Board your overnight flight to Nairobi today.

Welcome to Kenya! Arrive in Nairobi and transfer to your hotel.

Climb into 4x4 land cruisers and set out to tour the Karen Blixen Estate and visit the Giraffe Center, a preserve dedicated to raising rare giraffes.

• Climb to the tree house deck and feed giraffes by hand

• Learn about preservation efforts put in place to increase the giraffe population

• Tour the Karen Blixen Estate, a former coffee plantation where the author lived for several years, as described in her novel “Out of Africa”

Tonight, get to know your Tour Director and fellow travelers at a welcome dinner.

Take in sweeping views of the countryside and pass pineapple and coffee plantations as you journey to the forested foothills of Mount Kenya. On the way, stop at Aberdare Country Club for lunch. After, enjoy wildlife viewing at your lodge near Mount Kenya National Park.

En route to the Great Rift Valley region, stop at the Equator to experience the famed Coriolis effect. Then, head on to the Kigio Wildlife Conservatory for lunch and an optional nature walk.

Travel to Lake Nakuru, where two million flamingos make their home.

• Take game drives in 4x4 land cruisers through Lake Nakuru National Park

• Keep an eye out for wildlife like zebras, monkeys and rhinos, both the elusive black and white varieties

Continue through the Great Rift Valley as you travel to the land of the Masai warriors, the Masai Mara, for a series of game drives.

• Watch for the famous Big Five of African safaris —leopards, rhinos, Cape buffalo, lions and elephants

• Admire the rolling hills, waving savanna grasses and acacia trees

Head out at both early morning and sunset on game drives in hopes of spotting lions, giraffes, zebras, gazelles, impalas, elephants, warthogs, cheetahs and wildebeest.

Enjoy a free morning in Masai Mara, then enjoy the incredible scenery as you travel through the Great Rift Valley back to Nairobi.

Travel south to Amboseli National Park, which sits against the breathtaking backdrop of Mount Kilimanjaro. Then, set out on an afternoon game drive keeping an eye out for lions, baboons, cheetahs, hippos, wildebeest and elephants.

Head out on a day of game drives and marvel at the park’s huge herds of elephants, as well as ostriches, leopards, lions and rhinos. 

Later, celebrate your adventure at a farewell dinner in Amboseli.

Transfer to Nairobi for your flight home, or extend your stay to explore Tanzania.

Arrive home after your overnight flight.

Day 12: Tarangire National Park via Arusha

Day 13: Transfer to Serengeti

Day 14: Game drive

Day 15: Transfer to Ngorongoro Crater

Day 16: Departure

Day 17: Travel day