6 Days Kenya Aberdares Sweetwaters Mount Kenya Masai Mara Safari takes us to Aberdare National Park which is characterized by picturesque, steep forested ravines and open moorland.

The park is a home to the elephants, black rhinos, leopards, spotted hyenas, olive baboons, black and white coleus monkeys, buffalos, warthogs and bushbucks among others.

Rare sightings include those of the Giant Forest hog, bongo, golden cat, serval cat, African wild cat, African civet cat and the blue duiker. There are also over 250 species of birds.

Sweetwaters Game Reserve is 90,000-acre private ranch with magnificent views across the plains to the snow capped peaks of Mount Kenya.

This game sanctuary is the closest reserve to Nairobi (3.5 hours drive) home to all the big five game, and has the highest ratio of game-to-area of any park or reserve in Kenya.

Its popular waterhole is floodlit by night, providing excellent and secluded rarely seen game viewing. Game drives at Sweetwaters are indeed a pleasure.

Game viewing may also take the form of game walks accompanied by a resident Naturalist, game rides on horseback, Camel riding, night game drives and “bush” lunches or dinners.

This 6 Days Kenya Aberdares Sweetwaters Mount Kenya Masai Mara Safari takes you to this The historic Mount Kenya Safari Club, set in over 100 acres of landscaped gardens. This exclusive resort offers an experience of refined elegance and luxury, as well as a sense of old Hollywood in its glamorous past.

All of the amenities you would expect from a fine international establishment are here, including horseback riding, golf, croquet, a putting green, a bowling green, table tennis, swimming, a beauty salon, an animal orphanage, tennis, trout streams and more.

Masai Mara widely considered to be Africa’s greatest wildlife reserve. The Mara comprises200 sq miles of open plains, woodlands and riverine forest.

Contiguous with the plains of the Serengeti, the Mara is home to a breathtaking array of life. The vast grassland plains are scattered with herds of Zebra, Giraffe, Gazelle, and Topi.

6 DAYS KENYA ABERDARES SWEETWATERS MOUNT KENYA MASAI MARA SAFARI ITINERARY SUMMARY

Day 1: Nairobi – Drive to Aberdare National Park
Day 2: Aberdare National Park – Ol Pejeta (Sweetwaters)
Day 3: Ol Pejeta (Sweetwaters) – Mount Kenya National Park
Day 4: Mount Kenya National Park – Masai Mara Game Reserve
Day 5: Masai Mara Game Reserve
Day 6: Masai Mara – Drive to Nairobi

6 DAYS KENYA ABERDARES SWEETWATERS MOUNT KENYA MASAI MARA DETAILED ITINERARY

Day 1: Nairobi – Drive To Aberdare National Park

This morning you drive past Thika, an industrial town surrounded by extensive pineapple plantations, partially owned by Delmonte Company.

After crossing the Tana River source of Kenya’s hydroelectric power, the landscape changes and becomes lush as you climb in to the rich farmlands of the Kikuyu people.

Lunch is served at Out–Span Hotel in Nyeri for the visitors heading for Treetops and Aberdare Country Club for those heading to the Ark Limited.

Lunch is served at the Serena Mountain lodge for those spending a night there.

After lunch, you proceed to your tree hotel where the night is spent watching different animals as they come to visit the floodlit waterholes and Salt licks.

Elephants, Rhino, Buffalo, Giant Forest Hog, Leopard and many other species frequent the waterholes.

Overnight Accommodation: The Ark Forest Lodge or Treetop Forest Lodge 
Meal Plan {Lunch & Dinner}

Day 2: Aberdare National Park – Drive To Sweetwaters Game Sanctuary

This morning we proceed to Sweetwaters Game reserve. Both Sweetwaters land, the Ol Pejeta Conservancy and its sumptuous ranch were once the private domain of famed multi-millionaire, Adnan Kashoggi.

We visit the Chimpanzee Sanctuary, a charming haven established by the Jane Goodall Institute to provide sanctuary to orphaned chimps, and the specially protected and fenced refuge of black rhino with its stunning forty specimens!

In fact salt lick so we’ll be guaranteed unprecedented close encounters.

Whether its day or night game drives, camel trekking, lion tracking, al fresco dining or relaxing by pool, Sweetwaters is bound to delight.

Sweetwaters boasts excellent game viewing with the highest ratio of game to area of any park or reserve in Kenya.

Overnight Accommodation: Sweetwaters Serena Tented Camp or Porini Camp
Meal Plan {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}

Day 3: Sweetwaters Game Sanctuary – Drive ToMount Kenya Safari Club

This morning we drive to the magnificent Mount Kenya Safari Club nestled in the foothills of snow–capped Mount Kenya.

Its sprawling colonial design was influenced by the late actor William Holden, who founded the Club in 1959 with two of his friends.

His love for Africa led him to make Kenya his second home for over twenty-five years.

The club has over the years attracted legions of internationally renowned members and guests from the world of politics, film and theatre.

Sir Winston Churchill and Lord Mountbatten were members, and enjoyed sojourns at the club, as have legends Clark Gable and John Wayne, and more recent celebrities such as Robert Redford, Sean Connery and Catherine Deneuve.

You too will receive the star treatment as you settle into your suite or cozy cottage. Pay a visit and do not miss the animal orphanage operated by the William Holden Wildlife Foundation.

Here wildlife foundlings are raised with great care and many are quite tame. It is an opportunity to get close to some wild creatures that despite a struggle have managed to survive.

Overnight Accommodation: Mount Kenya Safari Club 
Meal Plan {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}

Day 4: Mount Kenya Safari Club – Drive To Masai Mara Game Reserve

After breakfast depart for Masai Mara. This is the Africa of your imagination, where panoramas are vast.

It is a country of rolling grasslands, dense thickets of scrub and groves of acacia woodland where predators might hide.

Luxuriant forest grows along the banks of the Mara River, where hippos and crocodiles bask in the sun.

The Mara is considered the finest game sanctuary in Kenya, home to an astonishing number and variety of animals.

According to the season, hundreds of thousands of migratory Wildebeest, Gazelle and Zebra move back and forth between the Mara and the plains and woodlands to the south.

Enjoy lunch at Naivasha Country Club and continue to the Mara for your afternoon ‘Spice’ game run, when your driver will set off in pursuit of the great herds.

Overnight Accommodation: Keekorok Lodge or Mara Safari Club or Kichwa Tembo Camp or Mara Serena Lodge 
Meal Plan {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}

Day 5: Explore Masai Mara Game Reserve

Your day begins with an early morning ‘Spice’ game drive taking you into the Mara plains when the animals are most active.

On the other hand, you may choose to add a hot air balloon safari – the ultimate safari experience! You leave camp before dawn – the sky is clear, the air is brisk and the conditions are perfect.

As the sun rises over the Mara plains in your balloon lifts off, a bright splash of color rising into the blue.

Watch as a stunning panorama unfolds below you and the balloon’s basket becomes your lookout post for a bird’s-eye view of the beauty of Africa.

Float silently just a few hundred feet above herds of wild animals. Gazelle and Impala watch curiously with their tails flagging – a warning to others that you are approaching.

A pride of Lions stalks an unsuspecting herd of Wildebeest. Giraffes poke their heads out of the forest where they have been nibbling tender leaves.

The tranquility of the experience is interrupted only by the occasional ‘whoosh’ of the air heaters.

Finally, you gently touch down, with an appetite sharpened by the fresh air, all ready for a delicious champagne breakfast in the middle of the bush.

After a relaxing repast, continue honing your game spotting skills on a game drive as you make your way back to the camp/ Lodge.

After lunch and some time to relax, enjoy a second ‘Spice’ game drive this afternoon.

Overnight Accommodation: Keekorok Lodge or Mara Safari Club or Kichwa Tembo Camp or Mara Serena Lodge 
Meal Plan {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}

Day 6: Masai Mara – Drive To Nairobi

Begin the day with an optional bush walk, an intimate exploration of the world of the African savannah. Use all your senses as you encounter the sights, sound and smell that surround you.

Your guide will point out brilliantly colored birds, camouflaged game of every variety, and a wealth of flora.

Learn the skills of successful tracking as you follow animal trails in the dust, watching for each clue to their habits and movements.

Alternatively, you may take the regular morning ‘Spice’ game drive. After breakfast, depart for Nairobi arriving in early afternoon.

Meal Plan {Breakfast}