9 Days Epic Wilderness Experience

Upon arrival at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, you will be met and assisted to transfer to Giraffe manor, Nairobi. An intimate hotel situated on the outskirts of the vibrant capital of Nairobi. urrounded by 12 acres of private land, within 140 acres of indigenous forest, the iconic Giraffe Manor is famous for its resident herd of Rothschild giraffe that casually wander around the spectacular grounds. Stay in the original manor house offering six rooms: Betty, Daisy, Jock, Lynn, Marlon and the Karen Blixen Suite or the Garden Manor also offering six rooms: Salma, Edd, Arlene, Helen, Kelly and the Finch Hatton Suite. Each room enjoys views over the sanctuary and the giraffe experience offered to guests is the same regardless of which area of the house they are staying in.

After breakfast, you will be transferred to your local airstrip onto your schedule flight to Borana Conservancy. On landing you will be met and assisted to transfer and check in at the luxurious Lengishu House. Lengishu is an exclusive safari house, ideal for families or a group of friends, with a superb hillside setting in northern Kenya, and wonderful views to the north over the Borana Conservancy to Northern Frontier District and the Mathews Ranges in the far distance. Borana Conservancy has excellent wildlife sighting opportunities, including lion, leopard, elephant, buffalo, a healthy number of black and white rhino, and a number of species unique to northern Kenya such as Grevy’s zebra, reticulated giraffe, gerenuk, Beisa oryx and Somali ostrich.

After breakfast, you will transfer to a local airstrip, where you will catch a flight to Maasai mara Game Reserve. You will be met upon arrival at the Olderkesi conservancy, and transferred to Cottars 1920's Camp. The entire area spans approximately 80 square kilometres and teeming with elephants, big cats and giraffes. With only one safari camp in operation within its boundaries, Olderkesi is one of the most exclusive conservancies in the Masai Mara. The conservancy is managed by two trusts, Cottar’s Wildlife Conservancy Trust and the Olderkesi Wildlife Community Trust. The partnership between these two trusts has ensured that wildlife in the area is protected from poaching and that the land is no longer fragmented for farming.

The conservancy is made up of a variety of different types of interesting and beautiful landscapes such as grasslands, forests, riverine valleys and woodlands. Conservation efforts have transformed the area into a refuge for many different types of wildlife and a main throughway for the great annual wildebeest migration. The original inhabitants of the area, the Maasai, also still live nearby.

5am coffee, early morning game drive. Breakfast. You will thereafter be transferred to the airstrip for your maiden flight to Wilson airport Nairobi. Marking the end of another memorable tour. Lunch will be on own arrangements, therafter transfer to JKIA for your onward flight.