9-Day Kenya Family Safari with Samburu Village and Masai Mara

• Arrive in Nairobi, the first stop on your journey through the wilds of Kenya.

Dinner and overnight at Nairobi Serena Hotel.

• Start your day at the Giraffe Center, home to the endangered and graceful Rothschild giraffe. Offer them food while perched on a platform, watching as they gently snatch it from your hand with their long, blue tongues.
• Continue to Daphne Sheldrick's Orphanage to see small elephants cared for by attentive keepers, who also explain their phased reintroduction to the wild and Tsavo National Park. You may see elephant calves bathing in the mud hole and being bottle-fed by human surrogate mothers.
• Visit a Kazuri jewellery workshop created by and for women, with the mission of employing disadvantaged members of Kenyan society.
• Gather with other families sharing your safari adventure for a festive welcome dinner.

Dinner and overnight at Nairobi Serena Hotel | Meals: B D

• Drive to the Sweetwaters Reserve within the Ol Pejeta Conservancy at the foot of Mount Kenya. Set out in safari vehicles in search of animals or, at an additional cost, take an escorted bush walk or thrilling night game drive. You may even view the game from your tent, which overlooks a flooded watering hole and salt lick frequented by the local wildlife.
• Prepare to meet the sweet Baraka, a black rhino that you may feed from a protected platform. Sweetwaters is an excellent place to see two of Africa's most endangered species: black rhino and chimpanzee. Meet both when you visit a chimpanzee and rhino sanctuary, each set within the conservancy.
• In the evening, your private veranda provides a front-row seat to the nocturnal creatures moving in and out of the shadows to quench their thirst at the water's edge.

Dinner and overnight at Sweetwaters Serena Camp | Meals: B L D

• Travel to the bush of the Samburu Game Reserve, where you find a comfortable tented camp perched along the banks of the Ewaso Nyiro River. This river is the lifeline of the reserve, and animals congregate along its banks.
  • Between game drives, young guests will not lack interesting things to do. Activities include tree identification, mammal behaviour studies and identification, an animal obstacle course, fire-making techniques, and bush treasure hunts, all led by the Young Explorers Guide.

Dinner and overnight at Samburu Intrepids | Meals: B L D

• Following an early-morning game drive, take a camel ride across the Ewaso Nyiro River, on the lookout for towering giraffes or tiny dik-diks.
• Arrive at the Samburu village, where you learn about the Samburu tribe's unique way of life. The reserve is also home to the nomadic Samburu people, who live a pastoral, herding life.
• Back at camp, choose to explore the fascinating subtleties of the terrain on a guided, game-tracking walk. Soccer, treasure hunts, and painting are among the other activities children may enjoy.

Dinner and overnight at Samburu Intrepids | Meals: B L D

• Fly to the Masai Mara, land of the red-robed Maasai tribes, and arrive at your luxury tented camp. Spend the next three days in this magnificent savanna country, embarking on morning and afternoon game drives in search of Africa's "Big Five" - buffalo, elephants, rhinos, lions, and leopards.
• Learn the art of bead and leatherwork and basic bush survival skills, such as throwing a spear or starting a fire with sticks.
• Take an optional hot air balloon safari, an amazing experience your family will never forget.
• Pay a meaningful visit to a primary school supported by A&K Philanthropy, where your family may interact with students when school is in session.
• At night, watch a display of traditional Maasai songs and dances. End your stay in the Mara with a farewell dinner.

Dinner and overnight at Mara Intrepids | Meals: B L D

• After a leisurely breakfast, transfer to the airstrip to board your domestic flight back to Nairobi.
• Upon arrival at Wilson Airport, your driver-guide will meet you and take you to tour Nairobi City. You have time to shop for souvenirs before your transfer to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport for your flight back home.

End of 9 Days Family Deluxe Safari.