Day 1 Depart the UK.
Day 2 Arrive in Nairobi. You will be met and commence your safari by driving north to the Sweetwaters Lodge. The rest of the day is at leisure before heading out for an evening game drive.
Day 3 After breakfast drive to Mountain Lodge in Mt.Kenya National Park This Tree Hotel is situated in the forest at the foot of Mount Kenya itself at an altitude of over 1,900 metres. Throughout the day and night forest animals visit the waterhole and saltlick, ensuring plenty to see from the comfort of the lodge.
Day 4 After breakfast, drive to lake Naivasha in the Great Rift Valley, and your lodge, the Lake Naivasha Sopa Lodge. The afternoon is at leisure to enjoy the Lodge grounds that run down to the lake shore. Optional activities include a boat ride on Lake Naivasha, the only freshwater lake and one of the most beautiful in the Great Rift Valley. Otherwise you can walk in the lawns, looking at the game that grazes the grass.
Day 5 Full day game-viewing trip to Lake Nakuru. This large alkaline lake on the bed of the Great Rift Valley, has earnt its fame as the home of one of the greatest bird spectacles in the world- a myriad of more than one million pink flamingo, which seasonally use its waters to feed on the abundant algae which thrivein its warm waters. Lake Nakuru has a great deal to offer besides its magnificent birdlife however; it is an excellent spot for seeing rhino and, if you are lucky, the elusive leopard. Return to your lodge at Lake Naivasha for the night.
Day 6 Morning departure heading across the floor of The Great Rift Valley to the Masai Mara. You will spend three days in this natural paradise among zebra, wildebeest, giraffe, buffalo, elephant, antelope and gazelle. You will encounter prides of lion resting in the shade of acacia trees or lying low in the tall grass, in wait for their next prey. There is also good chance of spotting cheetah. Lunch, dinner and overnight at Keekorok Lodge. Upgrade available to the Karen Blixen Camp.
Day 7 Game viewing before and after breakfast and again in the afternoon, with lunch and siesta at the lodge. In the evening, it is time for a well deserved shower before dinner followed by a drink under the canopy of the African stars.
Day 8 After breakfast you continue to Mara Serena Lodge, game viewing en route. The lodge, situated on a hilltop, offers breathtaking views of the Mara plains and you can easily observe the herds of wildlife below you. Afternoon game drive.
Day 9 Morning and afternoon game viewing on your last day in the Mara.
Day 10 Return to Nairobi in the morning arriving in the early afternoon. Transfer to the airport for your flight to the UK in the evening.
Day 11 Arrive UK.
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