You then proceed to the Giraffe Center. Here, the tame Rothschild giraffes can be hand fed with pellets supplied by the center. They have a big purple tongue, which will slime your hand like a dog if you're not careful. Below the giraffes, warthogs grab dropped pellets. This is part of a conservation effort for Rothschild giraffes.

ACCOMMODATIONS: The Stanley Hotel Bed and breakfast

DAY 3: ABERDARES
Breakfast.
Journey north, passing near Thika, which boasts the world's third largest pineapple plantation and Karatina with its colourful market. Soon you'll be at Nyeri, one of Kenya's major towns and provincial headquarters and then on to the Aberdare Country Club. This afternoon, Club transport takes you to the Ark. A uniquely shaped lodge tucked away in the Aberdares National Park forest. The lodge's water hole and salt lick are well lit at night when the animals come to drink and a well-concealed "hide" affords eye to eye viewing of forest elephant and other game, including the endangered black rhino. Please look out for: Baboon, Buffalo, Bushbuck, Bush pig, Civets, Duikers, Giant Forest Hog, Colobus and Syke's Monkeys. The birdlife includes some species not common in other places among them being: Green Ibis, Rufous Sparrow Hawk, Mountain Buzzard, Crowned Eagle and the Silvery Cheeked Hornbill. NB: Warm clothing is advisable as nights tend to be chilly, but only an overnight bag is required. The rest of the luggage is stored at the Aberdare Country Club.
Your afternoon is spent game viewing from the safety of your viewing decks.

ACCOMMODATIONS: The Ark Lodge B-L-D

DAY 4: LAKE NAKURU
An early morning start takes you northwest as you head for Nyahururu, still known to many as Thomson's Falls for its 237 foot cascade. Now travel in a southerly direction to your next destination: Lake Nakuru, coloured a shimmering flamingo pink from thousands of the beautiful birds lining its shores. You'll arrive at Flamingo Hill Camp.

Located on the edge of Lake Nakuru National Park, Flamingo Hill Camp is named after the hordes of famous pink flamingo, which grace the shores of the Lake Nakuru. Truly, one of Kenya's most spectacular sights! There are 25, spacious and comfortably appointed tents, ensuite with washrooms and showers all with private verandahs, under thatched roofs.
The camp works closely with the Kenya Wildlife Service. Part of the money earned from Flamingo Hill Camp is used for environmental restoration. The camp has begun a policy of adopting or donating towards the endangered black and white rhino, which Lake Nakuru is also famous for.

ACCOMMODATIONS: Flamingo Hill Camp Full board

DAY 5: LAKE NAKURU
Enjoy a full day in Lake Nakuru National Park with two game drives included.
A game drive in Nakuru National Park which is, of course, known for its birdlife as thousands of flamingos make this lake their home, among hundreds of other species. But wildlife is also in abundance here. You'll see large numbers of waterbuck, warthog, impala, buffalo, plains game, cheetah, and now rhino, as Lake Nakuru National Park has been made into one of Kenya's rhino sanctuary.

ACCOMMODATIONS: Flamingo Hill Camp Full board

DAY 6: MASAI MARA
Breakfast.
Leaving flamingo fringed Lake Nakuru behind, you head southwards and turn right at Maai Mahiu to ascend up over the top of the Mau Escarpment. Then heading due south, you travel towards Narok, gateway to the Maasai Mara and district headquarters of this part of Maasailand. You'll travel across the "breadbasket" of Kenya, covered with acres of wheat and barley, you'll reach your destination, Siana Springs Camp, by lunchtime.

Siana Springs lies at the base of the Ngama hills outside the eastern border of the Masai Mara National Reserve. The camp, fringed by wetlands and surrounded by giant fig and ghostly Fever Trees, is named for the perennial springs that bubble around the camp - a lush oasis in a dry landscape.

Enormous trees provide ample shade for the three wings of this exclusive camp. A tranquil atmosphere pervades the camp and total privacy is ensured at Palm Wing (nine tents), Bamboo Wing (19 tents) and Acacia Wing (ten tents). All tents are spacious and have en suite bathroom, soft lighting, zip-up front entrances and windows. Tents are tucked amongst a small forest of indigenous trees and open onto trimmed lawns in a pristine setting..

ACCOMMODATIONS: Siana Springs Camp Full board

DAY 7: MASAI MARA
Enjoy a full day in the Mara with two game drives included. This reserve is situated to the west of Nairobi, on Tanzania's northern border - it is the extension to the larger Serengeti National Park in Tanzania. The Maasai Mara offers wonderful scenery and an abundance of big game. It is perhaps the only region left in Kenya where the visitor may see animals in the same super-abundance as existed a century ago.

It is a reserve of breathtaking vistas, panoramas of vast rolling plains, hills and woodland groves, well watered by the lovely Mara River which bisects the Reserve from north to south. The Mara is home to the largest population of lions in Kenya, these magnificent beasts spend most of the day sleeping in the shade of acacia trees. Vast herds of buffalo, zebra and wildebeest roam the plains. Impala, gazelle, giraffe and hartebeest grace the landscape, and the cautious topi may also be seen standing sentinel on earth mounds on constant lookout of predators.

The waters of the Mara River are home to crocodiles and pools of hippo, the acacia woodlands and riverine forests favoured by leopard and elephant, and the open savannah and dry bush areas play host to the plains' game and their attendant predators such as lion, cheetah, hyena and jackal.

ACCOMMODATIONS: Siana Springs Camp Full board

DAY 8: NAIROBI
Breakfast.
Leaving Masai Mara, head back to Narok, district headquarters of this part of Maasailand and then travel across the vast plains on the floor of the Rift Valley keep an eye out for herds of giraffe and gazelle and head up the Rift Escarpment on a road built by Italian prisoners of war during World War II. You will arrive in Kenya's bustling capital city in the late morning. Upon your arrival you will be transferred to your hotel. Your afternoon is spent at leisure.

ACCOMMODATIONS: The Stanley Hotel Full board

DAY 9: DEPARTURE
Breakfast.
After breakfast, transfer to JKI Airport for your homebound flight.

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