This safari takes you to the remote wilds of Samburu where you will get close encounters with elephants and to the Ol Pejeta Conservancy where you will discover the unspoiled wilderness. Enjoy game drives in one of the best parks of Kenya, the Maasai Mara, and witness the great migration. This tour gives you a guaranteed chance of seeing the Big Five.
Day 1 Nairobi to Samburu National Reserve
You will be picked up from your hotel and leave for the Samburu region where you will see lots of wildlife. Wildlife to spot includes the reticulated giraffe, lion, leopard, Grevy zebra, and hundreds of migratory birds.
Day 2 Samburu Full Day
Early in the morning at 6:30 am, go for a morning game drive to spot more wildlife and birds. You’ll then return to the camp for breakfast. During the mid-day sun, we will retire to the camp for lunch and a swim or a cold drink. In the afternoon, have a game drive until late when you return to the camp for dinner and an overnight stay.
Day 3 Olpejeta Conservancy
After breakfast, drive to Sweet Waters Game Reserve, a private sanctuary near the foot of Mount Kenya. Among the highlights of the reserve, you will get to visit the Chimpanzee Sanctuary located within the reserve, the only of its kind in Kenya. There is an optional night game drive to watch animals. Your overnight stay is at a camp as per your booking.
Day 4 Lake Nakuru National Park
After breakfast, leave for Lake Nakuru which is a World Heritage Site and a bird paradise home to millions of pink flamingos. Lake Nakuru is also a wildlife sanctuary for endangered black and white rhinos and the rare Rothschild’s giraffe. Other animals to spot are lions and leopards. Arrive for lunch. Later you will go for a game viewing drive which includes a visit to Makalia falls until the evening. You will then go for dinner and an overnight stay at the lodge.
Day 5 Maasai Mara National Reserve
After breakfast, leave for the morning game drive en route to Maasai Mara. Our journey deepens into the Maasai plains. Upon arrival, check in to your camp at lunchtime. We will start the first introduction game drive in the afternoon tracking various animal species and birds with your driver guide until sunset. Mara is the jewel park of Kenya. You will easily see lots of lions, elephants, antelopes, cheetahs and leopards. Dinner and your overnight stay are at the camp.
Day 6 Maasai Mara Full Day
After breakfast, leave with a picnic lunch for a full-day game viewing drive which includes a visit to the Mara River where during the month of August to October we may witness the crossing of the wildebeests. Other animals to see are the giant Nile crocodiles and big families of hippos. We will have a picnic lunch under a nice acacia tree overlooking the savannah. Dinner and your overnight stay will be at the camp.
Day 7 Maasai Mara
Early in the morning, go for a hot air balloon ride with a champagne breakfast (optional for an extra cost). Later, go for a nature walk, visit a cultural village to learn about the culture of the local community, and visit a local school. Later, have lunch at the camp and spend the afternoon relaxing until the evening when you go for another game drive.
Day 8 Maasai Mara to Naivasha
After breakfast, go for a 4km walking safari with a picnic lunch to Mount Longonot, an extinct volcano rising from the Rift Valley floor. Here you will see the extinct volcano and crater forest, scenic landscape, and views of Lake Naivasha and the Great Rift Valley. Your overnight stay at Naivasha
Day 9 Naivasha Full Day
After breakfast, go for a bicycle ride at Hell’s Gate National Park which is known for its wide variety of wildlife and for its scenery. This includes the Fischer’s Tower and Central Tower columns and Hell’s Gate Gorge. The national park is also home to three geothermal power stations at Olkaria. In the afternoon, go for a boat ride on the freshwater lake to watch many hippos and fish eagles and other birds of prey: ospreys, herons, pelicans, and cormorants. In the evening, dinner and your overnight stay will be at the camp on the shore of the lake.
Day 10 Naivasha to Nairobi
After breakfast check out from the camp and leave for Nairobi to catch your flight back home.
