6-Day Giraffe Center Lake Naivasha Hells Gate and Masai Mara

Arrival Nairobi

Upon arrival at Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta International Airport you will find our representative waiting for you with a big sign reading your names assist you with your luggage to the waiting van and transfer you to our Kenya Comfort hotel or similar on Bed and Breakfast

Dinner and overnight Kenya Comfort hotel or similar

Nairobi Hotel to Giraffe Centre and Karen Blixen and Kobe Beads

Start your tour with pick up at your Nairobi Accommodation/Hotel 8:00am. Start off to the Giraffe Center, headquarters for the African Fund for Endangered Wildlife made famous by 'Daisy Rothschild. It is quite an experience being eye to eye with a giraffe - you can get a real sense of the size of these gentle giants.There is also an education centre with lots of information about the breeding and conservation of the rarest of Kenya’s three giraffe species. Learn their behaviors, traits and more conservation education as you get up close and personal on a raised observation platform

The next stop visit Bead Factory. This is a pottery company that makes one of the world most beautiful beads. You will be shown all the stages from the start to the finish. It’s also a unique factory as it employs single mother parents from the poor neighborhood who earn a living to support their families. This pottery, ceramic and bead factory employs all single mothers to make its beautiful gifts and souvenirs - which are now exported all around the world. There is a gift shop which stocks some of their wares. Please note that the workshop is closed Saturday afternoon and all day Sunday, however the gift shop is open 7 days

You will then be driven to the old colonial house of Danish author, Karen Blixen. Now a museum, this property and the surrounding Ngong Hills were made famous in the book and then the movie ‘Out of Africa’. It is a must see for all Danes and lovers of African history and romance. Return to your hotel around 5pm.

Dinner and overnight Kenya Comfort hotel or similar

Nairobi to Hells Gate and Lake Naivasha National Park

You will depart Nairobi and head to the eastern Rift Valley escarpment and down onto the Rift Valley floor on your way to Lake Naivasha, where you’ll arrive in time for lunch. You are likely to see colobus monkeys, bushbuck, zebra and giraffe wandering the grounds. After lunch you’ll head out on a boat safari across the lake where you may see hippos and many species of birds including fish eagle, pelicans and sometimes flamingos, you will then stop off at hell’s gate for a nature walk before returning to the lodge for the evening where you can have dinner. Dinner and overnight at Aloepark resort or similar

Dinner and overnight at Aloepark resort or similar

Naivasha to Masai mara National Reserve

After an early breakfast your driver will take you to the open grassland of the Masai Mara. Rich in biodiversity and home to a large variety of bird species and wildlife, the Masai Mara offers great game viewing and bird-watching opportunities. You’ll arrive in time for lunch at camp . After lunch you’ll head out for a game drive in the reserve. to explore the savannahs of the Masai Mara and search of the Big Five and many more. Dinner and overnight at Rhino tourist camp or similar

Dinner and overnight at Rhino tourist camp or similar

Full Day Explore Masai Mara National Reserve

Spend the full day exploring Mara in search of the Big Five. You will have picnic lunches in the Reserve as you scale the Mara beauty sited at the banks of Mara river. Optional: In the evening, Visit the Maasai village for a Maasai cultural tour at USD 20. Learn about the Masai community and interact with the local Maasai people. A overnight at the Masai village can be organized upon request. It is in the Mara that perhaps the most spectacular event of the natural world takes place: the great migration. Dinner and overnight at Rhino tourist camp or similar

Dinner and overnight at Rhino tourist camp or similar