Welcome to Kenya! Upon your arrival at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, a driver/guide from Arrive Africa Safaris will be there to greet you and take you on a journey to Amboseli National Park. Please note that your flight should arrive before 1 Pm, otherwise, we can arrange for an extra night in a hotel in Nairobi for you. During the drive to Amboseli, you will enjoy a delicious lunch en-route and take in the stunning views of Mt. Kilimanjaro. Once you arrive at Amboseli, you will embark on a game drive to see the diverse wildlife that calls the park home, such as impalas, free-ranging elephants, Grants gazelles, buffalos, warthogs, Masai giraffes, waterbucks, and dik-dik. You will spend two nights at Ol Tukai Lodge, where all of the 80 chalet-style rooms offer breathtaking views of Mt. Kilimanjaro and the surrounding wetlands, as well as guaranteed sightings of elephants, zebras, and buffalos, even from the restaurant area.

In the morning, make a final game drive as you drive out of Amboseli National Park then go through Nairobi than the fertile region of Karatina to the Laikipia Plateau. At an altitude of 2000 meters above sea level west of Mt Kenya is where we find this highland. Reaching your hotel outside Nanyuki town in the late afternoon, enjoy the skyline the Town provides of the highest mountain in Kenya and second highest in Africa, Mt Kenya. 

For two nights Sweet waters Serena Safari Camp is where you will stay. Located on the plains of Mt Kenya, the Camp is a sheltered luxury tented camp with 39 luxury tents, each with its own private bathroom and flushing toilet, private veranda overlooking the waterhole where animals come to drink and graze

Start early on a drive to Samburu national park and when you reach, do an en-route game drive to the lodge where lunch will be waiting for you. After lunch, go on a game drive in the park.

Samburu national reserve has a semi-arid climate, is 165km² and its southern border has Ewaso Ngiro River whose shores have acacias and the Buffalo Springs National Reserve on the other side of the river. This river provides water to the park, without which survival of the game in this arid region would be impossible. Variety of wildlife; animals and birds from the northern plains are in abundance here including gerenuk, Oryx, Grevy’s zebra, giraffe, hippos, buffaloes, hippos, leopards, cheetahs, and lions. A black rhino population has been re-introduced in the park after an absence of 25 years due to heavy poaching. 

For two nights you will stay at Samburu intrepid Camp which is a tented luxury lush oasis on the banks of the great Uaso Nyiro River in the Samburu Game Reserve. The camp sits on raised decks overlooking the brown river where elephants, buffalos, zebras, long-necked gerenuk antelope, Beisa oryx, and crocodiles come to relax by the river banks. Each tent has four-poster beds, mahogany closets and desks with ensuite bathrooms for hot showers, flush toilets, sockets for shavers and battery chargers.

Enjoy an en-route game drive out of the Samburu game reserve. Stopover at Thomson Falls and Rift Valley viewpoint where you can take photos. Continue the drive to the floor of the Great Rift Valley surrounded by bushy and wooded grassland to your destination; Lake Nakuru National Park. This park is ideal for game drives, hiking, and bird watching because of its surrounding escarpment and picturesque ridges.

Sarova Lion Hill Game Lodge is where you will arrive in the late afternoon and will be your residence for the 2 nights. The lodge overlooks the spectacular flamingo pink rimmed Lake Nakuru. Most rooms and sitting areas afford stunning views of the Lake and the park. The lodge blends with its surrounding nature with a landscape that has tall acacia trees and winding walkways.

Today you drive towards the border of Tanzania to the Great Masai Mara game reserve. In July- October annually, 2 million ungulates migrate from this game reserve to the Serengeti national park alongside predators like lions, cheetahs, hyenas, and leopards following to prey on the weak and slow wildebeests, zebras or antelopes. 

When you reach the gate, enjoy an en-route game drive towards your accommodation option that is a tented camp which will be your home for 2 nights. 

Mara Leisure Camp is where you will stay. This camp is located along the Talek River which is one of the best places considered for viewing the Great Migration. Enjoy facilities at the Camp like the swimming pool, the gift shop which has a variety of locally made Masai souvenirs as well as memorable items with the Camp’s logo to remind you of the adventure you had while at the camp.

After breakfast, you will be returned to Nairobi. Unfortunately, this is the end of your 12-day tour with AA Safaris.

Depending on what time your international flight is, you can do an optional activity in Nairobi though it will be at your own expense. An AA Safaris guide/driver will drive you to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. 

Note: Make sure your international flight is after4PM. If you need an extra night in Nairobi, contact your AA Safaris consultant who will make the arrangements at an additional cost.