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DAY 1, NAIROBI to MAASAI MARA - Pick-up from Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta airport and drive towards the Maasai Mara Game Reserve (celeste route on the map). On the way to the lodge, visit a Maasai village and enjoy the jump dance. Lunch at Mara Sopa Lodge. Game-drive in the afternoon: there are chances to meet some of the big five. Dinner & Overnight Mara Sopa Lodge.
DAY 2, MAASAI MARA - Game-drives according to clients wishes and agreement with driver: the historical Keekorok Lodge, the Kenya-Tanzania border, and the Mara river where hippos and crocodiles are likely to be seen. Lunch at the lodge or picnic lunch. Dinner & Overnight Mara Sopa Lodge.
DAY 3, MAASAI MARA to LAKE NAKURU - Early moring game-drive followed by breakfast at the lodge. After breakfast, drive towards Lake Nakuru (red route on the map). Lunch at Flamingo Hill tented Camp. Game-drive in the afternoon: flamingos and pelicans are likely to be seen. Dinner & Overnight Flamingo Hill tented Camp.
DAY 4, LAKE NAKURU to SAMBURU - Early moring game-drive - there are chances to meet some of the big five - followed by breakfast at the lodge. After breakfast, drive toward Samburu via Nyahuru (green route on the map), with picnic lunch. On the way, visit to Thomson Falls. In the afternoon, arrive at Samburu passing through the Archer's Gate. Dinner & Overnight Samburu Game Lodge.
DAY 5, SAMBURU - Early morning game-drive followed by breakfast at the lodge. After breakfast relax at the lodge. Lunch at the lodge. Afternoon game-drive according to clients wishes and agreement with driver: you can cross the Uaso river and reach the Intake Springs. Along the way, some of the big five are likely to be seen. Dinner & Overnight Samburu Game Lodge.
DAY 6, SAMBURU to ABERDARES - Early morning game-drive followed by breakfast at the lodge. After breakfast departure from Samburu and drive towards the Aberdares (yellow route on the map). Lunch at Outspan Hotel in Nyeri. After lunch transfer to Treetops (this will be done by Treetops vehicles as no other vehicles are allowed into the Salient of the Aberdares). Afternoon game-viewing from the lodge. Dinner & Overnight Treetops.
DAY 7, ABERDARES to AMBOSELI - At 7 am you will be driven from the lodge back to Outspan hotel in Nyeri where breakfast will be served. After breakfast drive towards Amboseli National Park (blue route on the map). Picnic lunch on the way. Arrive at Amboseli in the afternoon. Game-drive late afternoon: enjoy the sunset with a lot af animals roaming free. Dinner & Overnight Ol Tukai Lodge.
DAY 8 - Early morning game-drive - Amboseli is one of the best place in Kenya to watch elephants - followed by breakfast at the lodge. After breakfast relax at the pool and enjoy the view on the plains and Kilimanjaro. Lunch at the lodge. Game-drive in the afternoon, according to clients wishes and agreement with driver, you can reach the Observation Hill from where you can have a extremely wide-look to the plains and the Enkongu Narok Swamp. Elephants and buffalos are likely to be seen. Dinner & Overnight Ol Tukai Lodge.
DAY 9, AMBSOSELI to NAIROBI - Early morning game-drive followed by breakfast at the lodge. Vacate the rooms after breakfast and relax at the pool. Lunch at the lodge and drive back to Nairobi. Arrive in Nairobi late afternoon and transfer to the airport.
Barack Obama’s father origins Barack Obama was born in Hawaii in the 1961, son of a Kenyan father and American mother (Ann Dunham) who had met at the University in Honolulu. Not a great love story: they split up when Barack was [...]
Oloolaimutia (Ololamutiek gate) There are six gates into the Masai Mara reserve: Oloololo and Musiara in the north, Talek gate, Sekenani and Ololamutiek on the eastbound. Sand River Gate takes you into Tanzania on the western [...]
Masai Jump Dance Amongst the many traditions kept by Masai tribes the best known is the warrior jumping dance, where young Masai morani (morani stands for young warrior) leap into the air from a standing position, in [...] [Photo: Paolo Cecchellero]
Masai Kudu Horn The kudu horn is a means to communicate amongst the villages. The kudu itself (Koodoo) is a sort of antelope which roams from South Africa to Ethiopia. Its bull may stand over five feet high and may [...] [Photo: Paolo Cecchellero]
Sekenani primary school Built in 1987, the Sekenani Primary School provides a free education to approximately 450 students from 5 to 14 years old. There are three terms per year, running in January to March, May to July and [...] [Photo: Paolo Cecchellero]
Ballooning over Masai Mara Preparing for take-off. [Photo: Neil Fancourt]
Ballooning over Masai Mara Hot-airing the balloon. [Photo: Neil Fancourt]
Ballooning over Masai Mara Just landed. [Photo: Neil Fancourt]
Elelephant in Masai Mara Elephants are the longest-lived large mammals. One of the few animals that shows recognition of one another even after death. Females will stand watch over their dead young and may even cover the [...] [Photo: Paolo Cecchellero]
Lioness with her puppy [Photo: Paolo Cecchellero]
Maasai Mara Lioness on a kill (zebra). Preferred prey of a lion is gemsbok, buffalo, wildebeest, giraffe and zebra. It worths notice that species outside their preferred weight range - 350 kg - are generally [...] [Photo: Paolo Cecchellero]
Masai Mara A male lion at Maasai Mara. According to a recent esimate lions in Mara Region are aprox one thousand. Although the killing of a lion was part of the Masai culture that marked the transition from [...] [Photo: Graham Dean]
Masai Mara Reserve Zebras at Maasai Mara. After wildebeest, zebra are the most numerous in the annual migration and can be found easily and abundantly throughout the 15,000 square mile of the Serengeti - Mara region. [Photo: Paolo Cecchellero]
Hippos at Mara River Despite being depicted as a gentle and slow giant hippos are fast, they can outrun the average man. Their skin is almost completely hairless but does contain a large number of mucous glands which [...] [Photo: Tristan Brown]
Crocodiles at Mara River During the great migration over two million herbivores move heading north-west from the short grass plains to the Western Corridor of the Serengeti and its Grumeti River. The Mara river is their [...] [Photo: Paolo Cecchellero]
Wildebeest at Mara River The Wildebeest is possibly most famous for occurring in spectacular numbers seasonally in the Maasai Mara and Serengeti. The great migration, which may counts hundreds of thousands of animals, allows [...] [Photo: Mark Ellis]
Tanzania-Kenya border stone [Photo: Paolo Cecchellero]
Cheetah
Cheetah’s family
Cheetah Cheetah is one of the world’s fastest animals: it has a distinctive sleek, streamlined shape, long legs and a very flexible spine. Its favourite prey are Thomson’s Gazelles. When running, it can [...] [Photo: Graham Dean]
Baboon Cliff View of Lake Nakuru from the Baboon Cliff lookout. [Photo: Patty Chang]
Sunset at Lake Nakuru [Photo: Laura Weinkam]
Lake Nakuru A lion on a tree, in Lake Nakuru National Park. [Photo: Yvonne Matiba]
Flamingos at Lake Nakuru Lake Nakuru national Park is the home to over a million flamingoes. Fleets of Lesser and Greater Flamingoes line the shores of Lake Nakuru giving it a pinkish appearance. Besides flamingoes, Lake [...] [Photo: Paolo Cecchellero]
Giraffes at Lake Nakuru Within the Lake Nakuru Park, are a number of Rothschild’s giraffe, translocated for safety reasons from western Kenya [Photo: Paolo Cecchellero]
White rhino at Lake Nakuru Both the black and white species of Rhinoceros are in fact gray. The white rhino name is a corruption of the Afrikaans word for wide. The wide refers to the white rhino’s broad upper lip that is [...] [Photo: Paolo Cecchellero]
Lake Nakuru Lodge
Lake Nakuru National Park Main Gate Lake Nakuru National Park is the only park in Kenya that is completely fenced since it is located at only 4 km from Nakuru, the fourth largest town of Kenya. [Photo: Paolo Cecchellero]
Python Game-driving through the Lake Nakuru National Park, large sized pythons can often be seen as they’re crossing the roads or dangling from trees.
Flamingo Hill tented Camp The twenty-five tents of the camp are all furnished with the understated luxury required by the modern traveler. Decorated with natural woods, wrought iron and crisp cottons each tent has been [...] [Photo: Paolo Cecchellero]
Chameleon At the belvedere opposite to the Thomson’s falls some guys are used to playing around with chameleons, giving the tourists the opportunity to pose with them for a picture. Thomson’s falls are [...] [Photo: Paolo Cecchellero]
Thomson falls Thomson’s Falls originate where the Ewaso River plummets 75 metres into a boulder-strewn gorge discovered in 1880 by the explorer Joseph Thomson. [Photo: Paolo Cecchellero]
Mount Kenya Mount Kenya - actually, an extint volcano - is the highest top in Kenya (5.200 meters) and the second highest in Africa, after Kilimanjaro (Tanzania). Its northern flanks across the Equator. The [...]
Isiolo From Isiolo, more than thirty kilometers of dirty road is heading north to the Archer’s Gate of Samburu National Reserve.
Isiolo Students are going home from school at Isiolo. Isiolo is where the tarmac road turns to dirty. Heading north, you enter Kenya’s north-eastern area of desert scrub and mountains; home to the Boran, [...]
Intake Springs (Samburu) [Photo: Paolo Cecchellero]
Larsens Camp Samburu [Photo: Wilderness Lodges Kenya]
Leopard Many reserves have all the big five - lion, leopard, elephant, rhino and buffalo - but it’s not that easy to see them all, particularly leopard. Leopards are nocturnal, secretive and well [...]
Leopard Leopard is a powerful and versatile predator that varies greatly in size and habitat. It uses stealth and camouflage to ambush prey at close quarters, typically taking small to medium-sized [...]
Leopard A leopard and his kill; a male reedbuck noticeable by curved horns pointing forward [Photo: Laura Helsdon]
Orix Orix are highly skilled in finding water and they dig for it in dry river beds. If they can’t drink plain water, they can get it from their food (including things such as wild melon). It is [...] [Photo: Paolo Cecchellero]
Impala Females of impala are used to form into harems with their young. Eeach harem is surveilled by a single male who fights other males to defend his group and territory. This can be a very exhausting [...] [Photo: Paolo Cecchellero]
Puff adder The Puff Adder is one of the most common snakes in sub saharan Africa. It gets its name from its habit of inflating its body and emitting a deep, low warning hiss to warn intruders to stay away. Its [...] [Photo: Wikipedia]
Samburu Game Lodge The Samburu Game Lodge is surrounded by a pristine riverine forest on the western bank of the Uaso River. It’s 857 meters above sea level. Large herds of elephants are seen along the rivers banks [...] [Photo: Paolo Cecchellero]
Samburu Game Lodge Cultural Village The guests of the lodge are given the opportunity to take a tour of the Cultural Village. They are introduced to all aspects of Samburu culture. A spoken journey through Samburu traditions including [...] [Photo: Paolo Cecchellero]
Archer’s gate (east gate) at Samburu The three game reserves of Samburu, Buffalo Springs and Shaba all cluster in one largest area of more than 800 square kilometers. Nevertheless, most of the game viewing is concentrated in the narrow [...] [Photo: Paolo Cecchellero]
In Samburu there is a remarkable opportunity to see the Samburu Five: five rare and endemic animals to the Samburu ecosystem. The Reticulated Giraffe is one of them. Others are Gerenuk, Somali [...] [Photo: Leong K. Liew]
Gravy zebra The Grévy’s zebra is relatively common in Samburu National Reserve. It is the most endangered of the three zebra species (the other two being the mountain zebra and the plains zebra). It is [...]
Elephants are refreshing at Uaso river Uaso stands for brown water (river) in the local Samburu tribe’s language. Huge herds of elephants are likely to be seen drinking and cooling off along the banks. [Photo: Paolo Cecchellero]
Uaso river The Samburu area is very dry with a lot of scrub and some acacia trees, except along the banks of the quiet Uaso Nyiro river where there’s a narrow stripe of doum palms which contain and shelter a [...] [Photo: Paolo Cecchellero]
Crocodile at Uaso river Crocodiles are typical inhabitants of Uaso river. They are able to survive through dry spells by burying themselves in the mud. During the hottest hours of the day they’re used to keep their mouths [...] [Photo: Paolo Cecchellero]
Treetops, Aberdares National Park In 1928, a couple of English settlers - Mr Sherbrooke Walker and his wife Bettie - started the Treetops. They began opening a small four-bedroom hotel in Nyeri calling it Outspan and shortly [...]
Treetops, Elephants A trio of Elephants at the waterhole just outside the Treetops. [Photo: Graham Dean]
Buffalos at Treetops Some buffalos on the way to the waterhole at the Treetops Hotel in the Aberdares National Park. [Photo: Graham Dean]
A child from Namanga Namanga is a small town located across the Tanzania and Kenya border and overlooked by the Oi-Doinyo Orok, or Black Mountain, which is sacred to the Maasai. The town is a mixture of various tribes [...] [Photo: Paolo Cecchellero]
Namanga handicrafts Namanga’s economy is largely dependent on tourism since travelers visiting Amboseli National Park pass though the town on their way to and from Nairobi. The town is perfect as a rest or for [...] [Photo: Paolo Cecchellero]
Amboseli Some game-drive vehicles are watching a group of zebras. [Photo: Paolo Cecchellero]
Elephants in Amboseli Amboseli National Park is home to numerous animals including large populations of elephant, buffalo, cheetah, lion, leopard, giraffe and gazelle. [Photo: Paolo Cecchellero]
Sacred Ibis The Sacred Ibis normally feeds on wetlands but often scavenges for food around human habitation. It’s quite easy to distinguish it from the other Kenya’s Ibises due to its white wings [...] [Photo: Paolo Cecchellero]
Chimpanzee Sanctuary The Sweetwaters Chimpanzee was originally estabilished in 1993 in order to receive and shelter a group of three orphaned chimps .In 1995, nine older chimpanzees arrived, followed - at the beginning [...] [Photo: Nick Fraser]
Giraffes at Crescent Island (Lake Naivasha) [Photo: Mait]
Hippos at Lake Naivasha [Photo: Laura Weinkam]
Crescent Island (Lake Naivasha) [Photo: Laura Weinkam]
Enkongu Narok Swamp (Amboseli) An elephant is entering the Swamp. [Photo: Paolo Cecchellero]
Enkongu Narok Swamp (Amboseli) One of the many swamps that originates from the snowmelt and rains on Kilimanjaro.
Buffalos in Amboseli A group of buffalos on the Amboseli wetland. African Buffalo (or Cape Buffalo) is absolutely the most dangerous of the big five. An adult male might weights 600-750 kilos. Despite this vegetarian and [...] [Photo: Paolo Cecchellero]
Ereri multi-cultural Manyatta Located on the north border of Sweetwaters, one kilometre outside the Serat Gate, this multi-cultural village is the perfect introduction to the tribal Kenya. You can enjoy traditional dancing, buy [...] [Photo: G. Portland]
Holiday Inn Nairobi [Photo: Rich and Emma]
Norfolk Hotel Nairobi
Kilimanjaro One of the most amazing aspects of the Kilimanjaro (5.890 meters) is the accessibility of its peak to climbers with no mountain climbing equipment. It takes more or less five days to reach the top [...] [Photo: Paolo Cecchellero]
Kilimanjaro from above The snow top of the Kilimanjaro (5.890 meters) as seen from the air.
Kilimanjaro With its 5.890 meters, Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain that regular tourists can climb, although it remains a considerable feat of human endurance. The breathable oxygen at the top is less than [...] [Photo: Laura Weinkam]
Longonot crater Longonot mountain is actually an extinct crater in the Rift Valley, it is the highest of all Rift Valley volcanoes (2772 m). Longonot National Park is a fairly new park, created in the 1983 to [...] [Photo: Brian Mc Morrow]
Naivasha Sopa Lodge
Ol Tukai Lodge At the lodge you may find 80 chalet-style rooms; some of them viewing the wetlands, others facing the Kilimanjaro. To accomodate physically challenged guests, two rooms have been specifically [...] [Photo: Paolo Cecchellero]
Maasai ornaments (Ol Tukai Lodge) Sometimes Maasai dancers are engaged for the wedding ceremony of people coming from abroad. The multi denominational chapel within the lodge is a suitable place to tie the knot or renew marriage vows. [Photo: Paolo Cecchellero]
Panafric Hotel
Samburu Sopa Lodge [Photo: Sam Stearman]
Serena Lodge (Amboseli) [Photo: Wendy Watling]
Serena Mountain Lodge An elephant is drinking at the well near the waterhole in front of the Serena Mountain Lodge. [Photo: HawBone]
Serena Mountain Lodge [Photo: Serena Hotels]
Serena Mountain Lodge The waterhole. [Photo: HawBone]
Sopa Lodge Amboseli
Sweetwaters A lion is surveilling its cub [Photo: HawBone]
Sweetwaters Tented Camp The Sweetwaters Tented Camp is located within the Ol Pejeta Conservancy Area. The camp is 25 kilometers west from Nanyuki, in Laikipia District. Sweetwaters is one of only four private game reserves [...] [Photo: Sinthrex]
Ol Pejeta Conservancy Ever since 1974, Morani, a tame black rhino, lives in its own sanctuary within Ol Pejeta Conservancy, located few kilometers away from the Sweetwaters Tented Camp. The young rhino was brought to the [...] [Photo: Patty Chang]
Sweetwaters A giraffe at the waterhole at Sweetwaters Tented Camp. [Photo: Chris D Oakley]
Kilaguni Lodge Zebras at the watering hole at Kilaguni Lodge. [Photo: Graham Dean]
Lugards Falls A crocodile is waiting for a prey to come in Lugards Falls. Despite of the name the ’falls’ are in fact a series of rapids on the Galana River. [Photo: Graham Dean]
Lugards Falls Sheldrick’s causeway is the only crossing of the Galana river to the remote, northern section of Tsavo East National Park, it was built in the ’50’s by legendary David Sheldrick, the first [...] [Photo: David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust]
Elephant at Mudanda Rock (Tsavo East) [Photo: Laura Weinkam]
Mzima Springs (Tsavo) At Mzima Springs there are actually two large pools, connected by a stream of rapids and shaded by stands of raffia palms. The upper pool is long-shaped, favoured by the hippos, while the [...] [Photo: Yvonne Matiba]
Ngulia mountains View on the Ngulia mountains from the road to Ngulia Safari Camp. [Photo: Yvonne Matiba]
Giraffes at Tsavo West [Photo: Yvonne Matiba]
Hornbill The omnivorous hornbill feeds on fruit and small animals. Some species are severely threatened with extinction. [Photo: Yvonne Matiba]
Severin Safari Camp Severin Safari Camp is harmoniously and eco-friendly designed. Have a sit in the veranda and you will be immediately part of the surrounding scene. [Photo: Patty Chang]
Severin Safari Camp Severin Safari Camp Tents, Junior Suites and Suites are all equipped with wooden furniture in a traditional african style. Bright and warm colours care for a comfortable and personal atmosphere. [Photo: Yvonne Matiba]
Severin Safari Camp The swimming pool at the Severin Safari Camp. [Photo: Yvonne Matiba]
Tsavo West The red elephants of Tsavo. Due to the reddish terrain, everything in Tsavo turns red. [Photo: Laura Weinkam]
Tsavo West A Lilac-breasted Roller takes flight. [Photo: Graham Dean]
Tsavo West A Red-billed Hornbill. [Photo: Graham Dean]