Day 1 Sweetwaters
On arrival at Nairobi's Jomo Kenyatta International Airport,
you will be met and commence your safari driving north to
Sweetwaters Tented Camp. Check in and lunch will be served.
At 15.00 you will go for a game drive in the sanctuary and
encounter several species of wildlife. Visit the chimpanzees
at Sweetwaters, and if the weather permits go for a boat
ride down the river. Dinner and overnight at the camp.
Day 2
After breakfast you will proceed to Samburu arriving at
your camp in time for lunch. Relax and spend the rest of
the afternoon game watching. The area around the life-giving
Uaso Nyiro River, is home to the rare and beautiful species
of Northern Kenya such as Grevy's zebra, reticulated giraffe,
gerenuk gazelle and the Somali ostrich. Elephant, buffalo,
lion, leopard and other plains game are also abundant here.
Dinner and overnight at the Samburu Intrepids Club.
Day 3
Breakfast at the camp and spend a full day in Samburu. After
breakfast you will be met by Samburu tribes men and dressed
up for your visit to a Samburu village. Leave the camp and
walk to the village. Upon arrival there will be a welcome
song by Samburu women followed by a briefing of the village.
Spend the day with the tribes people to fetch wood and water.
Learn how to make fire the Samburu way (twirling sticks),
women will clean milking gourds as the men go outside the
village to usher in livestock from grazing. You will be
shown to milk the animals (goats) and also participate when
the Samburu elders pray and talk about issues concerning
the village well being. Lunch in the village ( lunch will
be provided by Samburu Intrepids kitchen staff.) In the
afternoon learn the Samburu beadwork, leatherwork, weaving
hut building and traditional games. In the early evening
there will be a cultural lecture and/or story telling session
for everyone, the return to your camp for a well deserved
shower. Dinner & overnight at Samburu Intrepids Club.
Day 4 Lake Naivasha
After breakfast drive from Samburu, into the Rift Valley
to your lodge situated on the hills overlooking Lake Naivasha
one of the many beautiful Rift Valley Lakes, and home to
thousands of flamingos and other bird and animal life. Arrive
for a late lunch. Check in and spend the afternoon to relax
with several activities to choose from such as golf, tennis,
swimming. Dinner and overnight at the Great Rift Valley
lodge.
Day 5 Lake Naivasha
Breakfast at the lodge. In the morning you will have the
opportunity to visit the communities living on Mount Eburru.
You visit the three communities living on the mountain.
They are people from the Kikuyu's, Turkana and Nderobo tribes.
The Nderobo are the indigenous and most interesting. The
two other tribes are new arrivals from different parts of
Kenya, but are of interest in their own right. You also
visit a local school where the children are always ready
to sing for the visitor. The visit will take approx. 2 hours.
Return to the lodge for lunch. The second cultural experience
today is to a Masai Centre and also a visit to Crater Lake.
The visit to the Masai centre will show you how the Masai
people live. At Crater lake you will go on a walking safari
on the rim of the lake and if you are lucky you will see
the shy black & white colobus monkey. Drive back to
the lodge in time for dinner and overnight at Great Rift
Valley Lodge.
Day 6 Masai Mara
Continue across the floor of The Great Rift Valley, the
longest rift in the crust of the earth, to the Masai Mara.
You will spend two nights in this natural paradise among
zebra, wildebeest, giraffe, buffalo, elephant, antelope
and gazelle. You will encounter prides of lion resting in
the shade of acacia trees or lying low in the grass in wait
for their next meal. There is a good chance of spotting
cheetah and if you are lucky, the shy leopard.
Arrive by mid day, check in and go for lunch. After enjoying
your sumptuous lunch at our restaurant, seats are always
arranged at 14.15 under the Historical sausage tree near
the main area whereby the Camp Cultural Lecturer will give
you a fascinating interesting and educative lecture on the
culture of the Masai who have inhabited the Mara region
for the last 300 years with each of the succeeding generation
finding no pleasure to hunt any wild game animals for food
unless under severe times of famine. The lecturer will talk
on the history, homestead, roles of one in the community,
the different stages of life, the modern Masai and the changes
taking place within the community. Afternoon game viewing
in Masai Mara. Dinner and overnight at Siana Springs Tented
camp.
Day 7 Masai Mara
Spend early morning game viewing with lunch and a siesta
at your camp. Afternoon visit to a traditional Masai village
a kilometre away from the camp and situated in the middle
of the Mara, constructed with natural materials from the
orange - leafed croton shrubs will give you an experience
you have always longed for. Here you have a chance to interact
with people who have maintained their unique cultural ways
of life for many decades. Tall and elegant with narrowly
plaited hair painted in red ochre, the village warriors
(Moran) performs cultural dances thrilling to the bottom
of the heart leaving you with lasting memories to take home.
Return to your camp with a game drive en route. In the evening
it is time for a well-deserved shower and a refreshing drink
by the campfire before dinner. Overnight at Siana Springs
Tented Camp.
Day 8
After breakfast return to Nairobi arriving at midday. Leave
for the airport to catch your next flight.