be seen. With luck you may track the white rhino and the Rothschild’s giraffe which both have endangered species status. The park is 188 km and is home to cats (both lion and leopard), various antelopes, and grazers like warthog and the waterbuck and Cape buffalo that breed near the shoreline. After the game drive, depart Nakuru for Samburu via the Thompson falls, which are named after Joseph Thompson, one of the first European explorers who walked from Mombasa to Lake Victoria in the 1880’s. Lunch will be at Nanyuki, which is at the foothills of Mount Kenya.

Arrive at Samburu in the evening, with a game drive enroute to the campsite where you will retire for the night after dinner.

Day 6: Samburu

Morning and afternoon game drives in Samburu with a lunch and leisure break in the mid afternoon.

The reserve is home to rare drought resistant animals that are peculiar to the semi-arid region north of the equator. These include the reticulated giraffe, grevy’s zebra, the Beisa Oryx, gerenuk and the blue-shanked Somali ostrich. Samburu is dry most of the year but is watered by the Ewaso Nyiro River, which rises in the Aberdare’s and drains in the Lorian swamp north of Shaba National Reserve.

All meals and overnight at a campsite.

Day 7: Samburu - Mount Kenya

After breakfast, leave Samburu for Mount Kenya (Nanyuki) arriving in time for lunch. After lunch, visit the Mau Mau caves (where Kenyan Freedom Fighters could hide from the British Troops during the struggle for Independence).

Mount Kenya National Park: The national park around Mt Kenya is very different from all others. For one thing, the protected area only starts at a height of 3,300meters above sea level and because of the rough mountain country is unsuitable for a motor safari. For another, although many animals live here (e.g. Elephants, Buffaloes) you do not see many of them except at the water hole by the mountain lodge where particularly at night many animals can be observed. The unique vegetation and fantastic scenery attract mountaineers and botanists who can plunge through mountain forests draped with lianas, bamboo and fields of giant heather before coming to the Alpine moorland, bizarre volcanic formations and finally, the eternal ice and glaziers of the summit region.

Dinner and overnight at a budget hotel / lodge.

Day 8: Mount Kenya - Amboseli via Nairobi

After breakfast, drive south via the biggest open-air market in East and Central Africa (Karatina). Proceed to Nairobi arriving in time for lunch in one of the restaurants. Continue to Amboseli via Kenya/Tanzania border (Namanga) arriving in Amboseli in the late afternoon. An evening game viewing drive.

Dinner and overnight at a campsite.

Day 9: Amboseli

After breakfast, proceed on a game drive in this park, which lies in a dried-up lakebed. Mount Kilimanjaro, which give permanent water to the wildlife.

The animals seen here include There are swamps and springs fed by underground rivers from the melting snows of lion, elephant, cheetah, buffalo, plains game and the rare Taita weaver and the gerenuk. The animals are mainly found around the Ol Kenya swamp. If the weather is clear and there is no low cloud cover, you may see the peak of Mount Kilimanjaro, which forms a beautiful backdrop to the park. The observation hill offers a view of the entire park and beyond.

An afternoon game drive will follow after lunch. Dinner and overnight at a campsite.

Day 10: Amboseli - Tsavo West

After breakfast, depart Amboseli for Tsavo West National Park, lunch enroute.

You will visit the Shaitani Lava flows as the area where the park lies is of volcanic origin. The Mzima Springs which contain 20 million tonnes of crystal - clear water from the underground streams of the nearby Chyullu Hills are an additional attraction; various aspects of marine life including hippos, crocodile and fish can be seen from the specially constructed underground glass tank. The animal species seen at Tsavo are hippo, crocodiles, elephant, gazelle, zebra, giraffe, various birds, buffalo, and kudu in a thick acacia setting.

Dinner and overnight at a campsite.

Day 11: Tsavo West - Tsavo East

A morning game drive will follow after breakfast and probably view the rock hyrax, squirrels and mongooses as the park contains a large population of these. Depart for Tsavo East National Park, lunch enroute at Voi safari lodge.

Here, only the section south of the Gallana River is open to the public for game drives; the rest of the park serves as a wilderness for the animals to retreat into. Here the dried up Aruba dam can be seen plus crocodiles at the crocodile view point below the Lugard falls.

Dinner and overnight at a campsite.

Day 12: Tsavo East - Nairobi

After breakfast, your final game drive will follow during which you may see plains game; zebra, antelope, lesser kudu, ostrich and large herds of elephant. Lunch will be taken enroute. Arrive in Nairobi in the evening for your departure flight.

Package Includes:
• all game parks or national parks entrance fees
• all game drives in the various parks accompanied by our professional English-speaking driver cum guide
• transport by comfortable safari vehicles with hatch-roofs
• all campsite fees
• all camping equipment (except sleeping bags)
• accommodation in the campsite
• three sumptuous meals per day whilst on safari, prepared and served by our cook

Package Excludes:
- Hot air Balloon flight in Maasai Mara US$ 425 per person extra
(Price is subject to confirmation at the time of booking.)
- Tips to driver guide, cook and porter.
- Extras at the lodges,tips, drinks, telephone, laundry etc
- Items of personal expenses

Best Budget Camping Safari in Kenya - 12 Days / 11 Nights

Trip Highlights: This is a ten days camping safari into some of the best wildlife sanctuaries in Kenya. This trip will start at Kenyatta International Airport after your arrival, take you through to the panoramic Rift Valley; the only earth feature observable from space and on to the Masai Mara, scene of the greatest spectacle of the animal kingdom - the annual migration of thousands of wildebeest. You will be able to see plenty of wildlife varying from Kenya's big five; the lion, elephant, rhino, buffalo, and the leopard among a host of other different animal species. You will stay in tented camps while on this safari.

Itinerary:

Day 1: Nairobi-Maasai Mara Game Reserve

On your arrival, you will be met by our tour manager who will brief you on your safari as you depart for Maasai Mara Game Reserve, through the Rift Valley, arriving early enough for your lunch at Big Time Camp. After lunch you will then proceed for an afternoon Game drive till dusk.

The Masai Mara National Reserve as one of the most popular tourist destinations in Kenya covers an area of over 1,500 sq. km. it is located in the Great Rift valley in an open primarily grassland where wildlife tends to be most concentrated on the reserves western escarpment. The swampy land provides more access to water and less access to tourists. The Eastern end is closest to Nairobi and hence easier to access by tourists.

Dinner and overnight at Big Time Camp or similar.

Day 2: Maasai Mara Game Reserve

Early in the morning you will go for a pre-breakfast Game viewing followed by breakfast. After breakfast you will drive, you will be taken for a Game drive and there after lunch go for an afternoon Game drive till dusk when you will go back to the camp site.

The Maasai Mara, now The New 7the wonder of the world and 4th preferred tourist destination in the world is a home to wildlife in such abundance and variety that it is difficult to imagine. The most spectacular event of the natural world takes place here; The annual migration of millions of wildebeest and zebra from the Serengeti (Tanzania) in search of water and pasture while being followed on their heels by the predators of the savanna; lion, cheetah, wild dog, jackal, hyena and vultures.It hosts over 450 species of animals which include lions, rhinos, hippos, crocodiles, giraffe, wildebeests, zebras, buffalo, warthogs, hyenas, jackals, wild dogs, buffalo, leopard, many kinds of antelopes and elephants.

Dinner and overnight at Big Time Camp or similar.

Day 3: Maasai Mara Game Reserve

Experience the magical Masai Mara; with morning and afternoon Game drives, taking your packed lunch in the drive.

The wildebeests are the most dominant inhabitants of the Masai Mara. Their numbers are estimated in the millions. The great migration starts in July each year when well over one million wildebeest along with large numbers of Thompson's gazelles, zebra and other herbivores migrate from the Serengeti plains in Tanzania to fresh pastures in the north and then back south again in October.

Dinner and overnight at Big Time Camp or similar.

Day 4: Maasai Mara Game Reserve

In the morning you will be taken for a pre-breakfast game drive followed by breakfast. There after a morning and an afternoon Game drives the whole day.

OR

Optional Balloon Flight
You can opt to carry out your game viewing activity on an adventurous and unforgettable balloon flight over the spectacular Mara at an extra cost. This package includes a champagne drink in the wild.

Dinner and overnight at Big Time camp or similar.

Day 5: Maasai Mara Game Reserve

Leave the camp early for a pre-breakfast Game viewing, and a breakfast there after. At mid-morning you will be taken for another Game drive and later after lunch take a drive to the Masai villages; get to learn their way of living and culture.

The Masai are so significant due to their culture. Starting from their dress code, the color red is so significant in that they scare away wild animals as they co-exist with them. They believe that God, Enkai, gave them cattle, therefore they believe that all the cattle belongs to them. That's the reason why they have been known due to their cattle rustling. Although the Maasai are known for their nomadic life and cattle keeping, they is a group of agricultural Maasai, known as IL Loikop, are look down upon by the cattle keeping group, the Wakwavi since they believe they are the true Maasais created to keep cattle. A Maasai Homestead (enkang popularly known as the Manyattas) is made from cow dung and wooden sticks from the leleshwa plant. Women are the ones responsible for putting up these magnificent homes. However, a homestead contains several Maasai houses which are surrounded by a fence made also by branches of the leleshwa plant where the herds of goats and cows are confined in during the night hours. There are other Manyattas made far away in the wilderness during their Morans as they prepare their headset, the motonyik, before they return home.

Dinner and overnight at Big Time camp or similar.

Day 6: Maasai Mara Game Reserve-Samburu Game Reserve

After your breakfast check out and depart for Samburu Game Reserve, arriving in time for your lunch and there after a Game drive till dusk.

Samburu National Reserve is a wildlife haven. Here you will spot Africa's big cats - lions, cheetahs and the elusive leopard. Some animals are unique to this northern Kenya Park: Gravy’s zebra, reticulated giraffe, kudu and gerenuk. The Ewaso Nyiro River, the boundary with the neighboring Buffalo Springs National Reserve, is where the elephants, buffalo and other animal species gather for a drink. You will find the scenic semiarid landscape quite dramatic. The reserve is located within the lands of the colourful semi-nomadic Samburu tribesmen.

Dinner and overnight at Ashnil Camp.

Day 7: Samburu Game Reserve

Take a pre-breakfast Game viewing followed by a breakfast in the camp site, then a morning and afternoon Game drives the whole day. Harsh but beautiful, this reserve harbors many species of animals not found in the more lush parks of the south.

Another exploration of this harshly beautiful reserve where game bounds, especially in the forest fringes of the Ewaso Nyiro River which flows gently through the dry landscape. Lunch is followed by an afternoon leisure, perhaps by the pool. Dinner and overnight at your lodge or camp.

Dinner and overnight at Ashnil Camp.

Day 8: Samburu Game Reserve

You will leave the camp for a pre-breakfast Game drive. After breakfast leave Samburu for Naro Moru river lodge (picnic lunch) drop off clients who want to remain behind for climbing Mt Kenya after proceed for a game drive. These include the resplendent reticulated Giraffe, Gravy's Zebra and the Somali Ostrich.

The reserve is home to rare drought resistant animals that are peculiar to the semi-arid region north of the equator. These include the reticulated giraffe, grevy's zebra, the Beisa Oryx, gerenuk and the blue-shanked Somali ostrich. Samburu is dry most of the year but is watered by the Ewaso Nyiro River, which rises in the Aberdares and drains in the Lorian swamp north of Shaba National Reserve.

Dinner and overnight at Ashnil Camp.

Day 9: Samburu Game Reserve

Pre-breakfast Game viewing. After breakfast depart for morning and an afternoon game drives in this wild but splendid reserve, continue to luxurious Mt. Kenya Safari Club whose immaculately manicured gardens nestle on the forest slopes of the mountains. After the afternoon Game drive you will be free to enjoy the numerous optional facilities of the club which include horseback riding, tennis, golf, bowls, swimming, or just luxuriating in the comfort and beauty of the surroundings.

Samburu is north of the equator and contains rare, drought resistant animal species, which go for long periods of time without water. These include the reticulated giraffe, grevy’s zebra, the blue-shanked Somali ostrich, the gerenuk or giraffe gazelle and the beisa oryx. In the late afternoon (at an extra cost), go for optional activities like having a nature walk, visiting Samburu villages to see the nomadic lifestyle or swimming in the nearby lodges.

Dinner and overnight at Ashnil Camp.

Day 10: Samburu Game Reserve

Pre-breakfast Game drive, breakfast at the camp site then depart for morning Game drive. Take your lunch then go for an afternoon Game drive.

Dinner and overnight at Ashril Camp.

Day 11: Samburu Game Reserve-Mt Kenya National Park

After breakfast check out from the Camp and depart for Mt Kenya Game Reserve, as you view different animal species on the way. Arrive in time for your lunch at Two Tam Camp, and then go for an afternoon Game drive till dusk.

Mount Kenya National Park: The national park around Mt Kenya is very different from all others. For one thing, the protected area only starts at a height of 3,300meters above sea level and because of the rough mountain country is unsuitable for a motor safari. For another, although many animals live here (e.g. Elephants, Buffaloes) you do not see many of them except at the water hole by the mountain lodge where particularly at night many animals can be observed. The unique vegetation and fantastic scenery attract mountaineers and botanists who can plunge through mountain forests draped with lianas, bamboo and fields of giant heather before coming to the Alpine moorland, bizarre volcanic formations and finally, the eternal ice and glaziers of the summit region.

Dinner and overnight at Two Tam Camp.

Day 12: Mt Kenya National Park-Nairobi

You will be taken for a pre-breakfast Game viewing followed by breakfast. There after you will then depart for mountain climbing at Mt Kenya. Afternoon you will have your lunch at the camp site, check out and depart for Nairobi for your departure.

End of Safari.

Cost Includes:
• Accommodation as stipulated in the itinerary
• Transport in custom built mini van
• Services of an English speaking tour driver/guide
• Game viewing drives and parks entrance fees as per itinerary
• All Government taxes and levies

Cost excludes:
• Hot air Balloon flight in Masai Mara US$ 450 per person extra
(Price is subject to confirmation at the time of booking.)
• All items of personal nature e.g. telephone call bills, fax / email bills etc.
• Tips and gratuities to hotel, lodges, camp staff and driver-guide
• Alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks
• Any local or international flight and departure taxes
• Laundry services
• Any other item not included in our itinerary
• Sleeping bag and other toiletries

Rift Valley & Kenya Highlands Camping Adventure -7 Days / 6 Nights

Highlights: This is a budget camping adventure which starts from Nairobi and ends in Nairobi. You will be able to visit the 7Th wonders of the World Maasai Mara from Nairobi then proceed to Nakuru National Park and then to Samburu National Park. You will stay in tents or Guest houses at the various campsites within the Maasai Mara National Reserve , Nakuru National Park and Samburu National Park.

Itinerary:

Day 1: Nairobi - Masai Mara

On arrival at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, or if you are staying in a Nairobi City Hotel, our tour manager will meet you and brief you on your safari, and thereafter depart for Masai Mara Game Reserve via the viewpoint of the Great Rift Valley, lunch enroute. Arrive in time for an evening game drive in this pristine, unequalled big game reserve.

Dinner and overnight at campsite.

Day 2: Masai Mara

This will be a day of tracking game with your guide, after an early breakfast.

The Mara's landscape is scenic savannah grassland on rolling hills, which enables the reserve to attract sufficient rainfall to maintain and support a large population of herbivores, together with the predators that follow. Elephant, lion, buffalo can be seen with relative ease though luck is a necessary factor for spotting rhino and leopard that complete the big five as the two animals are very timid and sparsely numbered. Plains game like wildebeest, zebra and Maasai giraffe abound as well as hippos and a wide variety of antelopes including impala, dik dik, hartebeest, Grants gazelle and Thompson's gazelle among others.

We will cater for a picnic lunch at the hippo pool. In the evening, return to the campsite for dinner and an overnight stay.

Day 3: Masai Mara

After breakfast, another day of tracking game with your guide till dawn.

Maasai Mara National Reserve borders Tanzania's Serengeti National Park and is the annual seasonal scene of the migration of close to 800,000 zebra and wildebeest that occurs between the two parks. In the afternoon there is a choice between a game drive and a nature walk escorted by our armed Maasai guides. At extra cost, you may visit a local Maasai village to see their nomadic lifestyle; the Maasai are famous for their bravery, as they have co-existed with the animals over the years.
All meals and overnight at the campsite.

Day 4: Maasai Mara -Nakuru

Maasai Mara Balloon ( Optional)
0630 hrs- early morning game drive - if you still want to go for more

OR

Take the opportunity to fly over the Mara in a Hot air Balloon provided at an extra cost. The balloon package includes a champagne breakfast in the wild! If you can spare the money, viewing abundant game afloat a balloon is an unforgettable experience.

After breakfast, leave Masai Mara for Nakuru with a stop for lunch enroute, with scenic views of Lake Naivasha and Mount Longonot, which are in the Great Rift from afar on the main highway.

Dinner and overnight at campsite

Day 5: Lake Nakuru - Samburu

After breakfast, a morning game viewing drive will follow in Lake Nakuru National Park, the abode of various water birds that breed in the lakes salty water including flamingos, white pelicans and marabou stork; white rhino may be seen as well as the rare Rothschilds giraffe, cape buffalo and other plains game in this park that is 188 square kilometres.

Depart for Samburu Game Reserve for dinner and overnight at the campsite; via the Thompson Falls, which are named after Joseph Thompson, one of the first European explorers who walked from Mombasa to Lake Victoria in the 1880s.

Lunch and game drive at Nyahururu - enroute.

Day 6: Samburu

Morning and afternoon game viewing drives in Samburu with a lunch and leisure break at the campsite in mid afternoon.

Samburu is north of the equator and contains rare, drought resistant animal species, which go for long periods of time without water. These include the reticulated giraffe, grevys zebra, the blue-shanked Somali ostrich, the gerenuk or giraffe gazelle and the beisa oryx. In the late afternoon (at an extra cost), go for optional activities like having a nature walk, visiting Samburu villages to see the nomadic lifestyle or swimming in the nearby lodges.

Dinner and overnight at campsite.

Day 7: Samburu - Nairobi

After breakfast, depart Samburu for Nairobi, lunch enroute, with scenic views of Mount Kenyas peak if the weather permits. Very pleasant countryside with tea and coffee plantations will be by-passed enroute to Nairobi. Arrive in the evening.

End of Services.

Package Includes:
• all game parks or national parks entrance fees
• all game drives in the various parks accompanied by our professional English-speaking driver cum guide
• transport by comfortable safari vehicles with hatch-roofs
• all campsite fees
• all camping equipment (except sleeping bags)
• accommodation in the campsite
• three sumptuous meals per day whilst on safari, prepared and served by our cook

Package Excludes:
- Hot air Balloon flight in Maasai Mara US$ 425 per person extra
(Price is subject to confirmation at the time of booking.)
- Tips to driver guide, cook and porter.
- Extras at the lodges tips, drinks, telephone, laundry etc
- Items of personal expenses

Best Wildlife Safari in Kenya 4 Days / 3 Nights

Trip highlights: This is a four days safari into one of the best wildlife sanctuaries in Kenya. The trip will start immediately after your arrival at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport onto Maasai Mara National Park through the Great Rift Valley. You will be able to see plenty of wildlife varying from Kenya's big five; the lion, elephant, rhino, buffalo, and the leopard among a host of other different animal species; not to forget the great interest in the park, the migration of wildebeests, making it the seventh wonder. You will travel in private minibus and stay in tented camps or lodges while on this safari.

Itinerary:

Day 1: Arrival - Nairobi -Maasai Mara National Park

On your arrival at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, you will be met by our tour manager who will brief you on your safari as you depart for Maasai Mara National Reserve arriving on time check in at the camp, take your Lunch and then depart for an afternoon Game viewing drive till dusk.

The Maasai Mara National Reserve, now the New 7th wonder of the world and 4th preferred tourist destination in the world is a home to wildlife in such abundance and variety that it is difficult to imagine. The most spectacular event of the natural world takes place here; The annual migration of millions of wildebeest and zebra from the Serengeti (Tanzania) in search of water and pasture while being followed on their heels by the predators of the savanna; lion, cheetah, wild dog, jackal, hyena and vulture. It hosts over 450 species of animals which include lions, rhinos, hippos, crocodiles, giraffe, wildebeests, zebras, buffalo, warthogs, hyenas, jackals, wild dogs, buffalo, leopard, many kinds of antelopes and elephants.

Dinner and overnight at Big Time Camp or similar.

Day 2: Maasai Mara National Park

Depart early in the morning for a pre-breakfast Game Viewing drive followed by breakfast there after at the campsite. Later in the afternoon you will depart for an afternoon Game viewing drive after your lunch till dusk.

The park inhabits a great number of wildebeests migrating from Serengeti National Reserve, Tanzania which makes the park almost the same with the same animal species. Their numbers are estimated in the million as this migration starts in July each year when over one million wildebeest along with large numbers of Thompson’s gazelles, zebra and other herbivores migrate from the Serengeti plains in Tanzania to fresh pastures in the north and then back south again in October.

Dinner and overnight at Big Time Camp or similar.

Day 3: Maasai Mara National park

Pre-breakfast Game viewing drive followed by a morning and an afternoon Game viewing drives the whole day with your lunch enroute. An option of balloon Game viewing is available.

OR

Optional Balloon Flight
You can opt to carry out your game viewing activity on an adventurous and unforgettable balloon flight over the spectacular Mara at an extra cost. This package includes a champagne drink in the wild making it much interesting.

Dinner and overnight at Big Time Camp or similar.

Day 4: Maasai Mara National park- Nairobi.

Depart morning after your breakfast for a visit at the Masai villages and get to learn their culture. Later in the day take your lunch at the campsite, check out and depart for Nairobi where you will get your flight back.

The Masai community is so significant to tourism industry when it comes to their culture. Starting from their dress code, the color red is so significant in that they scare away wild animals as they co-exist with them. They believe that God, Enkai, gave them cattle, therefore they believe that all the cattle belongs to them. That’s the reason why they have been known due to their cattle rustling. Although the Maasai are known for their nomadic life and cattle keeping, there is a group of agricultural Masai, known as IL Loikop, who look down upon by the cattle keeping group, the Wakwavi, since they believe they are the true Maasais created to keep cattle. A Maasai Homestead (enkang popularly known as the Manyattas) is made from cow dung and wooden sticks from the leleshwa plant. Women are the ones responsible for putting up these magnificent homes. However, a homestead contains several Maasai houses which are surrounded by a fence made also by branches of the leleshwa plant where the herds of goats and cows are confined in during the night hours. There are other Manyattas made far away in the wilderness during their Morans as they prepare their headset, the motonyik, before they return home.

End of Safari.

Cost Includes:
-Accommodation as stipulated in the itinerary
-Transport in 4x4 tour mini van
-Services of an English speaking tour driver/guide
-Game viewing drives and parks entrance fees as per itinerary
-All Government taxes and levies

Cost exclude
-Hot air balloon flight in the park- US$ 450 per person extra( Price is subject to confirmation at the time of booking)
-All items of personal nature e.g. telephone call bills, fax / email bills etc.
-Tips and gratuities to hotel, lodges, camp staff and driver- guide.
-Alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks
-Any local or international flight and departure taxes
-Laundry services
-Any other item not included in our itinerary
-Sleeping bag and other toiletries