Today, you depart for Kenya by plane. There will be connecting flight(s) along the way.

On your arrival in Kenya, you will be met by your driver, who will drive you south towards Amboseli National Park. Depending on when you landed in Nairobi, you will either eat lunch on the way to Amboseli or upon your arrival at your lodge in Amboseli. If there’s time, the first game drive awaits you this afternoon.

Amboseli National Park might be one of Kenya’s smallest national parks, but great experiences await you here. One of the most classic images of Africa is the photo of a large herd of elephants in the middle of the savannah with Mt Kilimanjaro in the background. Then you know you’re in Africa! Ideally, get up early today and enjoy the sunrise – the mountain is often clearest at daybreak.

The elephants are the reason the park is so famous. You’d be hard-pressed to find bigger elephants – with bigger tusks – anywhere else in Africa. The sparse vegetation in the park also makes it easier to spot the animals here than elsewhere. The park also offers a profusion of birds. You have a packed lunch with you today, which allows you to spend the whole day in the park – lunch is usually eaten on top of a small mound, which affords a phenomenal view of both the swampy and bone-dry areas of Amboseli.

Early in the morning another game drive awaits in Amboseli, so you if you didn’t get that picture of Kilimanjaro yesterday, you have another chance today!

Lunch is enjoyed at the lodge before heading north – perhaps you round off the day with dinner at the renowned Carnivore restaurant?

You will stay right on the border of Nairobi National Park, which is located just south of Nairobi.

A new day of experiences awaits…

Today, you will have the opportunity to customise your tour and choose from a variety of excursions starting in the morning. You might like to visit Karen Blixen’s former farm, or perhaps you’ve always dreamed of visiting David Sheldrick’s famous elephant orphanage. A guided safari in Nairobi National Park is also a wonderful experience, offering a good chance of seeing the rare black rhino!

In the afternoon you head north to the hilly landscape of the Great Rift Valley. Lake Naivasha is today’s goal. Along the way, there will be time for a break somewhere where you can have lunch, and there will also be the opportunity to take a photo or two of the views of the Great Rift Valley.

Lake Naivasha is a freshwater lake located at the highest point of the Great Rift Valley, 1,890 metres above sea level. A boat trip on the lake is one of the main highlights here. The area is famous for its hippos, giraffes, waterbucks, vervet monkeys and profusion of birds, both sedentary and migratory.

After breakfast, a drive to Masai Mara awaits you. The traffic in Kenya can be unpredictable, so most of the day is spent on getting there. Sit back in your seat, have your favourite snack with you, listen to an audio book or some music and enjoy the sight of Kenya passing by outside. Bear in mind that there is Wi-Fi and power in the car, so you can also take the opportunity to make your friends and loved ones at home jealous with a couple of holiday snaps.

First, you will pass the age-old Longnot volcano, from which you head west into Masai country. Here, you will see lots of men dressed in bright red robes. The Masai have no tradition of cultivating the soil. They have cattle, which graze between the giraffes, zebras and other savannah herbivores. You drive through local villages, which are a hive of trading, and in many places, the villagers will wave eagerly to the passengers in the cars.

A short stop is made in Narok, the capital of the Masai, before continuing to Masai Mara. As the villages thin out, the number of wild animals increases.

You also have the option of visiting a Masai village on the tour. This should be arranged with the guide. It costs 25 USD per person (not included in the price of the tour) and this is paid directly to the Masai people.

Today, you’re going on a full-day game drive in Masai Mara game reserve – the Kenyan part of the vast Serengeti ecosystem and, in the rainy season, home to probably the world’s largest concentration of wildlife.

Masai Mara needs no further introduction. On the mighty plains, you will encounter large herds of elephants, wildebeest, zebras, hippos, giraffes, gazelles and other herbivorous prey of the hunting lions, hyenas, leopards and cheetahs.

You will get right up close to a host of animals, which you experience from the protection of the Land Cruiser.

From July to October, you can experience the 1,200 km long migration of more than one million wildebeest along with a couple of hundred thousand zebras plus countless Thomson’s gazelles. It is during this migration that many gazelles fall victim to the huge Nile crocodiles when crossing the Mara River.

After breakfast, you will leave Masai Mara’s amazing wildlife and drive to Nairobi – a drive through the spectacular Great Rift Valley via the town of Narok.

After lunch, you will continue to the airport, from which the journey home starts with connecting flight(s) on the way. You can also purchase a tour to Uganda’s lush Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park, where you can get right up close to the unique mountain gorillas. It’s an extraordinary experience to observe the gentle creatures at close range.

It is possible to purchase a direct flight from Masai Mara to Nairobi to avoid the drive. Contact us for a price.

You land in the UK after an exciting holiday.