Kenya Road / Air Special PDF Print E-mail
07 Days / 06 Nights Safari
Combining travel by road to take in the countryside and by air to reduce on fatigue, this safari blends the very best of game viewing, scenic beauty, culture and peoples of Kenya - while accommodation is in superior lodges and camps.  You get a chance to see at close range Africa's second highest and snow-capped Mount Kenya - enjoy game drives, take in diverse topographies from savannahs to schrubland and forests, while enjoy some of the most diverse and concentrated game viewing in the world.

ROAD/AIR COMBI - ABERDARES-MOUNT KENYA / SAMBURU / SWEETWATERS-OL PEJETA / MAASAI MARA SAFARI


Day 01 NAIROBI - ABERDARES / MOUNT KENYA

Early morning collected from your Nairobi hotel or from Jomo Kenyatta Airport to commence safari. Drive north into the fertile Kikuyuland, past sisal, coffee, horticultural and tea farms (03 hours). Lunch will be at Outspan Hotel, the final resting place of Lord Baden Powel, the Boy's Scout movement founder (Nyeri) or at Aberdare Country Club (Mweiga) or Mountain Serena Hotel.

For Treetops and Ark clients - in the afternoon, transferred in hotel shuttle bus to Aberdare National Park (30 minutes) - to Treetops Lodge or Ark Lodge.

For Mountain Serena Lodge clients - enjoy your stay at the Lodge, , situated on the foothills of Mount Kenya, in the Mount Kenya National Park.

All clients - the rest of the day is spent at the Lodge precincts, game viewing from the comfort of the numerous decks, as animals come to drink and frolick at the the floodlit salt lick/watering hole in front of the lodge. Dinner and overnight at TREETOPS LODGE / ARK LODGE / MOUNTAIN SERENA LODGE.


Day 02 ABERDARES / MOUNT KENYA - SAMBURU

After breakfast, drive further north, crossing the equator at Nanyuki, past flower farms and sheep and cattle ranches into the semi-arid Samburu ecosystem (made up of Samburu National Reserve, Buffalo Springs Reserve and Shaba Game Reserve).

Lunch at the Lodge / Camp. Late afternoon game drive in the Reserve, reknown for spectacular scenery and unique game and bird species. Dinner and overnight at the LODGE / CAMP of your choice in that area.


Day 03  SAMBURU

Today enjoy early morning and late afternoon game drives in the Reserve. All meals and overnight at the LODGE / CAMP of your choice in that area.


Day 04  SAMBURU - SWEETWATERS / OL PEJETA

After breakfast, embark on your return drive to Nanyuki, to Ol Pejeta Game Sanctuary. Lunch will be at Sweeetwaters Serena Tented Camp or Ol Pejeta Serena Ranch. In the afternoon, enjoy a game drive in the reserve, including a visit to the Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Orphanage. Dinner and overnight at SWEETWATERS SERENA TENTED CAMP / OL PEJETA SERENA RANCH.


Day 05 SWEETWATERS / OL PEJETA - FLY TO MAASAI MARA

Dawn game drive prior to breakfast at the Camp / Ranch. Morning transfer to the nearby Nanyuki airstrip for schedule flight to Maasai Mara. On arrival at the local airstrip, met and transferred to your choice camp or Lodge for lunch. Late afternoon game drive in the Reserve, reknown for spectacular scenery and unique game and bird species. Dinner and overnight at the LODGE / CAMP of your choice in that area.


Day 06  MAASAI MARA

Today enjoy early morning and late afternoon game drives in the Reserve. All meals and overnight at the LODGE / CAMP of your choice in that area.


Day 07  MAASAI MARA - FLY TO NAIROBI

Dawn game drive prior to breakfast at the Camp / Ranch. Morning transfer to the nearby airstrip for schedule flight to Nairobi. On arrival, transferred to Jomo Kenyatta Airport for departure flight.