10 Days Kenya Wildlife Safari

Day 1: Welcome to Nairobi

Your safari begins today with your arrival in Nairobi (JKIA) where you will be welcomed by a Kagera Safaris representative. You will then be transferred to your hotel for check in and overnight stay.

Day 2: Transfer to Samburu National Reserve

On arrival at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, you will be met by our customer care representative who will give you a brief overview of your program before handing you over to your driver guide with whom you will depart for the Samburu National Park.

The reserve is a semi desert, but attracts a good range of animals because of the river, which acts as a lifeline, while the combination of the arid desert, volcanic rocks and riverine forests make for a very interesting landscape.

Day 3: Game drives in Samburu National Reserve

Wake up before sunup and have some muffins and coffee, before you take a morning game drive. You’ll see how still and quiet the Bush is at dawn and watch it begin to stir as the sun comes up. Keep a look out for Burchell’s Zebra and Gerenuk, a species that may make you think of ET. You’ll return to camp for a late brunch; then you’ll have the option to take a safari, on-foot, to a local Samburu Village, where you’ll be exposed to Samburu traditions and nomadic culture. Head back to camp for lunch followed by a siesta, and finish up your day on an evening game drive, taking in another African sunset.

The Samburu region is the best place to find several endemic Northern species; including the Gerenuk (twiga gazelle) due to her long neck, the beisa Oryx, the Reticulated Giraffe, the Somali ostrich and Grevy’s Zebra. Leopards are often seen at dusk.

Day 4: Transfer to Lake Nakuru National Park

Continue your journey to Lake Nakuru National Park, a shallow alkaline lake that is world-renowned for its huge concentration of flamingos; at times, hundreds of thousands of these birds give the lake a pink shimmering glow. The park boasts a huge variety of animals, including leopard which is often found snoozing on the branches of the magnificent yellow-barked acacias, lion, buffalo, hippo, waterbuck, warthog, baboon, the endangered Rothschild’s giraffe only found in this park in Kenya, white rhino and the rare black rhino which is protected and guarded here.

Day 5: Transfer to Maasai Mara National Reserve

After breakfast, drive to the world-famous Masai Mara National Reserve, backdrop to ‘the greatest wildlife spectacle on earth’, the annual migration of over one million wildebeest. Arrive in time for lunch at the Mara Sarova Camp. The Masai Mara is arguably Kenya’s most popular game reserve. There is a profusion of all types of wildlife including the big five.

Day 6: Game drives in Maasai Mara National Reserve

You will have one more day of wildlife-viewing opportunities in the Masai Mara Reserve, also known as the “Jewel of Africa,” a site with one of the largest and the most spectacular animal migrations in the world. The reserve is inhabited by many of Africa’s most popular wild animals, including lion, cheetah, elephant, leopard, black rhino and hippo.

The reserve forms part of the Serengeti ecosystem, hosting the world-famous spectacle of the annual migration of up to two million wildebeest, thousands of zebra and an escort of carnivores from the Serengeti plains. The Mara also has one of the highest concentrations of cheetah on the continent, as well as many magnificent black-manned lions.

Day 7: Transfer to Lake Naivasha

After breakfast depart for Lake Naivasha where you will arrive in time for check in and lunch at the Naivasha Sopa Resort. You will then spend the afternoon at leisure before going for boat ride on the lake.

Day 8 & 9: Game drives in Amboseli National Park

After your breakfast, you will depart for the Amboseli National Park.

Amboseli sits on the lower slopes of mighty Mount Kilimanjaro – Africa’s highest – whose peak lies across the border in Tanzania. It is quite an experience to see Kilimanjaro hovering above the clouds in an early morning. The animal pictures arising against the dramatic backdrop of the mountain will thrill the photography enthusiast. Amboseli is renowned for its huge elephant herds.

Spend the day in the Amboseli National Park with both morning and evening game drives. In between, you will have an option of visiting local Masai villages that will enable you get the chance to interact and learn about the colorful culture of this nomadic pastoralist community.