JAMBO! Upon arrival at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, you will be met by Classic Journeys Africa Customer Care Representative who will assist you with the transfer to your hotel. Before checking in at hotel, he will brief you on your program ahead and introduce the Driver Guide who will be with you throughout the safari. Have the remainder of the day at leisure. Overnight stay at the Tamarind Tree hotel.

Main Destination: Nairobi

Accommodation: Tamarind Tree Hotel,

Meals & Drinks: Breakfast Included

After breakfast, you will drive north of the equator to 'Born Free' country where Joy and George Adamson raised Elsa the lion cub in the wild and beautiful Shaba National Reserve which along with Buffalo Springs is part of the area known as 'Samburu'. Arrive in time for lunch at the luxurious Sarova Shaba Lodge, which is built around natural springs and offers an oasis of green in the midst of this beautiful but harshly arid landscape. The Sarova Shaba Lodge is located high above the Shaba Game Reserve, and it cleverly incorporates the beautiful natural springs as one of its special features, also offering itself as the perfect base from which to explore The Shaba Reserve. Spend the afternoon discovering the unique wildlife of the reserve, which is famous for its elephants and lions. Return to the lodge in time to relax before dinner in the restaurant which is raised on timbered stilts overlooking the Ewaso Nyiro River.

Main Destination: Samburu National Reserve

Accommodation: Sarova Shaba Lodge,

Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included

Spend all day on safari in the reserve. Irrigated by the river, which is home to numerous hippo and crocodiles Shaba offers sanctuary to large herds of elephant, healthy numbers of lion, leopard, cheetah, plentiful plains game, reticulated giraffe, rare Beisa Oryx, kudu and gerenuk. It is also one of the few reserves in which you can see the Grevy’s zebra (rather than the more common Burchell's zebra found elsewhere) and the critically endangered wild dog. Offering 100 species of birds, the reserve is also home to the rare blue-shanked Somali ostrich. Breakfast, lunch and dinner will be at the Camp.

Main Destination: Samburu National Reserve

Accommodation: Sarova Shaba Lodge,

Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included

After breakfast at your lodge, you will check out, have a game drive en-route as you head to Ol Pajeta Conservancy. The conservancy is a sanctuary for apes including chimpanzees, houses the largest black rhino in Kenya with over 100 remaining black rhino and two remaining white rhinos in the world. Arrive in time for lunch at Serena Sweet waters camp, located within the sprawling Ol Pajeta Conservancy. One of Kenya’s most noteworthy conservancies and home to the big five. The camp offers an elegant retreat amid the breathtaking natural beauty of the conservancy. The camp has 56 tents inclusive of standard wing and the deluxe Morani wing, designed with charming thatched roofs, solid floors and interior canvas. You will have an afternoon game drive in search of the ‘Big Five’. Watch a parade of elephant, giraffe, zebra and impala come to drink at the camp’s floodlit waterhole and saltlick. Optional activities abound, you may choose to go on a night drive in search of nocturnal species, go on a nature walk or join a rhino patrol with experienced armed rangers to find and monitor black rhino. This you will also visit the 200-acre Chimpanzee sanctuary that has been set up here. Dinner and overnight at Serena Sweetwater’s camp.

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Accommodation: Serena Sweet Water Camp,

Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included

After breakfast drive south to Lake Nakuru which is the most famous of the Great Rift Valley lakes and home to a shifting population of over one million flamingos. Arrive in time for lunch at the Sarova Lion Hill Lodge, which enjoys sweeping views across the lake. Lion Hill Lodge impresses every guest with its panoramic view of the pink shoreline created by millions of flamingos on Lake Nakuru. The Lodge is situated within the Lake Nakuru National Park Rift Valley Province and is surrounded by fauna in its beautiful grounds. Spend the afternoon on safari in Kenya's first and largest rhino sanctuary where sightings of both black and white rhino are almost guaranteed and where you have a higher-than-average chance of spotting a leopard. Other wildlife includes; lion, hippo, the rare Rothschild's giraffe, Colobus monkey, numerous plains game and 450 species of birds

Main Destination: Lake Nakuru NP

Accommodation: Sarova Lion hill lodge,

Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included

After breakfast, drive to the world-famous Masai Mara National Reserve, backdrop to 'the greatest wildlife spectacle on earth', the annual migration of over one million wildebeest. Arrive in time for lunch at the Mara Sarova Camp, a luxury tented camp. Sarova Mara is set in the African bush but the luxurious tents all have permanent roofs, zip-up fronts, and electricity and en-suite facilities. Relaxing outside your own tent listening to the orchestra of rasping Cicadas, croaking Tree Frogs and the intermittent call of birds and monkeys is a memorable symphony. The experience of our guides will maximize your chances of seeing all the splendors of Masai Mara. A family of cheetah sunning sleepy on a rock or a thrill of elephant charge. The clump of bushes is a pride of lions and the rocks that moves may be a rhino lumbering out of your way. In any event, the sheer mass and spectacle of the animals surrounding you will provide endless opportunities to fill many album of treasured memories. Arrive back in camp in time for a swim, a hot shower, campfire cocktails and dinner in the luxurious central restaurant.

Main Destination: Maasai Mara NR

Accommodation: Mara Sarova Game Camp,

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Spend the whole day on safari in Africa's richest wildlife viewing arena. Choose from a wide range of activities including the optional hot air balloon safari that can be arranged at an extra cost. Fly up high in the skies and have a view of the landscape below which is a never-ending exciting mixture of riverine forests, sprawling savannahs, towering escarpment and rugged rivers. Historically teeming with wildlife, the Mara hosts Kenya's largest lion prides and elephant herd and over 550 species of birds. s. Other predators include leopard, cheetah and spotted hyena; while in the Mara River you will see fat pods of hippo and vast Nile crocodiles. Catch thousands of the great wildebeests, zebras antelopes, and elands, followed by gazelles as they cross over returning to their breeding grounds from Serengeti-Tanzania to Masai Mara-Kenya between the months of July and October. Dinner and overnight stay. Spend the evening in camp where colorful Masai dance and cultural performances are offered nightly

Main Destination: Maasai Mara NR

Accommodation: Sarova Mara Game Camp,

Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included

After breakfast at the Camp, bid farewell to the Masai Mara as you set on your journey back to Nairobi. Drive back down the Great Rift Valley to Nairobi, passing the dormant volcano, Mount Longonot, and lakes Elementeita and Naivasha on the way. Keep an eye out for herds of giraffe and gazelle and head up the escarpment. You will arrive in Kenya's bustling capital city Nairobi in the early afternoon. Spend time doing last minute shopping. Lunch will be at the Carnivore Restaurant famous for its mouthwatering charcoal grilled barbeque. Later transfer to Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in time for your departure flight. Bid farewell to Africa until the next time!

Main Destination: Nairobi

Accommodation: Carnivore Restaurant,

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