9 Days Kenya Cultural Tour

Drive north through the banana, pineapple, coffee and tea plantation to your base hotel to arrive in time for lunch at Outspan Hotel. Transfer in the lodge vehicle to your overnight game viewing tree hotel, to watch wildlife drinking at the floodlit waterhole. The salt lick attracts a wide variety of various nocturnal animals. Overnight at Treetops Hotel on full board basis.

Return to Outspan Hotel for breakfast, then drive across the Equator to Kenya’s rugged northeastern region. Go on an afternoon game drive to see Grevy’s zebra, Somali ostrich, reticulated giraffe, these unique animals are only found in this park of Kenya. Also, search for other game such as elephants, hyena, and dik-dik. Overnight at Sarova Shaba Lodge on a full board basis.

After breakfast, depart for a morning and afternoon game drive. This region is also a favorite habitat of the graceful gerenuk, which feeds high up into the bushes simply by standing on their hind legs when grazing. Today you will have plenty of opportunities to photograph the teeming wildlife in the park. You will also visit a Samburu village, Samburu are beautiful people, clothed in bright color and adorned with beadwork. In the “manyatta” (village), you will witness cultural practices and daily living, including livestock keeping, the forging of spearheads from local materials, hunting skills, traditional rites, rituals, and dances. Overnight at Sarova Shaba Lodge on a full board basis.

Drive via Nyahururu Falls down the eastern escarpment of the magnificent Rift Valley to Lake Nakuru National Park -- famous for its stunning flocks of lesser flamingo, which literally turn its shores pink. Go on an afternoon game drive -- notable game within the park include Black and White Rhino, buffalo, leopard, lion, Rothschild’s giraffe, White and Black Colobus monkey, eland, steinbok, impala, Chandlers Reedbuck, dik-dik, rock hyrax, klipspringer, hippo and clawless otter. Overnight at Lion Hill Lodge on a full board basis.

Drive down to Lake Naivasha, the highest of the Rift Valley lakes. En-route you will have an opportunity to visit one of the local villages. Drive on to your beautiful lodge perched on the cliffs overlooking Lake Naivasha. Overnight at The Great Rift Valley Lodge on a full board basis.

After breakfast, traverse the Rift Valley and ascend its western rim into Masai land. You’ll come across red-clad Masai warriors tending their cattle herds among the wildlife, admirably unmoved by the presence of large predators. Afternoon game drive in the Mara, famous for the Wildebeest and Zebra migration and its abundance of other spectacular wildlife. Overnight at Mara Simba Lodge on a full board basis.

Morning and afternoon game drives in this spectacular game reserve, all with superb photographic opportunities. Blessed with a permanent water supply, Masai Mara has a permanent population of plains game. The “big five”: elephant, buffalo, lion, leopard, and rhino are quite common. You will also have an opportunity to visit a Maasai Village for a very special cultural experience. See how they interact with modern society and the way they use local plants in ceremonial and medicinal ways. Overnight at Mara Simba Lodge on a full board basis.

After breakfast at Mara Simba Lodge, you leave the Masai Mara behind and travel back to Nairobi. The drive takes you out of the reserve and through the highlands towards the city.

In Nairobi, you stop for an early dinner at one of the city's well-known restaurants, a relaxed chance to reflect on the days spent among Kenya's parks and communities before your safari comes to a close. Afterwards, you are transferred to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport for your outbound flight. Breakfast is included today; dinner is arranged in the city as part of your departure.