Day 1  Samburu

You depart after breakfast at a time of your choice and drive through rolling Kikuyu countryside, you driver/guide points out the interesting areas of agriculture. Coffee bushes, sisal and pineapple plantations proliferate until you get into the smallholder areas where you will almost certainly see maize and tea growing.

The route is hilly for the first 150 km and then you turn up towards Nanyuki and you may catch glimpses of Mt. Kenya.

The school children in their uniforms (if it is term time) will wave as you pass and you may spot one or two small district schools where lessons are going on.

You stop at the Equator where there are local craftsmen and you will be shown how the water swirls in different directions on each side of the equator line.

Drive on through wheat fields and then drop down the slopes of the mountain to Isiolo, the provincial capital of the Northern Province.

A short way further on you turn left into Samburu National Park and have your first chance of spotting big game on your way to Samburu Intrepids Camp.

Perched on the banks of the Uaso Nyiro River in the heart of Samburu National Reserve, Samburu Intrepids enjoys a unique perspective of one of Africa’s most celebrated wilderness.

This luxurious tented lodge offers 27 modern tents with a private view over the wildlife-rich riverbanks. The spacious tents boast the very latest in luxury camping, with soft four-poster beds, handsome mahogany closets and writing desks, and en suite bathrooms with steaming hot showers. The bathrooms also offer twin wash basins, flush toilets, and sockets for shavers and battery charging.

After lunch and a chance to relax, or maybe for the children to swim in the pool, and then it is time for your first game drive in the Park.

The two neighbouring Parks, Samburu and Buffalo Springs, are the home of the unique northern species of animals, the shy gerenuk, Beisa oryx, Somali blue‑necked ostrich, the reticulated giraffe and Grevy's zebra as well as the large numbers of elephant and buffalo which drink on the edge of the wide flowing Ewaso Nyiro river which runs through the Reserves. There are lion and cheetah and leopard are regularly seen on baits which are floodlit by the main lodges.

Return to your lodge in the evening in time for a shower and drink before dinner.

Day 2  Samburu

Today is spent in the Park and at the lodge and you decide when you want to game drive or relax. The Lodge has pleasant grounds in which it is possible to take a guided bird walk, and many hours can be spent sitting on the verandah overlooking the river, spotting crocodile, watching the cheeky vervet monkeys, or perhaps enjoying the sight of a family of elephant playing and drinking on the water's edge.

Day 3  Lake Naivasha

Leaving after breakfast, you drive out through the Park, and back to Nanyuki where you turn left and drive a short way to Sweetwaters private sanctuary and luxury tented camp. You will revel in the tents. They are large and very comfortable, all facing the waterhole, and you will almost certainly catch glimpses of Mt. Kenya

There is a bright shop and intimate dining room and lounge/bar. The grounds are full of birds.

The sanctuary is full of animals and here it is possible to night drive if you so wish.

There is also the tame rhino 'Morani' who it is quite possible to approach and pet.

Additionally there is a chimpanzee sanctuary, set up to look after orphaned chimps, and your children will delight in a visit to these very human animals. After lunch depart and drive to The Great Rift Valley Lodge & Golf Resort for dinner and overnight.

The Great Rift Valley Lodge is perched on the side of the Eburu Escarpment, overlooking Lake Naivasha and the sweeping floor of the world’s largest valley.

Day 4  Masai Mara

After breakfast today you leave to drive to the Masai Mara, Kenya's leading game reserve. You climb the western wall of the escarpment, and pass through the provincial capital of Narok, the centre of the Masai activity, first stopping at 'Maasai Colours' where a guide will give you a short lecture on the Masai people and you have a chance to purchase  refreshments.

Drive across the Loita plains and into the Masai Mara Reserve, arriving at Mara Intrepids in time for lunch.

Sitting above a sweeping bend in the Talek River, at the confluence of the Maasai Mara’s four game-viewing areas, Mara Intrepids enjoys one of the most spectacular locations in the world’s best-known wilderness, a short drive from the Mara River, where more than a million wildebeest and zebra make their perilous migration crossing every July and August.

The luxury tents are widely spread across a large riverside site to ensure guests the optimum privacy and peace. Each tent is furnished in the classic style of the grand African safaris, with large four-poster beds and handsome reproduction furniture offset by modern en suite bathrooms with hot showers, flush toilets and all modern amenities. Each tent sits on a shady raised platform, with sweeping views over the riverbanks where a wide variety of animals come to drink.

After lunch a game drive in the Masai Mara Game Reserve is the home of the largest concentrations of animals in Kenya and is the northern extension of the famous Tanzania Serengeti National Park. It is in this area that the annual migration of wildebeeste, accompanied by the predators takes place (normally between June and September).

Huge prides of lion live in the Mara, cheetah is often found on the plains. There are large herds of elephant and buffalo (but sadly few rhino remain). Impala, zebra, giraffe, the unusual topi, and many other antelope graze across the famous grassy plains. The birdlife in the Mara is fantastic.

Return to Mara Intrepids Camp for dinner and overnight.

Day 5  Masai Mara

Today is for you to decide the programme. You may wish to take a picnic lunch and visit the hippo pools to watch these monsters relaxing, and perhaps spotting crocodile on the banks. On the other hand you may wish to take two game drives (or even an optional hot air balloon safari) and spend the hotter hours of the day relaxing in the grounds.

In the evening there may be a video show on the environment, or perhaps a Masai dancing display to entertain you. Many visitors find a full day on safari so tiring that they are glad of the opportunity of an early night.

Day 6  Nairobi

The safari ends today with your return drive to Nairobi, arriving in the early afternoon.