Premium+13 day classic safari

Amboseli | Kilimanjaro

Day 2 Breakfast will be served at the city hotel followed by a safari briefing on the adventures a head. After the briefing, your safari adventure will start immediately you board the safari vehicle, you will drive overland through Kamba land dotted with circular houses and few shopping centers as well as Maasai land to Amboseli National Park situated at the foot of the highest mountain in Africa as well as the highest free standing mountain in the world, the majestic snowcapped Mt. Kilimanjaro. Arrive at the camp in time for lunch followed by some leisure hours for a siesta/swim. Kibo Safari Camp is picturesquely set at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro which at 5,896 meters, is the highest freestanding mountain in the world and topped by one fifth of all the ice in Africa in the famous Amboseli National Park. This is a luxury tented camp situated within the Amboseli National Reserve. The Camp incorporates an open terraced restaurant and bar under acacia trees overlooking majestic Mt. Kilimanjaro and a beautiful swimming pool has been landscaped within. Kibo Safari Camp has 71 self contained spacious tents sheltered by ‘makuti’ roofs. Depart at around 16:00hrs for an afternoon game viewing and return back to the camp before sunset. The park has large herds of wildebeest, zebras, elephants, giraffes, lions and a variety of other animals and birds all of which are attracted to this park due to its permanent supply of water from Mt. Kilimanjaro’s melting snow. The elephant population in Amboseli is one of the few that has been able to live undisturbed and the elephant families have been studied by world renowned researcher Cynthia Moss. Dinner and overnight at the camp.  

Mount Kenya | Nairobi

Day 4 After breakfast at the lodge, you will depart by road via Nairobi viewing the beautiful surroundings as you pass through the vast pineapple plantations, across rivers, up and down the hills and the local community farmlands to Mount Kenya National Park. Sailing like an ark amid the primeval forests of Kenya's highest mountain, Mount Kenya, this timbered tree hotel offers champagne-clear mountain air, sweeping views across the tree-canopy, sparkling trout streams, and gentle forest walks. Located at 2,134 metres above sea level, on the lower slopes of the mountain, the lodge is cool, tranquil and hushed for optimum game-sightings. You are about to experience one of the unique environments in the world with its rugged glacier summits, moorlands and diverse forest that illustrate outstanding ecological processes. The park is home to Mt. Kenya, an extinct volcano and the second highest mountain in Africa. The mountain has two main peaks and is excellent for mountain climbing. For the tribes that dwell around the mountain consider it home of their traditional God ‘Ngai’ and the location of their creation mythology. It is therefore a place to be treated with respect and reverence. Arrive at the lodge in time for lunch. Enjoy several optional activities such as nature walks, hiking, and bird walk or enjoy a leisurely game viewing in your room or lodge balcony in front of the waterhole near the lodge. Dinner and overnight at the lodge.  

Samburu

Day 6 This full day in the Samburu Game Reserve will be spend searching for the big five, the Samburu five and observing the vast unspoiled scenery during morning and afternoon game viewing drive, watching crocodiles bask on muddy riverbanks and velvet monkeys frolic in the late afternoon sun. In addition, you will have a chance to interact with the Samburu People to learn about their culture. Samburu is renowned for its rare species of fauna known as the ‘Samburu five’. These five particular animals are usually only found north of the equator – the long necked gerenuk, the reticulated giraffe which is characterized by its liver-colored geometric patches defined by narrow white lines, the Grevy’s zebra which is smaller than the common zebra and looks more like a horse, the beisa oryx with black horizontal stripe running across its lower flank and the Somali ostrich males which have blue-grey necks and thighs. A camel back safari is also a specialty in Samburu as well as a cultural visit to the Samburu people who depend on their cattle, goat, sheep and donkey. All meals will be served at the camp. Dinner and overnight at the camp.  

Day 8  Breakfast will be served at the camp followed by morning and afternoon game viewing in the conservancy and visit to the chimpanzee sanctuary and the tamed rhinoceros. Sweetwater’s Game Reserve is one of only for private game reserves in Kenya and provides visitors with a unique combination of facilities and activities. This 24,000 acres reserve situated within 90,000 acres of the Ol Pejeta Conservancy enjoys magnificent views across the plains to the snow-capped peaks of Mt. Kenya, and has abundance of wildlife and tropical vegetation. Here guest enjoys special activities such as game walk, night game drives, horse-back game drives and meals in the bush. You will have a chance to view an amazing variety of wildlife such as zebra, lion, leopard, thomson’s gazelle, grant’s gazelle, oryx, eland, baboon, elephant and various species of birds. The conservancy also contains the largest black rhino sanctuary in East Africa. Dinner and overnight stay at the camp.  

Masai Mara

Day 10 Breakfast will be served at the lodge followed by check out. Depart by road to the bottom of the Great Rift Valley and the iconic savannah wilderness alive with Maasai people and wildlife living together to the famous Masai Mara Game Reserve. Ol Moran Tented Camp is situated within the Masai Mara eco-system and on the banks of Ololaimutia River a favourite watering point for wild animals especially elephants, buffalos and antelopes. The lounge is cozy designed to give you a taste of modernity in the heart of Masai Mara.  The lounge, bar and the dinning are synchronized in the same clubhouse to provide our customers ease of movement within the lounge, and a place where they can share their experience of the day. Arrive at the camp in the evening followed by some leisure hours for a siesta/swim. Masai Mara Game Reserve is characterized with vast acacia-dotted plains cut by ox-bow lakes, spectacular escarpments where move ‘Out of Africa’ was acted. The animals of the Masai Mara are the star of the show, providing drama and intrigue against a backdrop of spectacular scenery. You might notice a Maasai Moran standing on one foot herding hundreds of cow or shepherding goats and sheep holding a single stick or a spear, that’s their way of living. Dinner and overnight at the camp.  

Nairobi

Day 13 Breakfast will be served at the camp, depart by road to Nairobi with game viewing enroute. Lunch will be served at the famous Carnivore Restaurant in Nairobi. After lunch, transfer to Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta International Airport for your international departure flight with Africa Safari memories which will last forever.