Experience 5 National Parks, a Variety of Wildlife and Native Cultures!
This is a full and enjoyably diverse safari. Diverse in the different parks and landforms you’ll experience. Diverse in the wonderful range of wildlife you’ll encounter. Diverse in the native cultures and peoples you’ll have the opportunity to meet.
Itinerary:
Day 1
Nairobi – Samburu (200 miles – Approx. 6 hrs)
- 0730hrs: You shall be picked from your Nairobi hotel or Nairobi airport
- Depart Nairobi for the Samburu national reserve.
Meal plan: Lunch, Dinner, overnight at your pre-booked camp/Lodge
Day 2
Samburu
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.
- Spend entire day at the Samburu game reserve with extended game viewing drives to Shaba and buffalo springs reserves.
- More game in this scenic and arid reserve is concentrated along the banks of the Ewaso nyiro river.
- Elephants, Giraffe, Zebra, Lion, Cheetah, Buffalo, Oryx and other animal species may be seen.
Dinner, overnight at your pre-booked camp/Lodge
Day 3
Samburu – Aberdare National park
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.
- Game viewing drive at the Samburu game reserve
- Proceed south to the Aberdare national park
- Transfer to your tree hotel.
- Both tree hotels provide spectacular viewing perches for night game viewing
- Game is attracted by the waterholes and salt licks around the lodges.
- Game drives at the salient are optional (extra cost).
Dinner, overnight at your pre-booked camp/Lodge
Day 4:
Aberdares – Lake Nakuru – Lake Naivasha: (155 miles – Approx. 5hrs.)
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.
- Depart the Aberdare and proceed to the Lake Nakuru. The scenic drive is via Thomson’s Falls where you stop to view the scenic waterfalls Lake Nakuru national park. Due to some progressive natural factors like increasing water levels, the flamingo numbers have been reducing but the park itself remains stunning – one of Kenya’s finest. Great rocky escarpments tower over acacia forest, waterfalls, wooded hills and euphorbia trees dot the lake.
- The few quantity of flamingos is accompanied by other birdlife – pelicans, cormorants, kingfishers, ostriches, storks as well as herons and eagles. The scene here is bountiful, busy and full of color. But that’s only the beginning of what this special park has to offer because the wildlife viewing here is easy and accessible. Lake Nakuru is known for hosting some endangered but beautiful species. You’re sure to see rare Rothschild’s Giraffe along with white rhino, especially along the lakeshore.
- The park is also sanctuary to one of Kenya’s largest populations of black rhino. So get your camera ready! Later continue to the Lake Naivasha.
Dinner, overnight at your pre-booked camp/Lodge
Day 5:
Lake Naivasha – Masai Mara (150 miles – Approx. 4-5 Hrs)
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.
- Morning boat safari to explore this exotic freshwater Rift valley lake.
- Watch hippos and view exotic birds and small game.
- Proceed for a guided walking safari at the Crescent Island.
- Later drive to the incredible Masai Mara game reserve, home to the big five and more…
- An afternoon game viewing drive in this spectacular reserve shall introduce you to its splendors
Dinner, overnight at your pre-booked camp/Lodge
Day 6:
Full Day – Masai Mara
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.
Get ready for a day of rich game viewing. The Masai Mara has one of the densest concentrations of wildlife anywhere in the region. The Big Five are here with an unusually large population of lion. This is a rich and varied eco-system, rewarding safari-goers with a wonderful variety of sightings. Should you be in the park during the Great Migration (July – October) you’ll be witness to a vast invasion of zebra, wildebeest, gazelle and more – tens of thousands of grazers streaming in, continuing their endless cycle of sustenance.
We’ll head down the Mara River, site of the crossing animals, and witness predators lying in wait – crocodiles, lions, and more. It’s the entire drama of the natural order, all playing out before us. While at the park, you can join several optional activities for your enjoyment. Visit the local Maasai at their nearby village to learn about their culture, lifestyle and perhaps pick up some of their beautiful, beaded handiwork. For a once-in-a-lifetime experience, opt for the early morning hot air balloon ride over the Mara. Seeing the land and wildlife emerge into the day is a stunning and never forgotten adventure.
Dinner, overnight at your pre-booked camp/Lodge
Day 7:
Masai Mara – Nairobi: (165 miles: 6hrs)
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch.
- It’s our last day so let’s get up early and safari!
- We’ll head out, looking for any wildlife we might have missed and then reward ourselves with a big steaming breakfast.
- Then it’s time to depart with an exit game drive as we proceed to Nairobi.
- We should arrive in Nairobi at about 16:30 (4:30 pm).
Safari Includes:
- Meet & Greet
- Tourism Accredited & professional driver/tour guide
- Transport in customized tourist vehicles
- Accommodation on full board basis
- Guaranteed window seats during safari
- Boat ride
- Enough Complimentary bottled drinking water
- Game drives as per itinerary
- All park entry & conservation fees
- Government taxes and VAT
Safari Excludes:
- Personal inoculations & insurance
- Extra meals not mentioned in the itinerary
- Extra activities not mentioned in the itinerary
- Lunch on last day
- Beverages like alcoholic drinks etc
- Driver/porters gratuity/tips