7-Day Highlight of Kenya Urban & Bush Safari

<p>Arrival at JKIA airport, meet and greet at the airport and transfer to your hotel for an overnight stay</p>

<p>07:00hrs; breakfast at the hotel after which you will embark on a Nairobi City tour. This will entail a tour of the CBD to the sites that are of historical importance. You will thereafter proceed to David Sheldrick for the 11:00hrs public show. At 12:30; a visit to Giraffe Center followed by lunch (on own arrangements) at a Nairobi Restaurant. At 14:30hrs a visit to Karen Blixen Museum. Other optional places to visit include the Kazuri Beads, Utamanduni Craft Center, Masai Market, MatBronze, etc.</p><p>You will then be taken back to <strong>IBIS Styles Nairobi hotel</strong> for a well-deserved rest and overnight.</p>

<p>At 0600hrs, breakfast then depart Mount Kenya for Lake Nakuru, have lunch and embark for the afternoon game drive at Lake Nakuru National Park till sunset. Lake Nakuru is a bird paradise with hundreds of thousands of pink flamingos and pelicans, Leopards, Rhinos (White and Black) Buffalo, Lions, the rare bush-buck are also present at the park.</p>

<p>After an early morning breakfast depart Lake Nakuru for Lake Bogoria, where you will have a chance to see hundreds of Flamingoes, the volcanic hot water geysers and springs. At 11:30hrs, depart for Lake Naivasha arriving for late lunch. Get time to enjoy lodge facilities and have lunch. At 14:00hrs, embark on the Lake Naivasha Excursion. This will entail a Boat Safari at the lake to explore the hippo families and water birds; and thereafter will be the Crescent Island trek with wild herbivores. At crescent, you get to walk amongst the Giraffes, Kudus, Buffaloes, Topis among other wildlife.</p>

<p>0600hrs; breakfast then depart for the famous Masai Mara, arrive in time for lunch then depart for the afternoon game drives in the Mara till sunset.</p><p><strong><u>&nbsp;</u></strong></p><p><strong><em>Maasai Mara Game Reserve</em></strong><em> covers 700 Square miles of magnificent wilderness. It is the Africa of the imagination; endless reaches of acacia-dotted grasslands studded with hazy hills. It’s the land of African legend: Lion are abundant throughout the park, as are the elephants, giraffes, and a variety of gazelle species and zebra. Cheetah and leopard are also regularly seen and, less commonly, rhino. The annual wildebeest migration, one of nature's few remaining wildlife spectacles, occurs in the Mara where the big animals and their predators are to be present in abundance. Several species of Bee-Eater, the flying rainbow that heads the list of the Mara's birds, occur in the reserve. As well as wildlife, the Maasai Mara is also home to many members of the colorful Maasai tribe who in can May be seen around the borders of the park - Morans (warriors) loping across the plains, young boys herding goats, or elders grouped under a tree discussing matters of the day.</em></p>

<p>Early breakfast on these two days at the Mara. Then depart for a full day game drive with <strong><u>picnic lunches</u></strong> that will take you to the Mara River to see the hippos and the crocodiles.</p>

<p>As the sun rises over the stunning landscapes of Maasai Mara Game Reserve, savor your final breakfast at the lodge. After packing your bags, bid farewell to the elephants, zebras and diverse birdlife that made your stay so memorable. Your journey back to Nairobi begins with a leisure drive through the reserve, offering a last chance to spot wildlife. Once you leave the reserve, the terrain transitions from the wilderness to the more urban surroundings of Nairobi. Lunch in Nairobi. Thereafter, transfer to Jomo Kenyatta International airport for your departure.</p>