Sweetwaters Safari, Chimpanzee Sanctuary and Ol Pejeta Conservancy
06:00 hours: Depart from Nairobi and proceed north, driving through lush tea and coffee estates to Sweetwaters Game Reserve.
10:00 hours: Arrive in time for a mid-morning game drive through a park that's home to the world's three remaining northern white rhino, and enjoy front-row views of a watering hole at a safari lodge.
Enjoy game viewing in the park, where you may see reticulated giraffe, Burchell's zebra, African elephant, Cape buffalo, warthogs, waterbucks, Jackson's hartebeest, lion, cheetah, leopard, steenbok, striped hyena, suni, Thomson's gazelle, and impala. Over 500 species of birds have been recorded here, including the ostrich.
12:30 hours: Have lunch at one of the lodges in the game sanctuary, followed by a visit to a rhino homestead.
Visit the Chimpanzee Sanctuary, a charming haven established to provide refuge to orphaned chimps, as well as a specially protected and fenced sanctuary for endangered black rhino.
Proceed to the Ol Pejeta Conservancy and the multi-cultural Manyatta.
Get a chance to visit Kenya's tribesmen in replicas of their traditional homesteads and sample their culture. The Masai, Pokot, Turkana, and Samburu men and women will invite you into their homes, sell their traditional wares, show off their ritual dances, and introduce you to their lifestyle.
Depart by road at 15:30 and arrive in Nairobi at 18:30 hours.
