After breakfast this morning, you drive to the north passing through rich Kikuyu farmlands, pineapple and coffee plantations towards the second highest peak in Africa, Mt. Kenya. Hidden in a quite forest glade within the Mt. Kenya Forest, Serena Mountain Lodge offers the ultimate window on wild Africa. From the privacy of your own room, a steady stream of shy and magnificent creatures is drawn to the ancient waterhole. Located at 7,200 feet on the slopes of Mt. Kenya, Serena Mountain Lodge is surrounded by a dense rainforest that comes alive at dusk with a myriad of sounds that make the African bush so special and exhilarating.

Just two and a half hours from Nairobi, this stunning area is towered over by the rocky peaks of Mt. Kenya and prides itself in having one of the most consistently high records of big game ‘visits’ and sightings. Elephant, buffalo, rhino and waterbuck are regular sights.

Each of the 42 attractive bedrooms in the lodge is furnished with indigenous wood and African art and each has a private shower and toilet. A specially built "viewing bunker" connected to the lodge by a short tunnel offers spectacular ground-level views of wildlife at the waterhole. A spacious verandah also overlooks the waterhole where there is never a dull moment. Enjoy the afternoon and evening keeping an eye on the waterhole which provides a drinking source for herds of local game. Constantly towering on the horizon are the majestic rocky peaks of nearby Mt. Kenya, providing dramatic photography opportunities.

Time permitting; you might enjoy an optional "walking safari" at Mountain Lodge. This "walking safari" can be arranged directly at Mountain Lodge and costs approximately $15.- p/p.

Overnight SERENA MOUNTAIN LODGE ( Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
Mt Kenya


Day 3  LAKE NAKURU NATIONAL PARK

Today you leave the majestic Kenyan highlands and drive toward the Great Rift Valley. En route, you'll visit the Subukia Tea Factory for an in depth look at the processing and a sampling of this beverage enjoyed by many. A BBQ lunch follows at Subukia and then a short scenic drive to Lake Nakuru National Park. Created in 1961, Lake Nakuru National Park is situated in a wonderland which lies in the heart of one of Kenya's most densely animal populated wetland national parks and in the midst of some of the most exciting scenery seen anywhere in Africa.

Like most of the other Rift Valley lakes, Lake Nakuru is a shallow soda lake which boasts the greatest ornithological spectacle on earth - flamingos! There is much more to the park than just the lake though. Areas of grassland, bush, euphorbia and acacia forest and rocky cliffs support hundreds of species of birds and animals. One you'll see plenty of is warthog, with their amusing way of running with their tails held upright like aerials. Right by the water you'll come across waterbuck and buffaloes, while farther into the bush are Thomson's gazelle and reedbuck - there's even the occasional leopard. Around the cliffs you may catch sight of a hyrax and birds of prey. There is a small herd of hippo that lives along the northern shore of the lake. In Nakuru, you'll enjoy an afternoon game drive in this compact park, a haven for photographers.

As the day draws to a close, you retreat to your lodge for a luxurious and comfortable night's accommodation. Situated on the south east ecological niche of the park is the Lake Nakuru Lodge, an oasis of comfort and excellent service, with commanding views of the lesser Flamingo dotted with the greater Flamingo for which Lake Nakuru is justly famous. It is another world for the visitor, where one easily forgets the hustle and bustle of the city. The lodge blends well with it’s surrounding and the animals often browse peacefully close to the lodge and environs, much to the fascination of the visitors.

At the Lake Nakuru Lodge, there is excellent cuisine which includes Outside catering, Bush Barbecue, African night and Sundowner.

Other activities available from the lodge include a horse back safari excursion, bird watching and plant identification.

After a day’s game watching, the spacious logged Mama Nikki bar, the cool Upstairs Rhino Paddock Cocktail Bar overlooking the Lake and the enticing blue swimming pool can be particularly inviting. Evening entertainment and slide shows for guests is interesting and varied.

Overnight  Lake Nakuru Lodge  ( Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
LAKE NAKURU NATIONAL PARK


Day 4 - 
MASAI MARA NATIONAL PARK

The route to the south west is scenic. Here, you will find the Masai Mara National Park, perhaps the only region left in Kenya where visitors may see animals in the same super abundance as existed centuries ago. With our bargaining power in east Africa, we have created yet another first! On arrival you will be met and transferred to the Mara Serena for your 2 night stay. Again all game viewing and meals are included.

An interpretation of a traditional Masai Manyatta village of domed huts, Mara Serena Safari Lodge is set on the saddle of a hill where it overlooks the 1,800 square kms of rolling plains, woodlands and rivers that make up the Masai Mara Triangle - one of the world's richest wildlife sanctuaries.

An architectural echo of the traditional Masai manyatta (village) of domed huts, the guest rooms of Mara Serena are styled and arranged to blend into the natural landscape. Every room is an individual "hut" - spread out to give each one uninterrupted views of the plains, the meandering riverine forest and the silhouetted hills beyond. The view from the pool and surrounding decks is also a panorama of the spectacular plains of the Mara.

Although not Kenya's largest park, the Mara, as the Kenyans call it, is undoubtedly its best known and contains great concentrations of wildlife. Covering an area in excess of 1,800 sq km (almost 700 sq miles) it was established in 1961 and adjoins the Serengeti in Tanzania forming the northern end of the great migration ecosystem. This is the traditional land of the Masai people, nomadic herders who choose a traditional lifestyle and who are permitted to graze their cattle in the area.

The park's habitats include the forests along the banks of the Mara and Talek Rivers, acacia forests and open savannah. These various habitats are home to a great variety of game including lion, leopard, cheetah, zebra, wildebeest (gnu), giraffe, buffalo, jackal, topi, gazelles, impala and elephant. Hippopotamuses and crocodiles are plentiful in the rivers and the bird life is also abundant. No less than 53 different species of birds of prey alone have been recorded. From June through October you may see the annual migration as hundreds of thousands of wildebeest and zebra move through the area in search of fresh grass. Driven on, by those behind, the first animals ford the Mara River. This perilous crossing undertaken by hordes of beasts is truly dramatic - many of them drown, others are bogged down in the mud.

MARA SERENA LODGE  ( Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
MASAI MARA NATIONAL PARK


Day 5 - Friday
MASAI MARA NATIONAL PARK

Another glorious day in Africa awaits you today and morning and afternoon game drives leave just enough time for you to enjoy lunch and a refreshing swim in the pool. There are a variety of optional excursions that you can arrange at Serena Mara which will enhance your safari experience.

Optional Balloon flight over the Masai Mara - approx. $395.- p/p

If you choose to take the optional hot air balloon flight over the Masai Mara, you will be transferred from Mara Serena to the nearby launch site where you meet the experienced pilot ready to take you on the adventurous flight. No visit to the Masai Mara can be complete without a trip in a hot air balloon! Taking off in the beautiful early morning light you drift above the browsing game and have tremendous opportunities for unusual photographs. At the end of the flight you land on the plains where a deluxe champagne breakfast cooked on the balloon's gas burners is served before you drive in a leisurely fashion with game viewing on your way back to Serena Mara

After dinner at Mara Serena, you leave in a custom built land-rover/jeep and set out to discover the secrets of the African night. Game drives conducted at night present the best opportunity to see a whole new world of nocturnal animals never seen during the day, plus a chance to see the bigger animals such as the lion in their nightly hunts. You have a chance to see Leopard, white-tailed Mongoose, Advaark, striped hyena, Springhare, Aardwolf, Bush baby, Civet cat, Cerval cat, Porcupine and a range of others in the African night. A "spotter" with a special spotlight to assist spotting game will accompany you. Tea/coffee is served in the course of the game drive and colorful Masai-style fabrics are available for the night's chill. You end up back at Siana Springs Intrepids Tented Safari Campto retire for a well deserved night's rest.

MARA SERENA LODGE  ( Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
MASAI MARA NATIONAL PARK


Day 6  AMBOSELI NATIONAL PARK

Today you leave behind the plains of the Masai Mara and drive the journey through the Great Rift Valley back to Nairobi Lunch then Hit the road to Amboseli National Park Airstrip, you are met by a representative from the Amboseli Serena Safari Lodge and transferred to the Lodge.

In the shadow of Mt. Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest mountain, beside a copse of giant Acacia trees and a gently flowing natural spring, stands Amboseli Serena Safari Lodge. With Kilimanjaro’s 19 680-foot-high snow-capped peaks presiding over the landscape, the setting is unrivalled. All around the lodge roams the big game that has made east Africa legendary – lion, buffalo, cheetah, giraffe, baboon, gazelle, and wildebeest. Almost nowhere else on the continent can more wild elephant be seen than in Amboseli National Park.

Influenced by native Masai architecture, the lodge is in perfect harmony with its environment. Each of the 96 guest rooms are individually appointed with authentic Africana and murals painted by a renowned local artist and convey a distinctive Masai Manyatta mood.

At the Amboseli Serena Safari Lodge, guests are invited to participate in the lodge’s Restoration Program by planting a tree.

There is a shimmering swimming pool to which to retreat in the mid-day hours and activities at the Lodge include Masai dance performances, music and entertaining, as well as informative talks on indigenous culture by the Lodge’s naturalist.

During the course of the day, you will enjoy 3 game safari drives.

AMBOSELI  SERENA LODGE  ( Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
AMBOSELI  NATIONAL PARK

Day 7  AMBOSELI NATIONAL PARK
Full day in Amboseli- Unlimited Game Drives

Arid looking as Amboseli National Park is, it has historically supported both game and the Maasai who have kept herd over their cattle in this region. It is with thanks to the waters that run off of Africa’s great mountain that the apparently dry Amboseli National Park, Kenya’s first game sanctuary, is able to support its wildlife. Mt. Kilimanjaro broods high over Amboseli National Park, generally cloaked by clouds but appearing in all it snow-shrouded magnificence from time to time. Mt. Kilimanjaro was once a part of Kenya, but on the marriage of Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany, Queen Victoria gifted it to her beloved grandson whose colony Tanzania then was, as the perfect wedding gift. The mountain now provides water Amboseli National Park, wonderful views and, of course, the most glorious background for animal photography.

The grasslands in the park can be undeniably lovely when made verdant by the rains and the three major swamps could star in a dinosaur movie. The swamps to the east of the park attract wildebeest, zebra and antelope as well as their predators. In the south, Enkongo Narok swamp attracts hippos to the larger pools and plenty of buffalo, buck and teeming birdlife including the jacanas that pick their way elegantly and carefully. Giraffe are here and in areas still sufficiently treed, there are leopard.

Today, in the shadow of the Great White Mountain, you enjoy 3 game safari drives.

AMBOSELI  SERENA LODGE  ( Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
AMBOSELI  NATIONAL PARK

Day 8
NAIROBI

Early this morning game drive then tranfer by road to Nairobi
After lunch, you'll visit Giraffe Center which is on the same grounds as the Giraffe Manor built in 1916 and which, for the last 16 years has played an important role in wildlife conservation as the headquarters of the African Fund for Endangered Wildlife. The organization is most famous for its rescue of the Rothschild Giraffe, which are permanent guests at the Manor. At the center the giraffe join you, and there is an opportunity to feed these gentle animals. Later Visit Bomas Of Kenya
Tour End This Evening


You will be taken to Airport for you flight back home

Rate $1995 Per Person Based on Double Occupany

Single supplement USD$ 780

Add $1400 For Roundtrip From USA
Add $800 For Roundtrip From UK

Luxury Serena  Safari with Mombasa Beach Extension- Coastal Extension

DAY 7
On Arrival to Nairobi Tranfer fly to Mombasa
You will be met on arrival at Moi International Airport and transferred to Mombasa Serena Beach Hotel. One may opt to enjoy the beach, pool, watersports and recreational facilities of the Mombasa Serena Beach Hotel. Dinner and overnight at Mombasa Serena Beach Hotel.

DAY 8
After breakfast at the Hotel, a glass bottom boat tour awaits you. Here you will be able to view the vast marine life of the Indian Ocean. You return to the hotel in time for lunch. After lunch, proceed on to an afternoon tour of the Bamburi nature trail. Dinner is served at the Fountain Restaurant. Overnight at Mombasa Serena Beach Hotel.

DAY 9
After breakfast you try your hand at windsurfing, sailing, scuba diving or snorkeling. Or relax on the pristine white sand beach after a swim in the Indian Ocean. After lunch, your guide will give you a tour of Mombasa town and Fort Jesus. At dinner enjoy freshly grilled seafood and half a bottle of wine at the Jahazi Grill which overlooks the sea. Overnight at Mombasa Serena Beach Hotel.

DAY 10
After breakfast, Full day in Mombasa then Evening transfer to Moi International Airport for flight Back to Nairobi.

Rate For Extension $695 Per Person, 
Single Supplement of $410