EJIG's Kenya - 11 Days

Nairobi • Chyulu Hills • Samburu National Park • Maasai Mara Game Reserve • Nairobi

Day 1: Arrival - Nairobi, Kenya

On arrival at the airport, you will be met by our experienced guide and the regional Manager. After a short briefing, you will be escorted to your hotel within Kenya's capital, Nairobi.

Overnight at:
Sankara Hotel
Hemmingways Hotel
Kempinski Villa Rosa

Meal Plan: None

Day 2 : Nairobi - Cyulu Hills

After a buffet breakfast, you will be transferred to Wilson airport for your scheduled flight to Chyulu Hills, a spectacular region framed by rolling hills and distant Mt. Kilimanjaro. Upon arrival, you will have game drive en-route to your luxury lodge. In the evening, you will have a game drive, then back to the Lodge. After dinner, enjoy gazing up at the constellations in the southern skies from your rooftop skybed.

Overnight at:
Oldonyo Lodge, Cyulu Hills
Campi Ya Canzi, Cyulu Hills

Meal Plan: Full Board (B, L, D)

Day 3 & 4 : Inside the Cyulu Hills

Spend the entire 2 days inside this beautiful National Park. You will embark upon early morning and late afternoon game drives. Among the predators and prey, spot herds of large-tusked, free-ranging elephant that meander in the swamps and grasslands. In addition to elephant, the area is also home to Cape buffalo, impala, lion, cheetah, spotted hyena, giraffe, zebra and wildebeest as well as a great variety of birdlife. Members of the Maasai tribe also live here, sharing the land with local conservation efforts.

All meals will be served at your Lodge/ camp

Overnight at:
Oldonyo Lodge, Cyulu Hills
Campi Ya Canzi, Cyulu Hills

Meal Plan: Full Board (B, L, D)

Day 5: Chyulu Hills – Samburu National Park

Enjoy your buffer breakfast at this exclusive Lodge, before being transferred to the airstrip for your departure flight to Samburu National Park via Nairobi in the northern reaches of Kenya. In this semi-arid setting, see Kenya's "northern Big Five": beisa oryx, reticulated giraffe, gerenuk, Grevy's zebra and Somali ostrich. Sightings of large herds of elephant and crocodile are common along the meandering Ewaso Nyiro River. Keep your eyes open for Samburu herdsmen, dressed in rich red blankets, driving their herds across the lands.

Arrive in time for lunch, then evening game drive.

Dinner and Overnight will be at the Camp.

Overnight at:
Sasaab Camp, Samburu
Saruni Samburu Camp, Samburu

Meal Plan: Full Board (B, L, D)

Day 6 & 7: Inside the Samburu game reserve

Enjoy these two days of exciting early morning and late afternoon game drives in Samburu National Park, complemented by cultural visits to the neighboring villages to learn about traditional ways of life in this remote region of the world.

After enjoying the afternoon game drive, you will have an overnight at a Lodge inside the Park.

Overnight at:
Sasaab Camp, Samburu
Saruni Samburu Camp, Samburu

Meal Plan: Full Board (B, L, D)

Day 8: Samburu - Maasai Mara Game Reserve

After breakfast this morning, depart Samburu and fly to the Maasai Mara. With its striking landscapes of wide plains interlaced with seasonal rivers. Throughout the year, the Masai Mara is an unforgettable place of natural drama, a kaleidoscope of vibrant color and life.Arrive in time for lunch, later an evening drive into this vast reserve.

Return for Dinner and overnight at your Camp/Lodge.

Overnight at:
Governors Main Camp, Maasai Mara
Cottars 1920, Maasai Mara

Meal Plan: Full Board

Day 9 & 10: Inside the Maasai Mara Game Reserve

For these two days, you will embark upon early morning and late afternoon game drives in the Maasai Mara. The famed "Big Five" - elephant, rhino, lion, leopard and buffalo - all roam the reserve, together with hundreds of other species, from cheetah and crocodile to endangered wild dog and magnificent birds of prey. You can sight some dramatic action in this vast national reserve estimated to be slightly over 1500 square kilometers; the cats runs to catch some prey, the vultures also search for carcasses as they clean up the park. All meals and overnight will be at your Camp.

Overnight at:
Governors Main Camp, Maasai Mara
Cottars 1920, Maasai Mara

Meal Plan: Full Board

Day 11: Maasai Mara Game Reserve – Nairobi - Depart

You can have an early game dive, and then return for breakfast at the Camp. After breakfast, you will be transferred to the airstrip for your departure flight back to Nairobi.

Depending on your outward flight back home, you can have lunch in Maasai Mara then fly to Nairobi in the afternoon or have it in Nairobi then be transferred to the airport for your departure flight back home.

Your guide will drop you at least 3 hours before your schedule departure time.

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