Ololo Wildlife and Community 5 Days Tour

This 5-day tour combines visits to One Horizon’s community-driven projects with wonderful wildlife-watching, relaxing accommodation and delicious food at Ololo Safari Lodge & Farm overlooking Nairobi National Park. Join One Horizon for four nights at Ololo Safari Lodge & Farm, located in pristine bush right on the boundary of the renowned Nairobi National Park. Relax in excellent safari-style accommodation, eat delicious home-grown organic food, and enjoy a number of thrilling game drives. This exciting safari experience is combined with two inspiring tours. You will spend time getting to know the majestic Maasai people in their village, and meet some warm and welcoming Kikuyu grandmothers that are making a sustainable business work so they can keep their families together. This tour is ideal for those who have a limited time in Nairobi but still want to see amazing wildlife and the added privilege of meeting Kenya’s extraordinarily friendly people in their own communities.

This 5-day tour combines visits to One Horizon’s community-driven projects with wonderful wildlife-watching, relaxing accommodation and delicious food at Ololo Safari Lodge & Farm overlooking Nairobi National Park. Join One Horizon for four nights at Ololo Safari Lodge & Farm, located in pristine bush right on the boundary of the renowned Nairobi National Park. Relax in excellent safari-style accommodation, eat delicious home-grown organic food, and enjoy a number of thrilling game drives. This exciting safari experience is combined with two inspiring tours. You will spend time getting to know the majestic Maasai people in their village, and meet some warm and welcoming Kikuyu grandmothers that are making a sustainable business work so they can keep their families together. This tour is ideal for those who have a limited time in Nairobi but still want to see amazing wildlife and the added privilege of meeting Kenya’s extraordinarily friendly people in their own communities.

Itinerary

Day 1: Nairobi—Ololo Safari Lodge & Farm – the start of a memorable experience

Stop At: Nairobi National Park, Langata Road, Nairobi Kenya
Join One Horizon for four nights at Ololo Safari Lodge & Farm, located in pristine bush right on the boundary of the renowned Nairobi National Park. Relax in excellent safari-style accommodation, eat delicious home-grown organic food, and enjoy a number of thrilling game drives. Nairobi National Park is home to a staggering amount of Kenyan animals and birds despite its proximity to the city and there’s an excellent chance of spotting rhino, buffalo, lion, cheetah and numerous antelope and plains game.
Duration: 6 hours

Meals included:
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Ololo Safari Lodge and Farm on the border of the Nairobi National Park will be your base for 4 nights

Day 2: Early morning and evening game drive—Sheldrick Wildlife Trust elephant orphanage—Ololo farm tour

Stop At: Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, Mbagathi Road Kws Workshop Entrance – Nairobi National Park, Nairobi 00503 Kenya
Ololo Safari Lodge & Farm borders the 117-sq-km Nairobi National Park and this morning you’ll go on your first early morning game drive to view Kenya’s spectacular wildlife. It’s the world’s only national park that shares a boundary with a bustling capital city and features diverse landscapes ranging from broad savannah grasslands to pockets of riverine woodlands and dramatic rocky gorges. It’s home to over 100 species of mammals including a large population of black and white rhino, Cape buffalo, giraffe, lion, leopard, hyena, zebra, jackal, and antelope such as eland, hartebeest and impala. Then there will be a late morning visit to the nearby Sheldrick Wildlife Trust that also occupies a site on the edge of Nairobi National Park. This pioneering elephant orphanage was founded in 1977 by Daphne Sheldrick in memory of her husband and naturalist David Sheldrick, and today the trust is the most successful baby elephant rescue and rehabilitation programme in the world.
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Nairobi National Park, Langata Road, Nairobi Kenya
Lying only 7-km away from the city centre, Nairobi National Park is fenced along its northern perimeter but is open to the south along the Embakasi and Athi rivers allowing migrating herds, and the predators that follow them, to come and go freely. On today’s early morning game drive, you’ll be able to photograph the unique sight of herds of zebra, giraffe and antelope peacefully grazing on the open grassy plains studded with flat-topped acacia trees with a view of Nairobi’s skyscrapers on the horizon.
Duration: 3 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Ololo Safari Lodge and Farm – an incredible property which is set on 20 acres. The lodge has its own organic farm

Day 3: An incredible Maasai village excursion in Kiserian and a morning and evening game drive

Stop At: Kiserian, Kiserian, Rift Valley Province
After your early morning game drive and breakfast back at Ololo Safari Lodge, we spend the rest of the day connecting with Kenya’s proud Maasai people in an authentic and interactive way by becoming part of the hustle and bustle of Maasai village life. Having maintained a semi-nomadic way of life on their communal lands for centuries, the Maasai are well-known for their distinctive dress, valued customs and unique social and family structures, which include rites of passage and revered respect for elders. This fun and insightful day starts with a song and dance welcome where the wife of a village elder will offer to dress you in traditional Maasai shuka cloth or ‘African blanket’, then you’ll take part in the rituals of the young warriors, perform daily tasks with the women, and sit with the villagers as they share their stories and folklore while the women teach you how to make some traditional decorative beaded jewellery.
Duration: 6 hours

Stop At: Nairobi National Park, Langata Road, Nairobi Kenya
Ololo Safari Lodge & Farm borders the 117-sq-km Nairobi National Park and this morning you’ll go on your first early morning game drive to view Kenya’s spectacular wildlife. It’s the world’s only national park that shares a boundary with a bustling capital city and features diverse landscapes ranging from broad savannah grasslands to pockets of riverine woodlands and dramatic rocky gorges. It’s home to over 100 species of mammals including a large population of black and white rhino, Cape buffalo, giraffe, lion, leopard, hyena, zebra, jackal, and antelope such as eland, hartebeest and impala.
Duration: 3 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Ololo Safari Lodge and Farm is an incredible retreat. All the food served to guests comes from its own farm.

Day 4: Morning game drive – Go Granny Go! excursion to a Kikuyu village – picnic lunch and evening game drive

Stop At: Kikuyu, Kikuyu, Central Province
After breakfast at Ololo you will visit a project that is turning around the lives of grandmas in a Kikuyu community. We at One Horizon call it the ‘Go Granny Go!’ tour as you meet some engaging and entrepreneurial grandmothers who are beating their generational cycle of poverty. Many Kenyan grandmothers play a vital role in raising their grandchildren and extended families, and you’ll visit a pig farm, which is a project supported by One Horizon and travellers like yourself to improve the livelihoods of grandmothers by empowering them through small-scale farming. They invite you to assist with farming activities, join in some joyful singing and dancing over a cup of local tea or chai, and by sharing lots of laughter and listening to their inspirational stories, you’ll get a real insight into the strength and resilience of these remarkable Kenyan women.
Duration: 3 hours

Stop At: Ngong Hills, Nairobi Kenya
On the way back to Ololo Safari Lodge and Farm, we stop in the watershed ridge of the Ngong Hills just outside the city. Enjoy the breath-taking views over Maasai country and a delicious picnic basket lunch prepared by the chefs at Ololo, and once again you’ll appreciate the quality, freshness and healthiness of the lodge’s food.
Duration: 2 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Ololo Safari Lodge and Farm

Day 5: Ololo Safari Lodge & Farm

Stop At: Nairobi National Park, Langata Road, Nairobi Kenya
This morning over a last home-cooked leisurely breakfast on the terrace, reflect on the experiences of the last few days—not only have you seen Kenya’s amazing wildlife, but met some truly inspirational people that are making a real difference in their communities. We transfer you to your central Nairobi hotel or Jomo Kenyatta International Airport or Wilson Airport for your onward journey.
Duration: 3 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.