Escorted Tours 2023 - 2025

< < Lake Nakuru Lake Naivasha Nairobi Maasai Mara Game Reserve Aberdare National Park      Coach Air Nights 2 2 2 1 2 1 Day 1: UK to Nairobi Depart the UK on your overnight flight. Day 2: Nairobi B/D On arrival, you will be met and transferred to your hotel. Late, visit the David Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage and enjoy an up-close encounter with young orphaned elephants at the most successful elephant rescue and rehabilitation programme in the world; the centre helps vulnerable animals with the aim of reintroducing them to the wild. Day 3: Nairobi to Aberdare National Park B/L/D This morning, travel from the urban energy of central Nairobi into the contrasting greenery of the outlying coffee-growing region. The area produces much of Kenya’s ‘black gold’ - the robust coffee beans that are its greatest export. Tour a local plantation and learn more about its cultivation and harvest processes before sampling some freshly brewed coffee. Continue to the Aberdare Highlands, passing open plains and vast stretches of grassland before ascending into the verdant, tropical forests of Aberdare National Park. After lunch at your hotel and set out on a guided bush walk along one of the many trails winding across this wildlife-rich region. Your knowledgeable guide will lead you through lush vegetation in search of elephants, buffalo, rhinos and the unique, red bongo antelopes which inhabit the park. Day 4: Aberdare National Park to Lake Nakuru National Park B/L/D After breakfast, depart for Lake Nakuru National Park. Stop en route at Thomson Falls where you’ll witness the mighty roar of this waterfall as it cascades down over 74 metres. Arriving in Lake Nakuru National Park, check into your hotel before embarking on a late afternoon game drive through the wetlands. This bird-lovers paradise, located in the Rift Valley region, is one of Kenya’s finest safari areas. Amongst others, it boasts white rhinos, the endangered Rothschild giraffe, lions and its best- known residents – vast flocks of pink flamingos perched in a central lake. Day 5: Lake Nakuru National Park to Lake Naivasha B/L/D Observe the park’s wildlife stirring from their sleep on today’s early morning game drive. Return to your hotel for breakfast, then depart for Lake Naivasha. Enjoy a scenic drive, with the chance to spot animals dotted along the passing landscape, before arriving at your final destination in time for lunch. Lake Naivasha is the Rift Valley’s highest lake, renowned for its shimmering expanse of water and Kenyan Safari Journey through Kenya’s grasslands and open savannah on a wildlife adventure in the birthplace of the modern safari. Search for the Big Five in the tropical highlands of Aberdare and embark on game drives across the Maasai Mara. Lake Nakuru What you’ll see ⚫ Embark on six fascinating game drives in a 4x4 in search of the Big Five ⚫ Enjoy one of the best high teas in Kenya at Elsamere Museum ⚫ Witness Thomson Falls, Kenya’s most beautiful waterfall ⚫ Marvel at vast flocks of pink flamingos while exploring Lake Nakuru National Park ⚫ Visit a traditional village and learn about the Maasai tribe ⚫ Explore David Sheldrick’s Elephant Orphanage and Giraffe Centre and enjoy an encounter with young orphans ⚫ Embrace the private island sanctuary of Crescent Island Game Conservancy ⚫ Sample freshly brewed coffee, Kenya’s finest exports on a coffee plantation tour Small Group Tour - 25 or less P R I V A T E T O U R U P G R A D E S F R O M £499 Africa 114 Hundreds of escorted tours are available on our website www.mercuryholidays.co.uk