Kenya Photography Tour I

Itinerary

Thursday, January 8

Fly from US/Canada

Friday, January 9 – Saturday, January 10

Arrive in Nairobi (NBO). Our tour representatives will greet you at the airport and bring you to the Norfolk Hotel upon arrival. Overnight at the Fairmont Norfolk Hotel for two nights.

We stay two nights in Nairobi to give extra time for unexpected travel delays and to recover from jet lag. We’ll have a little day excursion to the Giraffe Center and go see the adorable baby elephants at the Sheldrick’s Elephant Orphanage. Get up close and personal with these wonderful African animals and support a great cause!

Sunday, January 11 – Tuesday, January 13

Fly to Samburu National Reserve. Stay three nights at Elephant Bedroom Camp with game drives daily.

Wednesday, January 14 – Thursday, January 15

Drive to Lewa Safari Camp in Lewa Downs during the morning game drive (two hours). Stay two nights with game drives daily.

This camp is based within the private 65,000 acre wildlife conservancy of the Lewa Wilderness Trust. The conservancy is home to about 10% of Kenya’s Black Rhino population and the single largest population of Grevy’s Zebra in the world. The Big Five are often seen in this area. Lewa reinvests all the profits generated from tourism (including profits from Lewa Safari Camp) into its core programs. When you visit Lewa, you will help thousands of people from different backgrounds and cultures improve their lives, help to give their children a future and also ensure Africa’s wildlife has a stable home. Domestic beers, house wines and laundry included during your stay at Lewa.

Friday, January 16 – Tuesday, January 20

Fly to Masai Mara National Reserve. Stay five nights at Mara Intrepids which is located in the Upper Masai Mara. Game drives daily.

All the Big Cats, Elephant, Black Rhino and plains game spread out before you – it’s better than the Discovery Channel because you are part of the spectacle. We cannot forget the impressive birds including the Crowned Cranes, Tawny Eagle, Secretary Bird and Kori Bustard. Other creatures include Common Zebra, Warthog, Hyena, Gazelle, Hartebeest, Wildebeest, Massai Giraffe, Reedbuck, Banded Mongoose and hippos in the river. Year-round babies and young can be seen. The Mara is spectacular!

Note: On arrival day at Mara Intrepids, an evening game drive will be with local camp vehicles and guides, so we might not have same the seating arrangements as our normal vehicles for this one game drive. Our guides need to leave early from Lewa to drive and meet us in the Mara. We’ll fly versus drive the long and dusty roads…flying is a perk that adds to the value of your experience traveling with Natural Exposures 🙂

Wednesday, January 21

Return flight to Nairobi mid/late morning. Private dayrooms at Norfolk and dinner at Norfolk. Evening flight home. This day will give you time to repack, visit some gift shops or relax at the hotel by the pool. We’ll have our last dinner together as a group before leaving for our return flights home in late PM. You’ll gain a day on the return, so you should be home late day on January 22nd.

Thursday, January 22

Arrive home