9 Days Kenya Safari Experience

Mount Kenya | Nairobi | Samburu

Day 2: Nairobi - Samburu National Reserve (320km – Approx. 5-6hrs drive) After Breakfast, we drive north of Nairobi passing through the Equator and the majestic Mount Kenya en-route to the open savannah of Samburu National Reserve. Arrive in time for lunch at Samburu Sopa Lodge. After lunch, you will have some time to relax before you go for an evening game drive. Come back to your accommodation for dinner and overnight.  It is an area where the local people have a rich and colorful heritage. The reserve has a wealth of wildlife which includes leopards, hippos, elephants, lions, Grevy zebras and crocodiles in the Ewaso Nyiro River. Over 365 species of birds have been identified in the reserve. (All meals and overnight at Samburu Sopa Lodge)

Mount Kenya | Samburu

Day 4: Samburu National Reserve - Ol Pajeta Conservancy  (180 km – Approx. 3 hrs drive) After breakfast we drive to the Ol Pejeta. The conservancy is located on the equator, between the foothills of the Aberdares and the magnificent snow-capped Mount Kenya. The conservancy boasts excellent game viewing with the largest wildlife to area ratio compared to any other Kenyan National Park. You will get to the ranch in time for a morning game drive and also early lunch at Sweetwaters Tented Camp A game drive in Ol Pejeta will include a visit to Chimpanzee Sanctuary which provides a haven for orphaned, abandoned and rescued chimpanzees and Rhino Sanctuaries which provides a home to two of the world’s last remaining northern white rhinos, and a sanctuary for over 110 critically endangered black rhinos. Ol Pejeta is home to the “Big Five” and more than a thousand different mammals and bird species roam the wild. (All meals and overnight at Sweetwaters Tented Camp)

Serengeti

Day 6: Lake Naivasha - Maasai Mara Game Reserve  (240 km – Approx. 4-5hrs drive) After breakfast, depart Lake Naivasha for the Maasai Mara arriving in time for lunch at Mara Sopa Lodge. Relax in the lodge after lunch till 1600hrs for a late afternoon game drive returning before dusk for dinner and your overnight stay. The Maasai Mara offers wildlife in such variety and abundance that it is difficult to comprehend – indeed, over 450 species of animals have been recorded here! You will easily spot lions, rhinos, hippos, crocodiles, giraffe, wildebeests, zebras, buffalo, warthogs, hyenas, jackals, wild dogs, leopards, many kinds of antelopes and elephants. It is in the Mara that perhaps the most spectacular event of the natural world takes place: the annual migration of millions of wildebeest and zebra from Serengeti (Tanzania) in search of water and pasture. Following on their heels are the predators of the savanna - lion, cheetah, wild dog, jackal, hyena, and vultures. (All meals and overnight at Mara Sopa Lodge)  

Nairobi

Day 8: Maasai Mara Game Reserve – Nairobi (265 km – Approx. 5-6 hrs drive) After breakfast, you will head for the morning game drive till mid-morning after which you will leave for Nairobi arriving in the afternoon. You will be dropped to the Panafric Hotel for overnight. Optional Activities You may opt to have your dinner at the famous Carnivore Restaurant for Game Meat- GBP 25