7-Day Kenya Safari to Samburu, Masai Mara and Crescent Island

• You will be picked up from the airport and drive north past the equator to the northern frontier district.
• Continue to the semi-arid Samburu National Reserve and check in to your campsite.
• 12:30 pm: Have lunch at the lodge. There will be time to settle in before your safari adventure.
• 4:00 pm: Set out for an afternoon game drive in the reserve. Return to the lodge before dark.
• 7:30 pm: Dinner in the tented camp.

Overnight: Samburu Game Lodge

• 6:00 am: Get a wake-up call.
• 6:30 am: Set out for an early morning game drive in the reserve. This is usually the most popular game-viewing time. During the early hours, temperatures are low, thus providing a favourable atmosphere for the game and the viewer. Lions, cheetahs, and leopards roam the vast grasslands for their next meal. It may be an unsuspecting impala or even a small one like the warthog... whatever the players, the spectacle of nature unfolding is always awe-inspiring!
• 8:30 am: Back at the lodge, enjoy your sumptuous breakfast.
• 12:30 pm: Lunch in the camp, then it's time at leisure to relax by the riverside watching crocodiles.
• 4:00 pm: Afternoon game drive. Return to the campsite before dark.
• 7:30 pm: Dinner in the camp.

Overnight: Samburu Game Lodge

• 7:30 am: After breakfast, depart for a morning game drive in the reserve en route to the gate. Drive in a southerly direction to the equator for a brief stop. Here, the locals do a water demonstration to qualify for the position of the equator, and for a small tip, you could be awarded an "equator certificate".
• After the brief stop, drive to Thompsons Falls for a photo stop, then down into the Great Rift Valley. As you ascend the eastern wall of the Rift Valley, lush coffee and tea plantations reveal themselves, and your driver-guides will give you a brief talk about coffee farming in Kenya.
• 12:30 pm: After checking in at your lodge, settle down for lunch.
• 7:30 pm: Dinner in the hotel.

• 7:30 am: Have a full buffet breakfast in the camp. Check out after that and drive via Narok town to Masai Mara National Reserve, the land of the Masai tribe. The proud young Masai warrior-nomads, with their plaited hair, red cloaks, and spears, challenge your curiosity. The 700-square-mile game reserve is the Africa of your dreams, complete with wild animals grazing amid the great rolling scape of gentle hills and acacia woodlands. Check in to your lodge.
• 12:30 pm: Have lunch in the lodge. There will be time to settle in before your first game drive.
• 4:00 pm: Embark on the afternoon game drive in the reserve. Return to the lodge before dark.
• 7:30 pm: Dinner in the tented camp.

Today, there will be a possibility to take an optional hot air balloon ride (costs excluded). Take to the skies for the ultimate Masai Mara wildlife adventure, soaring in a hot air balloon over herds of game to the inner reaches of the Mara. You'll ascend in the early morning when the winds are calmest. Watch as the professional crew fills the balloon with hot air. Slowly, the big, colourful bag begins to bulge and take shape.

After your incredible flight, it's time to return for breakfast. You might wonder what all the ordinary people are doing on this perfect African morning! Before leaving, the pilot will present you with your balloon flight.

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• You will have a full-day game drive.

Overnight at Giraffe Hills Mara camp; Included: bed, breakfast, lunch and dinner.

• After breakfast, we set out for an early morning game drive in the reserve. This is usually the most popular game-viewing time. During the early hours, temperatures are low, thus providing a favourable atmosphere for the game and the viewer. Lions, cheetahs, and leopards roam the vast grasslands for their next meal; it may be an unsuspecting impala or even a small one like the warthog. Whatever the players, the spectacle of nature unfolding is always awe-inspiring! Arrive for lunch at the lodge. The afternoon will be free time to wander around a "non-touristy" town where the pax can do some shopping and use the internet.

Overnight at the Naivasha West Beach Camp; Included: bed, breakfast, lunch and dinner.

• Located along Lake Naivasha in the Great Rift Valley, Crescent Island Sanctuary is one of the most beautiful parks in Kenya and is often called Naivasha's "best-kept secret". It is private, secure, and patrolled by guides who can accompany anyone who wishes for a guided walk.
• Surrounded by water, Crescent Island is a peninsula accessible by boat from the east or west. One can access it in under two hours from Nairobi on a tarmac road. The sanctuary's shores host abundant birdlife, including many pelicans, cormorants, and fish-eagles with their haunting cry. There are more animals per acre than any other Kenyan park. This brings many film companies here, Naivasha.