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Welcome to Nairobi! Upon arrival at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA), you will be met by a private car and transferred to your hotel in Kenya's bustling capital. Take some time to rest at your hotel. If you arrive during the day with free time to spare, check out some urban highlights! This metro area of more than six million residents is a cultural hotbed in East Africa. Some options include checking out the city's flea and produce markets, getting a glimpse of wildlife in Nairobi National Park, or spending some time wandering through the impressive Nairobi National Museum, which offers a range of cultural and historical exhibits. While exploring, look for cafés serving coffee made from locally-sourced beans. You can also ask your hotel to set up a reservation at a romantic restaurant serving authentic Kenyan fare.

Today you'll have an exciting full-day excursion in Nairobi with a local guide. After breakfast at your hotel, you'll head to the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Elephant Orphanage located outside of the city. The project rescues and nurtures orphaned elephants from potential poachers when their mother dies, and then are later returned to the jungle when they're old enough. While, here you'll have the option to adopt one for an additional $50, which you can return to see at a later time. Next on the itinerary is a visit to the Giraffe Centre, which offers a hands-on giraffe encounter and educational experience of giraffe conservation, especially the highly endangered Rothschild's giraffe. Take this opportunity to observe and feed these friendly animals while learning more about the center's conservation successes. If there's time, make sure to check out the walking trail through the nearby Gogo River Bird Sanctuary. In the afternoon, your guide will take you to community school or orphanage, where activities may include leading a Zumba class, reading to students, or joining playground activities. Plans will develop as the location is identified. Return to your hotel following the excursion for free time in the evening.

After an early breakfast, it's time to hit the road to Tsavo West National Park (175 miles/281 km). Upon arrival, you'll have lunch and set out on safari in an open-top Landcruiser. Tsavo West National Park is wetter and more mountainous than its eastern counterpart. The park is known for its lakes, hot springs, swamps, birdlife and large mammals, such as black rhinos, Cape buffalos, elephants, leopards, hippos, and Masai lions. Smaller animal sightings are likely, such as bushbabies, hartebeest, lesser kudu, and Masai giraffes. Meanwhile, the park's adjacent Taita Hills Sanctuary is home to African leopards, Masai lions, Tanzanian cheetahs, Masai giraffes, zebras, hartebeests, impalas, waterbucks, Thomson's gazelles, and dik-diks.

After an early morning game drive, you'll set off for Diani Beach (147 miles/237 km), a beautiful and popular stretch of white sand on Kenya's aquamarine coast. Here, you'll spend the next few days relaxing, swimming in the Indian Ocean, riding camels, and taking excursions to nearby sacred forests, coral mosques, and monkey sanctuaries.

It's time to say goodbye to Kenya! Enjoy your last morning at the beach before transferring to the airport for a flight back to Nairobi. From here, connect with your departure flight home or to your next destination. Safe travels!