After arriving at Kenyatta International Airport, I was picked up and transfered to the Safari Park Hotel. The next morning we left for Masai Mara National Reserve, travellng through Kenya's fertile highlands and heading down the Rift Escarpment and the Valley to Narok. After lunch and an evening game drive, overnight was spent at the Mara Sopa Lodge, situated in the Oloolaimutia Valley and built into the surrounding hillside landscape. After dark, the lodge fed wild animals kitchen leftovers, allowing guest to watch from an overlook. Day 3 was spent in Masai Mara National Reserve, with early morning and afternoon game drives. On day 4 we left Masai Mara and headed for Lake Nakuru, traveling across the ‘breadbasket" of Kenya and the floor of the Rift Valley. We stayed at Lake Nakuru Lodge in Nakuru National Park, and had one evening game drive the first night, and one the next morning.

Day 5 we left the Rift Valley behind, and continued towards Nairobi and then headed south towards Amboseli. Then proceeded with an afternoon game drive in the park enroute to the Amboseli Sopa Lodge. Amboseli Sopa Lodge is set on 200 acres of private land on the foothills of Africa’s highest mountain, Mount Kilimanjaro. The lodge is close to where Ernest Hemingway lived whilst writing his famous novel, "The Snows of Kilimanjaro". On day 6 we spent in Amboseli National Park, with morning and afternoon game drives. On day 7 we departed Amboseli and headed west to the colourful border town of Namanga and ultimately the JKIA airport and the flight to Mombasa.

After a couple of booring days at the Bamburi Beach Hotel north of Mombasa, I booked another 2-day trip to Tsavo East National Park. Here I spent the night at the Ngutuni Lodge just outside the park.