Kenya Grand Safari - Stay at TreetopsEscorted Tour, Africa

Enjoy unforgettable close-up encounters with wildlife, the scenic wonders of the forested highlands and the teeming plains of the Maasai Mara.

Discover for yourself what is arguably East Africa’s greatest natural wonderland as you visit a quartet of protected national parks and reserves. You’ll stay overnight in famous Treetops, and have opportunities to view some of the most extraordinary wildlife on earth on a succession of unforgettable game drives. Meet some of Africa's most fascinating peoples, and journey through a country filled with striking and dramatic scenery.

TOUR HIGHLIGHTS

Stay at famous Treetops game lodge

Six game drives in search of the Big Five

A visit to a Maasai village

Spending a night in Nairobi – Kenya’s engaging capital

Journey through the Rift Valley to Lake Nakuru National Park – a giraffe and rhino sanctuary

Visit historic Nyahururu – formerly ‘Thompson Falls’

WHAT'S INCLUDED

Six nights' full-board accommodation in game lodges

One night's bed and breakfast accommodation at a five-star hotel in Nairobi

A farewell dinner at the Fairmont Norfolk Hotel

One night on the plane

Three game drives in the Samburu National Reserve

Three game drives in the famed Maasai Mara National Reserve

A boat ride on Lake Naivasha

Return flights to Nairobi

Travel by 4x4 safari vehicles throughout

Fully escorted by experienced drivers and safari guides

ITINERARY

Day One – Travel to Kenya

Fly overnight from the UK to Nairobi.

Day Two – Travel to Treetops lodge in Aberdare National Park

Your driver/guide will be waiting to meet you when you arrive, today, and together you'll head north in your safari vehicle. You'll pass acres of ripening pineapples in Thika, and climb through the forested hills to the eastern fringes of the Aberdare National Park.

Here you'll enjoy lunch and an overnight stay at Treetops, a stilted lodge that has welcomed the British Royal Family in its past (The Queen was staying here when she learned of her father’s death in 1952), and is regarded as one of the most atmospheric game-viewing locations in the world. Relax and unwind this afternoon at this unique place and enjoy the magical sight of the animals that come to the floodlit watering hole each night.

Day Three – Journey to Samburu National Reserve

After breakfast, bid farewell to Treetops and drive to Samburu National Reserve, perhaps catching a glimpse of Mount Kenya, often shrouded in cloud, on the way.

Journey into the high plain, through grasslands dotted with market towns, cross the Equator and take in the panorama of the Laikipia plateau before dropping down onto the arid lowlands to Samburu National Reserve.

On the banks of the Ewaso Ny’iro River, rugged Samburu is one of Kenya’s most peaceful and beautiful locations. It's also home to elephants, cheetahs, leopards, crocodiles, giraffes, zebra, the blue-legged Somali ostrich and the giraffe-necked gerenuk gazelle. After lunch, join your driver/guide for your first included game drive, returning to the lodge in time for a sundowner before dinner.

Day Four – Enjoy game drives in Samburu

You'll spend today in the reserve. Choose morning and afternoon drives, and return to your lodge for lunch, or spend the whole day out on safari, taking a packed lunch with you.

Day Five – Travel through the Rift Valley to Lake Nakuru National Park

Journey, via Kenya’s highest town Nyahururu (formerly known as Thompson’s Falls after the nearby waterfall), into the Rift Valley. Enjoy lunch at the Thomson Falls Lodge, and an afternoon game drive en-route to Lake Nakuru National Park, a popular grazing ground for black and white rhinos, Rothschild giraffe, buffaloes and several species of gazelle, and similarly popular with leopards. The lake itself is a paradise for birdwatchers, who can expect to see flamingos and pelicans, as well as fish eagles, heron and hundreds of other species.

Day Six – Continue through the Rift Valley to the Maasai Mara

Continue south, pausing at spectacular, freshwater Lake Naivasha - one-time home of Born Free author Joy Adamson. Board a boat to cruise on the lake’s waters, which are home to hippos, and keep a look out for its many bird species, and for giraffe, zebra, waterbuck and wildebeest on the shore.

By early afternoon you will have entered the Maasai Mara, perhaps the world’s most famous protected game reserve, to enjoy an afternoon game drive en route to your lodge. The Mara is the setting for Kenya's annual wildebeest migration and, thanks to a rigid conservation programme, it's a place where game can be seen in numbers little diminished from the pre-hunting days of the 19th and early 20th Centuries. If you're hoping to see giraffes, zebra, hippos, buffalo, elephants, ostriches - not to mention lions, cheetahs and leopards - this particular corner of Africa offers unparalleled opportunities, and your two-night stay here should leave you with some indelible memories.

Day Seven – Games drives in the Maasai Mara

Enjoy a last full-day of game drives, whether you choose morning and afternoon safaris or spend all day in the reserve. During the day, you’ll visit a Maasai village, and will have the opportunity to meet the villagers, speak to them about their lives here and buy a locally produced souvenir of your stay. Enjoy a last dinner at the lodge.

Day Eight – Travel back to Nairobi

Make the journey up out of the Rift Valley back to Nairobi. Enjoy a short visit to the African Fund for Endangered Wildlife’s engaging Giraffe Centre - with its protected Rothschild giraffes.

Your last night's stay in Kenya will be in the sumptuous five-star surroundings of the Fairmont Norfolk Hotel, an historic Nairobi landmark. Enjoy a Farewell Dinner here, this evening.

Day Nine – Travel back to the UK

After an early breakfast, transfer to the airport to check in for your flight home, which arrives back in the UK late the same afternoon.

Kenya Grand Safari - Stay at Treetops is located in Escorted Tour, Africa. Accommodation rating is the operators own rating and may not be the official rating. Hotel details correct at 27/01/2022