6 Day 5 Nights Encounter with Nature, Culture, Cycling and Hiking

On your arrival in Nairobi, you’ll be picked up from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, SGR, hotel, or place of residence by our professional driver-guide in a Land Cruiser by 7:30 AM EAT. You'll embark on your journey towards Solio Game Reserve via the Nairobi-Thika-Nyeri Highway making a few stops on the way for a health break. Along the way, you’ll have a good view of the pineapple and coffee plantations before checking in for lunch at Aberdare Country Club. After lunch, you’ll proceed for a game drive at Solio Game Reserve.

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Solio is the world's first private rhino sanctuary named after a Great Maasai Chief and best known for Rhino conservation. It also holds some of the special six animals of Kenya eg (the Reticulated Giraffes, Beisa Oryx, and vulturine Guineafowl) and a variety of bird species among other wildlife that you’ll be able to spot while on your Game Drive. After the game drive, you'll return to the Lodge to check in for dinner and a comfortable night's rest.

Note: If an accommodation is fully booked, we'll suggest a comparable alternative.

After breakfast at the lodge, we'll commence check-out at 7:30 AM EAT and head to Naivasha with a brief stop at the Nyahururu Equator Point. Here you'll explore the fascinating Coriolis force effect along the equator that is demonstrated via water experiments, and capture some memorable photos. Continue our journey along the beautiful plains of the Aberdare ranges and eventually arrive at Sawela Lodge for a delightful lunch. Later in the afternoon, you’ll have a visit to Crescent Island via boat where you’ll be able to have a nature walk on the Island while viewing the wildlife nature and different bird species. You’ll also have a chance to relish a boat ride on Lake Naivasha before returning to the lodge for an evening of relaxation, a delicious dinner, and a restful night's sleep.

Start your day with an early breakfast by 7:00 AM EAT and then embark on a 2-3 hour nature hike to Mt. Longonot guided by an experienced guide. Mt. Longonot is an extinct volcano that emerges from the floor of the Great Rift Valley. Its unique feature is the thick forest that lies within the crater of the mountain providing great scenic views across the beautiful Rift Valley all the way to Lake Naivasha. Major wildlife attractions include buffaloes, elands, common zebra, giraffes, and Grant’s gazelles. After the hike, you’ll get back for lunch and a short afternoon relaxation before proceeding for Cycling, a nature walk, and a site-seeing adventure at the Hell’s Gate National Park. Later you’ll head back to the lodge for dinner and a sleepover. Hell’s Gate is a remarkable quarter of the Great Rift Valley with beautiful scenery of the towering cliffs, water-gouged gorges, stark rock towers, scrub-clad volcanoes, and belching plumes of geothermal steam making it one of the most atmospheric Parks in Africa.

Note: If an accommodation is fully booked, we'll suggest a comparable alternative.

Begin your day with a breakfast and check out by 8:00 AM EAT as you set on your journey to Maasai Mara. Along the way, you'll make a brief stop in Narok town for a health break, and continue with your adventure. Upon arrival, you'll check in at Pride Inn Mara for a satisfying lunch. After lunch, you’ll have a rest and later have an evening game drive until 6:30 PM EAT allowing you to search for the African Big Five, giraffes, Zebras, Gazelles, and different bird species among many other wild animals with the help of your assigned professional tour guide.

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Masai Mara Game Reserve locally known as the Mara. It is named in honor of the Maasai people, the ancestral inhabitants of the area. Mara locally meaning a plain land with small scattered bushes, is worldwide recognized as a home of the 7th wonder of the world. After the game drive, return to your accommodation for a delicious dinner and a comfortable night's rest.

Commence your day with a nourishing breakfast by 7:00 AM EAT and then embark on an exhilarating full-day game drive adventure. This extended safari will offer you an opportunity to spot more wildlife animals, visit the border between Maasai Mara National Reserve and Serengeti National Reserve, enjoy a picnic lunch in the bush, or experience more wildebeest migration during the migration period between the months of July to September. After the full-day game drive, you'll return to your lodge for a well-deserved period of relaxation enjoy a delightful dinner, and retire for the night.

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After breakfast, you’ll be expected to check out of the lodge by 8:30 AM EAT, and pass by the Maasai Village for a cultural experience before driving back to Nairobi via Narok-Mai Mahiu-Nairobi road. Few stops will be made for health breaks and a chance for one to visit the gift shops to grab something for your loved ones back home or have some bites before driving on to Nairobi at your preferred destination. This will mark the end of your wonderful Adventure in Kenya.