7 Day Wildlife Safari Combined with Hot Air Balloon Experience

Upon arrival in Nairobi, you will be met by one of our representative who will pick up you and transfer you to your hotel for check in. The rest of the day is free for you to explore this bustling metropolis which is also the capitol city of Kenya. Overnight will be at Kenya Comfort Hotel on Bed and Breakfast.

You will be picked up and drive to Maasai Mara Game Reserve arriving in time for lunch at the camp. After lunch you will head for afternoon game drive in the game reserve which is Kenya’s finest wildlife sanctuary. You will easily spot the big five; well over 450 species of animals have been recorded here. The famous Maasai tribesmen live within the dispersal area of the game reserve. Dinner and overnight at Mara Jambo Lodge or similar.

On this day you will have very early morning call as early as 0430am, one of our driver will pick you up and transfer you to the balloon ride meeting point. Meet other guests who will be joining you for this spectacular experience. The Balloon takes off some minutes to 6am and in the next one hour you will be exploring the beauty of Masai Mara where you will capture the early morning Big 5 hunts as well as the beautiful sunrise. We offer hot air balloon ride flights in Kenya Masai Mara. Masai Mara is the northernmost part of the spectacular Serengeti-Mara ecosystem, home to the Great Wildebeest Migration and scores of other wildlife, including the famous African Big 5. We are exciting all inclusive company and have over 10 years of collective experience in both Hot Air Balloon Ride as well as Ground Safaris and hosting safari guests in the Mara, as well as other parts of East Africa. After the ride you will land in the middle of Masai Mara and you will be received by our cook who will have prepared for you the executive continental Champhane breakfast.  Dinner and accommodation Mara Jambo Lodge or similar.

After breakfast you will be proceeding on a full day of game viewing within the reserve. The landscape here is scenic savannah grassland on rolling hills. The reserve is the best park for game in Kenya as it has an extensive road and track network which allows for close range viewing and photography. Break for your picnic lunch at the hippo pool, looking out for hippos and crocodile. Dinner and overnight at Mara Jambo Lodge.

Early morning game drive before breakfast. Thereafter breakfast leave the camp and drive to Lake Nakuru national park arriving in time for lunch. Afternoon game drive in this rift valley lake often referred as “the biggest bird spectacle “due to millions of flamingo birds that in habits the lake. Feast your eyes with sightings of flamingos over the lake, often referred to as the Pink Lake Nakuru and magnificent wildlife views like the giraffe, black and white Rhino, waterbuck, reedbuck, lion, buffalo, leopard, Baboon and several other species. Dinner and Overnight Nakuru Lanet Matfam Resort.

After an early breakfast, the drive continues to Kenya’s highest lake, at 1,880 meters above sea level, Lake Naivasha. Lake Naivasha is a beautiful freshwater lake, fringed by thick papyrus. You will observe Hippos during your boat ride lazing in the lake and Buffalos grazing on the shores.  There are over 300 species of birds to observe. These include the Grey-capped Warbler, Spectacled Weaver, Brimstone Canary, and the Red-billed fire finch. Lunch will be served at Fishermen Camp or similar. In the afternoon there are boat trips on the lake or nature walks on crescent Island. You will have the chance to see some of the animals at very close range e.g.  Zebras, Giraffes and Wildebeest. Depart from lake Naivasha and drive to Nairobi to arrive in the evening at your hotel- Kenya Comfort Hotel on Bed and Breakfast.

After breakfast, we drive to Giraffe center where you feed Rothschild giraffes under the supervision of keepers. The center has rescued, hand-reared and released around 500 orphaned giraffes back into the wild since opening in 1979. This attraction offers opportunities to feed the endangered Rothschild's giraffe by hand. The location also offers a fine education on the physiology, behaviors and habitat preferences of these beautiful animals.

Then drive to elephant orphanage in langata. The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust elephant and rhino orphanage inside the western end of Nairobi National Park, offers a wonderful opportunity to meet staff caring for baby elephants, and sometimes baby rhinos, which have been orphaned by poachers, or have been lost or abandoned for natural reasons.  During the hour-long open house, the elephant keepers bring their juvenile charges out to play for an hour between 11:00 and 12:00. After some ad hoc football games and mud baths, the elephants and their keepers come up to an informal rope barrier stretched along one side of the ‘playground’ from where you can easily take photos. Each keeper gives a short presentation to the visitors nearest to him, explaining how orphaned elephants need to be cared for. After this visit, you will go for lunch then be dropped at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.