Arrive in NAIROBI
Participants out of Geneva: take-off with KLM flight KL1924 at 6 :20 to Amsterdam, arriving at 7 :20. Continuation KLM flight KL565 at 09 :00 to Nairobi, arriving at 22 :05.
Participants joining us from Canada : arrive in Nairobi according to your own flight schedule.
You will be met in the airport (altitude: 1’800m./5’900ft) by your driver-guide and transferred to the hotel. (no meals included today).
Night in the Sarova Panafric Hotel

NAIROBI – ABERDARE (190km)
We leave the hotel at 08 :00am. and drive to the Aberdare National Park. Lunch is taken around 1 :30pm in the Aberdare Country Club. We then drive some 20 minutes to our amazing lodge situated in the middle of the park. From the various balconies of the lodge we can view the game coming to the waterhole : rhinos, elephants, buffalos, lions, hyenas, bushbucks, waterbucks and many other species. The afternoon is free for relaxation and time to watch the wildlife.
2 nights in: The Ark Lodge (altitude : 2’286m./7500ft)

ABERDARE National Park (2 x 70km)
With a picinic-lunch, we discover this mountainous, green natural reserve, which is a natural habitat for elephants, black rhinos, leopards, spotted hyenas, baboons, colobus monkeys, buffalos, wild hogs, warthogs, and over 250 bird species. We will also visit the biggest waterfalls of Kenya, the Karuru Falls which fall in 3 steps, a total of 273 meters, the Chania Waterfalls and the Queen’s Caves.
2nd night in The Ark Lodge.

ABERDARE – SAMBURU National Reserve (200km)
We leave the hotel and 9am going north, we will see Mount Kenya in a distance, all the way up to Samburu National Reserve. This is an arid and semi-desert area on the Ewaso Ngiro river. The park is a 165km2, the temperature is around 31°C (88°F) all year long. The main livelihood of the Samburu people are dromedaries and goats, they speak the same language as the Masai tribes. Lunch at about 1pm and time to relax. 4pm afternoon safari.
2 nights in the Samburu Sarova Shaba Game Lodge (alt. 1’230m./4035ft)
Beautiful swimming-pool.

SAMBURU National Reserve
Departure at 8am for the Samburu Game Reserve, with an abundance of rare animals such as the Grevy zebra, the Somali ostrich, the reticulated giraffe, the Waller gazelle, the vulturine Guineafowl, the oryx, and the big predators like lions, leopards, cheetahs. We will also see many impalas, hippos, waterbucks, zebras, buffaloes and the cape eland. There are 365 bird species, i.e. the kingfisher, the bee-eater, the African-marabout stork, the marshal eagle, the pygmy falcon, the Egyptian geese, savannah bateleur, etc. We return to the hotel for lunch. African siesta time and additional safari at 4pm
2nd night in Samburu Sarova Shaba Game Lodge.

SAMBURU – OL PEJETA SWEETWATERS (160 km)
Depart at 9am, direction the Ol Pejeta Reserve and the Serena SweetwatersTented Camp. Beautiful lodge with permanent comfortable tents (private shower & toilet) and animals that roam freely around the place. The animals come anytime of the day to drink at the waterhole. Lunch and relax. New safari in the reserve at 4pm where we may find black rhinos, elephants, giraffes, buffaloes, cheetahs, lions, leopards, zebras, oryx, marabous, etc. We will also visit the Morani Center, a shelter for endangered species such as chimpanzees.
2 nights in the Sweetwaters Serena Tented Camp (altitude : 1’810m./5940ft)
Small swimming pool.

OL PEJETA SWEETWATERS Reserve
Depart at 7:30am to discover the natural beauty of this amazing park with it’s many wild animals… Lunch and time to relax, watch the animals come to the waterhole, etc. New safari at 4pm., new discoveries!
2nd night in Sweetwaters Serena Tented Camp.

OL PEJETA SWEETWATERS – LAC NAKURU (220 km)
Departure at 7:30am for the Grand Rift Valley and the magnificent Nakuru National Park. The great ecological diversity of this area makes it the habitat of numerous bird and animal species. Lunch and siesta in our lodge. Depart again at 4pm to discover this exceptional area which holds some 450 species of flamingos and other aquatic birds, 56 species of mammals including the white rhinoceros, elands, giraffes, lions, hyenas, dik-diks (the smallest antelope), monkeys, etc.
2 nights in Nakuru Sarova Lion Hill Game Lodge. (altitude : 1’750m./5740ft)
Beautiful big swimming pool.

LAC NAKURU – LAC BOGORIA – LAC NAKURU (2 x 100km)
First option: depart at 7:30am with picnic lunch for Lake Bogoria, a salt-lake situated in the heart of this volcanic area. It is home to one of the biggest colonies of pink flamingos in the world. If the water is not too high, we can see geysers and thousands of flamingos as well as kudus, crocodiles and hippos. This natural reserve is part of UNESCO.
Second option: enjoy the hotel, the pool, and an excursion closer to the hotel in the Lake Nakuru area.
2nd night in Nakuru Sarova Lion Hill Game Lodge.

LAC NAKURU – MASAI MARA (200 km)
Departure at 8am for the Masai Mara National Park, a wild savannah along the Tanzanian border. Lunch and siesta in the hotel. At 4pm, safari in this fascinating reserve. On the grassy plains, we hope to see lions, cheetahs, elephants, zebras, hippos, wildebeests, etc. Our beautiful hotel inside the park has a gorgeous swimming-pool. We will sleep in very comfortable permanent tents (with toilet & private shower).
2 nights in Sarova Mara Game Lodge. (altitude : 2’104m./7906ft)

MASAI MARA National Game Reserve
Departure at 7:30am for an entire day-safari (with picnic) in the Masai Mara all the way to the Tanzania border and the Mara river. This is the river that millions of wildebeests cross every year during their migration (considered one of the 8 natural wonders of the world). In the park we will find elephants, rhinos, buffaloes, lions, cheetahs, serval cats, caracal cats, jackals, spotted hyenas, Grant’s gazelle, Thomson’s gazelle, impalas, waterbucks, steenboks, hartebeest, elands, zebras, wildebeests, masai giraffes, warthog, vervet monkeys and of course crocodiles, ostriches and crowned storks, serpentary birds, secretarybirds, etc.
2nd night in Sarova Mara Game Lodge

MASAI MARA – LAC NAIVASHA (230 km)
Depart at 8am to the beautiful Naivasha Lake region. This lake covers 139 km2 and is surrounded by a marsh which attracts some 400 species of birds, hippos, etc. Lunch at the hotel followed by a free afternoon to rest and enjoy this amazing place where giraffes, zebras stole past your room and the hippos come out at night to graze.
2 nights in Naivasha Sopa Lodge (altitude : 2’375m./7790ft)
Beautiful swimming pool.

LAC NAIVASHA
Departure at 8am for the Crater Lake Game Sanctuary. Here we will have a short climb to the crater rim and to observe the beautiful crater lake. We keep on walking through the magnificent vegetation where we can see many birds, giraffes, zebras, buffaloes and other animals. Return to the hotel for lunch, and a free afternoon. Swim, rest and enjoy the animals and the gardens.
2nd night in Naivasha Sopa Lodge.

LAC NAIVASHA – NAIROBI (100 km)
Depart at 9:30 for our last day in Kenya : we begin with a walk through Crescent Island Game Sanctuary where the animals were brought in for the “Out of Africa” movie : zebras, giraffes, buffaloes, impalas, etc. Followed by a boat safari on the Naivasha Lake to see the hippos close-up and observe the abundant bird-life. Late lunch in Naivasha (Elsamere Gardens Restaurant). After which we drive to Nairobi International Airport. (no meal included tonight).
Check-in and flight back home. (or continuation according to your individual flight reservation.
Swiss folks depart KLM KL566 to Amsterdam, take-off at 23:55

NAIROBI - AMSTERDAM – GENÈVE
Arrival in Amsterdam at 7:25am and continuation at 9:40 to Geneva.
Arrival in Geneva at 11:10am.