• 08:00 hrs: Get picked up from your Nairobi hotel and/or residence for the safari briefing.

• Proceed for a drive, a journey to the Masai Mara. Drive through Kenya's agriculturally rich central highlands with a stopover at the escarpment to view the magnificent East African Great Rift Valley.

• Continue to the escarpment floor to the Masai Mara, arriving in time for lunch.

• Embark on an afternoon game viewing in search of animals.

Dinner and overnight at the tented camp or in the selected lodge.

• Today, you can explore the Masai Mara Game Reserve's larger and more extensive part.

• An early morning breakfast will be served, or tea/coffee will be provided with a full breakfast in mid-morning.

• Time for a short break for your rare bush breakfast.

• Proceed to Masai Mara in search of wild game in the vastness of this wildlife haven, a place renowned for its abundance of lions, cheetahs, elephants, buffalos, and zebras dominate the scene. At the same time, antelopes, warthogs, and wildebeests form formidable numbers. Masai Mara has the highest concentration of wildlife per square kilometre than any other park in the region.

• Ask about an optional local Masai village visit (time permitting), which can be arranged later or the following day.

All meals and overnight at the tented camp, lodges or similar.

Meals plan: Breakfast, lunch and dinner.

• Proceed after breakfast for an early morning game drive as you exit Mara or for a cultural experience.

• Embark on a short hike with the Masai moran (Warriors), among other activities, with the Masai Community as you depart for Lake Nakuru National Park, with brief stopovers along the scenic Great Rift Valley, arriving in time for dinner and overnight. 

Meals plan: Breakfast, lunch and dinner.

• Eat an early breakfast.

• Proceed to Lake Nakuru National Park.

• Go on a game drive until 1600hrs with a picnic lunch served at one of the magnificent cliffs, an excellent place and location to watch the park and its environs; the lake which hosts the largest concentration of flamingoes which canopy the edge of this alkaline Rift Valley Lake. The park also hosts lions, leopards, giraffes, warthogs, etc. There is a rhino sanctuary; thus, rhino sightings are very high. 

• Drive south in the afternoon along this scenic valley to Lake Naivasha.

• Arrive at sundown by the lakeside town with many activities to undertake. i.e. participating with the local fishermen for boat rides, sport fishing or a visit to the flower farm, which are major economic activities in this area.

Dinner and overnight at a selected budget hotel, lodges and tented camps.

Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch and dinner.

• View Lake Naivasha and its environs are one of the Rift Valley's freshwater lakes with a different ecology from that of the Soda Lakes. It is also home to a large variety of bird species. 

• Drive, after lunch, to Crater Lake, which offers an evocative step back in time - to a bygone era of elegance and romance, in a wilderness untouched by the modern world with a private game sanctuary in a homely environment. Crater Lake offers classic escapes, including painting, astrology, and ornithological outings to what must be one of the most beautiful small lakes in creation. 

• Ask about optional activities at Lake Naivasha: boat rides to view hippos and a wealth of birdlife, both sport and commercial fishing.

• Finish the day's activities and depart for Amboseli via Nairobi for lunch.

• Proceed to Amboseli, arriving in the evening. Amboseli lies on the floors of Mount Kilimanjaro, giving you an unlimited view of the snow-capped mountain that forms its beautiful backdrop. 

• Embark on an evening game drive if time permits.

All meals and overnight the camp.

Meals plan: Breakfast, lunch and dinner.

• Be woken up early this morning at 0600hrs with a cup of tea/coffee served with snacks to get you to prepare for this pre-breakfast game drive.

• Proceed for game drives.

• Return to the campsite for a full breakfast at 0900hrs.

• Embark, after breakfast, on a further game drive where plains game, including zebras, wildebeests, giraffes and various antelopes, can be seen.

• Have lunch and take a leisure break at the camp.

• Do more game-watching later at sundown from 1630hrs, looking out for the peak of Kilimanjaro, which may be seen in clear weather from the observation hill. Large herds of elephants and hippos can be seen bathing in swamp grounds whose water source is Mt. Kilimanjaro.

All meals and overnight at the campsite.

Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch and dinner.

• Eat breakfast.

• Proceed to Tsavo East National Park, with a game drive as you exit the park through Kimana Gate.

• Enter Tsavo West via KWS Chyulu Hill Gate or Mtitu Andei Gate, depending on prevailing weather conditions along the Kimana-Chyulu hill stretch; enter the park with a game drive and drive as you head to your camp or the lodge.

• Have your afternoon game drive en route to Serena Kilaguni Lodge. Kilaguni Lodge is situated in the centre of Tsavo West National Park with a view of the Chyulu Hills and the snow-capped Mt. Kilimanjaro. The main building provides a unique view of the water hole, which attracts zebra, buffalo, elephants, antelope, warthog, and many more. Each room has a view of the water hole or the Kilimanjaro. 

• Go on an extensive game drive in the afternoon until sunset. 

Dinner and overnight at Serena Kilaguni Lodge or similar.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, lunch and dinner.

• Eat breakfast in Tsavo West.

• Exit Tsavo West with an en-route game drive for the neighbouring Tsavo East National Park via the Voi or the Buchuma Gates, driving along the Mombasa - Nairobi highway for 100 km and a stopover for coffee.

• Proceed for 6 km to Tsavo East with lunches served at Voi Town, the largest park in Kenya, which covers an area of 13,747 km sq.

• Arrive at Bachuma.

• Begin the game drive en route to Aruba Dam (a water hole where animals come to drink water). Physical attractions include Tsavo River, Yatta Plateau, 300 km sq, Mdanda Rock, Lugard Falls, seasonal Voi River and Aruba Dam. You also have a chance to see animals like red elephants, rhinos, leopards, cheetahs, and giraffes, among others.

• Proceed with the game drive until you go for an extensive afternoon game drive from 1500hrs.

• Return for dinner and overnight at your hotel, lodge or tented camps.

Meals plan: Breakfast, lunch and dinner.

• Get picked early for the pre-breakfast game drive in Tsavo East.

• Return to the hotel, camp or lodge for a full breakfast as you prepare to check out and embark on a short journey south to Taita Hills Wildlife Sanctuary.

• Have lunch on arrival at Taita Hills Lodge.

• Enjoy a game drive after lunch in the sanctuary until sunset; chances are also good to see the lions and plenty of other big cats residents of this private sanctuary, a crucial wildlife migration corridor connecting the Tsavo West and East on the southern edge.

Dinner and overnight at Salt Lick Lodge.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, lunch and dinner.

• Wake up for an early morning game drive in the sanctuary on the last day of your trip. Early mornings are the best time to see the rich birdlife and wildlife of East Africa.

• Return to the lodge/camp for a full breakfast. 

• Continue after breakfast with the mid-morning game drive in the park until lunch at the camp/lodge.

• Depart, after lunch, for a journey to the seaside town of Mombasa, Diani South coast or Northwards in Kilifi, Watamu-Malindi, arriving in the early evening. 

• Transfer and drop off at your beach hotel of choice to catch your flight to the next destination.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, lunch and dinner.