Following feedback from our last road trip, we have adjusted our schedule for this one to cut down on some of the driving time; To achieve this we are no longer doing the coastal part of the trip, as this would involve a lot of driving over a few days on very difficult roads.  Instead we have added an extra day in Masai Mara and a day in Hell's Gate National park; so the final itinerary looks like this:

Sat 10th July - overnight flight from London Heathrow to Nairobi

Sun 11th July - arrive in Nairobi at approximately 5.30am, collect vehicles and drive to Voi. Arrive at Voi around lunch time and enter the main gate of Tsavo East National Park. Tsavo East is our favourite reserve, with over 10,000 elephants and all the big cats. Antelopes of all kinds are plentiful, including Dik Dik (a tiny 12inch tall antelope), Grant's Gazelle, Impala, Gerenuk, Coke's Hartebeest and Oryx. Others you may see include Bushbuck and Lesser Kudu. Burchell's Zebra, Masai Giraffe, Somali Ostrich (blue legs instead of pink), Yellow Baboon, Vervet Monkey, Black-Backed Jackal and Nile Crocodile are all species we frequently see in Tsavo East too. In addition there are over 450 species of bird in the reserve. We camp in the reserve on our first night in Kenya! After another two days in the reserve we spend a night in a local hotel, where we can get cleaned up, re-charge camera batteries and download images to our laptops. We then spend another two days exploring Tsavo East and a further night in the hotel.

16th July - we head to Tsavo West National Park. Here we will camp for two nights and visit the incredible Mzima Springs (if you can access BBC iPlayer, watch "Wildest Dreams Episode 5" to get a good idea of what to expect).

19th July - we head for Nairobi and spend the night in the friendly atmosphere at the Milimani Backpackers Hostel, where we can once again get cleaned up and recharge batteries before our long drive to Masai Mara the following morning.

20th July - we drive over the Rift Valley Escarpment to the Sekenani Gate of the Masai Mara Game Reserve, spending the night in a tented camp just outside the reserve. Along the way we will stop for supplies in the incredible town of Narok, which resembles a Wild West town (if John Wayne were to come through this town at the head of a wagon train he would not look out of place!). This is the last place before the Mara (60 miles away) to obtain supplies of food, water and fuel, so we will stock up on all three here!

21st July - we drive through the Masai Mara, crossing at the New Mara Bridge and following the river round towards the Wildebeest crossing points. We will spend the next two nights camping in Masai Mara as we explore, hopefully finding Wildebeest crossing and some of the other amazing wildlife this area has to offer. Other animals we are likely to encounter include Lion, Cheetah, Elephant, Warthog, Eland, Thomson's Gazelle, Black-Backed Jackal, Spotted Hyena, Burchell's Zebra, White Rhino, Serval and various species of bird including the strange looking Southern Ground Hornbill. We spend the night of July 23rd back at the tented camp outside the Sekenani Gate.

24th July - we drive north to Naivasha, where we will stay in a comfortable hotel before heading to Hell's Gate National Park. This park is famed for its enormous orange sandstone cliffs and breathtaking views. We spend the night of July 25th camping in the park.

26th July - we head to Lake Nakuru National Park, which is best known for the huge flocks of Flamingo on its shores. Unfortunately, agro-chemical run-off from the plantations supplying the European cut flower industry in the surrounding hills have had a disastrous effect on the micro-organisms on which the Flamingo feed, so the huge flocks of several million birds are not always guaranteed. There are, however, numerous other animals within the park too and it is reckoned to be the most likely place in Kenya to see Leopard active during the day (though we have yet to see this). We will camp by the Makalia Waterfall in the reserve overnight and spend the morning in the reserve before heading to Kisumu, where we will spend the night in an hotel.

28th July - we head to Kakamega, where we will explore the last remaining portion of the great Pan-African Rainforest still standing in Kenya. This offers an opportunity to see a huge variety of birds, butterflies and primates not seen anywhere else in Kenya. We spend two nights in a traditional mud hut or "banda" whilst we explore. We will use the services of local guides from the Kakamega Environmental Education Project (KEEP) here. It is normal to tip your guide around 1000 to 1500 Kenyan Shillings each per trip (about £9 to £13.50).

30th July - we drive south to Nairobi, where we will spend another night in the Milimani Backpackers Hostel.

31st July - we spend the morning in the National Museum of Kenya, which is one of the best museums in the world. Among the exhibits are every single one of the 1,058 species of bird found in Kenya, as well as the early hominid skulls and the Turkana Boy skeleton, which shed so much light on the evolution of mankind. In the afternoon we pack and say our goodbyes to Kenya before heading to the airport for our overnight flight back to London.

We will take a maximum of eight guest photographers on this trip, so please let us know as soon as possible if you are interested in joining us.  We shall be booking the flights, vehicles and some of the accommodation around the end of December 2009, so we need definite numbers by then.  Currently there are 6 spaces free

Included in this safari are flights from Heathrow to Nairobi, all internal travel, B&B accommodation plus all Reserve entrance fees. All you need is your camera gear, a small tent (or be willing to share a small tent), sleeping bag and around £60 for some meals and tipping your guide in Kakamega! A deposit to cover your flight and share of vehicle hire is required to guarantee your place.