Day 1: Samburu National Reserve
You will depart Nairobi in the morning at 06:30 for Samburu National Reserve crossing the equator and driving through the changing terrain to the rugged semi-desert region in the northern Kenya. Though harsh, it is blessed with species rarely found elsewhere. You will arrive in time for lunch at the lodge. Then, you will enjoy an afternoon game drive to search for the stars of Samburu. Dinner and overnight will be at Samburu Ashnil Camp or Samburu Sopa Lodge.
Day 2: Samburu National Reserve
You will spend the full day in Samburu National Reserve with game drives. You will search for the rare liver red reticulated giraffe, Grevy's zebra, beisa oryx, blue flanked Somali ostrich, vulturine guineafowl, and long-necked gerenuk. You will see braving lions on the grass, cheetah, and leopards among plenty of other plains game. You can also have optional visits to Samburu villages. All meals and overnight at Samburu Ashnil Camp or Samburu Sopa Lodge.
Day 3: Treetops / the Ark
You will have breakfast at the lodge and drive to the shoulders of Mount Kenya arriving at the Outspan Golf and Country Club for lunch. After lunch, you will transfer by lodge vehicle to the Treetops Lodge where from the lodge balcony you can view game that often visits the floodlit waterhole and saltlick, e.g. elephants, rhino, buffalo, and giant forest hog. Dinner and overnight will be at the Ark Lodge.
Day 4: Lake Nakuru National Park
You will depart the treetops lodge for breakfast at Outspan Golf and Country Club and depart for Lake Nakuru National Park via Thomson's Falls arriving in time for lunch and afternoon game drive at the Pink Lake, referred so for its thousands of pink flamingos and other birdlife. It's a bird watchers paradise. It has a surprising number of animals. All the Big Five except the elephant can be seen here. Dinner and overnight will be at Lake Nakuru Sopa Lodge or Flamingo Hill Camp.
Day 5: Lake Naivasha
You will have breakfast and depart for Lake Naivasha in the Great Rift Valley. Lake Naivasha is one of the gems in the necklace of Rift Valley lakes. It has a variety of bird life and hippo colonies. Lunch, dinner, and overnight will be at Lake Naivasha Sopa Lodge or Lake Naivasha Simba Lodge.
Day 6: Maasai Mara
You will have morning game viewing at the Pink. It is a rhino sanctuary and a bird watchers paradise. You will look for warthogs and water bucks as you leave the park. You will have breakfast at the lodge and depart for Maasai Mara crossing the Loita Plains, seeing red-clad Maasai warriors tend their multi-colored herds among plains game. You will arrive at Maasai Mara in time for lunch. You will have game viewing en route to Ilkeliani Camp for lunch / similar. Then, you will have afternoon game drive. Dinner and overnight will be at Mara Sopa Lodge or Ilkeliani Camp or Mara Leisure Camp.
Day 7: Maasai Mara National Reserve
This will be the day when your dreams about Maasai Mara comes true. You will have breakfast at the lodge and leave with picnic lunches for a full day game drive inside the park. You will search for wild game such as black manned lion, for which Maasai Mara is famous for, cheetah, buffalo, wildebeest, zebra, leopard, and grants gazelle which are quite common. Even the rare rhino might come out of the thicket for you. Hyenas are plentiful.
You will extend your drive to the hippo point where schools of hippo submerge on the approach of vehicles only to surface seconds later to shot and gamble their displeasure as the crocodiles sunbathe on the river banks with mouths agape. Between meals, there is an optional visit to the Maasai villages for an insight to their culture if you so wish. Meals, dinner, and overnight will be at Mara Sopa Lodge or Ilkeliani Camp or Mara Leisure Camp.
Day 8: Nairobi
You will have morning game drive to savor the beauty of the park, breakfast at the lodge, and depart for Nairobi arriving at around 14:00 for lunch at the famous Carnivore Restaurant. Later, you will be transferred to Hotel Boulevard for overnight.
