Day 1: Arrive/ Nairobi

On arrival at Jomo Kenyatta Airport you will be met by representatives from the ‘Tradewinds’ meet & greet service, who will assist you through immigration, baggage collection, customs and out through to arrivals to meet your driver to whisk you across to settle in to your hotel in the suburbs of Karen

(Options: Hemingways Nairobi, Hemingways Eden, Manzili House)

Day 2: Nairobi to Masai Mara

This morning you will be transferred across to Wilson Airport for a private charter flight to the Masai Mara.

Days 2 to 5: Angama, Masai Mara

The Masai Mara is located in South Western Kenya & together with Tanzania’s Serengeti it forms one of the world's most diverse and spectacular eco-systems. With riverine forest and short grass plains, this area is renowned for the most exceptional big game viewing worldwide.

Angama’s remarkable setting overlooks what many safari travellers deem the finest game reserve on the continent, Kenya’s Maasai Mara. Angama Mara’s tented suites stretch out over two kopjes on the edge of the escarpment. The third kopje is immediately recognisable as the site where many of the most memorable scenes from Out of Africa were filmed.

For the next few days you will be able to relax and enjoy all the daily adventures on offer, including game drives amongst the abundant wildlife, walking on the edge of the Great Rift Valley, or beading with the Maasai.

(Other options include Mara Plains & Mara Nyika - both Great Plains camps)

Day 5 - Masai Mara to Laikipia

This morning you will take a game drive back to the airstrip to meet a private charter plane to fly north to Laikipia, where you will land at the Borana Conservancy.

Days 5 to 8: Arijiju, Borana Conservancy

On arrival at Borana airstrip, you will be met by a guide from Arijiju and enjoy a game drive through the Conservancy to the house.

Arijiju lies in the Borana Conservancy, a vast private game reserve within Laikipia, which rolls from Mount Kenya, across the equator and up to the semi-desert plains of the north. Laikipia is home to the most mammals in East Africa and one of the country’s largest elephant populations, so you’ll spend daily safaris surrounded by the Big 5, from cheetah and prides of lion to striding giraffe and the iconic black and white rhino.

Day 8: Laikipia to Tsavo East

This morning you will be take another private charter flight, this time to the south east of Kenya and to Tsavo East National Park

Day 8 to 10: Galdessa Little, Tsavo East

The first thing you might notice from the air when you are approaching the airstrip in Tsavo is the grand size of this park. These are big expanses and very wild country.

Fringed with doum palms and overlooking the Yatta Plateau, Galdessa offers a luxurious yet wild experience for travellers seeking to immerse themselves in a hidden and untouched corner of Tsavo East National Park. Enjoying a position on the Galana river, wildlife sightings are frequent, whether you enjoy a game drive or stay at the camp watching hippos, elephants and more as they come to cool off in the river. Galdessa Little has just three tents and is exclusive to your family for the next three nights.

The Sheldrick Trust that runs Galdessa Little as well as the Elephant Orphanages at Voi, Nairobi, Ithumba, Kibwezi is a not for profit organization that has done more to relieve elephant suffering in Kenya than any other conservation operation on earth. The trust was begun by Dame Daphne Sheldrick who pioneered not just the physical methods of raising an elephant but also the emotional investments that these social animals require to survive. All the orphan elephants within the Sheldrick Trust’s care underwent severe trauma when they became separated from their mothers and herds. Many experienced violence and cruelty that is hard to imagine. To see the beaming happiness of these same animals as they wallow in their ponds, interact with their keepers, or roll in the mud is genuinely reaffirming and brings tears to many a visitors eye. To hear directly from the keepers their latest elephant stories and to understand how these young animals are learning to fend for themselves in Tsavo, gives a far deeper understanding of their beautiful and complex intelligence.

Day 10: Nairobi/ Depart

You will be transferred back across to the airstrip to meet your private charter flight back to Nairobi, where you will be met by a driver from Airports & Beyond, who will be at your disposal for the afternoon and evening before dropping you at Jomo Kenyatta Airport for your flight home. You may also prefer to book a day room and have an early supper before heading to the airport.

KARISIA SAFARIS CONTACT NUMBERS:

Kerry +254 721 836792

Amy +27 61 038 4583