Kenya Safari Itineraries

Typical Itineraries

3 Days / 2 Nights -- Masai Mara or Amboseli
4 Days / 3 Nights -- Masai Mara/Lake Nakuru
5 Days / 4 Nights -- Masai Mara/Lake Nakuru or Amboseli/Tsavo
6 Days / 5 Nights -- Amboseli/Lake Naivasha/Masai Mara
7 Days / 6 Nights
8 Days / 7 Nights
9 Days / 8 Nights
10 Days / 9 Nights
Walking Safaris

3 Days / 2 Nights

3 DAYS MASAI MARA

DAY 01: NAIROBI - MASAI MARA
08:30 hours. Depart your hotel and drive through the beautiful landscape of the Kikuyu farmlands before descending to the escarpment of the Great Rift Valley past the extinct volcanoes of Longonot and Suswa, to Narok for a picnic lunch. After lunch continue across the Loita Plains pasts occupied and abandoned manyattas [the nomadic Masai villages] plastered with cow dung. On arrival in Masai Mara proceed on for a game drive. Dinner and overnight at our campsite. [Approx 5 hours drive]

DAY 02: MASAI MARA
A full day is spent game viewing across the rich tree studded grassland and rolling hills. The famous Masai Mara is renowned for its great herds of plains game, black manned lion, leopard, cheetah & elephants. All meals at the campsite.

DAY 03: MASAI MARA- NAIROBI
Early morning game drive, return to the campsite for breakfast and leave for Nairobi (enjoying a picnic lunch en route) to arrive by 4 p.m.

3 DAYS AMBOSELI NATIONAL PARK

DAY 01: NAIROBI - AMBOSELI NATIONAL PARK
08:30 Hrs. Depart Nairobi for Amboseli game reserve via Namanga on the Tanzania border. Picnic lunch en route, check in at the campsite and proceed on for an afternoon game drive which provides a chance to see elephants, lions and many other plains game, dinner and overnight at the campsite.
DAY 02: AMBOSELI NATIONAL PARK
06:30 hrs. Early morning game drive after which you return to the campsite for breakfast. After a while of relaxation, you may choose to return to the park for further game drives or an optional visit the Masai Villages - [extra cost] to learn about the Masai Culture. Enjoy lunch at the campsite and later proceed on an evening game drive, dinner and overnight at the campsite.
DAY 03: AMBOSELI NATIONAL PARK – NAIROBI

You can be dropped off at the Namanga border on the third day to continue to Tanzania.

4 Days / 3 Nights

4 DAYS LAKE NAKURU – MASAI MARA

DAY 01 NAIROBI – LAKE NAKURU NATIONAL PARK
08:30 Hrs. Depart Nairobi for Lake Nakuru National Park. Picnic lunch en route followed by an afternoon game drive in this park described as the world’s birds spectacle. You will see thousands of the pink flamingos and many other types of birds. Waterbuck, buffalos, lions & the rhinos are commonly seen here. Dinner and overnight in a guesthouse or hostel inside the park.
DAY 02 LAKE NAKURU – MASAI MARA
Depart after breakfast for Masai Mara for lunch at the Spurwing basic campsite. There after proceed on for an afternoon game drive in search the black manned lion, elephants, leopard, cheetah, buffalo and other plains game. Dinner and overnight at the campsite as before.
DAY 03 - MASAI MARA
Full day game drives exploring these vast plains, picnic lunch by the hippo pool and thereafter return to the campsite for dinner and overnight. [Optional visit to the Masai Villages - an extra cost].
DAY 04 - MASAI MARA
A morning game drive, after breakfast proceed on back to Nairobi with picnic lunch & stop over for panoramic view of the Great Rift Valley to arrive Nairobi by 4 p.m.

5 Days / 4 Nights

5 DAYS AMBOSELI NATIONAL PARK - TSAVO N. PARK

DAY 01: NAIROBI - AMBOSELI NATIONAL PARK
08:30 Hrs. Depart Nairobi for Amboseli game reserve via Namanga on the Tanzania border. Picnic lunch en route. On arrival, proceed on for an afternoon game drive. Dinner and overnight at the campsite.
DAY 02: AMBOSELI NATIONAL PARK
Early morning game drive when Mt. Kilimanjaro usually appears from its mantle of clouds, return for breakfast and proceed on for another game drive, lunch followed by a siesta and an afternoon game drive, dinner and overnight at the campsite. [optional visit to the Masai Villages - extra cost]
DAY 03: AMBOSELI N. PARK - TSAVO WEST N. PARK
08:00 Hours, after breakfast depart Amboseli for Tsavo West National Park crossing the now extinct dramatic lava flow at the park boundary, picnic lunch followed by a game drive in this Kenya’s largest park, noted especially for its enormous elephant population. Visit Mzima Springs – an Oasis where hippo and crocodile can be seen. Dinner and overnight at the campsite.
DAY 04: TSAVO WEST N. PARK
Breakfast and proceed on a morning game drive. Lunch, dinner and overnight at the campsite.
DAY 05: TSAVO WEST N. PARK - NAIROBI
Early morning game drives, there after break up camp and drive back to Nairobi with picnic en route lunch to arrive by 4.00 p.m. [The safari can end in Mombasa - at an extra cost].

Both campsites are a public utility, no facilities but it is comfortable for 1 or 2 nights. A drop latrine is available but no showers. You can be driven to the nearest lodge for a shower or swim [at an extra cost]

6 Days / 5 Nights

6 DAYS AMBOSELI - LAKE NAIVASHA - MASAI MARA

DAY 01: AMBOSELI NATIONAL PARK
08:30 Hrs. Depart Nairobi for Amboseli game reserve via Namanga on the Tanzania border. Picnic lunch en route, check in at the campsite and proceed on for an afternoon game drive which provides a chance to see elephants, lions and many other plains game, dinner and overnight at the campsite.
DAY 02: AMBOSELI N. PARK
Full day in Amboseli with morning and afternoon game drives, all meals at the campsite.
DAY 03: AMBOSELI - LAKE NAIVASHA
After breakfast leave Amboseli for Lake Naivasha National park via Nairobi with picnic lunch en route. On arrival proceed for a nature walk at the Hell’s gate National Park; later proceed on to Fisherman’s camp for dinner and overnight.
DAY 04: LAKE NAIVASHA - MASAI MARA
Breakfasts and proceed for [1 hours] boat ride to view & study different bird life. There after proceed to Masai Mara with a stop over for picnic lunch. On arrival, you proceed on for a game drive in search for black manned lions, elephants, leopards, buffalo, rhino and other plain game. Dinner and overnight at the Spurwing basic campsite.
DAY 05: MASAI MARA
Early breakfast and thereafter depart for a full day game viewing with picnic lunch. The game drive extends to Mara River – hippo point where lunch is enjoyed. After your picnic lunch proceed on with the game drive in search of other plains game, returning to the campsite by 6 p.m. Dinner and overnight at the campsite as before.
DAY 06: MASAI MARA - NAIROBI
Early morning game drive, return to the campsite for breakfast. Thereafter proceed to Nairobi enjoying a picnic lunch en-route arriving by 4 p.m.

7 Days / 6 Nights

7 DAY SAMBURU, LAKE NAKURU, MARA

DAY 01 - NAIROBI – SAMBURU G. RESERVE
Depart Nairobi for Samburu via the scenic surroundings of Mount Kenya area. On arrival, check into the Lodge for lunch & after a brief relaxation proceed on for an evening game drive in search for lions, elephants, gerenuk, grevy’s zebra, onyx, the reticulated giraffe and other plains game. Dinner and overnight at the Lodge.
DAY 02 - SAMBURU G. RESERVE
Early morning game drives, return to the Lodge for breakfast, after breakfast another game drive, return for lunch at the Lodge. Relaxation at the Lodge followed by an evening game drive, dinner and overnight at the Lodge.
DAY 03 - SAMBURU G. RESERVE – LAKE NAKURU
Depart after breakfast past the northern tip of the Aberdare Mountains to descend into the Great Rift Valley where Lake Nakuru is located. Lake Nakuru is home to thousands of flamingoes, buffalo, lions, zebra, giraffe & other animal & bird species. On arrival at the lodge for lunch proceed for an evening game drive, dinner and overnight at the Lodge.
DAY 04 - LAKE NAKURU - MASAI MARA
After breakfast proceed to Masai Mara. Arrive at the Lodge in time for lunch & proceed on for a game drive in search for black manned lions, elephants, leopards, buffalo, rhino and other plain game. Dinner and overnight at the Lodge.
DAY 05 - MASAI MARA
This day is spent game viewing across the rich tree studded grassland and rolling hills. The famous Masai Mara is renowned for its great herds of plains game, black manned lion, leopard, cheetah & elephants. All meals at the Lodge.
DAY 06 - MASAI MARA
From the Lodge we explore the Mara region packed with the elephants, zebras, rhinos and all kinds of game throughout the year. All meals at the Lodge.
DAY 07 - MASAI MARA - NAIROBI
Breakfast and proceed on to Nairobi. Lunch on this day is not included.

8 Days / 7 Nights

8 DAY TREE HOTEL, SAMBURU, NAKURU & MARA

DAY 01: NAIROBI / ABERDARES

Depart Nairobi for the Aberdare National park while noticing the beautiful surroundings as you get into the Kikuyu Community Farmlands. After arrival check into the Tree hotel for lunch. Here you will spend the better part of the afternoon viewing animals from the balcony of the Lodge. The Lodge has been built in front of water hole that contains minerals & salts that the animals came to lick. In the night the activity of the animals is intensified & you're able to view them with the help of powerful beam lights overlooking the waterholes. Dinner & overnight at the Tree hotel.

DAY 02 - ABERDARES – SAMBURU G. RESERVE

Depart Tree Hotel for Samburu via the scenic surroundings of Mount Kenya area. On arrival, check into the Lodge for lunch & after a brief relaxation proceed on for an evening game drive in search for lions, elephants, gerenuk, grevy’s zebra, onyx, the reticulated giraffe and other plains game. Dinner and overnight at the Lodge.

DAY 03 - SAMBURU G. RESERVE

Early morning game drives, return to the Lodge for breakfast, after breakfast another game drive, return for lunch at the Lodge. Relaxation at the Lodge followed by an evening game drive, dinner and overnight at the Lodge.

DAY 04 - SAMBURU G. RESERVE – LAKE NAKURU

Depart after breakfast past the northern tip of the Aberdare Mountains to descend into the Great Rift Valley where Lake Nakuru is located. Lake Nakuru is home to thousands of flamingoes, buffalo, lions, zebra, giraffe & other animal & bird species. On arrival at the lodge for lunch proceed for an evening game drive, dinner and overnight at the Lodge.

DAY 05 - LAKE NAKURU - MASAI MARA

After breakfast proceed to Masai Mara. Arrive at the Lodge in time for lunch & proceed on for a game drive in search for black manned lions, elephants, leopards, buffalo, rhino and other plain game. Dinner and overnight at the Lodge.

DAY 06 - MASAI MARA

This day is spent game viewing across the rich tree studded grassland and rolling hills. The famous Masai Mara is renowned for its great herds of plains game, black manned lion, leopard, cheetah & elephants. All meals at the Lodge.

DAY 07 - MASAI MARA

From the Lodge we explore the Mara region packed with the elephants, zebras, rhinos and all kinds of game throughout the year. All meals at the Lodge.

DAY 08 - MASAI MARA - NAIROBI.

Breakfast and proceed on to Nairobi. Lunch on this day is not included.

9 Days / 8 Nights

10 Days / 9 Nights

10 DAY AMBOSELI – MT KENYA-SAMBURU-NAKURU& MASAI MARA

DAY 01: NAIROBI / AMBOSELI
Depart Nairobi for Amboseli game reserve via Namanga on the Tanzania border. Get to Amboseli in time for lunch at the lodge and proceed on for an afternoon game drive which provides a chance to see elephants, lions and many other plains game, dinner and overnight at the Lodge.
DAY 02: AMBOSELI NATIONAL PARK
Early morning game drive, return for breakfast and proceed on for further game drive, lunch and an afternoon game drive, dinner and overnight at Lodge.
DAY 03: AMBOSELI - NAIROBI – MOUNT KENYA
Depart Amboseli for Mount Kenya past the coffee plantations via Nairobi where you can purchase lunch. Arrive at the Lodge for Dinner & overnight.

DAY 04: MOUNT KENYA - SAMBURU G. RESERVE

After breakfast depart Mount Kenya for Samburu via the scenic surroundings of Mount Kenya area. On arrival, check into the Lodge for lunch & after a brief relaxation proceed on for an evening game drive in search for lions, elephants, gerenuk, grevy’s zebra, onyx, the reticulated giraffe and other plains game. Dinner and overnight at the Lodge.

DAY 05 - SAMBURU G. RESERVE

DAY 06 - SAMBURU G. RESERVE – LAKE NAKURU

DAY 07 - LAKE NAKURU - MASAI MARA

DAY 08 - MASAI MARA

DAY 09 - MASAI MARA