10 Days/ 9 nights Zama Classic Safari

After Breakfast, you will join our driver guide ready to kick off for Tsavo West National Park which is approximately 230km South of Nairobi. The park is known as “ Land of Lava, Springs, Man-eaters and Magical Sunsets”.This comes from the main attractions in the park which are the Shetani Lava, Chaimu Lava and the crystal clear Mzima Springs. You will be in Tsavo West right in time for your lunch, you will check in and relax as you have your Lunch. Thereafter, you will have an afternoon game drive and have your first sightings of some of the big five like the elephants which can be easily spotted. You will also have a nature walk along the Mzima Springs before you return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

After Breakfast, you will join the driver and have a Morning Game drive enroute to Amboseli National Park. You will have a chance to capture the extensive Shetani Lava flows and also hike on the dusty chaimo lava. You will later proceed to Amboseli for your Lunch and afternoon game drive. Amboseli is a land mark of big game adventure including free range of Elephant herds, Masai giraffes, spotted hyenas, cheetah, Grant zebras, lions, the great blue wildebeest, cape buffaloes, impalas, elephants, wild dogs, crocodiles, nocturnal porcupines, mongooses, dik -dik, lesser kudus, hippos, Rhinos and many more. The Park has a stunning place to view the highest Mountain in Africa Mount Kilimanjaro. Amboseli National park was established to protect wildlife and the core ecosystem that make up the park to extend out across the border of Tanzania. The park is made up of embodies comprised of five main wildlife habitat such as open plains, woodland, acacia, rocky thorn bush county, swamps and Marsh land and also covers other areas of Pleistocene lake basin and dominated with dry areas outside during rainy seasons. You will be in Amboseli right in time for your lunch and so you will check in and relax as you have your Lunch. Thereafter, you will have an afternoon game drive and have your first sightings of some of the big five like the elephants which can be easily spotted. You will then return to the lodge just before dusk for dinner and overnight.

On this day you will have a full day Game drive to cover most of the park. During that time of the morning, it's also easy to see the snow capped Mt Kilimanjaro which is at the Tanzanian border. Most of the predators might also be spotted as they wade though the wet grass back to their hiding areas. You will thereafter go back to the lodge for lunch as you recharge for another afternoon game drive to cover the remaining park of Amboseli. Dinner and overnight in Amboseli.

After Breakfast, you will leave Amboseli National Park for Nairobi with a Game drive enroute. You will be in Nairobi for an early lunch at the famous Carnivore restaurant. After lunch you will "Return to colonial Africa" with a visit to the Karen Blixen Museum. This house and surrounding land was once home to famous author Karen Blixen who penned the novel Out of Africa which later become an award-winning movie. The house was built in 1912 and Blixen lived there for over 10 years, running a large and successful coffee plantation. The museum offers continuous guided tours of the house, which features rooms designed in both the original decor and with props from the 1985 film, while the grounds feature original equipment from the coffee plantation and are also available to tour. Later you will Visit the Giraffe centre in Nairobi which is a non-profit organisation that was originally opened in order to protect the endangered Rothschild’s giraffe that is found only on the plains of East Africa. Since its inception the programme has been highly successful and has re-introduced pairs of breeding Rothschild’s giraffe into various national parks in Kenya. The centre also offers free environmental education to young Kenyans and promotes conservation efforts of endangered species in the country. While on your visit you will have the opportunity of getting close to a giraffe or two as well as feed them and watch as they delicately use their long tongues to take the food from your hand. There are also a few warthogs that roam freely amongst the giraffes and a gift shop for visitors to enjoy. Unique and exhilarating, this visit will get you as close as you possibly can to the giraffe in Kenya.

The sixth day of your trip will take you to into the beautiful scenery of the Rift valley escarpments and the lakes. The drive to Naivasha takes approximately 2 hrs with a stopover at the rift valley view point hence you will be in Naivasha and have the rest of the morning at leisure after check in as you wait for your lunch(Optional morning activities to be quoted on request). An afternoon guided walk on Crescent Island situated in the deepest part of Lake Naivasha will be the main activity of the day. You will be transferred by boat to the Island, the shores of this beautiful piece of paradise host an abundance of bird life and have especially large numbers of pelicans, cormorant and fish eagles. While the island is secure and private it is connected to the mainland and this allows animals to roam freely. See hippos grazing in the cool afternoon air or resting under acacia trees in the heat of day, while giraffe who were born on the island come back to birth their own young. The scenic beauty and sense of freedom in this little park has seen many film makers alight on its shores to film herds of wildebeest, waterbuck and zebra passing through the grassy savannah.

On this day of the Safari, you will leave Naivasha for the Masai Mara National Reserve, the most famous and most visited reserve in Kenya. Covering an area of 1510 km², the Masai Mara reserve is in fact the extension in Kenyan territory of the vast Serengeti Park in Tanzania. Together, they constitute a huge ecosystem in which animals move freely. All large African animals are present. Thomson’s and Grant’s gazelles, impala, Kirk’s dik-dik, bushbuck, topi, buffalo, ellipsen waterbuck, eland and giraffe, all are there. Famous for its rich wildlife, the Masai Mara is home to not only the "Big 5" (elephant, lion, buffalo, rhino and leopard) but also many birds (over 500 species of birds have been recorded). Along the rivers, crocodiles and hippos lie in wait. Composed of vast rolling plains and hills, the Masai Mara is dotted with umbrella thorn acacias and thorny thickets. In the Maa language, Mara means "spotted" and may refer to the colorful landscapes. Alternatively, the name may refer to the arrival of over two million herbivores during the annual migration (wildebeest, gazelles and zebras). After Check-In, Lunch will be served at the lodge and later in the afternoon you will commence your Mara Experience with a game drive. Dinner and overnight will be at the lodge

After an early morning breakfast, you will spend the full day on game drives exploring this spectacular reserve which together with the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania it forms Africa’s most diverse, incredible and most spectacular eco-system and possibly the world’s top safari big game viewing eco-systems. Your driver guide will be in constant communication with a radio call to locate where the major sightings might be. With luck, you might be able to locate all the big five. You will drive back to the lodge for lunch and later an afternoon game drive. Dinner and your overnight stay will be at the lodge.

Balloon safari in the Masai Mara(Optional), a magical experience as you take in a bird's eye view of the vast, rolling plains below you. This unique and exhilarating excursion takes place early in the morning when you can marvel at the fantastic sight of the rising sun and gently float over the thousands of animals below you. This is the best time to spot wildlife as well as enjoy the peaceful vistas and crisp, clear air. Undisturbed by your presence, the animals will continue with their daily activities as you snap away and marvel at the beauty of Africa. The balloon safari ends by touching down in the wilds of the Masai Mara to enjoy a delectable champagne breakfast. You will then proceed with the morning breakfast till time for lunch. In the afternoon you will have another game drive just to sum up and conclude the magical experience. Dinner and overnight at the lodge.

After breakfast, you will drive from the Mara past the Maasai villages where a cultural visit (optional) can be organized. You will have a chance to interact with the traditional communities and even have a tip of how to make the signature Maasai jump. You will drive to Nairobi with a stopover in Narok. You will be dropped at the Airport/a central place in Nairobi as we end our services.