Kenya Through the Lens

Further exploration of this fascinating reserve continues. This morning you will leave for the morning wildlife safari drives for more interaction with the wildlife. Early mornings are cool, serene, and peaceful. This is when the wild animals are still active before the heat of the day sends them to be hiding. You will return for breakfast and spend the rest of the morning at leisure to enjoy the camp’s/lodge’s facilities like the swimming pool or extra activities like nature walks. You can also sit and enjoy the views of the wild from your room balcony. Lunch at the lodge/camp then at 1600hrs return to the park for more wildlife experience. Return to the lodge, wash off the dust and sit and enjoy the sumptuous buffet dinner in the open restaurant and thereafter a traditional dance group performance. Dinner and overnight at one of the luxurious Samburu lodges/ Camps along the banks of the Uaso Nyiro River.

Accommodation:

Samburu Simba lodge

Meals:

Breakfast, lunch, and dinner

After breakfast, depart for Sweetwater’s Game Reserve that gives sanctuary to Rhinos from those who would take their lives to sell their horns and a remarkable Chimpanzee Sanctuary is operated here where you meet the primates face to- face arriving in time for lunch. This Sanctuary is comprised of riverine forest and savannah grasslands and is the home to 26 orphaned, mistreated chimpanzees. Your camp also overlooks one of the busiest waterholes in the area and offers elephants, giraffes, and myriad plains game. It enjoys magnificent views across the plains to the snow-capped peaks of Mt Kenya and has an abundance of wildlife. After lunch, enjoy an afternoon game drive. Dinner and overnight at the camp.

Accommodation:

Comfort Gardens Sweetwater’s

Meals:

Breakfast, lunch, and dinner

After early morning breakfast check out of the lodge and enjoy an en route game viewing drive soon after exiting the park and start your safari to Naivasha with lunch en route. Enjoy a boat excursion where you will come close to hippos among varied species of birds, later continue at crescent island and enjoy a close view of wildlife animals such as buffaloes, giraffes, impalas, zebras, warthogs among varied species of birds and as the sun goes down return to the lodge for dinner and overnight at lodge.

Accommodation:

Kongoni Lodge

Meals:

Breakfast, lunch, and dinner

Head southwest to the Masai Mara, one of the finest game reserves in Africa. Cross the striking Great Rift Valley and pass by the remote region of Loita Hills, home of the Maasai people. This is one of the few places they still practice their traditional way of life with little influence from the western world. Stop at Maji Moto Cultural Centre where you’ll be welcomed by Maasai Warriors by way of traditional song and dance. Meet your Maasai hosts, take a walk to the community village and enjoy a fascinating talk full of insights into this remarkable and ancient culture. Learn about village life and be shown around a traditional Maasai home, and their cattle enclosures. Continue your journey and arrive at the Camp, your Feature Stay accommodation for the next three nights. Positioned in the Masai Mara National Reserve near the Mara River, there are a few better settings for wildlife lovers. Spacious permanent tents feature large, comfortable beds, en suite bathrooms and private wooden decks offering unbeatable views of the plains and wildlife reserve. Blending seamlessly with its surroundings, the camp connects the wilderness with modern comforts, and staying here is really something special.

Accommodation:

Matira Bush Camp

Meals:

Breakfast, lunch, and dinner

Game drives start right from the camp, as it is not uncommon to have wildlife wandering through at some stages of the day. Drives are very much a moveable feast. Some days, the drives will be long, (13 hours or so although not driving all the time) whilst others are much shorter, depending on the movement of the game and tips from the bush telegraph.

Mealtimes are a delight under the stars in the evening or in a mesh tent in bad weather. During time off you can relax in your tents however, it is the game and scenery that make this area so incredible: huge prides of predators feasting on an abundance of plains game. The camp often has pride of lion's close-by, and their call accompanied by the cackle of the hyena is an occasional nigh time companion. The property is very relaxing for those hours in the middle of the day (when you are there) and the haute cuisine and hot showers are a big bonus, but these luxurious trappings sometimes belie the fact that the camp is right in the heart of the most prolific savannah on earth, and this should be respected.

Accommodation:

Matira Bush Camp

Meals:

Breakfast, lunch, and dinner

After a wonderful safari, say goodbye to the Masai Mara and return to Nairobi. You can expect to arrive in the late afternoon, at which point your adventure will come to an end. Please do not book any international flights departing from Nairobi International Airport before 8pm this evening to allow for any unexpected delays. If you would like to extend your stay in Nairobi, additional accommodation can be booked in advance (subject to availability).