Kenya Safari Explorer: Gold

Nairobi

Welcome to Kenya! On your arrival in Nairobi, a representative will meet and assist you through immigration and customs before your Wildlife Safari guest manager escorts you by private vehicle to Nairobi Serena Hotel. Here you’ll enjoy a ‘welcome’ safari briefing, with rest of day at leisure.

Amboseli

Breakfast will be served at your hotel before you set off in your 4WD vehicle with your Wildlife Safari guide towards Namanga. Enter Amboseli National Park, its backdrop being the highest peak in Africa, Mt. Kilimanjaro. You’ll begin game viewing on the way to Amboseli Serena Safari Lodge in awe of your magnificent surroundings. Once you’ve made yourself at home, head out on an afternoon game drive returning around sunset, with time to freshen up before dinner.

Amboseli

Set off on your early morning game drive and with a bit of luck, Mount Kilimanjaro’s snow-capped peak will be clear and uncovered. Return for a late breakfast with the remainder of the morning to relax at the lodge. After lunch, enjoy a late afternoon game drive around the many springs and lakes in search of Amboseli’s fabled elephant herds. If you accept an invitation to plant an acacia tree as part of the Amboseli Reforestation Project (created by Wildlife Safari and Serena Hotels) you’ll receive a commemorative certificate. End the day with dinner at the lodge and relax under a star-filled sky.

Ol Pejeta
Enjoy an early breakfast, then depart for Ol Pejeta wildlife sanctuary, famed for its pioneering wildlife conservancy. Arrive at Sweetwaters Serena Camp, an oasis set around a floodlit waterhole in this sanctuary that overlooks Mt Kenya. Take some time to settle in before heading out on a game drive where you’ll experience the large wildlife density that the conservancy has to offer. Return to camp and enjoy dinner.

Ol Pejeta
Wake up – not only for some extraordinary game viewing – but you’ll also be paying a visit to the only chimpanzee sanctuary in Kenya, where abandoned and rescued chimps are rehabilitated. Returning to the lodge, treat yourself to a cold drink at the Waterhole Bar, offering stunning views of the waterhole and the animals that frequent it. Enjoy dinner at the lodge, overlooking the floodlit waterhole.

Great Rift Valley
Enjoy breakfast, then depart for the Great Rift Valley, boasting hot springs, geysers, volcanoes and some of the oldest, largest and deepest lakes in the world. The alkaline shallow soda lakes are famous for their flamingo flocks, which gather to feed and breed along the lakeshore. Arrive at Lake Elmenteita Serena Camp, settle into your luxury tent, and take in the beautiful lake views from your private balcony. Head off late afternoon for some relaxed game viewing and bird watching around Lake Elmenteita, returning for dinner at the camp.

Great Rift Valley

Today you’ll head out on a game drive to explore Lake Nakuru National Park, there are over 500 species of birds in the park, as well as the big hitters such as lion, rhino and buffalo, amongst others.  On return to the lodge, take a dip in the pool or treat yourself to a refreshing drink at the bar, overlooking the waterhole and surrounding wilderness.  Enjoy dinner at the lodge.

Masai Mara

Depart after breakfast and drive along the Great Rift Valley floor to enter the Masai Mara National Reserve, where you immediately begin game viewing, passing wildlife herds on the vast savannah plains as you drive towards Mara Serena Safari Lodge. After lunch, take a late afternoon game drive, returning to your lodge for dinner.

Masai Mara
Enjoy two full days, in your 4×4 game viewing vehicle, for some of the Masai Mara’s exceptional game viewing. Witness the sun rising over the savannah grasslands, the silhouette of giraffe, elephant, wildebeest – and many more – on the horizon. Return to camp for lunch and leisure before you’re back on the vehicle for your next game drive with endless opportunities, a predator stalking its prey, a fish eagle calling over the river or a calf being born, who knows what’s lying in wait.  Breakfast and dinner are at Mara Serena Lodge, while lunch is taken picnic-style under a magnificent acacia tree.

Depart
After breakfast at Mara Serena Lodge, enjoy a final morning game drive en route to the airstrip for your flight to Wilson Airport. A Wildlife Safari representative will meet and transfer you to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport for your onward trip.