Day 1 - June 26, 2007 - Tuesday:  Dallas DFW, Atlantic Ocean, London LHR (D)  We will meet at the Dallas Ft. Worth Airport (DFW) where we board British Airways Flight Number 2192 leaving at 4:20 pm for our comfortable overnight trans-Atlantic flight which includes excellent British service (exceptionally friendly and VERY precise) with tasty meals, a wide selection of drinks, and the latest inflight entertainment. We arrive the next morning in London Gattwick Airport at 7:20 am. Join the British Airways Executive Club frequent flyer program which partners with major travel partners throughout the USA and Europe by clicking here.

Day 2 - June 27, 2007  - Wednesday:  Nairobi (B,L,D)  We leave London this morning on British Airways Flight No. 065 from Heathrow Airport (LHR) at 10:20 a.m. and arrive this evening in Nairobi at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO) at 8:45 p.m. We are then met at the airport and transferred to our five star Sarova Stanley Hotel. The Sarova Stanley Hotel was originally built in 1902 and then in 1999 it was acquired by the Sarova Group which undertook a massive rehabilitation worth US$20 million. Ernest Hemingway, writer of 'The Green Hills of Africa' and 'The Snows of Kilimanjaro' often stayed at the hotel. Hemingway (after sport-hunting in the Kilimanjaro region) recuperated from illness in the hotel in 1933 and 1934. It was in his hotel bedroom during that time that he thought up the themes of some of his most famous short stories and books. He returned to the hotel again in 1953.The Stanley Hotel is one of Nairobi's most famous landmarks and its complete upgrade has revived its reputation as one of the best international-class hotels in the city centre.

Day 3 - June 28, 2007  - Thursday:  Samburu Game Reserve (B,L, D)  After breakfast we disembark for our trip to the Samburu Game Reserve where we stay at the Samburu Lodge which is beautifully situated on the banks of the Uaso Nyiro River in the arid heart of Samburu National Reserve.  Samburu Lodge looks out over riverbanks where herds of elephant, buffalo and zebra come daily to drink. Samburu Lodge is set in a rugged landscape with a stunning backdrop of jagged mountains and its own indigenous wildlife unique to the region. It is the place of the semi-nomadic Samburu people and a place of open plains and vast horizons of the African desert. The hotel’s unique guest rooms are spread up and down the river in various sizes of cottages and bandas, with a mixture of decor styles. All rooms have ensuite bathrooms, and some have verandas overlooking the river.

Day 4 - June 29, 2007  - Friday:  Samburu Game Reserve (B,L,D)  At dinner the night before and for breakfast we enjoy time-honored hospitality and the mouth-watering cuisine prepared by the team of chefs. Facing the river, the open-sided Dining Room allows us to enjoy the sights and sounds of the river as we dine. We will have an early morning and evening game drives, as well as the possibility of walking safaris with skilled Samburu guides, camel rides, raft trips when the river is high, traditional Samburu dances, guided bird watches and a sparkling swimming pool. At cocktail hour the famous Crocodile Bar lets us look crocodiles in the eye as we sip your sundowner.

Day 5 - June 30, 2007  - Saturday:  Samburu Game Reserve (B,L,D) After breakfast we leave the Samburu Lodge and travel to the Sweetwaters Tented Camp for lunch and an evening game drive. Built in the 1970’s the Camp’s main building was originally the residence of the ranch manager of this private reserve which was the private domain of famed multi-millionaire, Adnan Kashoggi. A sheltered oasis, clustered around a waterhole and set in the pristine calm of its own private reserve, Sweetwaters Tented Camp is in a class of its own. Abounding with wildlife, unfettered by the more rigorous strictures of the Kenyan National Parks and designed to offer a charming blend of under canvas ambiance and uncompromising luxury, it has long been the preferred retreat of wilderness and safari lovers alike. Thanks to its private status it also allows such unforgettable pleasures as night game drives, guided bush walks and both horse or camel riding across its game-teaming plains.

Day 6 - July 1, 2007  - Sunday:  Sweetwaters Tented Camp (B,L,D)) We leave the Sweetwaters Tented Camp this morning for Lake Nakuru through Nyahururu and stay overnight at the Sarova Lionhill. Situated in the heart of Kenya's Rift Valley is Sarova Lion Hill Lodge, nestling on the banks of one of East Africa's most famous soda lakes, Lake Nakuru. Avid bird watchers can feast on the spectacular display of its famous flamingo residents. Lake Nakuru National Park not only boasts one of the world's greatest ornithological spectacles, with over 450 species of birds, but is also sanctuary to the greatly endangered black rhino and a host of other wildlife species such as the leopard, waterbuck, lion, giraffe, buffalo and giraffe. The lake hosts thousands of flamingoes which create a breathtaking shimmering pink hue over the lake.

Day 7 - July 2, 2007 - Monday: Lake Naivasha Sopa Lodge (B,L,D) We have a pre-breakfast game drive and then leave for Naivasha with an optional boat ride. We overnight in the Lake Naivasha Sopa Lodge  which is situated on the southern shores of Lake Naivasha, second largest of the only two fresh water lakes in Kenya's Great Rift Valley, Naivasha Sopa Lodge is an impressive property with a dramatic backdrop. The lake is a stage for some magnificent storms and was named Nai Pasha (rough water) by the Masai tribes. An ornithologists paradise, the lake is home to 400 species of wonderful birdlife and an abudance of fish and water life. The surrounding landscape is host to a variety of game including giraffe, buffalo, the elusive black faced colobus monkey and, in the lake itself to many hippo that can also be seen grazing within the lodge grounds. Activities that can be arranged at Naivasha Sopa lodge include horse riding, bird watching, fishing, watersports, cycling, lake trips and nature trails. 

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