Speedbird Travel & Safaris

Day 1 – Nairobi

Your flight will land at Jomo Kenyatta Airport . Customs formalities. Meet and assist by a Speedbird representative. Transfer to a city hotel. Rest of the day is at leisure, then maybe shop for a stylish safari outfit. Overnight at your city hotel

Day 2 – Lewa

After breakfast, transfer to Wilson Airport for your scheduled flight to Lewa. Begin the The Lewa Experience. The Lewa conservancy is a 62,000 acre wildlife sanctuary situated on the northern slopes of Mt Kenya made up of swamp, Acacia forest, rock gorges and ravine that supports over 400 species of birds and 60 mammals. A rhino sanctuary and home to grevy zebra, reticulated giraffes, endangered aquatic sitatunga, the elusive wild dogs among other mammals. Activities at Sirikoi includes day and night game drives, guided bush walks, transfers for cultural visits.

You will be met on arrival and transferred to your camp for lunch.

Afternoon game activities. Return to your Lodge/Camp for overnight.

Day 3 & 4 – Lewa

Breakfast. The next two days are spent in this beautiful area with great activities, stunning scenery, fantastic game viewing and great activities for you.

Fantastic views of distant mountain ranges and a beautiful backdrop of snow-capped Mount Kenya provide a perfect setting for game drives and bush walks. Lewa Wildlife Conservancy has an incredible variety of wildlife with over 70 different species of mammal. There are roughly equal numbers of black and white rhino – the latest count numbers 106. The world’s largest concentration of the endangered Grevy zebra resides on Lewa as well as elephant, buffalo, greater kudu, oryx, lion, leopard and cheetah amongst others. The Conservancy is teeming with birdlife with over 350 species across the diverse topography which includes rolling open plains, hills and kopjes, thick forest, valleys, escarpments, wetlands and rivers.

Return to your Lodge/Camp for overnight.

Day 5 – Lewa/Masai Mara

Transfer to the airstrip for your scheduled flight to Masai Mara. The park is probably the most famous and most visited reserve in Kenya. The terrain consists of vast stretches of uninterrupted plains on the eastern side and as you go further the savannah spotted with acacia woodlands gives way to a more varied landscape with hills and mountains. The park is teeming with wildlife and the mostly permanent water network from the Mara-Talek rivers provides the animals with a year round supply of water. The most spectacular feature is the annual migration of wildebeest, zebra and gazelle from the plains of Serengeti that cross the Tanzanian border and rivers to reach the Mara’s grasslands from late June, tracked by predators: lion, leopard, cheetah, hyena and circled by vultures as the journey unfolds, the migration provides a game viewing experience that is not equaled anywhere else in Africa. Though the seasonal migration, game viewing is excellent year round. Game includes :- elephant, Black Rhino, buffalo, wildebeest, Burchell’s zebra, hartebeest, various antelope and gazelle, lion, leopard, giraffe, elephant cheetah, hippo, crocodile and much more.

Afternoon game activities. Return to your Lodge/Camp for overnight.

Day 6 & 7 – Masai Mara

Awaken gently at dawn with piping hot tea, coffee or hot chocolate guests can take a game drive in search of the Mara’s fabulous animals. Lion prides finishing their previous nights feast or furtive ‘hard to find’ Leopards can be seen very close to camp.

A picnic lunch may often be taken, allowing guests to spend a full day out in the bush before returning back to this luxurious camp for well earned sundowners on the verandah. Dinner by candlelight is taken in the stylish designed dining room featuring a natural stone fire place, elegantly placed sofas and chairs under a permanent thatched roof.

Hand carved baths made from local stone with running hot/cold water allow guests to soak away the day’s dust in privacy yet within view of the river itself below.

Overnight Sala’s Camp on full board basis – all meals and safari activities

Day 8 – Masai Mara/Nairobi/Depart

Breakfast at your camp. Transfer to the airstrip for your morning scheduled flight to Nairobi Transfer to JKI Airport to catch your outbound flight. End of The Lewa Experience.