11DAY-EXPERIENCE UTAMED BEAUTY OF KENYA

Arrive at Homo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) . You will be transferred to your Pride Inn hotel for dinner and overnight

After breakfast , you will drive North towards the town of Thika, Sagana, Karatina, Naromoru(meaning volcanic ash in Maasai language) to the town of Nanyuki for a rest stop.Enroute you will encounter pineapples, coffee plantation and mixed farming. The community in the area is Kikuyu, Kenya’s largest tribe and we’ll known to excel in Agriculture and trade. At Nanyuki, Mt Kenya-the second highest mountain in Africa at 5198 metres above sea level, is visible to the left on a clear day
We drive on a dirt road for 15Kms to the Rongai gate to access Olpejeta Conservancy Lunch at Serena Sweetwaters Camp then be at leisure. You may enjoy swimming and a most of other activities offered at the camp.
We embark on an afternoon game drive of Olpejeta Conservancy,famed for Moran the tame Rhino who died of natural causes in 2016. The Conservancy is home to the big five,both burchell’ sand grey zebra as well as Reticulated and Maasai giraffe
We will also visit the chimps Sanctuary,where a troop of over 30 individuals,many rescued from forests in Western and Central Africa are domesticated.
Dinner and overnight at Serena Sweetwaters Camp

We embark on an early morning game drive in search of the Somali and Maasai Ostrich among other plains game for which this area is world famous
After breakfast we depart for the nearby Mt.Kenya Safari Club. Rested on the circle of Mt Kenya, the club has been frequented by the who is who in Wildlife and many more celebrities including William Holden have owned it at one point or another
Lunch at leisure. We do not conduct game drives in Mt Kenya owing to the dense nature of the surrounding environment. There are a lot of activities to do-horse riding, guided nature walks, visit of the zigzagging puzzle, where many weddings are held
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Dinner and overnight at Mt Kenya Safari Club

After breakfast we drive south west via the towns of Naromoru, Chaka into ABERDARES country club for lunch. This property is on the edge of ABERDARES Nature Park, and is named after Sir Aberdare, a former President of the Royal Geographical society are only to carry an overnight bag to the Ark
Lunch is served. We shall be transferred to the Ark by lodge transfer. The Ark is built on Raised Stilts in the shape of the Biblical Noah’s Ark, offers excellent game views activities from the comfort of your balcony. It has several viewing decks and underground tunnel for safe appreciation of wildlife as they lick salt in a nearby waterhole.
Again there are no game drives here but the views, tranquility of the area is unforgettable
Dinner and overnight at the Ark

After breakfast we will proceed via the open plains with Aberdares and Mt Kenya on our left and right respectively to Nyahururu town (formerly known as Thompson’s Falls-after the early explorer to Kenya largest waterfall at 96 metres above sea level. There are great photography opportunities here.We proceed further North to the Lake Nakuru National Park Lunch at Lake Nakuru Sopa Lodge. Leisure
We set off for an afternoon game drive of the park. It is a beautiful jewel on the floor of the Great Rift Valley, home to some 450 bird species including both the greater and lesser flamingoes for which it is world famous, and houses the big five save for elephant
Dinner and overnight at The Cliff Camp

After breakfast we drive south west via the dusty town of Gilgil and Naivasha town and further to this fresh water lake that has given rise to Kenya’s flower industry. Today Kenya is a leading exporter of cut flowers to the European Union. Large scale horticulture for consumption crops occurs here too Lunch at Lake Naivasha Sopa Lodge.
A glass bottomed boat ride of Lake Naivasha takes us to Crescent Island that houses Impala, zebra, gazelles as well as giraffes. The Lake has snorting hippos as well
Dinner and overnight at Lake Naivasha Resort

After breakfast,we depart West on good tarmac road via the town of Narok in the heart of Maasai Mara triangle-an area known for high concentration of the plains game Lunch at Bella Camp. Leisure
We embark on an afternoon game drive. The Mara is World famous for wildebeest annual migration earning it the title of the 8th wonder if the world
Dinner and overnight at Bella Camp

After breakfast we will visit the Mara River where the wildebeest migration takes place Each year, more than one million wildebeest. 200,000 zebras, eland, gazelles, and several other herbivores. They move from the Serengeti in Tanzania to the Masai Mara in Kenya.
Lunch will be served at Bella Camp. We set off for an afternoon game drive of the Reserve. Mara is the home to the big five which are the Lions, Elephants, Rhinos, Buffaloes and The Leopards. It birdlife is profuse as it mammalia counterpart with over 500 bird species
Dinner and overnight at Bella Camp

We embark on a balloon flight (Optional) to view the Mara landscape and views from above. The views are unforgettable in your life time. The flight will be followed by champagne breakfast
This is our final day in majestic Mara. Lunch at Bella Camp
An optional Village visit to see the Masai cultural way of life can be arranged upon request.
Our last game drive, we wrap up our stay with a fantastic exploration of any game missed during our entire stay
Dinner and overnight at Bella Camp

Sadly after breakfast, we depart for Nairobi for late lunch at PrideInn Hotel
The afternoon will be at Leisure. We have the opportunity to review our most memorable outing.
Dinner and overnight at PrideInn Hotel

After breakfast we embark on a city tour of Nairobi that will include but not limited to parliament Building, the Rating Studio (a replica of the one in Mumbai), the City Market, Khoja Mosque, the Bomb blast site where on 7th August 1998, terrorists killed our innocent Kenyans (RIP)
Lunch at Giraffe Center. You will visit Kazuri Beads , Utamaduni
Visit the Bomas of Kenya to see performances representing the various cultural communities in Kenya -experienced in song and dance (be free to join the dance)
We depart for the Carnivore, Africa’s meat haven where both domestic and game meat is roasted in skewers. This is a farewell party that will always linger in your mind.
Sadly we depart to Join Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) for your flight