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Arrival in Nairobi

• •Arrive in Nairobi and meet your safari representative after customs and immigration.
• •Transfer to your hotel and rest after your international journey.

🛏 Tamarind Tree Hotel, Nairobi | Bed & Breakfast

Nairobi to Ol Pejeta Conservancy

• •After breakfast, drive north towards Ol Pejeta Conservancy in the foothills of Mount Kenya.
• •Enjoy an afternoon game drive, with a strong chance of spotting rhino, elephant and lion in this private, low-density conservancy.

🛏 Sweetwaters Serena Camp, Ol Pejeta | Full Board

Ol Pejeta: Full Day

• •Spend a full day exploring Ol Pejeta, home to the last two northern white rhinos on Earth.
• •Visit the Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary and enjoy morning and afternoon game drives across the conservancy.

🛏 Sweetwaters Serena Camp, Ol Pejeta | Full Board

Ol Pejeta to Samburu National Reserve

• •After breakfast, continue north into genuinely remote territory, crossing into semi-arid Samburu country.
• •Arrive at your lodge on the banks of the Ewaso Ng'iro River in time for an afternoon game drive.

🛏 Samburu Sopa Lodge | Full Board

Samburu: Full Day

• •Spend a full day in Samburu National Reserve, home to the 'Samburu Special Five' found nowhere else in Kenya — Grevy's zebra, reticulated giraffe, Somali ostrich, gerenuk and Beisa oryx.
• •Enjoy morning and afternoon game drives with a fraction of the vehicle density of the Mara.

🛏 Samburu Sopa Lodge | Full Board

Samburu to Meru National Park

• •Drive south-east into Meru National Park — wild, riverine country made famous as the setting of 'Born Free'.
• •Arrive at camp in time for an afternoon game drive along the Tana and Rojoweru rivers.

🛏 Ikweta Safari Camp, Meru | Full Board

Meru: Full Day

• •Spend a full day exploring one of Kenya's least-visited parks, with a rhino sanctuary, doum palm forests and dramatic river scenery.
• •Optional visit to Elsa's grave, the lioness whose story inspired 'Born Free'.

🛏 Ikweta Safari Camp, Meru | Full Board

Meru to Lewa Wildlife Conservancy

• •Continue to Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of Africa's most important rhino sanctuaries.
• •Afternoon game drive in search of black and white rhino, alongside healthy populations of Grevy's zebra and elephant.

🛏 Lewa Safari Camp | Full Board

Lewa: Full Day

• •Full day at Lewa, with the option of a guided walking safari alongside your usual game drives — something not permitted in most of Kenya's national parks.
• •Optional community visit to a local conservation and education project.

🛏 Lewa Safari Camp | Full Board

Lewa to Nairobi: Departure

• •After breakfast, transfer back to Nairobi by road or light aircraft.
• •Connect to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport for your onward flight, taking home memories of a Kenya far from the crowds.

🛏 End of Unforgettable Journey