Day 1
Monday
Nairobi
Met at Nairobi airport and transferred to your hotel for
a day at leisure or choose from a selection of optional
excursions, which can be booked and paid for locally.
Overnight: Nairobi Serena Hotel.
Day 2
Tuesday
Samburu
After an early breakfast drive to the Samburu National
Reserve (360 km – approximately 6 hours) and check in
to your lodge. Lunch. Late afternoon game drive.
Overnight: Samburu Simba Lodge. (b,l,d)
Day 3
Wednesday
Samburu
Morning and late afternoon game drives. Overnight:
Samburu Simba Lodge. (b,l,d)
Day 4
Thursday
Aberdares
Drive to the slopes of Mount Kenya and check in to
Mountain Lodge (240 km – approximately 4 hours).
Spend the afternoon viewing game from the lodge, or
join an optional nature walk (payable locally and
weather permitting) led by a local guide. Overnight:
Serena Mountain Lodge. (b,l,d)
Day 5
Friday
Lake Nakuru
After breakfast continue to Lake Nakuru (240 km –
approximately 4 hours). Arrive in time for lunch at the
lodge, before enjoying an afternoon game drive with
possible sightings of rhino. Overnight: Lake Nakuru
Lodge. (b,l,d)
Day 6
Saturday
Masai Mara
After an early breakfast drive through the Great Rift
Valley and into the Masai Mara (370 km – approximately
7 hours). Lunch en route to your lodge. Enjoy a late
afternoon game drive. Overnight: Mara Serena Safari
Lodge. (b,l,d)
Day 7
Sunday
Masai Mara
Enjoy an early morning game drive followed by
breakfast at the lodge, or an early morning balloon
flight over the Mara followed by a ‘bubbly’ bush
breakfast (optional extra). Spend the rest of the day
relaxing before a late afternoon game drive. Overnight:
Mara Serena Safari Lodge. (b,l,d)
Day 8
Monday
Extension or Home
Return to Nairobi by road (360 km – approximately
6 hours), or fly from the Mara to Nairobi on the morning
flight (optional extra); or, lunch in the Mara then take
the afternoon flight (optional extra). Proceed with your
chosen extension (see ‘where next’) or return home. (b)
Alternatively, fly directly from the Mara to Mombasa,
with lunch in the Mara (optional extra).
(15kg luggage allowance on all light aircraft).
Where Next
Complement your Masai Safari with a beach stay on
the Kenya Coast, Zanzibar, Seychelles or Mauritius.
Gorilla trekking in Rwanda or Uganda is a superb
addition to a safari – see pages 82-87.
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Safari by road
The Masai Safari travels through some of the richest game areas in the world, offering excellent
opportunities to view the ‘big five’ in the Masai Mara. A wide variety of animals can be spotted
in the Samburu Reserve, and possibly thousands of pink flamingoes at Lake Nakuru.
Samburu
Mt Kenya
Nakuru
Aberdares
Masai Mara
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