The morning is spent shopping for supplies for your self catering adventure scheduled for the next day. The budget provision is US$ 100 per person and you will be assisted in your shopping. Lunch is taken at one of the outlets in the mall, and at 5 pm you will visit the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, nursery unit to spend time with your elephant orphan. Watch the orphans as they come running in from the Park where they spend the day with their keepers and head straight for their milk bottles. They then go into their stockades to prepare for the night, and this is your opportunity to spend time with them, either going into the stockade or from outside. At six pm, we have to leave our orphans and return to the hotel.

Lunch provided today. Overnight at Trademark Hotel

Travel by 1st class train from Nairobi to Voi, a small town on the highway to Mombasa. At Voi, you will be met by your driver/guide, driving to the largest game park in Kenya, the wild and primordial Tsavo East National Park. Although the northern part of the park is not accessible to the public, there are still huge tracts of unexplored wilderness for you to enjoy. Your self catering accommodation for the next two nights is located on the Galana River, which is the lifeline of the park. Chef, waiters and room attendants are on hand to ensure you have a memorable stay here. At 5 pm head out to the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Voi reintegration unit where the elephants from the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, nursery unit in Nairobi, are brought once they attain the age of 3 years. Here they are reintegrated into the wild, and you, as foster parents, are some of the privileged few allowed to visit the orphans. Promptly at seven pm, you will return to Camp. Enjoy a home cooked meal on the deck, looking out over the Yatta Plateau, the longest lava flow in the world.

Full board and overnight at Galdessa Camp

Explore this untouched corner of Tsavo East Park, by game drives in the early morning hours. After breakfast, visit the elephant orphans at the reintegration unit, returning for a swim in the infinity pool before lunch. After lunch, relax on deck watching the parade of wildlife by the river – you may see elephants strolling on the opposite shore, crocodiles sunbathing on the river bank, or hear the snort of the hippos submerged in the river. Another visit to the elephant orphans at five pm will end a perfect day in Tsavo East National Park.

Full board and overnight at Galdessa Camp

Today we are driving to the Amboseli National Park, Kenya’s most picturesque park set under the brooding presence of Mt Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest mountain and the highest free standing peak in the world. Some of the largest elephants in the world are to be found in this park, as well as a large number of plains game. Your accommodation for the next 3 nights, Tortilis Camp, is situated in the south western edge of the park, away from the busy eastern side. It is located in a private conservancy of 30,000 acres, with dramatic views of the mountain.

Full board and overnight at Tortilis Camp

A full day is spent exploring the park and conservancy, in open sided specially fitted Toyota Landcruisers. Ditch the vehicle and venture out on foot, enjoy the fresh air and gain a fresh perspective on the smaller things like dung beetles, birds & insects. Learn how to track animals from the Maasai guides who have been walking these plains since childhood. Watch the spectacular sunset at the end of the day, enjoying the traditional safari drink, a gin & tonic.

Full board and overnight at Tortilis Camp

Another full day at Tortilis Camp, luxuriating in the spacious tents that face Mt Kilimanjaro. You also have access to the Kitirua Wildlife Conservancy which is reserved exclusively for the guests of Tortilis Camp. Visit the Maasai homesteads, called manyattas, for a fascinating glimpse into the lives of this nomadic tribe (entrance fee is extra and payable direct).

Full board and overnight at Tortilis Camp

After a morning flight back to Nairobi, drive to the Giraffe Manor, your accommodation for the night. This iconic house, set in 12 acres of indigenous forest, has a resident herd of Rothschild giraffe that visit the Manor morning and evening, poking their long necks into the windows hoping for a treat. The Manor was built in the 1930s and has an old school elegance feel about it. The original rooms of the Manor which was once a family home, may be a little dusty and basic but they retain the charm of their long colonial history. Spend the whole day here, delighting in the visits of the resident giraffe.

Full board and overnight at The Giraffe Manor

Your morning flight takes you to Buffalo Springs airstrip in Samburu, and a short drive away is the Westgate Conservancy where your home for the next 3 nights, Sasaab, is located. This Morrocan inspired camp has views extending over the Laikipia plains, upto the jagged peak of Mt Kenya. After lunch at Camp, enjoy a game drive in the Conservancy, or relax in your very own plunge pool watching the antics of the elephants as they come to the river.

You can spend the day doing the different activities offered by the Camp. These include game drives in Buffalo Springs Park, spotlit night game drives in the Conservancy, camel riding, visiting the village, going on a morning or late afternoon bush walk, or enjoying a bush dinner.
Full board and overnight at Sasaab

Head out to the Samburu Reserve, and visit the offices of the Save The Elephants project. Learn about elephants and their behavior, the poaching crisis, elephant tracking and the importance of involving communities in conservation efforts. Continue to explore Samburu Reserve, looking for the ‘Samburu Five’ – long necked gerenuk, Beisa oryx, Grevy’s zebra, reticulated giraffe and Somali ostrich.

Full board and overnight at Sasaab

Today you leave Kenya, hopefully with beautiful memories of the people, landscapes and wildlife. A short flight to Nairobi and a dayroom booked at the Tamarind Tree Hotel, and then we bid you farewell with a final transfer to the airport.

No meals on this day. Dayroom at Tamarind Tree Hotel