• Day 1

  ARRIVE NAIROBI, KENYA

  Arrive in Nairobi and transfer to your hotel, a charming hideaway secluded just steps from downtown.

  • Nairobi Serena Hotel

• Day 2

  NAIROBI | PRESERVING LOCAL HERITAGE & WILDLIFE

  This morning, relive a chapter of local history at Mbogani House, the former home of Karen Blixen made famous by the film, Out of Africa. Continue on to the nearby Giraffe Center, a wildlife refuge situated on the sprawling grounds of coffee mogul David Duncan’s Giraffe Manor. Next, explore the Daphne Sheldrick Animal Orphanage, a shelter caring for at-risk elephant and rhino calves.

  • Nairobi Serena Hotel
  • Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

• Day 3

  NANYUKI | INTO THE WILD

  Drive to your secluded bush camp in Sweetwaters Game Reserve, a private concession of Ol Pejeta Conservancy. In the evening, sit on your verandah and observe the wildlife moving in and out of the shadows as they come to drink at the waterhole.

  • Sweetwaters Serena Camp
  • Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

• Day 4

  NANYUKI | SWEETWATERS SAFARI ADVENTURE

  Set out on morning and evening game drives in Sweetwaters Game Reserve, tracking the “Big Five” (lions, elephants, Cape buffalo, leopards and rhinos) through savannah grasslands and riverine forests. Between game drives, relax in camp, perhaps taking a family swim in the pool. You can also explore the reserve by camelback.

  • Sweetwaters Serena Camp
  • Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

• Day 5

  LEWA WILDLIFE CONSERVANCY | BUSHVELD RANCH

  Fly to Laikipia Plateau, continuing overland to your safari ranch in Lewa Wildlife Conservancy. As the sun draws low, enjoy a locally sourced dinner under the open African sky.

  • Lewa Wilderness
  • Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

• Day 6

  LEWA WILDLIFE CONSERVANCY | RARE & UNIQUE SPECIES

  Take to the bush on game drives tracking big cats, elephants and endangered black rhino. Watch closely for indigenous northern species, such as the beisa oryx, Somali ostrich, reticulated giraffe, Grevy’s zebra and the unusual long-necked gerenuk, which stands on its hind legs to feed. Look, too, for Grant’s gazelles, dik-diks, elands and impala as they, along with majestic leopards and lions, roam the vast landscape. You may also enjoy game viewing by horseback or search for nocturnal species on a night game drive.

  • Lewa Wilderness
  • Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

• Day 7

  MASAI MARA GAME RESERVE | RIVERINE WILDERNESS

  Fly to the Masai Mara Game Reserve and transfer to your tented safari camp set above a sweeping bend in the Talek River and Beyond

  • Accommodation: Kichwa Tembo Tented Camp
  • Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

• Day 8

  MASAI MARA GAME RESERVE | BIG GAME COUNTRY

  Explore the open savanna, woodlands and tree-fringed rivers of the Masai Mara with morning and afternoon game drives. Patient tracking may reveal leopards retrieving kills from acacia branches, or elephants protecting their young from opportunistic lions. With 583 square miles supporting huge numbers of bird and mammal species, game viewing is never dull in the Mara.

  • Accommodation : AndBeyond Kichwa Tembo Tented Camp
  • Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

• Day 9

  MASAI MARA GAME RESERVE | A PARTING GLIMPSE

  Delve deeper into the Mara with a final day of game drives. Today affords a final chance to sight the crafty species that may have eluded you on this epic journey. Later, pay a private visit to a Maasai village to learn about local customs and daily life, or enjoy a guided nature walk with the camp’s resident naturalist.

  • Accommodation: AndBeyond Kichwa Tembo Tented Camp
  • Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

• Day 10

  DEPART NAIROBI

  Drive to Nairobi and relax in your reserved dayroom. Later, you are transferred to the airport for your homebound departure.

  • Nairobi Serena Hotel (dayroom)
  • Meals: Breakfast

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