1: Addis Ababa
Arrival in Addis Ababa (we suggest Thursday to fit the market days; otherwise ok any other day). Morning free. Afternoon tour of the capital: visit Entoto mountains with views over the capital, the National museum, St George church. ON hotel.

2: Addis Ababa – DebreMarkos
Drive to visit the Debre Libanos monastery, the old Portuguese bridge and Jemma river valley. Spot also the endemic Gelada Baboons here. Proceed then crossing the Blue Nile valley to DebreMarkos. Lunch on the way; dinner & ON htl DebreMarkos

3: DebreMarkos – Zenegena
Drive to Kossober to visit the Gojam and Agew people Saturday’s market. Then proceed to Chagni (60 km, 1 hrs) and Mandura (67 km, 1 hr driving) to admire another colorful market, this time of the Gumze and Agew people. Then drive back to Zengena lake for ON camping (lunch on the way; dinner at camp)

4: Zengena – Shinashia
Drive to Dahans Baguna to admire a Gumze & Agew people market. Then proceed to very nice and traditional Agew people villages. Reach then the Blue Nile. Lunch on the way; dinner & ON camping at Shinashia, at a people village.

5: Shinashia – Guba
Proceed to Guba (or also called Mankush) village, where you find also a previous palace of Dej Asmach Jemal, built during Emperor Menelik reign.
Reach so Janga where you can admire the Blue Nile (189 kms, 4 hrs). Proceed so to Sherkole where you can admire the Berta people, traditional gold miners, at work. (2 hrs drive). Then continue for the overnight at Asosa, at Mango campsite, among lot of Mango trees (lunch on way; dinner camp)

6: Guba – Asosa
Proceed to admire the Bambasi village very colorful market of the Oromo, Mao & Komo. The Mao & Komo are very traditional tribes, with many scarification all over their body. The Mao men have scarification in the
face & chest, while female on the belly. While the Komo on the front & face, while female on the belly. Lunch on the way; dinner & ON camp Asosa

7: Asosa – Ye’amsera
Drive to Ye’amsera village (Tongo region) & camp next to the mosque, built in 1952 by an Algerian coming from Saudi Arabia. Here in July (Arabian calendar on Mirage 27) there is a famous pilgrimage. Organize the permits & police escort and drive to the Ganzo people village. The Ganzo are the 81st tribe, just discovered few years ago. Are totally 150 members. Have scarification over their body, mainly the men in the face & chest; while female in the belly, arms & back. They hunt (warthog, alligators, monkeys, etc) and in the evening you’ll participate to dinner and dancing. Is a very particular experience. Lunch on the way; dinner & ON Ye’amsera

8: Ye’amsera – Asosa
Morning dedicated to the visit of the Ganzo people. Afternoon proceed to Asosa. On the way make a 1 hrs trek at Inzi, for very nice views over the region, and some villages. Lunch on the way; dinner & ON Mango campsite Asosa

9: Nekemte – Addis Ababa
Drive back to Addis Ababa. Ones in Addis, short visit of the Mercato, biggest open air market in Africa. Dinner in traditional restaurant with folkloristic dances. Then transfer airport for departure

1: Addis Ababa
Arrive Addis, tour. ON htl

2: Shala & Abyata Rift Valley lakes NP, Langano lake
Shala -Abyata Rift Valley lakes NP, Langano lake. ON Wenney ecolodge.w ww.wenneyecolodge.com

3: Jima
Coffe plantation and visit their works- ON Jima in htl

4: Bebeka
Dizi people- forest- coffee. ON Bebeka camp or lodge.

5: Dizi people
Dizi people- ON Tum camp

6: Surma people
Enter into the fascinating Surma people. For beauty women have circular or trapezoidal plates into their lips. Very interesting culture. Look for the donga stick-fighting game (with luck), and more. ON Tulgit camp

7: Surma villages
Surma villages. ON camp Kibish.

8: Omo park
Proceed to Mui, Omo park headquarter. Visit animals. ON camp

9: Omo park
Omo park. Proceed to Bume people. ON camp

10: Omo Mursi
Drive to Omo Mursi, at Omo river. Mursi people. Similar at Surma. Here also women put circular plates into their lips for beauty. ON camp. Prepare for the boat trip

11: Start rafting
Mursi Hanna- Bume people villages. ON camp

12: Mursi Beret village
Visit Mursi people and ON camp next to Mursi Beret village

13: Kupria Bume village
Visit Mursi and Bume people. ON next to Kupria Bume village in camp

14: Mugugi people
Visit Mursi and Mugugi people. ON Mugugi camp

15: Visit Karo people
Visit Karo people. ON Kortcho camp, with very nice view over Omo river. End raft

16: Turmi (hamer peple)
Drive to the Hamer people. ON Turmi. Bungalows o camp Evangadi lodge

17: Hamer people vilalges
Visit Hamer people vilalges, dances (Evangadi), marriage ceremonies with luck with the bull jumping, and if market days. ON Turmi.

18: Omorate and Dassanech people
Omorate & Dassanech people- Incorenana people- Eleret.

19: Sibiloi game drives
Sibiloi game drives, and petrified Forest Hike. ON Sibiloi camp or lodge

20: Elmolo and Turkana people
Visit Elmolo and Turkana people. ON camp or lodge

21: Samburu people
Samburu people. ON camp or lodge

22: South Horr, Baragol, Maralal sanctuary.
Drive South Horr, Baragol, Maralal sanctuary. ON lodge or camp

23: Lake Baringo- Naivasha
Lake Baringo- Naivasha. ON lodge or camp

24: Naivasha- Masai Mara
Naivasha- Masai Mara. ON lodge

25: Masai Mara
Game drive at Masai Mara. ON lodge

26: Nairobi
Drive Nairobi. Evening departure (or next day)

1: Nairobi-MtKenya
Nairobi-MtKenya (8 hrs, 300 km). Arrival Nairobi. MT Kenya. ON camp or lodge

2: MtKenya-Shaba
Drive for Shaba game reserve. Shaba with its rocky kopje (isolated hills), hot springs and dum palms is one of the best reserves. Camp/lodge

3: Shaba-Samburu/Buffalo Spring
Drive to Samburu & Buffalo Springs with a large amount of flora & fauna. Samburu people territory. ON camp /lodge

4: Samburu-Ngurunet
Kaisut desert, Rendille people territory, drinking blood of camels with milk. At Ngurunet find the Samburu. ON camp.

5: Marsabit
Drive Marsabit, situated at the interior of a volcanic area of 630 kmq, with 22 craters. Drive to Paradise lake, with spectacular views. camp/lodge.

6: Chalbi desert
Visit the village and market of Marsabit, where different tribes meet, as the Rendille, Samburu and others. Camp next to Kalacha oasis, at Gabbra people

7: Kalacha-lake Turkana
Kalacha-lake Turkana, where the Turkana people leave, the most spectacular people of Kenya. They leave of their animals and fishing at Turkana lake. Find also El-molo people, leaving of fish and crocodile meat. ON camp or Oasis lodge

8: Nabuyatom
Explore Nabuyatom area, Samburu people, option visit “Altar” graffits. camp or lodge.

9: Maralal national Sanctuary
Drive south through South Horr and Baragol to reach Maralal national Sanctuary and Samburu people. ON camp or lodge Maralal.

10: Marsabit
We drive to Marsabit arriving late afternoon. ON camp or lodge

11: ElSod crater
Drive to the Borena people and Ethiopia border. Proceed to ElSod crater. camp

12: ElSod crater – Borena people
Walk down to ElSod crater, visit Dublock singing wells, Borena people. camp/ htl

13: Konso villages
Drive to Konso villages and visit their culture and traditions. ON Konso camp/htl

14: Jinka
Visit Derase, Ari, Benna, Tsemay people. If THU very nice market of Tsemay and Erbore people at KeyAfer village. ON Jinka in htl

15: Mago park
Enter into the Mago park visiting different animals, and proceed to visit the Mursi people and villages. Here for beauty women use putting plates into their lips. camp

16: Mago – Karo people
Drive to the Karo people and villages of Duss and Kortcho, with very nice view over Omo river. ON camping Murulle, at Omo river bank, on next to Kortcho village.

17: Mago Park – Turmi
Drive to Kangate for Bume people Then proceed for Hamer people and villages. ON Turmi Evangadi lodge, camp or bungalows. www.evangadilodge.com

18: Turmi – Hamer villages
Visit Hamer, Karo and Dassanech people markets, if market day. We’ll look also for Hamer marriage ceremonies with the bull jumping. Visit Hamer villages and try to see their dances (Evangadi). ON Turmi.

19: Arbaminch
Visit Erbore & Konso people and villages- ON Arbaminch Swaynes htl. www.swayneshotel.com

20: Netch Sar park – Chamo lake
Morning visit Netch Sar park with lot of zebras, endemic Swaynes Hartbeest, wonderful views over Chamo & Abaya lakes. Afternoon boat on Chamo lake for crocodiles (biggest in Africa, long till 7 meters)& hippos. ON Swaynes htl

21: Dorze people – Langano
Morning visit the Dorze people with their unique houses, culture, cultivation of the false banana & more. Relax & overnight at the Wenney eco-lodge at Langano Rift Valley lake. www.wenneyecolodge.com

22: Rift valley lakes NP – Addis
Shala-Abyata Rift valley lakes NP-Addis. Dinner with folkloristic dances. Departure

1: Nairobi – Nanyuki – Samburu
Early departure from Nairobi and travel North to Nanyuki. We will stop before Nanyuki, on the slopes of Mount Kenya to have lunch at the Trout Tree Restaurant, before continuing to Isiolo. Here we abandon the tarmac for the hard corrugation road heading to Marsabit, but we will only follow it for 40 Kms or so, before entering the game park. Soon we will set camp for the night on the banks of the Ewaso and it is time for sundowners and our first dinner under the incandescent equatorial sky.

2: Samburu National Park
Morning and afternoon game drives in the park.

3: Samburu – Wamba � Elbunique
Early breakfast, wrap camp and exit Samburu by the West gate. The track is smooth and wriggles itself through thick bush as we head out of the basin. The views are now endless… we are slightly high… behind us the Laikipia escarpment dominates the basin dotted Samburu warrior with small volcanoes and characterized by lines of acacias along the laggas. Ahead, our track disappears in the horizon. A brief stop in Wamba, on the south western side of the Matthews Range, to buy chewing Tobacco, a much appreciated gift to the elders we will meet ‘en route’.

4: Elbunique – Barsaloi – Baragoi – Illaut � Ngurunit
Valleys and hills will subside each other through the day. By mid afternoon we will abandon the road to South Horr for a dried up river bed that contours the Ndotos range towards Illaut. This is still Samburu country, bordering Rendille country.

5: Ngurunit – Kaisut Desert – Kalacha
We are heading straight north, lifting a cloud of white dust behind us. In the distance a vision of a camel caravan dissolves itself between the skyline and the horizon. The air is dry, the heat intense. For lunch we’ll have to improvise a tarpaulin between our vehicles for a little shade, for the temperature is above forty-degree Celsius….Kalacha, an oasis in the middle of the desert and main water point for the Gabbra. This is our set for the night.

6: Kalacha – Chalbi Desert – North Horr � Loiyangalani
Gabbra, Borana or Somali warriors escorting their large herds of camels in search of pastures, regularly cross this part of the world. We drive on…A cold beer and lunch awaits us at the Oasis Lodge in Loiyangalani. As well as a relaxing afternoon by the warm pool, the breeze singing through the palms in this magical location will allow you a little time to take in the days behind. By now you do not know what happened when or where.

7: Loiyangalani
Day in Loiyangalani

8: Loiyangalani � Maralal
We are on the road again driving south on the rift Valley through constantly changing scenery. We will cross the towns of South Horr, Baragoi, Marti and Barsaloi before starting to climb towards the Maralal plateau. The night will be chilly.

9: Maralal – Baringo � Bogoria
Still heading straight South… past Lake Baringo and its musky brown water… Bogoria is not far now. By lunch we will set camp under a giant fig tree, overlooking the lake and its rich bird life.

10: Bogoria – Mau Escarpment � Masai Mara
We are now leaving behind the open spaces of the North. Sisal plantations before the town of Nakuru, wheat and pyrethrum on the Mau escarpment…and soon the rolling plains of the Mara.

11: Masai Mara
Morning and afternoon game drives in the park.

12: Masai Mara – Nairobi
Well… our safari is now coming to an end… We drive back to Nairobi where you have day rooms to freshen up before dinner at Carnivore… and your transfer to JKIA airport for your return flight home, unless…

EXTENSIONS FOR THIS TOUR
Option LAMU
Day 12: Nairobi – Lamu: (Not Included in Tour Cost)
13:15 Transfer to Wilson and flight to Lamu. Here, a motorized dhow will take you to Stone House, an
18th century stone house ideally situated in the midst of Lamu’s narrow streets, or to the Island Hotel
situated in the center of Shella Village, only a four minute walk from Shella’s unspoiled golden sand beach.

Day 13: Lamu
Tucked away at the northern end of Kenya’s coastline… you may lay on the beach, visit the 16th century Takwa ruins or go fishing and snorkeling at Manda Toto. Here you may dream away as you stroll along a bygone age of the old Arab-trading route of as early as the 7th century. Stone buildings with carved doors, a waterfront teeming with dhows and women wrapped in black are part of the set as you drift into the night fragrance of the bazaar life among the aromas of charcoal cooked sheeshkababs and strong coffee.

Day 14: Lamu
Enjoy the morning sun… but remember you have a 3 pm flight to Nairobi to catch. Day rooms at Inter Continental or similar await you. Dinner will be at the Carnivore restaurant and from there, your transfer to JKIA for your return flight home.

1: Nairobi
Arrive at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport Nairobi; you will be met as you disembark off the flight and assisted through immigration and custom procedures. After passing through customs, you will transferred for overnight on bed and breakfast at Intercontinental Hotel BB

2: Samburu Game Reserve
After breakfast, depart for Samburu Reserve, to arrive for lunch at Samburu Lodge.
Situated on the banks of the Uaso Nyiro River in the arid heart of Samburu National Reserve, your lodge overlooks riverbanks where herds of elephant, buffalo and zebra come daily to drink. The Reserve has its own indigenous wildlife unique to the region including the gerenuk, Somali ostrich and the endangered grevy’s zebra. Enjoy an afternoon game drive returning to the lodge at sunset.
Dinner and overnight at Samburu Lodge FB

3: Samburu Game Reserve
Full day at your lodge, with both morning and afternoon games drives. The reserve is part of the Samburu ecosystem, comprising of three wildlife rich reserves. It is home to the colorful Samburu people, who are close relatives of the Maasai, plus the Somali and Rendile tribes. Dinner and overnight at Samburu Lodge FB

4: Lake Nakuru National Park
After breakfast drive to Nyahururu Falls. After a brief stopover, continue to your next destination, Lake Nakuru- home to a million flamingoes beautifully lining at its shores. Lake Nakuru National Park surrounds the lake and was gazetted to protect the colony of flamingoes as well as provide sanctuary for the endangered species as such the rhino. Other Savannah games abound, plus numerous other bird species.
Dinner and overnight at Lake Nakuru Lodge FB

5: Maasai Mara Game Reserve
After breakfast depart and driver to the world famous to Maasai Mara game reserve. Arrive at your lodge in time for lunch at Keekorok Lodge.
Afternoon game drive in search of its famous wildlife such as lions, buffalo, and cheetahs among others. Return for dinner and overnight at Keekorok Lodge FB

6: Maasai Mara Game Reserve
The day is spent in the Mara enjoying morning and afternoon game drives. 
Maasai Mara is most famous for the annual wildebeest migration that takes place every July to October. All meals and overnight at Keekorok lodge FB

7: Depart
After breakfast, you will depart and drive back to Nairobi, arriving in the early afternoon. Later transfer to the Airport for your international departure flight.

1: Nairobi – Amboseli National Park
Arrive at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport Nairobi; you will be met as you disembark off the flight and assisted through immigration and custom procedures. After passing through customs, you will drive to Amboseli National Park, located South East of Nairobi and on the Kenya/Tanzania Border. You will arrive in time for lunch in your lodge, followed by an evening games drive at 1600hrs. Dinner and overnight at Amboseli Sopa Lodge FB

2: Amboseli National Park
Spend a further day at your lodge with morning and evening game drives. You will have the chance to view and photograph the largest herds of Elephants in Kenya, Lions, cheetahs, buffalo, and numerous birds species, all posing against the majestic Mount Kilimanjaro.
Dinner and overnight at Amboseli Sopa Lodge FB

3: Lake Naivasha
After breakfast, depart and drive via Nairobi for a lunch stop at Carnivore Restaurant. Afternoon drive along the rim of the Great Rift Valley to arrive at Lake Naivasha Sopa in the early evening. Afternoon enjoy an hour’s boat ride on Lake Naivasha, giving you an opportunity to swim with the hippos.
The Lake hosts over 400 birds’ species and it supports a large number of hippos.
Dinner and overnight at Lake Naivasha Sopa Lodge FB

4: Maasai Mara Reserve
After breakfast, depart and proceed southwards to Maasai Mara. Enjoy the Reserve’s breathtaking views, abundant wildlife and bird life and the rich Maasai Culture. It boarders Serengeti to the north and supports a huge number of game e.g. large herds of elephant, rhino, giraffe, buffalo and their predators such as lion, leopard, crocodile and hyenas. Arrive in time for lunch at Mara Sopa Lodge, followed by an evening games drive. Dinner and overnight at Mara Sopa Lodge FB

5: Maasai Mara Reserve
After breakfast, full day game viewing in the Mara plains with a break for either picnic or a hot lunch at the lodge. The unique co-existence of the Maasai people and wildlife makes the Mara one of the world’s most unique wilderness regions, with the annual Wildebeest migration making it a wonder of the new world.
Dinner and overnight at Mara Sopa Lodge FB

6: Depart
Depart after breakfast and drive back to Nairobi, arriving in the early afternoon. 
Later transfer to the airport for your departure flight.

1: Nairobi
Arrive at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport Nairobi; you will be met as you disembark off the flight and assisted through immigration and custom procedures. After passing through customs, you will transferred for overnight on bed and breakfast at Nairobi Serena Hotel BB

2: Mount Kenya
Depart after breakfast and drive to Mount Kenya arriving in time for lunch at the Serena Mountain Lodge. Secreted deep within the country’s largest forest reserve, the lodge offers the clarity of mountain air, the tranquility of the forest, a colorful parade of wildlife, and the chance of scaling the icy peaks of Kenya’s highest mountain. View game from the hotel’s balconies as the animals visit the watering hole and salt lick.
Dinner and overnight Serena Mountain Lodge FB

3: Samburu Reserve
After breakfast, depart for Samburu Reserve, to arrive for lunch at Samburu Serena Lodge. Situated on the banks of the Uaso Nyiro River in the arid heart of Samburu National Reserve, your lodge overlooks riverbanks where herds of elephant, buffalo and zebra come daily to drink. The Reserve has its own indigenous wildlife unique to the region including the gerenuk, Somali ostrich and the endangered grevy’s zebra. Enjoy an afternoon game drive returning to the lodge at sunset. Overnight Samburu Serena Lodge FB

4: Samburu Reserve
The day is spent at the lodge, with morning and afternoon games drives. The reserve is part of the Samburu ecosystem, comprising of three wildlife rich reserves. It is home to the colorful Samburu people, who are close relatives of the Maasai, plus the Somali and Rendile tribes. Overnight Samburu Serena Lodge FB

5: Lake Nakuru
After breakfast depart and drive to Lake Nakuru National Park where you will arrive in time for lunch at Lion Hill lodge. Afternoon game drive in the park, visiting the lake shore, the scenic baboon cliff and Makalia falls time permitting. The park is famous for the millions of pink flamingoes that line the lake shores, and its rhino sanctuary. Dinner and overnight at Sarova Lion Hill Lodge FB

6: Maasai Mara Game Reserve
After breakfast depart and drive to Maasai Mara arriving for lunch. You have time to relax followed by an afternoon game drive. 
Dinner and overnight at Mara Serena Lodge FB

7: Maasai Mara Game Reserve
The day is spent exploring the Maasai Mara with morning and afternoon game drives. The Mara is most famous for the annual wildebeest migration that takes place every July to October. Dinner and overnight at Mara Serena lodge FB

8: Depart
After breakfast depart and drive back to Nairobi arriving in the afternoon.
Transfer you to Nairobi Airport for your onward departure flight.

1: Nairobi
Arrive at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport Nairobi; you will be met as you disembark off the flight and assisted through immigration and custom procedures. After passing through customs, you will transferred for overnight on bed and breakfast at Panafric Hotel BB

2: Shaba Game Reserve
After breakfast, depart for Samburu Reserve, to arrive for lunch at Sarova Shaba Lodge. Set in the heart of Kenya’s “Born Free Country,” and home to the great conservationists Joy and George Adamson, the breathtaking Sarova Shaba Lodge located in the Shaba Game Reserve. Shaba is also home to the colorful Samburu tribe and the reserve also boasts of the unique game species only found in this area, or visit the crocodile infested Uaso Ny’iro River.
Dinner and overnight at Sarova Shaba Lodge FB

3: Shaba Reserve
The day is spent at the lodge, with morning and afternoon games drives. The reserve is part of the Samburu ecosystem, comprising of three wildlife rich reserves. It is home to the colorful Samburu people, who are close relatives of the Maasai, plus the Somali and Rendile tribes. Dinner and overnight at Sarova Shaba Lodge FB

4: Lake Nakuru
After breakfast depart and drive to Lake Nakuru National Park where you will arrive in time for lunch at Lion Hill lodge. Afternoon game drive in the park, visiting the lake shore, the scenic baboon cliff and Makalia falls time permitting. The park is famous for the millions of pink flamingoes that line the lake shores, and its rhino sanctuary. Dinner and overnight at Sarova Lion Hill Lodge FB

5: Maasai Mara Game Reserve
After breakfast depart and drive to Maasai Mara arriving for lunch.
 You have time to relax followed by an afternoon game drive. 
Dinner and overnight at Mara Sarova Game Camp FB

6: Maasai Mara Game Reserve
The day is spent exploring the Maasai Mara with morning and afternoon game drives. The Mara is most famous for the annual wildebeest migration that takes place every July to October. Dinner and overnight at Mara Sarova Game Camp FB

7: Depart
After breakfast depart and drive back to Nairobi arriving in the afternoon.
Transfer you to Nairobi Airport for your onward departure flight

1: Nairobi – Amboseli
Morning pick-up from Namanga border and drive to the Amboseli National Park. The Park is famous for its breath-taking views of Kilimanjaro. The Park also shelters more than 420 species of birds. Enormous Elephant population and other big game are attracted to the area by underground springs fed from the melting snows of Mount Kilimanjaro. Lunch at Amboseli Sopa Lodge/Amboseli Serena Lodge/Ol Tukai Lodge. Afternoon game drives Dinner and overnight at Amboseli Sopa Lodge/Amboseli Serena Lodge/Ol Tukai Lodge.

2: Amboseli – Tsavo West National Park
Today we enjoy a game drive to the secluded heart of big game country. In addition to elephant, antelope, zebra, wildebeest, buffalo and lions, nearly every vista within the park is framed by majestic Mount Kilimanjaro in the distance. Breakfast at the lodge; optional visit to a Maasai Village and depart for Tsavo West National Park. Upon arrival, check-in and lunch follows. An afternoon game drive in this vast Park is planned. Tsavo West National Park covers 20,808sq km (8,034sq miles), The Park comprises a diversity of habitats, open plains alternating with savannah bush and semi-desert scrub; acacia woodlands; rocky ridges and outcrops. With a permanent water source, the park is virtually guaranteed enormous herds and excellent game viewing including cheetah, lion, leopard and hyena and a herd of over 3,500 elephants. Dinner and overnight at Kilaguni Serena Lodge or Ngulia Lodge or Voyager Safari Camp

3: Tsavo – Lake Nakuru National Park
Depart Tsavo after breakfast .Our destination today is Lake Nakuru National Park. We stop for lunch at an upscale restaurant in Nairobi and reach the Park in time for an afternoon game drive, on which we can expect to see buffalo, rhino, giraffe, zebra, antelope and the lions that prey on them as well as vast flocks of flamingos clustered near the lake shore. Lake Nakuru is famous for having the highest concentration of flamingos in the world and is home to over three hundred bird species. It is a sanctuary for both the Black and White Rhinos. Also found in plenty are zebras, waterbucks, buffaloes and warthogs. Leopards are sometimes seen sleeping on the horizontal branches of the “Fever trees”. Supper is at our lodge overlooking the lake
Dinner and overnight at Lake Nakuru Lodge or Sarova Lion hill Lodge

4: Nakuru – Maasai Mara Game Reserve
After breakfast, depart for Maasai Mara Game Reserve. Travel through the Maasai country occasionally coming across Maasai herdsmen with their livestock living harmoniously with the wildlife. After lunch at your residence lodge another game run is planned in these vast rolling grasslands. Here we find the Old Africa of the movies, with rolling grasslands dotted by acacia trees and sweeping plains teeming with Wildlife. No matter how much you have thought about Africa, this is more than you expected-and the ideal backdrop for a hot air balloon expedition. During our stay we also visit a village of the Maasai people to witness the singing and dancing that are part of their daily lives and sacred rituals. A glimpse into their homes and social structure is a poignant experience. Dinner and overnight at Sarova Tented Camp or Mara Sopa Lodge or Mara Simba Lodge

5: Discover Maasai Mara
Morning and afternoon game drives in this magnificent Park. Maasai Mara is famous for the Annual Wildebeest Migration that takes place between the months of July and October. During this time over a million wildebeests accompanied by thousands of other herbivores, migrate from Serengeti National Park to the Mara in search for greener pastures. Hundreds of lions and hyenas follow them picking on the old and weaker ones. The legendary black mane lion is only found in Maasai Mara. The cheetah hunts best in these open grasslands. All meals and overnight at Sarova Tented Camp or Mara Sopa Lodge or Mara Simba Lodge

6: Maasai Mara – Nairobi
An early morning game drive is planned before returning to your camp or lodge for a proper sit down English breakfast. With breakfast done, we overland to Nairobi. The rest of the day is at leisure for last minute shopping and sight seeing. In the evening, you will be escorted to the Airport for flight check-in and board your plane that takes you home with a smile and a lifetime of memories.

1: Nairobi – Samburu & Shaba National (01/02/03 day)
Arrive Nairobi; flight to Samburu & Shaba National Reserve. On arrival you will be met and transferred to the Samburu Serena for your 2 nights stay – all game viewing and meals are included.

4: Samburu – Masai Mara (04/05/06/07 day)
Transfer to Samburu Airport for your flight along Africa’s Great Rift Valley, passing over lakes and volcanoes, you reach the Masai Mara on Kenya’s southern border. On arrival you will be met and transferred to the Mara Serena for your 3 night stay. Again all game viewing and meals are included.

8: Nairobi – Departure
After a morning game drive, time permitting, your safari ends with a flight to Nairobi Airport. Evening departure