Kenya Safaris: 9 DAY KENYA FAMILY SAFARI, MASAI MARA to MT. KENYA

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ITINERARY AT A GLANCE

ITINERARY DETAILS

Departure - Daily on request based on 2, 4, 6 Pax

Day 1 Nairobi
On arrival you will be transferred to Macushla House, a quaint private house in a quiet suburb of Nairobi. The house offers gorgeous gardens with a pool and lovely living areas. Today, relax by the pool and recover from the overnight flight. Meals and overnight at Macushla House (LDBB)

Day 2 Masai Mara Game Reserve
Feeling refreshed, you will visit the Giraffe Centre for endangered Rothschild giraffe, followed by the Daphne Sheldrick Wildlife Trust (as featured in BBC's Elephant Diaries). After lunch, fly to a delightful fenced camp in the Masai Mara with spacious tented accommodation. An introductory nature walk with a naturalist is followed by an offroad game drive. Meals and overnight at Siana Intrepids Camp (FB )

Day 3 Masai Mara Game Reserve
After early breakfast, we visit the Masai tribe and then continue onto a full-day game drive in the game-rich reserve. Enjoy a delicious picnic lunch under an acacia tree. Meals and overnight at Siana Intrepids Camp (LDBB)

Day 4 Masai Mara Game Reserve
Today, take an optional balloon safari or partake in another full-day game drive. Our professional driver/guide will introduce you to the magnificent birds of Kenya. Return to camp before sunset for an exhilarating bush dinner (minimum 6 persons necessary). Meals and overnight at Siana Intrepids Camp (LDBB)

Day 5 Naivasha
After breakfast, travel to a fabulous resort in the Great Rift Valley overlooking Lake Naivasha. The resort offers an 18-hole golf course, tennis courts, riding, pool and an adventure club. After lunch, visit the Elsamere Born Free Centre, former home of Joy and George Adamson, and take a boat safari on the lake, followed by traditional English tea under tall fever trees. Meals and overnight at Great Rift Valley Lodge & Golf Resort (LDBB)

Day 6 Naivasha
Today relax and enjoy lodge facilities or take optional excursions. Meals and overnight at Great Rift Valley Lodge & Golf Resort (LDBB)

Day 7 Mt. Kenya
We depart early for Lake Nakuru National Park to observe the huge flocks of flamingo and pelican. You may also see black and white rhino, leopard, lion and Rothschild giraffe. After lunch, we travel to the world-famous Mt. Kenya Safari Club. Dinner and overnight at Mt Kenya Safari Club ( L-DBB)

Day 8 Mt Kenya
Wake up to glorious views of Mt Kenya on a clear day. You will visit the Jane Goodall Sanctuary to observe chimps undergoing rehabilitation, and the Morani Rhino Center to learn about rhino conservation. After a brief game drive at the Sweetwaters Wildlife Sanctuary, we return to the Club for lunch and relaxation. Meals and overnight at Mt Kenya Safari Club (LDBB)

Day 9 Departure
After breakfast, we drive back to Nairobi for your flight back home or a beach extension.

NB: This program can be operated in reverse with slight variation.

Included flights:
Scheduled one way flight Nairobi -Masai Mara

ACCOMMODATION INFORMATION

Macushla House
The peaceful and charming Macushla House is located in Langata, a wealthy suburb west of Nairobi, close to the Nairobi National Park, the Ngong Hills, the Karen Blixen Museum, Daphne Sheldrick's Elephant Orphanage and the Giraffe Centre. This immaculate six-bedroom house at the edge of an indigenous forest is like a private home and provides excellent facilities, food and personalized service in comfortable surroundings.

Open beamed ceilings, natural woodwork, log fires and a private study give the house a unique country-house flavour. Fabulous wholesome meals are prepared with care and attention using the freshest of ingredients and served in the intimate dining room or by the swimming pool. Traditional English Tea with scones can be taken in the garden or the bar, which has a large selection of alternative types of drinks. The airy bedrooms with ensuite bathrooms have large windows, which overlook the natural gardens of Macushla. Macushla allows you to get away from the city and enjoy the peace and tranquility of the countryside.

Siana Intrepids Camp
Fringed by marshes and surrounded by ghostly fever trees, Siana Intrepids Camp is situated on the eastern edge of the Masai Mara National Reserve. Built on a site chosen by 1950's game warden, Major Lyn Temple-Boreham, this grand-scale tented camp was established in partnership with the neighboring Masai, who continue to graze their cattle in harmony with the wildlife.

Perfectly recapturing the romance of the early pioneers, Siana Intrepids Camp possesses a tranquil atmosphere, with generous safari-style tents and shady trees offering complete privacy in the lush, unspoiled setting. A convivial dining area offers hearty cuisine, while the pool is an irresistible oasis on hot days. Activities are centered around game viewing excursions into the Masai Mara in the company of experienced guides, bush walks with resident naturalists and night drives with spot lights in search of nocturnal wildlife. Elephant and leopard hides off wonderful viewing opportunities of these animals and more besides. Birdlife is prolific and with expert Masai naturalists on hand up to a hundred species may be seen in one day. Hot air balloon excursions provide breathtaking wilderness vistas.

Great Rift Valley Lodge & Golf Resort
Rift Valley Lodge offers sophisticated comfort with the waters of Lake Naivasha shimmering in the distance. Thirty split-level suites, stylishly blending ancient African design with modern indulgence offer terrific accommodation both to those who come to enjoy the 18-hole championship golf course and to those who are exploring this famous landscape.

The views from both lodge and bedroom verandahs are absolutely marvelous. Perched on the slopes of the Eburru Escarpment, the lodge gazes out over the Great Rift Valley. A wide selection of sports and safari activities includes fishing and boating from the lodges own marina. A spectacular free-form swimming pool sparkles in the sunshine. The food is good and fresh and the chef specializes in Mediterranean-inspired cuisine. Absolutely perfect for the sports enthusiast, or for those stopping over in the Naivasha area, the Rift Valley Lodge is only one and a half hours from Nairobi.

Mount Kenya Safari Club
The Mount Kenya Safari Club was founded in 1959 by William Holden, the late film star, highly eccentric American Ray Ryan and Carl Hirschmann, a Swiss financier. From the outset it attracted a cosmopolitan and glamorous clientele - those connected with Hollywood and the royalty and jet set who found the Hollywood connection irresistible. The Club still retains a strong sense of history and, unlike many hotels, has not swept away the old in favor of the new. The William Holden cottages retain an ambience recalling the 1950's glamour that is now so fashionable - huge french windows, white terrace furniture, and large cozy sofas in the central sitting room. The Riverside suites are more modern and very private, with vaulted ceilings and riverfront sites. The roaring fires, fuelled by huge logs that are lit every evening in the cottages add considerably to the feeling of soothing relaxation experienced by the visitor.

The huge grounds at the Club are absolutely fabulous! Immaculately kept, abundant with beautiful blooming shrubs and trees, dotted with ponds and lakes, and alive with marabou storks, little egrets and peacocks, they stretch verdantly into the distance with the dramatic bulk of Mount Kenya behind. A beautiful pool, surrounded by colonial style cane furniture, also has the mountain as its backdrop. Often wreathed in cloud it appears from time to time allowing the observer a sense of privilege. The main club building is dotted with memorabilia - huge trophy heads from the days when hunting was permitted and photographs of famous actors, actresses and various luminaries, from the past up to the present day, adorn the walls.