Day 01: Depart from Nairobi in the morning and drive north through lush farmland and coffee plantations, to the base hotel of the treehotel. You will check in for the treehotel with an overnight bag, and lunch will be taken here. After lunch, transfer to the treehotel built high among forest trees and overlooking a waterhole where animals gather to drink water and lick salt. The rest of the day is at leisure to watch game at the waterhole. Dinner and overnight at the treehotel.
Day 02: Breakfast at the treehotel and transfer to the base hotel where you will meet up with your vehicle. Continue further north to the Samburu Game Reserve. This is a harsh and arid landscape with little or no game, and sparse vegetation, except for the broad swathe cut by the Uaso Nyiro River where game and vegetation are plentiful. Lunch at the lodge and game drive in the Reserve, to see the rare and distinctive northern species of game peculiar to this area - Grevy's zebra, reticulated giraffe, Beisa oryx and long necked gerenuk. Dinner and overnight at a lodge/camp.
Day 03: Full day in Samburu with game drives done in the early morning and late afternoon hours. Full board and overnight at a lodge/camp.
Day 04: Depart after breakfast and drive to the luxurious Mt Kenya Safari Club, built on the slopes of Mt Kenya and facing its twin snow capped peaks. Lunch at the Club and afternoon at leisure to enjoy a round a golf or for a swim in the heated pool. Optional activities are offered by the Club at extra cost - tennis, sauna, horseriding, a visit to the animal orphanage. Dinner (smart casual wear is required) and overnight at the Mt Kenya Safari Club.
Day 05: Today, depart after breakfast and transfer to the airstrip for your flight to the Maasai Mara Game Reserve, departing at 1000 hours. Met on arrival in the Mara at 1130 hours, and transferred to your camp/lodge. Lunch at the lodge/camp will be followed by a game drive in the Reserve. Dinner and overnight at the lodge/camp.
Day 06: Full day in the Mara with game drives done in the early morning and late afternoon hours. Full board and overnight at the lodge/luxury tented camp.
Day 07: Transfer to the airstrip for your flight to Nairobi departing at 1100 hours. On arrival in the city at 1215 hours, you will be met and transferred to your hotel
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