Departure day, where you will fly to Kenya with connecting flights along the way.

Upon your arrival at Nairobi, you will be met at the airport by our local guide. You will be driven to the hotel in Nairobi where you will spend the night.

Nairobi is Kenya’s capital and one of East Africa’s largest cities with more than 4 million inhabitants. The city was originally founded as a stop on the railway line from Mombasa to Uganda, but soon became the centre for both big-game hunters and tourists. Today, it is a big city with a thriving business community and cultural scene, and Nairobi is perhaps East Africa’s most cosmopolitan city.

Today, you are picked up at the hotel in the morning and set out for a visit to the renowned Giraffe Centre which was established in 1979 with the aim of saving the Rothschild’s giraffe, which was threatened with extinction. The centre was established as an NGO which teaches local children and young people about nature and the environment – and gives all visitors an insight into the giraffe’s life and the work to save it. Getting up close to these graceful and perpetually curious animals is always a fun and exciting experience.

From Nairobi, the tour continues by car to Lake Naivasha. Provided the weather is good, you will get a chance to make a stop at a lookout point along the way to enjoy views of the Great Rift Valley.

Once you’ve made it to Lake Naivasha, you can spend the rest of the day enjoying the resort at your leisure.

Lake Naivasha is a freshwater lake located at the highest point of the Great Rift Valley, 1,890 metres above sea level.

Everyone will be equipped with a life jacket today, as you will be enjoying a boat ride on a lake famous for its hippos, giraffes, waterbuck, vervet monkeys and abundance of birds.

Over the afternoon, the tour heads for the incredible Maasai Mara Nature Reserve, the Kenyan part of the vast Serengeti ecosystem, where you will be going on a family safari. The trip takes 4-6 hours depending on traffic, so bring some good snacks and perhaps a good audiobook to enjoy as you take in life outside the windows. You have the vehicle to yourself, so you can take breaks along the way, if needed.

Over the next few days, some wonderful game drives await you. On some of the days, you might bring a picnic lunch with you, which is enjoyed together with stunning views. What you do on those days is largely determined by the weather and nature – and you!

It’s impossible to say exactly what experiences await you when you’re on safari. No two days are the same – and that’s what makes it so exciting! On the mighty plains, you will encounter large herds of elephants, wildebeest, zebras, hippos, giraffes, gazelles and other herbivorous prey of the hunting lions, hyenas, leopards and cheetahs.

From July to October, you can experience the Great Migration, when more than one million wildebeest and buffaloes migrate, together with a few hundred thousand zebras plus a lot of Thompson gazelles, in search of water and fresh grass. It is during this migration that many gazelles fall victim to the huge Nile crocodiles when crossing the Mara River.

After the safari, you can relax at the lodge with the magnificent starry sky above you, listening to the sounds of the night on the savannah.

The family has its own private car – and thus the freedom to stop when a break is needed!

From your family-friendly safari on the savannah, you now head back to Nairobi before your journey home begins.

It is possible to purchase a direct flight from Masai Mara to Nairobi to avoid the drive. Contact us for a price.

Naturally, you can also choose to extend your tour to include a beach holiday – either in Mombasa on the coast of Kenya, on the tropical island of Mauritius or on the popular island of Zanzibar.

You arrive in the UK after a lovely holiday.