17 DAYS KENYA SAFARI: THE GREAT KENYA SAFARI TO KENYA NATIONAL PARKS & RESERVES OF KENYA AND MOMBASA BEACH HOLIDAY.

Imagine an African safari holiday - stunning locations populated with lions, cheetah, giraffe, rhino, leopards, elephants, crocodile combined with the African sun and a starlit safari lodge to relax in at night.

DAY 1: NAIROBI
Arrive Nairobiand transfer to Nairobi safari clubl . Overnight at Panafric hotel or similar.

DAY 2: NAIROBI - MOUNT KENYA
Depart Nairobi after breakfast and drive north to Nyeri and the Outspan Hotel. After lunch, continue to your tree hotel for a nocturnal game viewing experience. Dinner and overnight at Treetops lodge.

DAY 3: MOUNT KENYA - SAMBURU
Drive north to Samburu where the climate is drier and the land is semi-desert. Spend the next two days exploring the Samburu Game Reserve. Keep your camera and binoculars ready, as the wildlife is plentiful. See the thin-striped Grevy's zebra, reticulated giraffe, blue-necked Somali ostrich and Beisa Oryx, all species only found north of the equator. The long-necked gerenuk, a graceful antelope, spends most of its time here in a bi-pedal stance seeking succulent leaves. Later, relax at your camp on the banks of the Ewaso Ngiro River deep in the reserve. Accommodation is provided in luxuriously-appointed rooms set under thatch, with en-suite facilities andprivate veranda. All meals and overnight at Samburu Serena lodge or similar.

DAY 4: FULL DAY SAMBURU
Full day spent viewing game inside the Samburu game reserve.
All meals and overnight at the lodge.

DAY 5: SAMBURU - LAKE BARINGO After breakfast, game drive enroute to Lake Baringo. This is a fresh water lake in the Rift Valley, covering an area of 170 square kilometer, with a depth of 12 meters. KAMPI YA SAMAKI is the center of exploration in lake Baringo. This is a spectacular and mellow place to visit particularly with the Boating trips to the islands such as the 'Devil's island' and also with the bird walk, together with the various water sports available to tourists. All meals and overnight at Lake Baringo lodge.

DAY 6: LAKE BARINGO - LAKE BOGORIA
AAfter breakfast, proceed to Lake Bogoria. This is a shallow lake found in the Rift Valley, covering an area of 30 square kilometer, with a depth of 9 meters and home to flamingos. Other attractions are the HOT SPRINGS and GEYSERS (with the Hot Springs boiling hot), gazelles, greater kudu, and impala. The sheer face of the north eastern ends of the Aberdares Ranges dominates the eastern side of the lake. All meals and overnight at Lake Bogoria hotel.

DAY 7: LAKE BOGORIA - LAKE NAKURU
After breakfast, drive to Lake Nakuru national park for game drive. This is 200-sq. km shallow Soda Lake lying in the volcanic strewn Rift Valley and is one of a chain of lakes stretching the length of Kenya from Tanzania to Ethiopia. It is world's greatest bird spectacle with millions of pink flamingos and pelicans, birds of prey like vulture, eagle and such animals as waterbuck and black rhino, buffalo, Reedbuck, gazelle, leopard, hyrax, hippos, velvet-monkey, Rothschild giraffe and baboon. This is an ideal place for ornithologists and photographers. All meals and overnight at Lake Nakuru lodge or similar.

DAY 8: LAKE NAKURU - MASAI MARA
Leave early today, climbing out of the Rift Valley escarpment, to enter the Masai Mara Reserve, part of the Serengeti ecosystem. After lunch, be ready to experience some of the best game viewing in Kenya's most exciting game reserve. All meals and overnight at Mara Sopa lodge or similar.

DAY 9: MASAI MARA
Morning and afternoon game drives should reveal lion, elephant, giraffe, buffalo, zebra, topi, hartebeest, cheetah, gazelle, wart hog, and abundant bird life. All meals and overnight at Sopa lodge or similar

DAY 10: MASAI MARA morning Game drive to this vast, open grasslands of the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem are home to over 3million large mammals. In our game drive we have a very good chance of seeing all the major Plains animals including lion, leopard, buffalo, elephant, rhino, hyena, cheetah, jackal, warthog and many species. Visit a Masai village this afternoon to learn their ancient ways of the Masai people who are allowed to graze animals and to hunt within the reserve boundaries. All meals and overnight at Sopa lodge or similar

DAY 11: MASAI MARA - NAIROBI
After breakfast, leave lodge for the last game drive and return journey to Nairobi. Picnic lunch enroute and arrive Nairobi in the afternoon or early evening. Overnight at Panafric hotel or similar.

DAY 12: NAIROBI - AMBOSELI
Depart at 09.00 hrs and drive south through vast Maasai country, Via Namanga Border town then on to Amboseli National Park. Picnic Lunch is served enroute. Arrive in the camp late afternoon and settle down. Time permitting, proceed for a short game drive to see Rhino, Giraffe, Lion, Elephant and many more with Mt. Kilimanjaro (Africa's highest peak) providing a beautiful background. Dinner and overnight at the Amboseli lodge or similar.

DAY 13: AMBOSELI - TSAVO WEST
Pre-breakfast game drive from 06.00hrs to 08.00hrs. after breakfast, depart to Tsavo West national park with game drive enroute to the lodge. Afternoon game drive from 16.00hrs to 18.00hrs when you drive back to the lodge for dinner and overnight. All meals and overnight at the Kilaguni Serena Safari Lodge or similar.

DAY 14: TSAVO - MOMBASA
Breakfast at the lodge then drive to Mombasa.The City of Mombasa provides an interesting experience with the old Portuguese Fort Jesus, Old Town, Markets and Shops. An extensive variety of excursions are available to sample the local culture and the famous Kenyan wildlife. Check into whitesands Beach or Alliance beach hotel for overnight. All meals at the hotel..

DAY 15: MOMBASA Full day own leisure at the hotel. All meals and overnight.

DAY 16: MOMBASA Full day own leisure at the hotel. All meals and overnight

DAY 17: MOMBASA - NAIROBI / AIRPORT
Breakfast at the hotel then transfer to the airport for flight back to Nairobi. You will then check in for your international flight back home

17 DAYS KENYA SAFARI: THE GREAT KENYA SAFARI TO KENYA NATIONAL PARKS & RESERVES OF KENYA AND MOMBASA BEACH HOLIDAY.