9 DAYS – NAIROBI, AMBOSELI, OL PAJETA, SAMBURU, NAKURU, MASAI MARA

Your safari will start with a pick-up airport or your Nairobi hotel. You will then drive to Amboseli National Park. You will arrive at Amboseli National Park and check-in in time for lunch. Freshen up and have hot lunch at the camp.
At around 4 pm, after having some time to relax, you will proceed for an afternoon game drive.
This is the best park to get close to the free-ranging elephants, over 1600 elephants, and have spectacular views of the highest mountain in Africa, Mount Kilimanjaro. Also, you will have an opportunity to get the best snapshots of the unique African sunset and sunrise.
After the game drive, you will drive back to the camp.

Rising early for good views of Mount Kilimanjaro before clouds build up over the summit with packed lunch provided, an optional visit to a Masai village can be planned after breakfast. A visit reveals the singing and dancing that are part of their daily lives and sacred rituals. A glimpse into their homes and social structure is a poignant experience. Despite its changing habitat, Amboseli National Park is possibly the best wildlife area in the whole of Africa to experience elephants at close range. Less harassed by poachers, elephants feeding and bathing in the swamps will form the highlights of any safari.

After breakfast at the lodge, you will head to Olpajeta Conservancy.
On your way, you will have a stopover at the equator line in Nanyuki for a hemispheres demonstration.
You will then proceed and arrive at Ol-pajeta in time for lunch. Check-in and Freshen up.
At around 4 pm, after having some time to relax, you will head for an afternoon game drive.
The conservancy is celebrated for hosting the only two remaining endangered northern white Rhinos in the world, houses Sweetwater’s Chimpanzee Sanctuary, the only one of its kind in Kenya, Being East Africa’s Largest Black Rhino Sanctuary and home to the ‘Big Five’ (elephant, rhino, lion, buffalo, and leopard),

After breakfast, you will check out and drive to Samburu game reserve.
You will arrive in time for lunch and Check-in and Freshen up and lunch.
At around 4 pm, after having some time to rest, you will proceed for an afternoon game drive.
The main highlights of this Reserve are the Samburu’s Special Five (also known as rare northern species); they include Grevy’s zebra, gerenuk, reticulated giraffe, Somali ostrich, and Beisa oryx. Apart from Samburu’s Special Five, the Reserve is also home to a population of close to 900 Elephants, all three big cats (the lion, cheetah, and African Leopard) among many other animals.

Samburu National Reserve is a famous safari destinations in East Africa located in Northern Kenya. The reserve is a premier game reserve situated on the banks of the Ewaso Ng’iro river. Samburu Reserve is a unique wildlife conservation having famous for an abundance of rare species of animals such as the Grevy Zebra, Somali Ostrich, Reticulated Giraffe, Gerenuk and the Beisa Oryx. The reserve is also home to a population of close to 900 Elephants. Large predators such as the Lion, Leopard and Cheetah are an important attraction (Kamunyak the famous Lioness that adapted a baby Oryx is a resident in the reserve). Samburu is infact one of the better locations in Kenya to spot Leopard. Wild dog sightings are also a common attraction to this unique protected area and Birdlife is abundant with over 450 recorded species.

After breakfast at the camp, you will head to Lake Nakuru National Park.
You will have a stopover at Nyahururu for a chance to see a 74meters Thomson’s Falls. The oceanic breeze here is lovely. You will relax a bit as you take photos.
You will then Proceed and arrive at Lake Nakuru in time for lunch.

You’ll have an early morning drive to Masai Mara National Reserve. It holds on as one of the few places left on earth where wildlife still lives comparatively undisturbed, in the numbers that once roamed the plains and forests of Africa. As the northern tip of the vast Serengeti ecosystem, the Mara hosts the spectacular seasonal migration of many thousands of wildebeest, zebras and attendant predators. You will arrive in time for lunch then have an afternoon game drive.

After breakfast, we have a full-day game drive with packed lunch provided. The reserve is well known for its black-manned lions, as well as its abundant resident wildlife. It’s one of the few places where it’s possible to see the Big Five during a morning game drive. Many of the cheetahs are so tame they seek shelter from the hot sun under one’s vehicle and several even climb onto the roof to get a better view of prospective prey.
The Mara hosts the spectacular seasonal migration of many thousands of wildebeest, zebras and attendant predators.
For the bird enthusiast, almost 500 species have been recorded: among these 16 species of eagles, many hawks and falcons, 6 species of vultures, 8 species of storks, 4 of bustard (including the kori bustard, the world’s heaviest flying bird), and 9 species of sunbirds.

After breakfast, depart in the morning to Nairobi.