Day 1: NAIROBI
Arrive Nairobi airport and transfer to Norfolk Hotel for overnight.

Day 2: ABERDARES
Drive to the Aberdare Country Club for overnight. Activities include horse-riding, tennis, swimming, golf, fishing or walking.

Day 3+4: SAMBURU GAME RESERVE
Drive to Samburu Game Reserve for game viewing and the children’s first experience of the Adventurer’s Club. Meals and overnight Samburu Intrepids Club.

Day 5: SWEETWATERS
Drive to Sweetwaters, a 24,000 acre private game reserve with magnificent views across the plains to the twin snow capped peaks of Mt. Kenya. Activities are game viewing drives, a visit to the Chimpanzee Sanctuary and to see Morani the tame rhino. Meals and overnight Sweetwaters Camp.

Day 6: GREAT RIFT VALLEY
Drive to Lake Naivasha for lunch and afternoon boat trip to Crescent Island. Dinner and overnight Lake Naivasha Country Club.

Day 7+8: MASAI MARA
After early breakfast depart for Nairobi’s Wilson Airport and flight over the Rift Valley to the Masai Mara game reserve for game viewing and the children's Adventurer’s Club. Meals and overnight Mara Intrepids Club.

Day 9: DEPART
After breakfast, return flight back to Nairobi for departure from Kenya.

Kenya Family Safari

Day 1: Nairobi
Upon arrival in Nairobi, you will be met and transferred to the Norfolk Hotel. After time to freshen up and look around, there will be an afternoon excursion to the Giraffe Centre where the highly endangered Rothschild giraffe lives in peace. With an elevated viewing and feeding platform, this tour is wonderful for children. Following this you will visit the fascinating Kazuri bead factory. Dinner tonight will be at the Carnivore Restaurant before returning to the Norfolk Hotel for the night (for own account).

Meals : BB
Accommodation : The Norfolk Hotel

Day 2: Aberdares (Approx 3hr drive)
After breakfast you drive North passing near Thika which boasts the world's 3rd largest pineapple plantation and is home to Del Monte, and Karatina with its colourful market. Soon you'll be at Nyeri, one of Kenya's major towns and provincial headquarters before heading on to the Aberdare Country Club, arriving in time for lunch. During the afternoon, parents may take part in one of the many optional excursions available from the club or simply relax by the pool or in the picturesque grounds.

After lunch, the children will meet the Club's naturalist in the lobby and proceed on foot to the Game Sanctuary. The walk will take around 1hr, during which time they will be able to watch & learn about game, identify & study birds, and listen to the many stories told about life in the African bush by the guide. Even before the group leaves the golf course, animals like warthog and impala may be spotted. Apart from the abundant fauna in the Game Sanctuary, there is all the flora to learn about and appreciate how it all relates to the wildlife that lives around it. The game walk ends up at the riding stables, where each child will have an opportunity to ride a pony if they wish, and perhaps learn how to groom and feed them as well. On returning up the hill to the Club there will be enough time to relax & clean up before dinner.

Meals : FB
Accommodation : Aberdare Country Club,The

Days 3-4: Samburu (Approx 2hr30min drive)
After breakfast at the Club you depart through Nyeri, where you'll turn North on the main road that takes you through Naro Moru - a haven for trout fishermen and mountain climbers - and Nanyuki, where you'll begin a journey across the northernmost foothills of Mount Kenya, eventually heading North to a dusty outpost known as Isiolo. From here it's a fairly short hop to your lodge in the heart of the Samburu Reserve. After lunch there will be a game drive into the reserve and children are most welcome. However, there is also an Adventurers Club here for the children to join and partake in their exciting activities offered. The next day there are 3 game drives throughout the day and children can either join these or participate in the various activities of the Adventurers Club.

Meals : FB
Accommodation : Samburu Intrepids Club

Day 5: Mount Kenya (Approx 2hr drive)
Depart after an early breakfast, leaving Samburu. You'll travel South through Isiolo, crossing the northernmost foothills of Mount Kenya, Africa's highest massif. As you go around to the other side of the mountain, you'll come to the town of Nanyuki, nestled in the lush slopes of this mountain astride the equator. Further North you'll turn off the main road at Nanyuki town to head across the plains and enter the private ranch of Ol Pejeta, and Sweetwaters Camp.

After lunch there will be a game drive for the parents followed by time to relax and enjoy the surroundings or partake in any of the other activities here. Children will meet with a naturalist and depart in a 4x4 safari vehicle for an afternoon of adventure & education. 1st stop will be at Morani & Blow. Morani (which in Masai means Warrior) is the name of the tame black rhino originally rescued as a tiny orphan by Daphne Sheldrick, in Tsavo National Park. A few years ago it was decided perhaps he would like a companion and so another orphan, Blow the Warthog, was brought in. After visiting these 2 characters, the group will proceed to the Chimpanzee Sanctuary, where, safely kitted out with a lifejacket, they will steam up the river on a boat to see the young chimpanzees. To end this wonderful afternoon, once back at Sweetwaters, there will be the opportunity to ride a camel before rejoining their parents and continuing to Mount Kenya Safari Club for dinner and overnight.

Meals : FB
Accommodation : Mount Kenya Safari Club

Day 6: Masai Mara (Approx 7hr30min drive)
After breakfast, you will transfer to Nanyuki Airstrip for the Air Kenya flight to Masai Mara. On arrival in the Mara, you will be met by a driver-guide from Mara Safari Club and transferred to the Club for lunch. There will be an afternoon game drive for the parents.

After lunch, the children will be transported to the nearby Masai Eingang (village) where they will meet other children of a similar age group, and be shown around the village. They will have time to learn something of the lifestyle of the rural Masai children including how they are entrusted with the care of their family’s cattle, the most precious possession of the Masai tribe; this is done from the early age of around 5 years old. They will then proceed to the local preparatory school where they will be met by one of the teachers. The visiting children and the local children will then have time to interact with each other while being shown around the school. Each child, visitors and locals alike, will then be provided with paper and colouring pencils and be given a project to do: drawing their first impression of how the other group actually live. Part of the idea behind this project is to help develop a mutual understanding of the lifestyles of children from other parts of the world. The visit will close with the children swapping their pictures and having time to discuss the different impressions that have come to light.

Meals : FB
Accommodation : Mara Safari Club

Day 7: Masai Mara
An early morning game drive is followed by a bush breakfast. Midmorning & afternoon game drives for parents and an active day for the children, who depart the Mara Safari Club by landcruiser and head for a Masai Manyatta where they will be met by the Masai Warriors.

They will be shown around the Eingang (Masai homestead) and the basic principles of Masai life will be explained to them. This will be followed by an instruction in spear throwing and the use of bows & arrows. The boys will then practice themselves until the warriors are confident they could cope unescorted in the wild. Meanwhile, the girls will be instructed by the women of the Eingang on how to build the manyatta's with wet cow dung and croton poles. The girls will also receive some instruction in traditional bead work.

Following this, the whole group will have some fun & games: learning to jump, skip, dance and yell in the traditional Masai manner. Then will probably follow the most important part of the afternoon from the point of view of the Masai people. The children will be taken to the cattle ‘boma’ where the principles of breeding, rearing and caring for the cattle and goats will be explained to them. Thus making them aware of the importance of cattle in the Masai culture.

Meals : FB
Accommodation : Mara Safari Club

Day 8: End of Tour (Approx 5hr drive)
After an early morning activity and breakfast, you are transferred to the Mara Airstrip for the return Air Kenya scheduled flight to Nairobi for your onward arrangements.

Meals : BB s

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