Claire Expedition

You will be met at the Airport and transferred to the Aberdare Country Club, base of the Ark Lodge. After lunch transfer in the lodges vehicle to The Ark, with perfect opportunity to see animals in the evening and under the floodlights at night from the comfort of the lodges strategically built balconies. Dinner & overnight at The Ark Lodge (l,d,b)

After breakfast, check out at 0800hrs and transfer in the lodges vehicle to Abedare Country Club where your driver will pick you at 0900hrs. Drive into the Great Rift Valley and to Lake Nakuru, arriving in time for lunch. Afternoon at Leisure.

Overnight: Flamingo Hill Tented Camp (,l,d,b)

A full day at Lake Nakuru National park, includes morning and afternoon game drives in the park. Lake Nakuru is perhaps most famous for over one million greater and lesser flamingoes that gather at the lake during various times of the year. In addition, the tens of thousands of other birds make this an ornithologist’s paradise.

Overnight: Flamingo Hills tented Camp (b,l,d)

After breakfast, drive via Lake Elementaita to Lake Naivasha, arriving late morning. The day is at leisure.

Optional activities in Naivasha include: Boat ride to Crescent Island - where you can wonder on foot among the zebras, wildebeest, gazelle and giraffe as there are no predators.
A visit to Hell's gate National park – past Fishers Tower - the only park that allows transport by walking and cycling. You can also visit the geothermal Power plant at Olkaria and the Hot Springs. The small perimeters of the park give you a chance to see variety of wildlife.

Overnight: Elsamere Conservation Centre (b,l,d)

Leave the Rift Valley and drive to the Masaai Mara, arriving in time for lunch. This afternoon, games drive in the Reserve.

Overnight: Ol Moran Tented Camp (b,l,d)

Morning and afternoon game drives within the Maasai Mara Game Reserve.

This game reserve is Kenya's finest wildlife sanctuary including migrants, well over 450 species of animals have been recorded here although July, August and September are the months when the Mara plains are filled with migrating wildebeest, zebra and there is also resident wildlife year round. The famous Maasai tribesmen live within the dispersal area of the game reserve. Lunch is served in the park return to the camp for dinner and overnight.

Overnight: Ol Moran Tented Camp (b,l,d)

0630hrs, an early morning game drive in Masai Mara followed by late breakfast at the camp and a departure to Nairobi stopping sporadically for the breathtaking panoramic views of the rift valley and adjacent landforms.

Overnight: Nairobi Hotel (l,d)

OPTIONAL Excursions trips include a visit to the Nairobi National Museum, Elephant Orphanage, Giraffe Centre, Karen Blixen Museum or a Nairobi City Tour, Dinner or Lunch at the Carnivore Restaurant.