If you want to experience the best of Kenya but time is pressing then this is a great autumn special. We have negotiated special prices with two of our favourite properties, allowing you to stay in wonderful accommodation while seeing the best Kenya has to offer. This offer is available for departure between 1st November 2010 and 15th December 2010.

You start with a stay at Lake Elementia, one of the samller and most picturesque of the Rift Vallet lakes. From here you visit Lake Nakuru, famous for its flamingo and rhino. You then move on to the Masai Mara and a luxury camp on the banks of the Mara River for 3 days game-viewing.



This is a private tour (minimum 2). It can depart on any day you wish (subject to availability) between 1st November 2010 and 15th December 2010..

Please let us know your preferred dates and we will forward a full tailored itinerary with confirmed quotation to you by e-mail and/or post.

Day 1
Depart the UK.

Day 2
Departing from the hustle and bustle of Nairobi you will drive to the Lake Elementaita, a soda ash lake playing host to tens of thousands of flamingos. Located of the famous Great Rift Valley, this small but beautiful lake offers you to chance to relax or choose from a number of optional activities such as horse riding, bird viewing or a visit to the natural warm spa that flows into the lake. The newly established Sunbird Lodge provides you with comfortable and eco-friendly luxury in a wonderfully picturesque setting.

Day 3
After a hearty breakfast you will set out of a full day’s game drive to Lake Nakuru National park. The lake itself is world famous for one of the greatest bird spectacles on earth. View sometimes over one million bright pink flamingos as they feed on an abundant of algae in the lake’s waters. There are two types of flamingo species to be found including: the Lesser flamingo, distinguished by its red carmine bull and pink plumage. Where as its Greater cousin has a bill with a black tip. The actual park surrounds the lake, with its area recently extended to accommodate 25 rhinos - the largest concentrations in the country. Other species commonly found in the area are waterbuck, Rothschild’s giraffe, giant python, plus lion and leopard making the odd appearance. Lunch is taken in the park at a lovely picnic site overlooking the lake. Return to Sunbird Lodge just in for sundowners and well-deserved meal.

Day 4
From Lake Elementaita, this safari only gets better as you proceed to the worldrenowned Masai Mara National Reserve. An on-route game drive through the reserve will only get you excited for the upcoming days. For your three-night Mara stay, the stunning and perfectly located Karen Blixen Camp. Karen Blixen Camp is set on the Mara River, with a resident school of hippo in the pools below offering non stop amusement. The animals also come to the rivers edge to drink On return from your afternoon game drive experience a sundowner overlooking the Mara River and watching the various animals as they come to drink. Meals are made from the finest fresh ingredients prepared by experienced chefs; they offer pan-African, international cuisine catering for all dietary requirements.

Day 5
Depending on the time of year, we set out early morning for the breathtaking spectacle of ‘the greatest wildlife show on earth’, the awe inspiring annual migration of the wildebeest. The Mara is technically www.albatros-africa.com an extension of Tanzania’s renowned Serengeti National Park, but it’s rolling grasslands, meandering rivers and towering escarpments equals to an endless amount of game viewing. Home to a wide variety of animals, the Mara is also famous for its Big Five. Depending on the game drive, we’ll proceed back to the lodge for a late

Day 6
Rise early and take the option of a balloon safari across the Masai Mara. Take off in the crisp morning air, only to experience a gameviewing adventure with an entirely different perspective. As you silently float across the plains, forest and rivers for approximately an hour, your journey comes to end back on land but accompanied with a fully cooked champagne breakfast. The day sees more game viewing both in the morning and late afternoon. For the bird lovers there are over 450 species that have been identified in the Maasai Mara Ecosystem.

Day 7
It may be the last day of safari however your game viewing does not stop. After breakfast, experience an on-route game drive out of the Mara and onto Nairobi. You will arrive in Nairobi late afternoon in time for you onward journey or international flight.

Day 8
Arrive UK.