Kenya Kaleidoscope

Day 1- Friday: Board your evening transatlantic flight.

Day 2 ­ Saturday: Arrive in Nairobi early evening, where your tour director will meet you. He will transfer you to the Norfolk Hotel.

Day 3 ­ Sunday: Your guide will meet you at your hotel in the morning and drive you to the Samburu National Reserve. You will arrive for lunch and an afternoon game drive. (B, L, D)

Day 4 ­ Monday:  Full day of game viewing. Animals likely to be seen include ­ oryz, gerenuk, gazelle, Grey's Zebra, Reticulated Giraffe and dikdik. Crocodiles bask on the sandbars; waterbuck feed on the riverbed grasses; vervet monkey and baboon forage the riverine glades. Elephants appear from the desert scrub in herds of up to 100. They drink and bathe in the river as a daily ritual.

Day 5 ­ Tuesday: Depart for the Aberdare National Park. Arrive for lunch at the famous treetops lodge.

Afternoon game drive in the park where there is an abundance of game. Leopards are often seen along rhino and giant forest hog. (B, L, D)

Day 6 ­ Wednesday: Travel to the premiere reserve of Kenya, Maasai Mara. Stop for lunch in Lake Naivasha and arrive in time for an evening game drive.

With its wealth of animals and the magnetic presence of the Maasai, the area has a brilliance that captures the African wilds. The Mara is primary open country and is an ideal habitat for thousands of topi, impala, zebra, Cape buffalo and wildebeest. Resident lion prides are among the largest in Africa. (B, L, D)

Day 7 ­ Thursday: Full day of game viewing. (B, L, D)

Day 8 ­ Friday: Morning game drive. Then continue to Nairobi and stay overnight ant the Norfolk Hotel.

Day 9 ­ Saturday: Morning departure for Amboseli National Park. Eat lunch at the Serena Lodge, then it is time for an afternoon game drive. The wildlife is abundant and the backdrop of Mt. Kilimanjaro presents thrilling photo opportunities. (B, L, D)

Day 10 ­ Sunday: Full day of game viewing in Amboseli National Park. (B, L, D)

Day 11 ­ Monday: Depart for Tsavo National Park. Have lunch at Kilaguni Lodge and an afternoon game drive.

Tsavo has a reputation for rugged beauty and is a good place to view the famous red elephant. Their color is a result of bathing in the dust of the lateritic soil. (B, L, D)

Day 12 ­ Tuesday:  Full day of game viewing. Visit Mzima Springs and the underwater observatory. Here you have an opportunity to watch hippo and crocodile in their true element.

Day 13 ­ Wednesday: Return to Nairobi and stay overnight at the Norfolk Hotel.

Day 14 ­ Thursday: Transfer to the airport accompanied by your escort who will assist you through the departure formalities. (B)

Day 15 ­ Friday:  Arrive in New York / Kennedy Airport early afternoon.