Kenya-Bush to Beach Family Holiday

The group arrives at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO). You’ll be met at the airport by your African Diurnal Safaris driver. He’ll wait for you with a signboard with your name written on it.

You’ll be whisked away to your hotel in Nairobi to recover from your flight and enjoy your first taste of African hospitality.

After a good night’s rest, you’ll be ready for the start of your safari tomorrow!

You’ll start your safari adventure with a visit to the bomas of Kenya. Here you can enjoy a pleasant taste of Kenya’s rich cultural treasures. This interactive museum shows traditional villages belonging to the different Kenyan tribes.

Later in the morning, at 11am, head to the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust. This is a favorite attraction in Nairobi even among expats who have lived there for years. So you’ll not be alone here, but a visit is unforgettable. You’ll see how cute baby elephants go through their rehabilitation with exercise, feeding and bathing.

The next stop is the Giraffe Center – a breeding center for the Rothschild Giraffe. The center’s elevated feeding platform allows visitors to see the giraffes face to face as they eat; you even get the opportunity to hand-feed one of these beautiful creatures.

Later you’ll be transferred to your hotel for an evening leisure, dinner and overnight.

After breakfast, we’ll depart from Nairobi for Amboseli National Park. Most famous for its stunning views of Africa’s highest mountain, Mt. Kilimanjaro, the park offers photographers the rare opportunity to snap photos of elephants, lions, zebras, and giraffes against the startling backdrop of Africa’s most famous mountain.

You’ll have lunch at your lodge upon arrival before heading out into the park for an afternoon game drive.

The followed day 3 after your morning game drive and a late breakfast, relax at the lodge for a few hours before heading out into the park again in the afternoon. With the animals largely inactive during the warm midday hours, you can get some rest before catching them out and about in the cooling afternoon air.

You’ll wake up before the dawn for an unparalleled view of Mount Kilimanjaro at sunrise. For those wanting to snap a picture of Africa’s iconic elephant herds against the backdrop of the Tanzanian mountain, this is an opportunity not to be missed!

After returning to your lodge for breakfast, you’ll depart for Tsavo East National Park, home to Kenya’s famous ‘red elephants’. So named for the volcanic red dust that they ‘bathe’ in, the elephants of Tsavo are something unique to Kenya.

In fact, ‘unique’ could very well be the perfect word to describe the twin parks of Tsavo West and Tsavo East. With their blend of volcanic terrain, palm-lined rivers, idyllic oases, and liquid lava, the park is like something out of fantasy.

Full day of game drives in Tsavo East National Park. Lunch may be a picnic in the park or a hot meal at the camp.

All meals and overnight at your camp in Tsavo East

After breakfast, you’ll depart to Tsavo West Area to stay at Taita Hills – Salt Lick Lodge.

For decades Salt Lick Safari Lodge has been one of Kenya’s flagship lodges, famed for being among the World’s Most Photographed Lodges. A favorite amongst travelers in search of luxury accommodation, Salt Lick Safari Lodge is a luxurious safari escape set in the heart of the Taita Hills Wildlife Sanctuary overlooking a waterhole and the vast Tsavo plains.

The Taita Hills Wildlife Conservancy derives its name from the surrounding clusters of hills and is an integral part of the Eastern Arc forests classified as a biodiversity hotspot. The conservancy covers an area of 28,000 acres of mosaic habitat where the plant physiognomy is riverine forest, savanna wood and grassland. The vegetation formation is usually dense, stratified and always dominated by Acacia /Commiphora trees and may appear to be evergreen in wet areas such as in the central lowlands of the sanctuary.

The sanctuary straddles the Southern Tsavo West National Park and is an important dispersal area and migrating corridor for wildlife between Tsavo East and Tsavo West National Park and making it a highly valued tourism recreational area and of ecological importance. The topography is generally mountainous that offers breathe taking landscape views of the Kilimanjaro, Pare, Uluguru mountains and the clusters of Taita Hills with a seasonal river dividing the sanctuary into valleys and lowland plains.

Night game drives provide guests with an opportunity of seeing animals not usually encountered on a daytime game drive such as spotted and striped hyena, mongoose, jackal, civet, genet, porcupine and bush baby. Salt Lick Safari Lodge have highly trained rangers equipped with powerful spotlights to take guests on this experience of a totally different world after dark, when you may have the thrilling opportunity to see a predator actively hunting.

Most predators are more active at night so night drives also provide the opportunity of experiencing the ‘Circle of Life’.

Activity is on shared basis – use of sanctuary vehicle, ranger and spotlight.

Your safari adventure is done, and what better place to wash away the dust and weariness than Kenya’s picturesque coast?

After a morning game drive through Tsavo East, you’ll continue on to Mombasa. Nestled on the Indian Ocean coast, Mombasa sits on the edge of a glorious ribbon of silver and sapphire. The region’s unique Swahili culture a fusion of Arabic and African ideas has created a culture unlike anything you’ll find elsewhere in the world.

Spend your afternoon at your leisure, relaxing by the pool, swimming in the warm ocean waters, or heading out to explore the historic port town

The world is your oyster! Wake early for breakfast or sleep in and enjoy a leisurely breakfast mid morning.

Your days are yours to fill; swim in the pool, head out into the ocean for some water sports, play a spot of tennis, sunbathe, go on a tour, or just settle in with a good book on the beach

Enjoy your day at your hotel. At the end of the day, your driver will take you to Mombasa airport for your flight.