A
Vista of Cultures
and Animals!
Observe the lives
of the people deep
in the bush, the
semi nomadic life
of the Samburu & Masai
has hardly changed
since the white strangers,
first came to their
land over a century
ago. Cattle remain
a backbone of their
culture. , The Masai
believe that their
God – Enkai
has chosen them among
all the people to
be the keepers of
all the cattle and
they look with disdain
upon anyone who cultivates
land. They roam the
plains like the wild
game whose freedom
they share.
This
Safari gives you
a unique ‘treehotel’ experience
that comes alive
at dusk when animals
come to the salt
lick to drink water.
Drive on to the Shaba
Game Reserves (Shaba,
Samburu and Buffalo
Spring are adjoining
game reserve) a semi-desert
area and land of
the colourful Samburu
people.
ITINERARY
AT GLANCE
Day
Location
Accommodation
Meals
Activity
1
Nairobi
Safari
Park Hotel
-
Trf
2
Treehotel
Treetops
Hotel
B,L,D
-
3
Samburu
Sarova
Shaba Lodge
B,L,D
P
4
Samburu
Sarova
Shaba Lodge
B,L,D
visit
Samburu Village,
A,P
5
Lake
Nakuru
Lion
Hill Lodge
B,L,D
P
6
Lake
Naivasha
Great
Rift Valley
Lodge
B,L,D
visit
a local tribe
enroute
7
Masai
Mara
Mara
Simba Lodge
B,L,D
P
8
Masai
Mara
Mara
Simba Lodge
B,L,D
visit
Masai Village,A,P
9
Depart
B
Trf
LOCATION “MORE”
Day
1 – Nairobi
Upon arrival at
Jomo Kenyatta International
Airport – Nairobi,
you will be met and
assisted. Transfer
to your hotel in
Nairobi. Rest of
the day at leisure.
Overnight at Safari
Park Hotel.
Day
2 – Treehotel
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 treehotel,
to watch wildlife
drinking at the floodlit
waterhole. The saltlick
attracts a wide variety
of big and other
nocturnal animals.
Overnight at Treetops
Hotel (B,L,D)
Day
3 – Samburu
Return to Aberdare
Country Club after
breakfast. Drive
across the Equator
to Kenya’s
rugged north eastern
region. 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
(B,L,D)
Day
4 – Samburu
After breakfast
depart for a morning
and afternoon game
drive. This region
is also a favourite
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 its
teeming wildlife.
You will also visit
a Samburu village – Samburu
are beautiful people,
clothed in bright
colour 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
(B,L,D
Day
5 – Lake Nakuru
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..
Afternoon game drive.
Notable game within
the park includes:
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.
(B,L,D)
Day
6 – Lake Naivasha
Drive down to Lake
Naivasha, the highest
of the Rift Valley
lakes. Enroute 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 (B,L,D)
Day
7 – Masai Mara
After breakfast
traverse the Rift
Valley and ascend
its western rim into
the Masai land. Red-clad,
with spear Masai
warriors tend their
herds of cattle 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 wildlife. Overnight
at Mara Simba Lodge
(B,L,D)
Day 8 – Masai
Mara
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 to 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 (B,L,D)
Day 9 – Depart
Depart for Nairobi
and drive and transfer
to Jomo Kenyatta
International Airport
to catch your onward
flight.
A
Vista of Cultures
and Animals! 
After breakfast
depart for a morning
and afternoon game
drive. This region
is also a favourite
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 its
teeming wildlife.
You will also visit
a Samburu village – Samburu
are beautiful people,
clothed in bright
colour 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
(B,L,D
Drive down to Lake
Naivasha, the highest
of the Rift Valley
lakes. Enroute 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 (B,L,D)
enquire for pricing