Easter in Kenya

Day 1: Larnaca - Nairobi

Flight from Larnaca to Nairobi via stopover.

Day 2: Arrival in Nairobi and drive to Amboseli National Park

Arrive in Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. Meet safari driver-guide and after safari briefing, drive to Amboseli National Park, famous for its spectacular view of the peak of Mount Kilimanjaro(weather permitting). Arrive in time for lunch, and then afternoon game drive in the park.
(Optional visit to a Masai cultural village)
Dinner and overnight at Amboseli Sopa Lodge.

Meals: Lunch, Dinner

Day 3: Full Day in Amboseli National Park

Breakfast in the hotel and enjoy morning game drive. After morning game drive, return to the hotel for lunch. 
After lunch depart for afternoon game drive until evening.
Amboseli National Park, at the foot of Africa's highest mountain, Kilimanjaro, is one of Kenya's most popular national parks. 
It lies 150 miles south-east of Nairobi, very close to the Tanzania border. The snow-capped peak of Mount Kilimanjaro rising above the clouds dominates every aspect of Amboseli.
Dinner and overnight at Amboseli Sopa Lodge.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 4: Amboseli National Park to Lake Naivasha

After breakfast drive to Lake Naivasha arriving for lunch. Check in to your hotel. After lunch enjoy afternoon boat ride and bird watching in Lake Naivasha.
Lake Naivasha Boat Ride: Lake Naivasha is a freshwater lake lying North West of Nairobi. Lake Naivasha is well known for boat rides and as a gateway to Crescent Island.
During the boat ride the boat captain will explain in detail the various animals and birds in the lake. Among the resident birds are fish eagles, ospreys, lily-trotters, black crakes and a variety of herons.
Hippos also live in the lake. The waters of the lake draw a great range of game to the shores. Giraffes wander among the acacia, Hippos wallow in the swamps and Colobus monkeys call from the treetops while the Lakes large hippo populations sleep the day out in the shallows.
Dinner and overnight at Lake Naivasha Sopa Resort.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 5: Lake Naivasha to Lake Nakuru National Park

Breakfast in the hotel and drive to Lake Nakuru National Park heading straight for a game drive in Lake Nakuru National Park. Established in 1961 and gazette in 1968 as a National Park, the park has Kenya’s largest population of rhinos. 
The park is home to Lion Hills, Makalia waterfalls, unique vegetation, Picturesque landscape, yellow acacia woodlands and a wide range of birds most famous being Flamingoes and Pelicans.
Located in the Great Rift Valley Lake System, the park is also as an ecologically significant region having been named a RAMSAR Site and Important Bird Area.
Covering 73 square miles (188 square kilometers), Lake Nakuru is world famous for flamingos, and was created a National Park to protect, its stunning flocks of lesser flamingo which literally turn its shores pink.
These are the millions of flamingoes seeking their food in the salty deep-green waters of Lake Nakuru. The park is indeed a birds’ paradise hosting over 500 species.
Animals include: Thomson gazelles, Grants gazelles, impalas, waterbucks, giraffes, buffaloes or even black rhino, leopards and about 450 birds species in total. Buffalo, leopard, lion, Rothschild Giraffe, White and Black Colobus monkey are plentiful in the forest.
The bush lands offer eland, Steinbok, impala, Chandler’s Reedbuck and dik dik, whilst rock hyrax and klipspringer occupy the cliffs and escarpment.
Dinner and overnight at Lake Nakuru Sopa Lodge.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 6: Lake Nakuru National Park to Masai Mara Game Reserve

After breakfast drive to Masai Mara Game Reserve, lunch at your hotel and enjoy afternoon game drive in the Game Reserve.
(Optional Afternoon Visit to a Masai Cultural Village) 
Masai Mara Game Reserve: The Reserve, the Land of Big Cat Diary and Disney’s African Cats, is considered a "must see" for any new and repeat visitor traveling on a safari to Kenya.
It is on the "to do" list for many Kenyans and visitors alike because the park is graced by a wide variety of unique and exquisite wildlife and birds. Masai Mara is the best place to see the "Big Five" animals (elephants, lions, leopards, rhinos and buffalo).
Home of the Great Wildebeest Migration: The location of the ’Annual Great Wildebeest Migration’ – one of the natural wonders of the world – is a gloriously beautiful, wildlife-rich savannah landscape.
The annual wildebeest migration from June to October consists of over 1.5 million wildebeests, gazelles gnus and Zebras roar converge at the border of Tanzania’s Serengeti and Kenya’s Masai Mara making a spectacular entrance in a surging column of life that stretches from horizon to horizon, before finally plunging wildly into the raging waters of the Mara River, creating a frenzy as the fight against swift currents and waiting hungry crocodiles takes priority.
Those that survive crocodiles and raging waters cross over to the patiently waiting predators such as hyenas, jackals, leopards and lions for another survival battle.
Wildlife – The Mara is known as one of the finest wildlife destinations in the World. There is an excellent chance of seeing the Big 5, cheetah, serval, hyena, bat-eared foxes, black-backed and side-striped jackals, hippo, crocodile, baboons, warthog, topi, eland, Thompson’s gazelle, Grant’s etc
Dinner and overnight at Mara Sopa Lodge.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 7: Full Day in Masai Mara Game Reserve

Breakfast in the hotel and enjoy morning game drive. After morning game drive, return to the hotel for lunch. 
After lunch depart for afternoon game drive until evening. (Optional Masai Mara Balloon Ride)
Dinner and overnight at Mara Sopa Lodge.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 8: Masai Mara Game Reserve to Nairobi and Departure

Breakfast in the hotel and drive to Nairobi, lunch at a city restaurant (pay direct for lunch), after lunch transfer to airport in time for your home bound flight.
Flight arrives back to Larnaca.

Meals: Breakfast