Join us as we discover Kenya on an adventure packed journey to Nairobi, Samburu, and the Maasai Mara and see wildlife found only north of Africa’s equator.

Explore some of the most prolific game viewing locations in all of Africa. See endangered animals up close as your expert guides take you on daily game viewing drives to all their favorite spots. Every detail is taken care of including international flights from New York to Nairobi on Kenyan Airways. Travel with a small group escorted by Travelex International!

Email Lisa Torgerson or call 847-519-4773 for more information or to book!

International flight to/from NYC – Kenya – Meet & greet services on arrival – Roundtrip airport transfers – 2 nights accommodation in Nairobi on bed & breakfast basis – 6 nights on safari on full board basis – Lunch at Carnivore on Day 10 – Day Room at Crowne Plaza Airport on Day 10 – Transport in a custom designed 4×4 safari Landcruiser with an English-speaking guide – All safari game drives – One way flight Masai Mara – Nairobi – Park entrance fees – Unlimited supply of bottle water with refillable bottles – International flights roundtrip JFK on Kenya Airways

DAY 1

Depart New York on your Kenya Airways flight to Nairobi. Sit back, relax, and prepare for an exhilarating adventure.

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DAY 2

JAMBO – KARIBU!! It is ‘touch down’ at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. Representatives of African Travel, Inc., eagerly await your arrival in traditional African style – wet towels and bubbly. Thereafter transfer to your hotel in Nairobi, Kenya’s colourful capital city to check in to your city hotel. Rest of the day or evening is spent at leisure.

Accommodation: Sarova Stanley Hotel (2 nights)

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DAY 3

Breakfast at the hotel. Enjoy a full day exploring Nairobi. The day is a perfect blend of culture, conservation and shopping. The tour will take you to the Daphne Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage, the Giraffe Centre, Karen Blixen Museum, Kazuri Beads and Utamaduni Craft Centre. Enjoy lunch at the Tamambo Karen Blixen (set menu). Return to the hotel for a Welcome Cocktail and an evening at leisure.

DAY 4

After breakfast we depart north via Nanyuki for the Samburu Game Reserve set in the rugged, semi-arid northern region of Kenya, with spectacular scenic landscape. Arrive in time for lunch, a short siesta then head out for an afternoon game viewing drive. The water of the great Ewaso Nyiro River, dotted with doum palms meanders through the reserve giving it an oasis setting and draws wildlife in great numbers to its banks. The verdant riverine forest is a stark contrast to the arid thorn studded plains. Samburu is visited by large herds of Elephants, drawn by the promise of water.

In the dry season, the elephants use their tusks to dig deep into the dry riverbeds, unearthing precious water. These waterholes then become a focal point for other game. The Samburu region is the best place to find several endemic Northern species; including the Gerenuk (twiga gazelle) due to her long neck, the beisa Oryx, the reticulated giraffe, the Somali ostrich and Grevy’s Zebra. Samburu is also an ornithological paradise, home to many birds including local species such as the Palm Nut Vulture and the Vinaceous Dove. Leopards are often seen at dusk. The Samburu culture is a truly fascinating one, sharing a great deal of ancestral and linguistic ties to the Maasai. The entire Samburu region is a place of breath taking and magical beauty, a place where the vision of a deep red sunset silhouetting the doum palms along the river as a leopard emerges to hunt brings the perfect end to a day on safari. Enjoy dinner and overnight at your camp.

Accommodation: Sarova Shaba Game Lodge (2 nights)
Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch & dinner

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DAY 5

Enjoy a bubbly bush breakfast this morning along with game viewing in both Samburu and Buffalo Springs Game Reserves. Enjoy another game drive this afternoon. The Samburu culture is a truly fascinating one, sharing a great deal of ancestral and linguistic ties to the Maasai. Enjoy meals and overnight at your camp. Visit to a Samburu Manyatta to see how the tribe lives in this harsh surrounding.

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DAY 6

After breakfast depart for Lake Nakuru National ark with a brief stop at the Thompson’s Falls for a breath-taking view of the great scenery. Enjoy lunch and later this afternoon enjoy a game viewing drive. The environment here is welcoming, one of the best places to relax, to unwind, to enjoy nature’s beauty. The scenery is breath-taking; a sight of the virgin forest is re-assuring. Some of the interesting places to visit include the baboon cliff, the lion hill and the Mau escarpment. The park is one of the best game viewing parks with various animal species including prides of lion, Cape buffalo, waterbucks, warthogs, the endangered Rothschild giraffe, the black & white Rhino, the Burchell’s zebra, impala, and the elusive leopard among many others. Over 300 bird species have been recorded here too. Lake Nakuru National Park is one of the best places to see the endangered black and white Rhino. Enjoy a bush sundowner with canapes, dinner and overnight at our Lodge.

Accommodation: Sarova Lionhill Lodge
Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch & dinner

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DAY 7

A hearty early morning breakfast and a drive to the Masai Mara National Reserve, offering wonderful scenery and plenty of game. Arrive at your tented camp for lunch, a little bit of leisure time before you depart on an exciting game viewing drive. The rolling plains and grasslands, stretching far into the horizons as far as the eye can see is home to the black-manned lion, the savannah elephant, the Cape buffalo, wildebeest, the elusive leopard, cheetah, the spotted & stripped hyena, the rhino, topi, Burchell’s zebra, the Maasai giraffe among many others. The Mara game reserve is one that can never disappoint. One is spoilt by the variety of bird and wildlife species in this game reserve. For a long time, Mara Game Reserve has stubbed her authority as the ‘granary’ of wildlife in Kenya. You return back to the camp for a cocktail hour with appetizers, dinner and overnight.

Accommodation: Sarova Mara Game Camp (3 nights)
Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch & dinner

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DAY 8 & 9

Wake up early and after enjoying some tea/coffee depart for an early morning game viewing drive to return for breakfast. Enjoy the rest of the morning by the swimming pool or catch up on your diary or simply relax. After a hearty lunch and a brief rest proceed on an afternoon game viewing drive to return to the camp late afternoon/early evening for dinner and overnight. Enjoy a bush dinner on Day 8.

You may also choose an OPTIONAL ACTIVITY Balloon Safari! This adventure begins just before dawn. Flames from the hot air balloon burners light the darkness as the crew inflate their craft. The first, pink tongues of sunlight flicker across the skies and the hot air balloon fills then rises. Suspended in a basket beneath the rainbow-colored canopy, you are off for a game-viewing adventure with an entirely different perspective. Apart from the occasional hiss of the burners, a lion’s roar, elephants crashing through the bush, baboons perched in the tips of the trees startled and screeching to see something above them, the flight above the Masai Mara Plains is magically silent. At the end of the flight, the passengers are treated to a champagne breakfast in the bush, complete with flowers. China and crystal are set out on the table that is placed under a convenient acacia tree. The finishing touch to the flight is a game drive back to the camp, and the possibility of seeing the same pride of lions, or herd of elephants that had been viewed while ballooning. A flight certificate is issued on completion of the balloon safari. Back at Camp enjoy a sumptuous lunch and a well-deserved rest.

Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch & dinner

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DAY 10

This morning, enjoy your breakfast then check-out. Unbelievable but true, your good bush moments have come to an end. Bid farewell to your wonderful Camp Manager and his team then depart to Nairobi. Not empty handed though, with you are photographs – a capture of the special moments you have had on this tour to immortalize the experience. Transfer to the airstrip for your return flight to Nairobi. On arrival, proceed to The Carnivore Restaurant for a hearty lunch before continuing to the Crowne Plaza JKIA where a room has been booked for your comfort. Transfer to the airport terminal for your homebound flight.

Meal plan: Breakfast & lunch