$6,268 to $8,064 pp (USD)
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Day 1
Nairobi to Samburu National Reserve
Nairobi to Samburu National Reserve
Your private safari adventure begins as we collect you from your hotel, residence, or Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. Preferably before 8:00 am, our driver-guide will meet you for a safari briefing and commence the safari north to Samburu National Reserve.
(In case of late arrival, accommodation and transfer can be arranged at an extra cost.)
You'll arrive in time for lunch at Ashnil Samburu. After lunch, you'll enjoy an afternoon game drive in the reserve.
Samburu is known for sightings of the “Samburu Special Five” —unique and endangered species like the Grevy’s Zebra, Somali ostrich, the reticulated giraffe, gerenuk, and Beisa oryx. African wild dogs are also found on the rugged terrain of this expansive park. Giraffe, buffalo, waterbuck, elephant, and zebra trek from the surrounding savannah plains to the water. Samburu is also considered one of the best areas to observe leopard, lion, and cheetah.
Your dinner and overnight stay will be at your camp.
- Main Destination:
- Samburu National Reserve
- Accommodation:
- Ashnil Samburu Camp
Wildlife in Samburu NR
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Samburu National Reserve
Samburu National Reserve
You'll have breakfast at the camp.
Then, you'll spend the whole day exploring this amazing game reserve, which gives you the refreshment of your mind, as the reserves are not populated and not many people visit here.
You'll enjoy morning and afternoon game drives. All meals and overnight stay will be at your camp.
- Main Destination:
- Samburu National Reserve
- Accommodation:
- Ashnil Samburu Camp
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Samburu to Ol Pejeta Conservancy
Samburu to Ol Pejeta Conservancy
Another morning game drive in Samburu and a delicious breakfast may make it difficult for you to leave the reserve.
Drive to Ol Pejeta Conservancy, a private refuge for rhinos and chimpanzees. It is one of the largest and most well-known private wildlife conservancies in East Africa, established to protect and preserve endangered species.
You'll arrive in time for lunch at Sweetwaters Serena Camp. After lunch, you'll explore the conservancy. The combination of amazing wildlife and stunning views across the open plains of Ol Pejeta guarantees an unforgettable safari experience. Ol Pejeta is also the only place in Africa that offers the opportunity to see Chimpanzees and the last 2 remaining Northern white rhinos.
You will meet the primates face-to-face, you'll visit the Rhino Sanctuary, and enjoy wildlife viewing in the Conservancy.
Your dinner and overnight stay will be at your camp.
- Main Destination:
- Ol Pejeta Conservancy (Laikipia Plateau)
- Accommodation:
- Sweetwaters Serena Camp
Wildlife in Ol Pejeta Conservancy
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Ol Pejeta to Lake Nakuru National Park
Ol Pejeta to Lake Nakuru National Park
After breakfast, you will drive from the Laikipia plains through the Rift Valley escarpments to the floor of the valley where Lake Nakuru National Park lies.
Here, you will check into your hotel and have lunch, after which you will tour the Lake Nakuru National Park
Discover the park created in 1961 to protect the alkaline lake, Lake Nakuru. The lake is renowned for its flamingo population and is also recognized as a rhino sanctuary, harbouring a population of black and white rhinos. It is also home to many herbivores, including Rothschild's giraffe, buffalo, hippo, gazelle, and nearly 55 mammals, including lions, leopards, spotted hyenas, rock hyraxes, and reedbuck.
Your dinner and overnight stay will be at your lodge.
- Main Destination:
- Lake Nakuru National Park
- Accommodation:
- Sarova Lion Hill Game Lodge
Wildlife in Lake Nakuru NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5
Lake Nakuru to Masai Mara National Reserve
Lake Nakuru to Masai Mara National Reserve
After breakfast, you'll depart for the famous Masai Mara. Lunch at your camp followed by an afternoon game drive.
The Masai Mara is one of Africa’s greatest wildlife reserves, brimming with abundant wildlife and birdlife. Wildlife viewing is spectacular year-round, with opportunities to witness a pride of lions stalking their prey, observe a herd of elephants and their fascinating social structure, or see pods of hippo wallowing in the rivers.
You'll return to your camp at sunset for dinner and an overnight stay.
- Main Destination:
- Masai Mara National Reserve
- Accommodation:
- Sarova Mara Game Camp
Wildlife in Masai Mara NR
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 6
Masai Mara National Reserve
Masai Mara National Reserve
(Optional Hot Air Balloon in the Mara - A magical experience as you take in a bird's eye view of the vast, rolling plains below you. This exhilarating excursion takes place early in the morning, when you can marvel at the sight of the rising sun and gently float over the thousands of animals below you. The balloon safari ends by touching down in the wilds of the Masai Mara for a champagne breakfast.)
Today, you can enjoy a full day in the wildlife viewing extravaganza!
The itinerary is flexible, and you can plan with your guide the day’s schedule. You can have a relaxed breakfast and depart for a full-day game drive with a picnic lunch. You will have better chances to view wildlife all day and return to the lodge late in the afternoon.
Alternatively, you can depart on an early morning game drive. Later, you'll return to your accommodation for breakfast and relax until midafternoon. Then, you'll depart on an afternoon game drive.
Your dinner and overnight stay will be at your lodge.
- Main Destination:
- Masai Mara National Reserve
- Accommodation:
- Sarova Mara Game Camp
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 7
Masai Mara to Lake Naivasha
Masai Mara to Lake Naivasha
After breakfast, you'll enjoy a final drive through the park before continuing to the shores of Lake Naivasha.
Its surrounding parks are a varied world of birds, grazing game, and landscapes easily explored by boat and on foot as we have planned for you. You will arrive at your lodge for lunch. Afterward, you'll go out to the lake for an afternoon boat ride and a visit to Crescent Island.
You'll glide by hippos and transfer you for a guided walking safari at Crescent Island Game Sanctuary. This piece of paradise hosts an abundance of bird life, especially large numbers of pelicans, cormorants, and fish eagles. Walk amongst giraffes, zebras, and see hippos grazing in the cool afternoon air or resting under acacia trees in the heat of the day. The beauty and sense of freedom in this little sanctuary have seen many filmmakers alight on its shores to film herds of wildebeest, waterbuck, and zebra passing through the grassy savannah.
The day ends with dinner & overnight at the lodge.
- Main Destination:
- Lake Naivasha (Naivasha)
- Accommodation:
- Lake Naivasha Sopa Resort
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 8
Lake Naivasha to Amboseli National Park
Lake Naivasha to Amboseli National Park
After breakfast, you will drive from Naivasha to Amboseli. You'll arrive in time for lunch at your lodge. Later, you'll have an afternoon game drive in the park.
Amboseli National Park is a land mark of big game adventure including free range of elephant herds, Masai giraffes, spotted hyenas, cheetah, Grant zebras, lions, the great blue wildebeest, cape buffaloes, impalas, elephants, wild dogs, crocodiles, nocturnal porcupines, mongooses, dik -dik, lesser kudus, hippos, rhinos, and many more. The park has a stunning place to view the highest Mountain in Africa, Mount Kilimanjaro. Amboseli National Park was established to protect wildlife and the core ecosystem that makes up the park, to extends across the border of Tanzania. The park is made up of embodies comprised of five main wildlife habitats, such as open plains, woodland, acacia, rocky thorn bush country, swamps, and marshland.
Your dinner and overnight stay will be at your lodge.
- Main Destination:
- Amboseli National Park
- Accommodation:
- Amboseli Serena Safari Lodge
Wildlife in Amboseli NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 9
Amboseli National Park
Amboseli National Park
An early morning game drive will be ideal for this day. During that time of the morning, you can see the snow-capped Mt Kilimanjaro, which is at the Tanzanian border. Most of the predators might also be spotted as they wade through the wet grass back to their hiding areas. Amboseli is well known to harbor one of the largest 'Tuskers,' Tim and Echo, the most researched elephant. You will thereafter go back to the lodge for lunch as you recharge for an afternoon game drive to cover the remaining part of Amboseli National Park.
Your dinner and overnight stay will be at your lodge.
- Main Destination:
- Amboseli National Park
- Accommodation:
- Amboseli Serena Safari Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 10
Amboseli to Tsavo West National Park
Amboseli to Tsavo West National Park
You'll begin with a sunrise drive for another final chance to catch Amboseli’s wildlife at its most active.
You'll return to the lodge for breakfast, then proceed to Tsavo West National Park.
You'll enjoy scenic views of the hills and valleys during the drive and a stopover at the Shetani and Chaimo Lava Flows as you head to the Lodge.
You'll check into your lodge for lunch. Later, you'll visit Mzima Springs, famous for its large schools of underwater hippos and crocodiles, and fish. The hippos and crocodiles can be seen busking on the bushes around or guarding their eggs on the sand as you walk along the shores.
Your dinner and overnight stay will be at your lodge.
- Main Destination:
- Tsavo West National Park
- Accommodation:
- Kilaguni Serena Safari Lodge
Wildlife in Tsavo West NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 11
Tsavo West to Tsavo East National Park
Tsavo West to Tsavo East National Park
Just opposite Tsavo West is its sister park, Tsavo East National Park. The two are separated by the Nairobi-Mombasa highway, and wildlife moves freely between the two parks. Together, they form one of the largest parks in the world.
After an early morning game drive in Tsavo West, you'll return to the lodge for breakfast. Then, you'll cross over to Tsavo East, famously known as the land of 'red elephants' and ‘man-eaters', lions of Tsavo.
The red elephants are the same color as any elephants, but the reddish color of the soil turns them brownish-red as they bathe in the mud to cool their bodies. The man-eaters’ lions became famous in 1898 during the construction of the Kenya-Uganda railway after a pair of large man-eating lions killed dozens of workers.
You will enjoy a game drive as you head to your lodge for lunch. Later, you can visit Mudanda Rock, a 1.6km inselberg ideal for wildlife viewing, and the Aruba dam.
Your dinner and overnight stay will be at Ashnil Aruba Lodge.
- Main Destination:
- Tsavo East National Park
- Accommodation:
- Ashnil Aruba Lodge
Wildlife in Tsavo East NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 12
Tsavo East to Kenya, North Coast - Mombasa (via Shimba Hills National Park)
Tsavo East to Kenya, North Coast - Mombasa (via Shimba Hills National Park)
After an early breakfast, you'll have an en-route game drive as you drive out of the park.
You'll depart with picnic boxes and en route to the coast, visit Shimba Hills National Park in Kwale county, home to the last breeding herd of the Sable Antelope in Kenya
You'll enjoy a brief game drive at Shimba Hills with a guided nature walk to Sheldrick Falls. These falls offer a refreshing break and an opportunity to spot colobus monkeys focusing on their unique flora and fauna, including the Sable antelope.
Begin the drive towards Mombasa Beach approximately 1-2 hours. The drive is straightforward, mainly on paved roads. You'll arrive at your resort for dinner and an overnight stay.
- Main Destination:
- Mombasa Beaches
- Accommodation:
- Serena Beach Resort & Spa
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 13
Mombasa
Mombasa
Today, you have the option of going on a Swahili-style day excursion to Wasini Island. Your day will begin with a delicious Swahili lunch aboard a dhow, a traditional fisherman’s boat, offering sensational flavors made from simple ingredients, including fresh tropical fruit. After your meal, the excursion will continue to the nearby Kisite Marine National Park, where you can enjoy swimming and snorkeling in warm, calm waters filled with a variety of aquatic creatures. The park is also home to pods of friendly dolphins. This highly popular tourist destination is famous for its clear waters, colorful coral reefs, and ideal snorkeling conditions year-round. Dinner and your overnight stay will be at the resort.
- Main Destination:
- Wasini Island
- Accommodation:
- Serena Beach Resort & Spa
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 14
Mombasa
Mombasa
You will have a full day to spend at your leisure. Meals will be provided at the resort as per the meal plan. Assorted food and drinks are available at an extra cost. You can spend the day relaxing on the beach or choose from optional activities such as a Mombasa city tour, a visit to Mombasa Old Town or Fort Jesus, or an excursion to Mida Creek, a Swahili dinner, and a Glass boat ride on the Ocean.
Breakfast, lunch, dinner, and your overnight stay will be at the resort.
- Main Destination:
- Mombasa Beaches
- Accommodation:
- Serena Beach Resort & Spa
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 15
Departure
Departure
Breakfast at the resort. You'll check out by 10:00 AM.
Depending on your next stay or flight details, you will be dropped off at your desired hotel, residence, or the Mombasa airport (Moi International Airport) for your homebound flight.
- Main Destination:
- No major destination visited
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks:
