• 8 Dinner (D)
• 8 Breakfast (B)
• 7 Lunch (L)

• Samburu National Reserve: Drive through the Samburu National Reserve, known for its diverse wildlife and expansive landscapes. 
• Samburu National Reserve: Embark on a morning game drive through Samburu National Reserve, perhaps glimpsing the animal inhabitants that roam the grasslands and riverside. 
• Samburu National Reserve: Join a local ranger for a guided nature walk along the edge of Samburu Reserve, following the trail towards the meeting point of the Ewaso Nyiro and Isiolo rivers. Learn how water shapes life in this dry landscape as you look for zebras, antelopes and crocodiles resting along the riverbanks.
• Lake Nakuru: Stop to take in the thunderous power of Thomson’s Falls.
• Lake Nakuru: See the birds of Lake Nakuru National Park and marvel at the flamingos that crowd the water’s edge. 
• Maasai Mara National Reserve: Embark on a journey through the wilderness as you enjoy the sights of the best game viewing in the world at Maasai Mara National Reserve.
• Maasai Mara National Reserve: Head to a Maasai village in the Maasai Mara National Reserve and get a feel for their everyday life. After a guided tour of the village, you’ll see the warriors’ famous jumping dance and give bush hunting skills a go with the Maasai people. 
• Maasai Mara National Reserve: Full day in the Mara with morning and afternoon game drives to explore its vast plains and rolling hills with more game spotting opportunities.

• Selected hotel dinners plus a locally hosted meal
• 4-star stays
• Coach and 4 x 4 safari vehicle travel

Venture out after dark with a trained spotter to scan the conservancy by spotlight. Seek nocturnal wildlife such as bat-eared fox, aardvark and lion on the move, glimpsed in fleeting pools of light.

Your trained spotter and Driver Guide interpret behaviors unique to nighttime on the savannah and explain how Ol Pejeta manages low-impact after-hours viewing. This experience is at additional cost, bookable on tour, and subject to ranger availability and regulations.

Connect With Locals at a family home on a working estate in Kerugoya, nestled on the foothills of Mount Kenya. Stroll among glossy tea bushes and coffee trees as your host explains cultivation, picking and processing, culminating in tastings served on the farmhouse veranda.

Gain insight into rural life and learn the journey from leaf to cup while sharing a home-cooked highlands lunch. Stories of Kenya’s post-independence era and estate traditions add depth to this warm, personal encounter.

Settle into a forest hideaway designed for close wildlife encounters and observe wildlife after dark from multiple viewing decks. Watch elephants, buffalo and bushbuck emerge cautiously to the floodlit waterhole and salt lick right below the lodge.

The moorland forests of Aberdare National Park heighten the drama as mists roll through and nocturnal calls echo. Rangers share sightings and behaviors, turning the lodge itself into an immersive hide without leaving the comfort of your stay.

Join a guided nature walk along the Ewaso Nyiro’s palm-lined banks with a local ranger. Track footprints in the sand, study hardy acacias and learn how water sustains life on the edge of the reserve in this semi-arid ecosystem.

Hear stories of Samburu traditions and the area made famous by Born Free while scanning for weavers, crocodiles and antelope. The Ewaso Nyiro River provides a living classroom where arid Samburu landscapes reveal their surprising abundance.

Venture out in 4×4 vehicles across open plains and doum-palm riverbeds to search for the Samburu Special Five: reticulated giraffe, Grevy’s zebra, Beisa oryx, Somali ostrich and the elegant gerenuk.

The reserve’s open acacia woodlands offer sweeping views for spotting lions and elephants moving between shade and river. Your guide interprets behaviors and habitats, with chances to appreciate the reticulated giraffe’s striking lattice pattern glowing in the low savanna light.

Explore Ol Pejeta, a not-for-profit conservancy and East Africa’s largest black rhino sanctuary. Meet conservation staff to learn about anti-poaching efforts, habitat management and community programs safeguarding endangered species.

Pause for photos where you can stand astride the Equator line that crosses the conservancy, often with Mount Kenya’s slopes on the horizon. This MAKE TRAVEL MATTER experience highlights how tourism supports long-term wildlife protection and local livelihoods.

Visit the Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary within Ol Pejeta to meet the resident orphaned and rescued chimpanzees. View them from safe platforms as caregivers share insights into rehabilitation, enrichment and lifelong care.

Learn how sanctuary design respects complex primate social structures and hear individual rescue stories that underline the threats facing great apes. This moving encounter fosters deeper appreciation for intelligence, empathy and the urgency of conservation.

Pause for photos and reflection at Thomson’s Falls, where the Ewaso Nyiro plunges 74 meters over a basalt ledge near Nyahururu. Feel the spray drift from the thundering cascade as rainbow mist curls along the gorge.

Local viewpoints reveal the Aberdare escarpment’s rugged profile and riverine forest below. Guides outline the waterfall’s natural history and the legacy of explorer Joseph Thomson, whose 19th-century travels lent the site its name.

Enter a Rift Valley sanctuary to see the birds of Lake Nakuru National Park, where alkaline waters can draw bands of pink flamingos and pelicans to the soda-rimmed shore. Acacia woodland and euphorbia thickets frame photogenic lake vistas.

Join an afternoon game drive seeking white and black rhino, lions and the endangered Rothschild’s giraffe. Your guide explains how shifting water levels and salinity influence birdlife, making every visit a unique spectacle.

Traverse the Mara’s rolling plains to search for the Big Five amid golden grasses and solitary balanite trees. Look for prides of lion, elusive leopards draped in branches and cheetah surveying the open country.

Rivers cut through the vast savannah plains, where hippos and crocs patrol the Mara River. Between July and October, your guide may discuss the Great Migration’s patterns and the fragile dynamics that sustain one of Africa’s richest ecosystems.

Visit a Maasai village to meet families who open their bomas to guests. Learn about cattle culture, beadwork symbolism and homestead design before witnessing the warriors’ adumu jumping dance, accompanied by rhythmic chants.

Guides share how traditions adapt to modern challenges and invite respectful dialogue about land, wildlife and education. You may also learn about pastoral traditions and purchase beadwork directly from artisans, supporting the community.

Stroll the raised boardwalk from Keekorok Lodge to a reed-fringed wetland frequented by pods of hippo. From the viewing shelter, watch massive shapes surface and yawn as egrets and storks patrol the shallows.

The setting comes alive with grunts and snorts, especially grunting and splashing at dusk. This safe, stationary vantage offers prolonged observation of hippo behavior rarely seen from a passing vehicle.

Lift off at dawn to hot-air balloon over the Maasai Mara as the first light washes the plains. Drift silently above herds and winding rivers, capturing wide-angle views that ground safaris can’t match.

Touch down for a champagne bush breakfast set under an acacia, savoring the sunrise light over the plains. This experience is at additional cost, bookable on tour, and subject to weather and limited availability.

Trafalgar

Meet your group and meet your Driver Guide over a festive feast at the renowned Carnivore Restaurant, Nairobi’s temple to charcoal-grilled nyama choma. Settle into the lively open-air setting as skewers arrive hot from the coals, paired with tangy sauces and fresh salads that showcase Kenya’s produce.

Discover the city’s convivial dining culture while you sample regional dishes and farm-raised specialties in a bustling atmosphere that reflects Nairobi’s cosmopolitan energy. This convivial welcome sets an easygoing tone for the adventures ahead.