OVERVIEW

This Ultimate Kenya Safari spans Kenya’s major parks and conservancies:

• Meet the last two Northern White Rhinos on Earth in Ol Pejeta Conservancy!

• Track Leopards and “The Special 5” in Samburu!

• Witness the Great Migration and big cats galore in Masai Mara!

• Play with David Sheldrick’s elephant orphans in Nairobi and Tsavo!

• Enjoy the splendor of Mount Kilimanjaro in Amboseli!

We’ve carefully selected luxury lodges and camps set in the hearts of the reserves to guarantee you the very best and most intimate wildlife experiences.

Join us for all or part of this epic adventure!

PART 1: AMBOSELI “PRE-EXTENSION”

12 JULY: ARRIVE NAIROBI: EKA, HUNTERS LODGE, OR SIMILAR
Arrive Jomo Kenyatta International Airport where you’ll be greeted by your guide and escorted to your hotel for your overnight stay. Our team will be there every step of the way to guide you and take care of all your needs so you can relax and enjoy your adventure!

13 & 14 JULY: AMBOSELI NATIONAL PARK: SERENA
Amboseli is best known for its large herds of elephants against the stunning backdrop of Mt. Kilimanjaro, Africa's tallest mountain. It’s also a bird-lover’s paradise! During game drives, you are guaranteed to see elephants — including big tuskers! — but you may also see lions (including Loonkito, the oldest lion in the world!), serval cats (including a melanistic serval!), hippos, zebras, wildebeest, gazelle, buffalo, leopard, spotted hyena, giraffe, cheetah, and over 300 kinds of birds.

PART 2: MAIN SAFARI — OL PEJETA, SAMBURU & MASAI MARA

15 JULY: EXPERIENCE NAIROBI: EKA OR SIMILAR
They say if you blow into an elephant’s trunk, he’ll remember you forever. Today, you’ll enjoy a PRIVATE, INTERACTIVE experience at David Sheldrick’s Elephant Orphanage where you can actually play with baby elephants! The magic continues at The Giraffe Centre where—if you are very brave!—you may “kiss” a giraffe!

16 JULY: OL PEJETA CONSERVANCY: SWEETWATERS
Located on the plains of Mount Kenya, Ol Pejeta is home to the "Big Five" (elephant, rhino, lion, buffalo, and leopard) as well as the largest black rhino sanctuary in East Africa. Don’t miss your chance to meet Baraka, the sanctuary’s blind black rhino who is so comfortable with people, he will eat hay from your hand! Ol Pejeta also hosts Kenya's only chimpanzee sanctuary (formed by Jane Goodall), and shelters large numbers of rare and endangered species, including Sudan’s daughters, Najin and Fatu, the last two Northern White Rhino on Earth protected by 24-hour armed guards. Or, you may choose to relax and let the safari come to you! Your luxury tent overlooks a prolific watering hole that attracts a parade of animals each day, including rhinos, elephants, reticulated giraffes, zebras, buffalo and more!

17 & 18 JULY: SAMBURU: SOPA LODGE
Samburu is famed for its rugged beauty, rich wildlife and semi-nomadic Samburu tribesmen. In addition to elephants and a plethora of big cats, Samburu offers a "Special 5" unique to the area: the long-necked gerenuk, Grevvy's zebra, the reticulated giraffe, Beisa Oryx and the Somali ostrich. It’s also home to one of our favorite leopards, a notch-eared beauty named “Neloua,” but we just call her “Mama” because she’s been such a great mother to all her cubs! A very special visit can be arranged to the Umoja Women’s Village in Samburu for a small supplemental donation to the village. Umoja means “Unity” in Swahili: the village was founded by women for women who are survivors of domestic violence and abuse. In the afternoon, cool off from the sun in your tent’s personal “plunge pool” overlooking the Ewaso Nyiro River. Sip a glass of wine and enjoy the scene of elephants, Grevy’s zebras, oryx, and other wildlife as they frolick in the river and meander past your tent!

19, 20 & 21 JULY: MASAI MARA: NAIBOR
Flight: Samburu—Mara
Famed for its large population of black-maned Masai lions, African leopards and Tanzanian cheetahs, Masai Mara also welcomes the The Great Migration. Witness Nature's grand spectacle of zebra and wildebeest as they journey to Mara each July and August in search of fresh grass attracting big cats galore. Enjoy extras like a Hot Air Balloon Ride over the plains to view the Migration from above, a Sundowner, or an Evening Game Drive. We strive to fulfill your every desire to make this the trip of your lifetime!

22 JULY: RETURN TO NAIROBI

PART 3: ELEPHANTS LOVERS’ EXTENSION: TSAVO

23 JULY: EXPERIENCE NAIROBI: EKA OR SIMILAR
They say if you blow into an elephant’s trunk, he’ll remember you forever. Today, you’ll enjoy a PRIVATE, INTERACTIVE experience at David Sheldrick’s Elephant Orphanage where you can actually play with baby elephants! The magic continues at The Giraffe Centre where—if you are very brave!—you may “kiss” a giraffe!

24 & 25 JULY: TSAVO EAST: ITHUMBA HILL
Enjoy an intimate, interactive experience with the orphaned elephants rescued by Sheldrick Wildlife Trust as they transition back into the wild at Sheldrick’s “Re-Integration Unit”. Huge herds of wild elephants, including big tuskers, also frequent the unit, and it’s a fabulous opportunity for elephant lovers and wildlife photographers alike to enjoy and photograph these gentle giants from the ground.

Each day at Ithumba offers 3 interactive experiences with the elephants:
1. Arise at 5:30am to witness the elephants' 6am feeding.
2. At 11am, the elephants gather around a large waterhole to drink and have a “mud bath”. Interacting with the orphans as they play in the water will be in experience you'll remember always.
3. At 5pm, watch the elephants get their bedtime milk, play, and go back to their stockades for the night.

In between, you’ll enjoy sumptuous food, prepared lovingly by Sheldrick’s extraordinary chefs, and have the option of game drives around Tsavo East, which is host to a plethora of animals, including wild dogs.

26 JULY: TSAVO WEST: SERENA
Journey to Tsavo West where you’ll enjoy a spectacular array of wildlife right from your lodge! You may choose to wine and dine at the lodge’s prolific water hole where you’ll hope to see elephants, zebras, giraffes, and other plains game. Or, you may venture out on a game drive to see the hippos of Mzima Springs, and track lions, rhinos and leopards.

27 JULY: DEPART

COST VARIES PER NUMBER OF GUESTS AND THE DURATION OF YOUR STAY.
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