KENYA SAFARI

Nairobi:

• Today your adventure begins. You’ll meet your guides and your fellow travellers, and then we’ll load up the safari vehicles and be on our way.

Maasai Mara National Reserve:

• Passing through the Great Rift Valley, we’ll get to our Maasai Mara lodge just in time for lunch – and then head out for our first game drive. Keep your eyes peeled for wildlife large and small as we make our way across those magnificent rolling hills.

Included Experience:

• Take an Evening Game Drive in the Maasai Mara MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience

Maasai Mara National Reserve:

• After breakfast, you’ll get the chance to head out on a morning game drive.
• At midday, we’ll head back to the lodge for lunch and a swim, and then embark on our second game drive this afternoon – in search of Africa’s elusive big cats.
• The Maasai Mara is the setting for one of nature’s greatest phenomena: The Great Migration. If you’re here at the right time of year, you’ll have the chance to witness millions of wildebeest and zebras en route to greener pastures.

Included Experience:

• Take a morning Game Drive in the Maasai Mara MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience
• Take another afternoon Game Drive in the Maasai Mara MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience

Maasai Mara National Reserve:

• Rise and shine, Kenyan explorers! With the Maasai Mara lodged firmly in our memories (and our hearts), we’ll make our way back to Nairobi this morning – where plenty more magic awaits.

Nairobi:

• This afternoon we head back to Nairobi, where something truly special awaits us.
• We’ll visit the Kibera Slum to see the incredible work being done by the Mirror of Hope Foundation – working to break the cycle of poverty through education, helping the women and children to improve their quality of life.
• Afterwards, the afternoon is yours to relax and choose from a variety of hotel restaurants with views of the Nairobi National Park.

Included Experience:

• Support Mirror of Hope MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience

Nairobi:

• Back in Nairobi, we’ll have the chance to take a unique game drive in Nairobi National Park.
• Keep your eyes peeled for waterholes, cityscapes and the elusive white rhino too.
• If you like, you’ll also have time to visit the Sheldrick Elephant rehabilitation nursery, where you can watch baby elephants play and bathe in the water, and hear the fascinating story of their road to recovery too – just remember you’ll need to have bought your ticket in advance on the Sheldrick Website.

Amboseli:

• After a picnic lunch and a visit to a local Curio shop, we’ll head for our lodge (right on the edge of the Amboseli National Park, might we add, with views of Mt Kilimanjaro too!) to enjoy a delicious included dinner.

Optional Experience:

• Encounter Wild Rhinos & Rescued Elephants at Nairobi National Park

Amboseli:

• After our morning’s buffet breakfast, we will do a short safari walk to a Maasai village, guided by Masaai warriors as they teach us about their culture and everyday lives co-existing with wild animals.
• After lunch we will head out to Amboseli National Park, famous for its iconic shots of elephants and wildlife feeding in the foreground while the peak of Africa rises in the background: Mt Kilimanjaro.
• It’s a photographer’s dream, and it’s all yours. Our final dinner in Kenya will be included back at the lodge.

Included Experience:

• Take a Game Drive in Amboseli National Park MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience

Optional Experience:

• Tour a Maasai Village MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience

Amboseli:

• Our last day of this incredible trip will send us off with a bang, including one last morning game drive through the Amboseli to the Tanzania border. We then head back to Nairobi for drop-offs at Nairobi Airport or our hotel in Nairobi.

Nairobi:

• With full hearts and memories, here is where we’ll say fond farewells to our Africa adventure and our new Contiki family.

Included Experience:

• Take a morning Game Drive in Amboseli MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience