Covering two of Kenya’s top game parks, the mighty Nile River and chimps on Ssee Island, this 15-day safari showcases the best of East Africa!

Today we head to Lake Naivasha.  There are plenty of activities to choose from including a visit to Elsamere for high tea or enjoy a boat ride on Lake Oloiden to see the spectacular birdlife and some hippo families.  We stay on the shores of the lake, where hippos graze nearby.
Included meals: None

Drive to the world famous Maasai Mara Game Reserve stopping for lunch on the way.  Maasai Mara, Kenya’s greatest wildlife reserve, is without a doubt Africa’s most famous safari destination. The Maasai Mara Ecosystem is where over two million wildebeest and zebra migrate annually.  It also holds one of the highest lion densities in the world, which is why it the home of the BBC wildlife channel’s Big Cat Diary.  Other game includes: leopard, cheetah, buffalo, rhino, elephant, giraffe, zebra, lion, plains game, crocodile and small mammals including mongoose, hyrax, dik dik and the nocturnal porcupine.  Enjoy a late afternoon game drive followed by dinner.
Included meals: Breakfast, Dinner

Spend a full day game driving in the Maasai Mara. The abundance and variety of game in this reserve is nothing short of amazing. Nearly every mammal can be seen in the Maasai Mara, including various antelopes, scavengers like hyena and vultures, and all the cats (lion, cheetah and leopard). Sighting a leopard needs luck more than just being there, but lions are abundant and there are excellent chances for spotting cheetah. The hippo pool is a popular spot to watch out for hippos; with luck, you may catch crocodile basking on the rocks. Elephants, buffalo, the Maasai giraffe, wildebeest and the common zebra abound. Return to the camp for dinner and overnight
Included meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Start the day with an optional early morning hot air balloon flight, including a full champagne breakfast in the savannah.  After breakfast, drive to Kisii, stopping for lunch en route.  The road takes us through tea-covered hillsides, providing beautiful scenery for the drive.
Included Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

We continue on to Busia near the border with Uganda.  There we meet Muungano Development Gateway, a community-based organisation supporting orphans in the area through providing foster care and education.  It also supports the families who foster the orphans through providing soya bean seeds to cultivate.  The families take what they need, and remaining crops are sold externally to raise funds for other community needs.
Included meals: Breakfast

Cross the border into Uganda and head to Jinja, the town at the source of the Nile, Africa's longest river traversing the continent from Lake Victoria up to the Nile Delta in Egypt.
Included meals: Breakfast

A full free day to enjoy in East Africa's adrenalin capital.  Choose from a number of activities including white-water rafting, bungee jumping and quad biking.  Alternatively there are some community projects to visit or simply wander the town.
Included meals: None

Not far from the source, we travel along the river to the Hairy Lemon, an island retreat in the Nile.  Bird-watching, swimming and volleyball are available as is kayaking for the experienced.
Included meals: Lunch, Dinner

It is a short drive to Kampala, giving you a free afternoon to explore Uganda’s capital.  We spend the night in Entebbe, just outside Kampala.
Included meals: Breakfast

Spend the day on Ssee Island, home to some of Uganda’s rare chimpanzees.
Included meals: Breakfast

Begin the trek back to Nairobi, heading back across the border a little further north than we entered.  Our night stop is Eldoret, one of Kenya’s faster-growing towns.

Included meals: Breakfast

We will drive through the main honey-producing region on our way to Lake Baringo and cross the equator.  In the afternoon there is time for a boat ride on the lake to catch many of the 450 species of birds living here, as well as some hippo families.
Included meals: Breakfast

The Samburu ecosystem comprises three national reserves: Shaba, Buffalo Springs and Samburu.  These parks are not as famous as others in Kenya, but within this ecosystem are species found nowhere else in the country, including the Grevy’s zebra, Somali ostrich, beisa oryx, reticulated giraffe and the gerenuk.
Included meals: Dinner

We have a full day to enjoy Samburu National Reserve.  The landscape offers amazing variety as well from open savannah to scrub desert to lush river foliage, offering fantastic opportunities for excellent wildlife encounters.
Included meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Head south, driving much of the day in the shadow of majestic Mount Kenya, Kenya’s highest peak and Africa’s second.  We cross the equator again where you can test the theory that the water does swirl in the other direction in different hemispheres.  We arrive in Nairobi in the afternoon with stories to tell and having seen the myriad that makes up East Africa.
Included meals: Breakfast