Arrive in Nairobi, Kenya.

A representative from Exotic Journeys International Group will meet you in the arrival lounge and escort you to your hotel.

Balance of the day at leisure.

After breakfast, our guide will meet you, and you will begin exploring this beautiful country. You will drive to the North, past vast vegetation and agricultural fields in what used to be called the ‘white highlands’. As you drive, you will notice different climatic conditions: warm, cold, then hot as you approach the Northern corridor. Arrive at your Camp in Samburu right on time for lunch. After lunch, enjoy an afternoon game viewing drive.

Samburu Game Reserve is a unique reserve in the sense that it is home to five special rare species like gerenuk, Somali ostrich, Beisa Oryx, Reticulated giraffe and Grevy’s zebra. These are only found in the Northern part of Kenya. Other animals found here include elephants, lions, impalas, cheetahs, civet Cats, African wild dogs, hippos, and a variety of different bird species where over 350 having been recorded.

After the game drive, return to your Camp for dinner and overnight.

Spend the entire day inside this beautiful reserve that is locally owned by the local community and managed by the local government. Enjoy the undulating landscapes, the warm and sometimes hot weather, the friendly residents, and the immense wildlife. Mid-morning, you will visit one of the Samburu villages and get to learn about their unique lifestyle. The Samburu are Maa speakers who are cousins to the Maasai people. For ages now, they have preserved their culture, and to date, their traditions still count. Their beadwork, songs, dance, and different colorful ceremonies make them one of the most conservative tribes of Kenya.

Enjoy the full-day game drives.

After breakfast at your Camp, you will drive down to the foot of Kenya’s highest mountain, Mt. Kenya. Here you will experience drastic weather changes as it gets colder towards the mountain. You will be able to see the highest peak on a clear day. Arrive in time for lunch at Olpejeta Conservancy. This conservancy is the home to the last remaining Northern white rhinos in the world. Although it is unfortunate that SUDAN, the only remaining male, died on 19^th March 2018 due to age complications, there are still two females that are heavily guarded within the conservancy at an endangered species Boma. You will have a once-in-a-lifetime experience of getting up close and personal with them and listening to their story. Other animals to see are the Jackson’s hartebeest, Grevy’s zebra, and chimpanzees, among others.

Dinner and Overnight will be at the Camp

After a sumptuous breakfast at the Camp, you will drive down past Kenya’s highest mountain, Mt. Kenya. You will pass through the equator and some beautiful landscape down to one of Kenya’s Great Rift Valley freshwater lakes: Lake Nakuru. Arrive in time for lunch.

The park offers excellent bird-watching and game viewing, with slightly over 315 bird species recorded. Some of the wildlife present includes: Eastern black rhino, southern white rhino, Rothschild giraffe, waterbuck, Rock pythons, gazelle, and baboon, among others. There are hundreds of Lesser Flamingos which dominate the lake and make it more attractive. Visit the baboon cliff and have a great view of the entire lake.

After enjoying the afternoon game drive, you will have an overnight at a Lodge inside the Park.

After a leisurely al fresco breakfast, you will now drive to the extraordinary destination of the Maasai Mara. The journey by road takes you past the floor of the Great Rift Valley. You will notice recent fissures caused by the tectonic movements that are suspected to have been aggravated by the heavy rainfall in April 2018. These cut huge and long trenches along people’s farms, roads and even buildings for several kilometers. Arrive at the Maasai Mara Reserve for Lunch.

After lunch, you will have a rest, and then you will have an evening game viewing drive.

The Maasai Mara is perhaps one of the most prolific and famous reserves in Africa. Apart from being the home to the famous Big Five lion, leopard, Rhino, African elephant, and Buffalo- and having featured in perhaps hundreds of films forming up the ‘Big Cat Diaries’, the reserve got the status of the Seventh World Wonder due to the annual wildebeest migration that takes place between July – September. This natural phenomenon is quite incredible. Over 1.3 million wildebeest cross the Mara River from the Serengeti; many are swept away by currents, hundreds of predators get easy prey, and this just gets dramatic. With crocodiles in the rivers, lions, cheetahs, hyenas, and wild dogs on land awaiting, and the vultures in the skies, this creates a pile of activities that one never gets bored of watching.

Later, before dusk, return for dinner and overnight at your Camp.

Today you will have an early wake-up call; then you will have an early game drive at this vast reserve. This time you are likely to see more wildlife, as this is their most active time. Return for breakfast, then mid-morning you will take a visit to the Maasai village (Manyatta) where you will see their traditional beadwork and learn some of their culture from the village. After lunch, you will have another game drive till late in the evening. Return then for Dinner and overnight at your Camp.

Today you will spend the entire day in the reserve. Drive along the Mara River, arrive at the hippo pool, and follow the migratory routes for the wildlife. You are likely to see some action, or other animals like the black-backed jackals, bat-eared foxes, topi, white-tailed mongoose, serval cats, caracal, crested porcupines, among others.

Return for Dinner and overnight at your Camp.

You can have an early game drive, and then return for breakfast at the Camp. After breakfast, you will depart back to Nairobi. You will have lunch in Kenya’s capital city, Nairobi, before being transferred to the airport for your departure flight back home.