Day 1: Arrival in Nairobi
Upon arrival at Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, you will be met by our driver/guide. You will then be shown to your private transfer vehicle that will transfer you to your accommodation in Nairobi.
Overnight you will be staying at the Intercontinental Hotel. Bed and Breakfast.
Day 2: Nairobi – Meru National Park
After breakfast at your hotel, you will be transferred to Nairobi-Wilson Airport, which will take approximately 30 minutes depending on traffic, for your schedule flight to Meru Airstrip within the Meru National Park. At Meru Airstrip, a vehicle and driver will transfer you to Elsa’s Kopje, arriving in time for lunch.
In the afternoon, you will head out to Meru National Park for your first game viwing drive in a 4×4 vehicle. Overnight you shall be staying at Elsa’s Kopje on a full board basis.
Day 3: Meru National Park
A full day of game drives within Meru National Park in your open sided 4×4 vehicle.
Meru National Park is below 1,000 metres in altitude and is unfenced. Wildlife roams the Kopje. The area is vast, with no other permanent lodges or camps, meaning you’ll have much of this area to yourself and the other guests staying at Elsa’s Kopje.
Day 4: Meru – Shaba National Reserve
After breakfast, you will transfer to the Meru Airstrip for your scheduled flight to Samburu Airstrip, where you’ll be met with a vehicle and driver from Joy’s Camp, arriving in time for lunch. The duration of the transfer will take approximately 1 hour from the airstrip.
In the afternoon from Joy’s Camp, you will head out on a game drive within the Shaba Game Reserve in an open sided 4×4 vehicle. Overnight in one of Joy’s spacious luxury tents, pitched on a wooden deck on a full board basis.
Day 5: Shaba Game Reserve
Enjoy a full day of game drives within the Shaba Game Reserve in an open sided 4×4 vehicle. The camp is located on the very site that Joy Adamson released her lion into the wild. From the camp, you can look out onto an oasis with a natural spring, water hole and prolific resident game. Overnight at Joy’s Camp on a full board basis in a luxurious tent.
Day 6: Shaba National Reserve – Maasai Mara National Reserve
Depart after breakfast to the Samburu Airstrip, the transfer taking approximately 1 hour. From Samburu Airstrip, you will fly to Keekorok Airstrip in the Maasai Mara. From Keekorok Airstrip, you’ll be met by an open sided Cottars 1920’s Camp 4×4 vehicle and driver, which will then transfer you to Cottars 1920’s Camp. You’ll arrive in time for lunch at Cottars 1920’s Camp, heading out in the afternoon for game activities within Cottars 1920’s Camp private concession.
At Cottars you can enjoy a very authentic safari experience, with the camp adorned by genuine antiques and relics from the camps past. Overnight you’ll be staying at Cottars 1920’s Camp on a full board basis in a large luxurious tent.
Day 7 & 8: Maasai Mara National Reserve
You will be enjoying a full day of game activities at Cottars 1920’s Camp in your open sided 4×4 vehicle with driver. Overnight you’ll be staying at Cottars 1920’s Camp on a full board basis in your luxury tent.
Day 9: Masai Mara National Reserve – Laikipia
After breakfast at Cottars, you’ll be picked up by your charter helicopter on the lawns of the camp for your flight to Ol Malo Lodge, on the flight you’ll be flying over the Kenya’s Lake District and the Great Rift Valley.
At Ol Malo Lodge, in the afternoon you’ll be heading out for game activities within the Ol Malo Conservancy.
Ol Malo is about more than just the game, it immerses you with the local community, the Samburu people. This is not in a cosmetic way, but really in the Samburu’s day to day activities! Overnight you’ll be staying at Ol Malo Lodge on a full board basis in a luxury room
Day 10, 11 & 12: Laikipia
Whilst at Ol Malo, you can enjoy a full day of activities. This can include:
– Game drives in your open sided 4×4 vehicle either during the day or during the night
– Nature walks
– Horse riding
– Camel riding
– Mountain biking
– Run with a Samburu Moran (warrior)
– Educational experiences with the Samburu tribe and the Ol Malo Trust projects
– A night under the stars in the tree house, or sleeping below the cliffs in the leopard hide with flood lit views of the waterhole
– Swimming in the river, complete with a mud fight if you want to, or just to enjoy the swimming pool perched high on the cliff, boasting breathtaking views.
– Fly camping on the river with camels or horses
– For an additional cost, you can also arrange to have a helicopter flight to the shores of Lake Turkana by helicopter for breakfast – Quite a special experience!
Overnight you’ll be staying at Ol Malo on a full board basis in your luxury room.
Day 13: Laikipia – Nairobi – Departure
This morning you’ll depart Ol Malo and be transferred to the Ol Malo Airstrip to connect with your scheduled flight to Nairobi’s Wilson Airport. From Nairobi Wilson Airport, you’ll be met by a private driver and vehicle which will transfer you to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport to connect with your onward international flight arrangements
Kindly inquire on Package cost on email: tours@connecttravel.co.ke
Package Cost Includes:
• All flights as per the itinerary
• Bed and breakfast accommodation while in Nairobi
• Luxury accommodation during the safari on a full board basis
• All airport and airstrip transfers
• All government taxes
• All game viewing activities as per the itinerary on a 4×4 Land Cruiser safari vehicle with open roof and wide window for better game viewing
Package Cost Excludes:
• Extras activities not mention in the itinerary
• Tips
• Visas
• Laundry services
• Telephone services
• International Flight
• Any item not mentioned in the itinerary