ITINERARY
AT A GLANCE
Day
01: Meru
Day 02: Meru
Day 03: Samburu
Day 04: Samburu
Day 05: Mara
Day 06: Mara
Day 07: Nairobi
Day 01:
After breakfast you will be transferred to Wilson Airport for
your scheduled flight to Meru National Park at 0800hrs.On
arrival at the airstrip, you will be transferred to
the lodge/camp. Elsa’s Kopje is named after Elsa the lioness
who was made famous by George and Joy Adamson’s biographical
film “Born Free”.
Elsa’s Kopje is almost invisible
to the eye as you approach it’s home on Mughwango Hill in
Meru National Park. It blends into the rocky crags of the “kopje”
(small hill), built very near to the site of George Adamson’s
original campsite .All meals and overnight at the lodge.
Meals: F/B
Other
Options
- Leopard
Rock Lodge
- Elsa Kopje
Day
02:
Full day with morning and afternoon game drive in the park.
The park does, however, have a wide range of wildlife including
elephant, hippopotamus, lion, leopard, cheetah, reticulated giraffe,
and zebra. The birdlife is also impressive and there are roughly
280 recorded species. All meals and over night at the camp/lodge.
Day
03:
Transfer to the airstrip for your flight departing at 0830hrs
to Samburu/Shaba Game Reserve.
Rugged and remote, this wildlife reserve provides some the best
and most colourful game viewing in the country. Arrive for check
in and some leisure at the camp located at the banks of Ewaso
Nyiro River. Later in the afternoon proceed for an exciting
game-viewing in search of game found only north of the equator
that include the long necked gerenuk, grevy’s zebra, reticulated
giraffe, beisa Oryx and the Somali ostrich. Meals:
F/B
Accommodation
Options:
Day
04 SAMBURU
Full day at Samburu and Buffalo Springs Game Reserve with morning
and afternoon game viewing in search of the 'big five', other
wildlife and a large number of bird species. The Ewaso Nyiro River
dotted with doum palms meanders through the reserve giving it
an oasis setting.
All meals and overnight at the camp
Day
05:
After breakfast check out and transfer to the Airstrip for your
scheduled flight departing at 0915hrs to the
world’s famous Masai Mara Game Reserve. On arrival at approx
1045hrs you are met by lodge vehicle and transferred
to the camp for check in. Followed by lunch
it’s perhaps the only region left in Kenya where you may
see animals in the same super abundance as existed a century ago.
In the afternoon proceed for an exciting game viewing in this
vast and expansive reserve teeming with game. Return to the lodge
for dinner and overnight at the camp
Accommodation
Options
- Governors
Main Camp
- Richards
Camp
- Elephant
Pepper
Day
06
Full day at the reserve with morning and afternoon game drives
in search of the ‘big five’. Masai Mara is at the
northern most extension of the Serengeti Plains and one of the
richest wildlife game reserves. Its home to the awesome black
–manned lion, the elusive leopard, stately giraffe, vast
bulk of elephants, rhino, thundering herds of zebra, migrating
wildebeest and numerous other plains game. Most stunning of all
are the months between July and October, when the savannah teems
with animals during the Great annual Migration . Millions of Wildebeest
gather in the Masai Mara in one of the natural wonders of the
world. Thereafter return at the camp for dinner.
and overnight.
OPTIONAL
ACTIVITY: Dawn Balloon Safari over the Mara Plains ending
with a champagne breakfast
Day
07:
Enjoy early morning game drive followed by breakfast. Check out
and transfer to the Airstrip for your scheduled flight departing
at1100hrs back to Nairobi. On arrival at 1215hrs
you are met and dropped off at your city hotel.
End
of Safari
