17 DAYS 16 NIGHTS KENYA BUSH & BEACH SAFARI

Pick up from the airport and we shall transfer you to city hotel for overnight in preparation for the safari ahead the next day.  

• Meal plan: Bed and breakfast
• Accommodation: Best western meridian hotel
• Website: http://www.meridianhotelkenya.com/   
• Distance: Approximately 17 kilometers (About 30minutes drive).

Pick up from your city hotel and after safari briefing proceed to olpejeta arriving at Sweetwater’s Serena Lodge in time for lunch. Have some rest. You will later head out for an afternoon game drive at Ol Pejeta conservancy. The ‘Big five’ can also be encountered here: lion, buffalo, elephant, leopards and also a healthy breeding population of highly endangered black rhinos. You shall also visit to the Chimpanzee Sanctuary, a charming haven established by the Jane Goodall Institute to provide sanctuary to orphaned chimps, and the specially protected and fenced refuge of black rhino with its stunning forty specimens! This conservancy boasts excellent game viewing with the highest ratio of game to area of any park or reserve in Kenya. Moreover, the camp has its own private waterhole and salt lick so you will be guaranteed unprecedented close encounters. Whether its game drives, lion tracking or relaxing by pool, Sweet waters is bound to delight.  Birdlife is also abundant with over 350 species so far

• Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
• Accommodation: Sweetwater’s Serena Camp
• Property details: Luxury Tented Camp, inside the conservancy
• Website: https://www.serenahotels.com/serenasweetwaters/en/default.html
• Distance: Approximately 200 kilometers from Nairobi 3 hours

Breakfast and depart to Nakuru National Park mostly renowned for its conservation effort towards the black and white rhinos also famous for its millions of pink flamingoes lining the shores of Lake Nakuru. Have lunches and relax a bit. Thereafter proceed for your game drives around the park for a chance to see the black rhino, white rhino, the endangered Rothschild giraffe, flamingoes and wide variety of water birds such as pelicans. Later, return to your lodge for dinner.  

• Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
• Accommodation: Sarova lion hill lodge
• Website:  https://www.sarovahotels.com/lionhill-nakuru/
• Distance: Approximately 150 kilometers (About 4-hour drive).

After breakfast you shall check out and proceed to Mara arriving in good time, check-in and have lunch and relax and thereafter you will take your first thrilling evening game drive in the Masai Mara game reserve, one of East Africa's top safari destinations. The Mara reserve incorporates 1510 km² of incredible, wide-open landscapes and fertile reverie woodland following the looping meanders of the Mara and Talek rivers in Kenya. One glimpse is enough to explain its appeal; it is typical open savannah, with a mass of amazing wildlife. Later return to your camp for dinner and overnight.

• Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
• Accommodation: Keekorok lodge
• Website: https://sunafricahotels.com/st_hotel/keekorok-lodge/
• Distance: Approximately 227km which is about 4-hour drive to Mara.

After breakfast, you will enjoy full day game drives around the reserve. Masai Mara is considered Kenya’s prime wildlife area home to over 450 species of birds including Kenya’s national bird, the Lilac breasted roller bird. The acacia-dotted plains create a scenery of stunning beauty where lions are found in abundance, elephants, buffaloes, Black rhinos, giraffes, genet cats, roam antelopes, leopards, cheetahs & Black-manned lions. A drive to the famous Mara River will give you the chance to see the huge crocodiles basking in the sun. During the wildebeest migration, which comes every year between the months of June & October, this Mara River turns to a valley of death where only the strong survive. Zebras, antelopes & wildebeest cross into Mara to seek greener pastures but the crocodiles lie in wait to feast on the weak one. On one of this days you may opt for a cultural visit to the Masai village payable direct. All meals and overnight at keekorok lodge https://sunafricahotels.com/st_hotel/keekorok-lodge/

After breakfast check out from your hotel and drive to Lake Naivasha arriving in time for lunch. Here you have a chance to enjoy a boat ride which will give the opportunity to watch amazing birds and scenery. Lunch and dinner at the resort. Spend the rest of the evening relaxing.  

• Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
• Accommodation: Lake Naivasha country club (Located adjacent to the lake)
• Website: https://sunafricahotels.com/lake-naivasha-country-club/  
• Distance is approximately 231km about 4 hours’ drive.

Today our drive takes us to Amboseli National Park arriving in the afternoon. After lunch, enjoy an afternoon game drive till dusk. Here breath-taking scenery - one of the best places for a photogenic view of Mount Kilimanjaro; weather permitting is next to none.       

• Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
• Accommodation: Amboseli Serena lodge
• Website: https://www.serenahotels.com/serenaamboseli/en/default.html    
• Distance: Approximately 290 kilometers (About 5-hours 30 minutes’ drive).

After breakfast proceed for a thrilling full day game drive with packed lunches. During this game drive you will search for some of the big five and you will also get the opportunity to capture nice photos. Later at around 3pm head back to your lodge where you will spend time relaxing or swimming.  

• Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch & dinner
• Accommodation: Amboseli serena lodge

After breakfast, you will depart for Tsavo west which is renowned for the Mzima Springs that produce astounding 50million gallons of fresh water daily. As the sun sets things tend to cool off with the winds setting the pace for darkness to set. On your way on a lucky day you will be met by the sight of numerous baboons that roam the plains. You will arrive at kilaguni for lunch and after some rest you will have an evening game drive which will pose to be efficient to see the ‘big five’ and then you will drive to your hotel for dinner and overnight.

• Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
• Accommodation: Kilaguni safari lodge
• Website: https://www.serenahotels.com/serenakilaguni/en/default.html
• Distance approximately 130km about 3 hours’ drive.

You will have your breakfast check out with game drives as you proceed to the east part of Tsavo. Arrive at Ashnill aruba for early lunch later enjoy evening game drive in search of elephants, the infamous man-eaters of Tsavo, buffalos, cheetahs, giraffe, antelopes and various other animals which call this national park their home. We will then visit the famous Aruba dam where lots of game can be found especially during the dry season. Overnight at Ashnil Aruba lodge https://www.ashnilhotels.com/aruba/  

• Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
• Accommodation: voi safari lodge
• Website: https://safari-com/voi-safari-lodge/
• Distance: Approximately 295 kilometers (About 5-hour drive).

After breakfast check out and proceed to Diani (about 5 hours’ drive) and you shall be dropped at Malindi in the coast arriving in good time for lunch where you shall spend the first 3 nights at relaxation with visits to the beach after a long safari.

• Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
• Accommodation: Diamond dreams of Africa
• Website: https://dreamofafrica.diamondsresorts.com/

After breakfast check out and be transferred to sands at chale a private island in Diani  where you will spend the last 3 nights of you stay in Diani https://thesandsatchaleisland.com/.

• Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
• Accommodation: sands at chale.

After breakfast we shall organize your transfer back to the Nairobi/Mombasa where you shall have your outbound flight.