The Mara Samburu Adventure Program

Day 1: Arrival and pick up from the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, in Nairobi, Kenya and transfer to host family home.
Day 2: Morning: Registration and start of orientation: International volunteers and interns abroad have about 4 hours lecture at the home of your host. Topics covered during orientation lecture will include East African culture, history, customs, politics, geography, and necessary health precautions, and various other topics, such as the diversity of Kenyan life. Afternoon is free - explore Kenyan life and get to know your host family. 
Day 3: Volunteers leave for project early in the morning after breakfast. Introductions held with project staff, and the host family.
Day 3-6: Volunteer or internship work. Volunteers are free to explore the surrounding areas in their free time.
Day 6: End volunteer work. Farewell to the project and evaluation of the program.
Day 7-12: Kenya Mara-Samburu Adventure Safari (6 days)
International volunteers and interns abroad on this program visit the world famous Maasai Mara game reserve, Lake Nakuru national park, a special internationally protected bird and white rhino sanctuary and end with a tour of the Samburu game reserve all part of Kenya’s Great Rift Valley.
Day 7: Maasai Mara Game Reserve: Depart Nairobi in the morning with picnic lunch enroute to most famous Maasai Mara Game Reserve ranked among the worlds top 50 dream destinations. Spend the afternoon and the following day on game drives in Maasai Mara. This Great Rift Valley reserve is home to thousands of wild animals including rhino, buffalo, lion, elephant, giraffe, zebra, cheetah and leopard and thousands of wildebeests. Dinner and overnight at the campsite.
Day 8: Maasai Mara Game Reserve: Continue with the jungle tour of this Kenyan Rift Valley wilderness reserve. Dinner and overnight at the campsite.
Day 9: Maasai Mara/Nakuru: Leave Maasai Mara after breakfast and drive to Nakuru past lake Elementaita on the Great Rift Valley floor. Dinner and overnight in a budget hotel.
Day 10: Lake Nakuru/Samburu Game Reserve: Take and early morning game drive/safari of lake Nakuru national park and International Bird Sanctuary. Lake Nakuru Park has been described as the World’s Greatest Bird Spectacle”. This Kenyan wildlife sanctuary has 450 bird species including the lesser and greater flamingo, more than 56 animal species including the nig five. Depart Nakuru after the morning game drive/safari and head North towards Mt. Kenya with picnic enroute.
Day 11: Samburu Game Reserve: Spend the day on game viewing with meals and overnight at camp. This pristine and less visited game reserve abounds with animal and plant species not seen in southern Kenya’s parks. You will come across species such as the Grevy’s zebra, reticulated giraffe, kudu and gerenuk almost exclusive to the reserve. Other animals include lions, cheetahs and leopards.
Day 12: Samburu-Nairobi: Early morning game drive in Samburu then drive South to Nairobi via the wind ward side of Mt Kenya and via Nairobi, viewing nature along the road that winds through amazingly diverse geographical landscape and human activities including coffee and tea farming. 
Day 13: End of Adventure Portion of Program.
Evaluation of the Mara Samburu Adventure Program.  
Day 14: Beginning of volunteer abroad and internship overseas work placement for those staying for more than two weeks. Departure for the rest.