Kenya Photo Safari
Day 1 Nairobi - Kenya
Arrive in Nairobi in the late evening or early hours of the day. Met by our representative and transfer to a Nairobi hotel. Overnight Nairobi Hotel.
Day 2 Samburu Game Reserve. We'll depart in the morning for our drive to Samburu Game Reserve, arriving in time for a very short (non-photographic) game drive as we drive to our lodge. Overnight: Samburu Lodge.
Day 3-5 Samburu Game Reserve. Over the next three days we'll concentrate upon the wildlife, birds, and scenery that characterize one of Kenya's prettiest parks. Along the river we'll seek elephants coming to drink and play, crocodiles lying in wait for prey, and monkeys using the riverine forest for shelter. Samburu offers our best close-up opportunities for bird photography, and unusual endemic mammals, including oryx, gerenuk, dik-dik, reticulated giraffe, and Grevy's zebra. By the end of our third day we should have everything captured on film, ready to press on to our next destination. Overnights, Samburu Lodge.
Day 6-7 Samburu to Lake Nakuru. Leave Samburu after breakfast, for our next destination, Lake Nakuru. After lunch we will do a late afternoon game drive to familiarize with the park. The next day will be spent at the Park, where we may film African white pelicans, flamingos, and White Rhinos, the only location where we will have this species. Overnight, L. Nakuru Lodge.
Day 8 Lake Nakuru to the Masai Mara. After an early breakfast we'll do a morning game drive where we'll work on white rhinos, lesser flamingos, and whatever other species we encounter. Nakuru has an endangered subspecies of giraffe, the Rothschild giraffe, and we're fairly likely to see and photograph this species. We'll leave the park in late morning and head to our final shooting destination, the Masai Mara. The Mara is Maasai country. The grass grows high, and lions, which fear Maasai and avoid them, are more common and active during the daylight hours. Overnights, Keekorok Lodge.
Day 9-11 Masai Mara. From our base in the southern Mara we'll concentrate on the wildlife unique to the area. Elephants are common, as are Masai giraffe, hartebeest, and topis. Lions are common, and we'll have our best chances at filming lions in action, be that mating, hunting, feeding, and hopefully even making a kill. Hyenas are common, too, and with the absence of easy prey these scavenger/hunters should be quite active during the day. Always on the alert for an easy meal, hyenas are more likely to be filmed at a carcass during the day in the southern Mara than anywhere else in Kenya. Overnights, Keekorok Lodge.
Day 12 Masai Mara We'll leave our southern base and do a morning game drive to our second great destination in the Masai Mara, Mara Serena Lodge. Mara Serena is probably the most beautiful lodge in all of Kenya, and the gardens have great songbirds and an exceptionally tame population of bush hyrax. The area can be extremely productive for lion, cheetah, serval, and black rhino, as well as giant Nile crocodiles, hippos, and elephants. Overnight, Mara Serena Lodge.
Day 13-14, Masai Mara We'll continue to game drive around the Serena area, working on lions, cheetahs, servals, and everything else. Overnights, Mara Serena Lodge.
Day 15 Masai Mara to Nairobi. Enjoy a sumptuous breakfast before boarding our Air Kenya flight to return to Nairobi. On your flight you'll be passing over some of the country we game drove across, providing a new perspective to your trip. You'll have the afternoon free to shop, pack and rest, before enjoying your final, farewell dinner at the World famous Carnivore Restaurant. The tour formally ends at the conclusion of this meal, with most participants taking that evening's flight home. Day rooms, at a Nairobi Hotel.
East African Photo Safaris
