The founder of the Boy Scout movement, Lord Baden-Powell, spent the last years of his life in Nyeri and is buried there. After breakfast drive north to reach Samburu, which lies on the edge of the vast semi-desert lands of northern Kenya, in time for lunch. An afternoon game drive will introduce you to the animals which are peculiar to this area - the reticulated giraffe, Grevy's Zebra and the Somali ostrich. Dinner and overnight at a lodge or camp in the Reserve. Another exploration of this harshly beautiful Reserve where game abounds, especially in the forested fringes of the Uaso Nyiro river which flows gently through the dry landscape.
Lunch is followed by an afternoon at leisure, perhaps by the pool.
Dinner and overnight at your lodge or camp. Day 4 Samburu - Lakes Nakuru and Naivasha Leave after breakfast and drive past the northern tip of the Aberdare mountains to descend into the Great Rift Valley where Lake Nakuru is located. Visit the world famous bird sanctuary in Lake Nakuru National Park - noted for its huge concentration of flamingo. Lunch and overnight at a lodge or camp in the Park or proceed to Lake Naivasha where the night is spent at a lakeside hotel. In the afternoon explore the rolling hills and plains for wonderful sights of the great numbers of different species found here.