8 days – Classic Kenya Private Safari Horizon

Welcome in Kenya! Arrival at JKIA, we will pick up at the international arrivals hall and give you a briefing of the tour. Then drop off at your hotel. Overnight and breakfast at Southern Sun Mayfair Hotel or similar.

Today you drive to Lake Nakuru National Park, where you arrive around noon. You check in and have lunch. In the afternoon you go on a game drive. Lake Nakuru National Park was established to protect the huge flamingo population. Waterbuck, bohor reedbuck and zebra graze on the shore. Lake Nakuru is home to the black and white rhino. In 1987, due to the devastating effects of poaching, there were only two black rhinos left. By establishing a rhino sanctuary within the park and cross-breeding with a breeder from Laikipia, the Kenya Wildlife Service (K.W.S.) was able to successfully breed the rhinos in the park. Game viewing is relatively easy. Buffalo, leopards, lions, Rothschild’s giraffes, and colobus, among others, can be encountered in the forest.

After breakfast, leave Nakuru and drive to the Maasai Mara Game Reserve, the “spotted plain” according to the Maa language. This is home to the largest concentration of large mammals and is widely recognized as Africa’s ultimate conservation area. The park is the northern continuation of the vast Serengeti – Mara ecosystem, famous for its annual wildebeest migration. You will arrive at your lodge for lunch. Afternoon game drive to sunset at this spectacular location with breathtaking scenery, endless plains and the widest variety of wildlife.

The landscape consists of gentle savannahs with spotted shrubs and bush thickets, which makes them look like dotted.

Today you have the opportunity to explore this great reserve in its depth. You will see elephants, giraffes, packs of lions, and thousands of impalas, topi, and thomson glands. Birds are also very diverse, including migratory birds more than 450 species of birds, including 57 birds of prey, are counted. The Mara is the scene of the annual migration of millions of wildebeests from the Serengeti Plains in search of water and grasses. During your stay in the Mara you will have the opportunity to float above the Mara – Serengeti Ecosystem aboard a hot air balloon, followed by a gourmet champagne breakfast. You can also visit a Maasai village and enjoy Maasei dances entertainment. (Options for an extra charge).

After breakfast and check-out, drive to Lake Naivasha which is the first of the Rift Valley Lakes and is set at the foot of Mount Longonot, on the north side. It was on Lake Naivasha that East Africa’s first air passengers used to land in the flying boats of Imperial Airways. After lunch at the camp take an afternoon boat ride for a chance to identify the many different birds in the area.

After an early breakfast we will drive from the Planis to the Amboseli National Park. The park is known for its landscape dominated by Mount Kilimanjaro. It offers an interesting contrast with its dry and dusty appearance, which can be attributed to the volcanic ash that came out of Kilimanjaro when it last erupted. Despite the dusty appearance, there is a continuous supply of water through Kilimanjaro melted snow, filtered through the volcanic rocks.

Spend another day in the park with game viewing in the morning and afternoon. These include zebras, gnus, giraffes, impala, caracal and serval, lions, leopards, cheetahs, buffaloes. There are also more than 400 species of birds, including the bee-eater, kingfisher, African osprey, martial eagle and pygmy hawk. The visitors come especially to observe the huge elephant herds. The bull elephants have some of the largest tusks in Kenya. You can also enjoy excellent views of Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Meru

Wake up to an early breakfast before departing for the drive to Nairobi with drop off at the airport for an outbound flight or beach holiday.