Day 1: Nairobi – Sunday, Feb 11

On arrival at Nairobi airport, you will clear customs, collect your bags and meet your Meet and Greet team who will transfer you to the historic Fairmont Norfolk for your two nights stay.

Depart this morning with your guide for a day tour of Nairobi. Our first stop is for a visit to the Giraffe Centre where you can interact with the Giraffes. Next we will head to the Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage for the public viewing between 11 AM – 12 PM to gain insight into the great work the trust does in working with orphaned elephants. We’ll make a stop ay the Tamambo Blixen’s Coffee Gardens where you have the option of buying lunch. Our last stop will be at the Kazuri Beads Factory which is a women’s cooperative whose work is distributed and prized around the world.

This evening we will enjoy an included welcome dinner in one of the local restaurants.

After breakfast transfer to Wilson airport for your flight to the Samburu National Reserve. Rugged and remote, this wildlife reserve provides some the best and most colourful game viewing in the country. You will check into Surana Buffalo Springs for the next three nights.  Set in the heart of the great northern territory, amidst the sprawling arid landscape, mottled with lava stones and desert flora & fauna, pours in this beautifully crafted creation that exceeds the term “safari-chic”. A Camp ever so passionately designed; an oasis carefully built by amalgamating rock & canvas, imbibing both Safari & Swahili senses. The main infinity pool and spa is carefully bedded into a natural ridge, and oasis for those cooling off after an exciting game drive, lounging, sipping on your favorite cocktail.

The 16 units each with individual plunge pools are carefully positioned on a brow with breathtaking views of the undulating Ewaso and Isiolo River confluence at its foot and in the backdrop, the ever-present Ololokwe and sister hills that complete a heavenly vista.

An eagle view terrace perched above the main lounge and dining, where you can take in some of the most beautiful sunsets and continue the journey into the night, stargazing at the myriad of celestial constellations. Below, a quaint airy bar & lounge leading to a cosmopolitan restaurant serving delicately prepared meals.

Spend the next three days on game drives in the Samburu area.

This morning your will transfer to the airstrip for your flight to the Masai Mara National Reserve offering wonderful scenery and plenty of 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. Settle into the Entim Mara Camp for the next four nights which offers 12 luxury tents close to the Mara River. After lunch enjoy your first game drive in the Mara. Returning to the camp, enjoy some relaxation on your private veranda, sundowners, and dinner in the central dining area.

Spend your days on game drives in the Mara. The camp is situated right on the Mara River. It is these mighty rivers that are the greatest obstacles for the hundreds of thousands of wildebeest on their journey north. The currents are strong, the banks are steep and thousands perish in the jaws of massive Nile crocodiles. Crossings are spectacular and frenetic and provide thrilling game viewing either from a vehicle or when simply relaxing in camp, watching from your own tent. The plains around the camp are filled with an extraordinary concentration of wildlife, from plains game to large herds of elephant and buffalo – and, of course, predators.

Transfer this morning to the airstrip for your flight to Nairobi Wilson. On arrival, you will connect to your flight to Zanzibar where on arrival you will be met and taken to your historic hotel in Stone Town, a UNESCO World Heritage City.

Today you will enjoy a tour of the backstreets of Stone Town, a wonderful introduction of Zanzibar that gives you the feeling of the rich cultural heritage. Magnificent architecture, narrow alleys, sand and stone ancient built houses where some of them are over 200 Years old that have Arab/Indian carved wooden doors. We begin this tour at the main City market which was opened in 1904, where tropical fruits, vegetables, spices and fresh fish from the island are sold. Our next stop will be at the Anglican Church of Christ built by Bishop Steers in 1873 on the site where slaves were being auctioned. Other highlights include the Sultan’s Palace, House of Wonders, The Africa House, Jamituri Gardens and a visit to the Old Fort.

This morning you are transferred to the idyllic beaches of Zanzibar’s Coast and transfer out to Marijani Beach Resort & Spa for three nights, an oasis by the sea where understated beach luxury is a lifestyle enhanced by a refined and restrained tropical Islamic architecture. With 82 rooms spread across multiple buildings linked by quiet walkways, the resort is a picture of intimacy and seaside seclusion. Rooms at Marijani Beach Resort & Spa offer rooms decorated in traditional Islamic style with gracious beds, lattice-work screens, and baths featuring both showers and soaking tubs. Private patios or balconies take ample advantage of the area’s mild climate, while garden, sea, or combination views offer scenes primed for a moment quiet contemplation.

Today in time for your flight you will transfer to the airport for your flight onward.