Day 1: Arrival Nairobi
Transfer to Meru National Park
Meal Plan: Full board
You will be picked up from your hotel or airport and depart on a scenic drive across the Equator via the central Kenya highlands to Meru National Park. Arrive at Meru in time for check-in, lunch, and some rest. Later, proceed for afternoon game drives. The park is ideal for wildlife and birdwatching safaris. Dinner and overnight at your camp or lodge.

Accommodation: Custom | 1 Night

Day 2: Full Day – Meru National Park
Meal Plan: Full board
Enjoy an early morning breakfast, then leave with a picnic lunch for extensive game drives in Meru National Park, which was made famous through the story of Elsa, the lioness of Born Free fame. Joy and George Adamson used to live here, and it is where they raised and released Elsa into the wild. Explore the area and enjoy memorable wildlife encounters on your guided game drives. Wildlife here includes Grevy’s zebras, elephants, Bohor reedbucks, hartebeests, pythons, puff adders, cobras, buffalos, and more than 427 recorded species of birds. The park also has a rhino sanctuary for black and white rhinos. Enjoy the lush riverine forests, coursing rivers, and the vast dry open plains dotted with baobabs. Meru is a completely unspoiled part of Kenya, allowing you to revel in its remote and rugged atmosphere. Dinner and overnight at your camp or lodge.

Accommodation: Custom | 1 Night

Day 3: Samburu Game Reserve
Meal Plan: Full board
Enjoy early morning game drives before breakfast in the park to see the sunrise and a variety of wildlife. Return to the camp or lodge for a full breakfast, check out, and leave for Samburu. Arrive in time for check-in, lunch, and some rest. Later, depart for afternoon game drives. Dinner and overnight at your camp or lodge.

Accommodation: Custom | 1 Night

Day 4: Samburu Game Reserve
Meal Plan: Full board
Today is dedicated to enjoying the unique beauty of the reserve with morning and afternoon game drives along the banks of the Ewaso Nyiro River. This area is home to unique rare species only found north of the equator, including the reticulated giraffe, Grevy’s zebras, Beisa oryxes, giraffe-necked gazelle (gerenuk), and the blue-necked Somali ostrich. The reserve is also home to the big five: elephant, lion, leopard, buffalo, and endangered wild dog. After exploring the park, visit a Samburu village. Dinner and overnight at your camp or lodge.

Accommodation: Custom | 1 Night
Day 5: Depart, Transfer to Nairobi
Optional: Meals/Dayroom
Rise early, enjoy your breakfast, and then proceed for a morning game drive. Later, leave Samburu and drive back to Nairobi, with lunch en route, arriving in the late afternoon. You will be dropped off at your hotel or at the airport.