Ol Pejeta, Samburu, Lake Nakuru, Lake Naivasha & Masai Mara Safari

0730hrs: Pick up from Nairobi airport /Nairobi hotel.

Leave Nairobi for Ol Pejeta Conservancy. With an approximate of 3-4 hours to be covered.

Our aim is to arrive at the camp/lodge just in time for a delicious lunch afterwards freshen up then move out for an afternoon safari activity including opportunities to see Rhino and Chimpanzee.

Explore this famous home to the largest rhino population and the African big five. You’ll be in a good position to encounter endangered species like the African wild dog, cheetah, elephants, Tree hyrax, white tailed mongoose, black fronted dicker, mole rat, bushbuck, water buck, Elands, rhino, chimpanzee.

Overnight and dinner at your Ol Pejeta Safari lodge/tented safari camp.

Today let’s make the most out of this Kenya safari tour by rising up early to enjoy the morning light and first stirrings of wildlife upon the grasslands here.

After breakfast, we’ll take a final game drive through the sanctuary and we’re off to Samburu National Reserve (approximately 3 hours).

This will be an easy and picturesque drive over the Kenya highlands, and we’ll pass through several climate zones on our way north.

We’ll arrive at Samburu Park and its lifeblood, the Ewaso Nyiro River, providing the wildlife with its life-sustaining waters.

Here at the river, we will look for lion, buffalo, elephant, and even hippo.

We’ll head back to our Samburu safari lodge/ tented safari camp for dinner and overnight.

Let’s get up with the sun to enjoy the breaking of a new day in this wild and active park, will be in a good position to discover the beauty that this reserve holds.

This is a day of unlimited game drives… if you wish. Just let your driver/guide know how you would like to plan your time.

At the Ewaso Nyiro River, we’ll be on watch for the park’s great populations of lion and elephant, who come to this watering spot to refresh.

At Samburu, we can also spot species not found elsewhere like the reticulated giraffe, oryx, Somali ostrich, and Grevy’s zebra.

The park also shows off over 450 species of avian life, including kingfisher, vulture, guinea fowl, falcon, and eagle. Despite its arid appearance, Samburu offers many surprises for the curious safari-goer.

Return for dinner and overnight at our Samburu tented safari camp/ safari lodge.

We’ll be leaving Samburu this morning but first, let’s take a game drive and try to find another elephant or buffalo on its way to a watering hole.

We’re on our way to Lake Nakuru and along our route, we’ll stop at Nyahururu to take in the towering cascade of Thompson’s Falls.

Lake Nakuru National Park is a lovely spot filled with waterfalls, acacia forests and the lake’s blue alkaline waters. You’ll find some flamingoes here along with pelicans, kingfishers, ostriches, herons, and eagles.

But the park is also known for giving sanctuary to a large population of black and white rhinos.

That’s what makes this reserve so special – its great variety of shape, form, color, and species.

We’ll spend the night at your Lake Nakuru safari lodge or tented safari camp.

We’ve got lots to see today so let’s start with an early morning safari through the park before making our way to nearby Lake Naivasha.

There’s so much to do at the lake and its surrounding parks. We’ll get started with a short bike ride over to Hell’s Gate National Park. We’ll hike through dramatic gorges looking for antelope, gazelle, even zebra, and antelope.

Back at Lake Naivasha, we’ll take a relaxing boat safari across the lake, greeting hippos and the various birds flocking nearby. We might even spot some wildlife grazing on the shore.

This peaceful sojourn will be followed by a guided walk tour to Crescent Island Game Sanctuary, a lovely park that is chock full of gentle wildlife like impala, gazelle, zebra, and waterbuck.

We’ve had a very full day getting close to the animals on jeep, boat, bike, and foot… truly remarkable.

Return for dinner and overnight at your Lake Naivasha safari lodge/ tented safari camp.

We wrap up our adventure at Lake Naivasha National Park with a tasty breakfast and exit Naivasha for Masai Mara National Reserve which is about 5-6 hours away (with stops along the way).

This is the big one – the best African wildlife safari destination in Kenya and also Kenya’s most popular safari park.

We’ll have time to take our first game drive in the Mara this afternoon. Look for Africa’s Big Five – they’re all here. You’ll have your best chances of seeing lion and the other big cats as sightings are regularly reported.

We’ll spend the nights at our Masai Mara safari lodge or tented safari camp.

We’ve planned this 8-days safari trip in Kenya to give you lots of time explore the rolling hills and acacia tree- dotted plains of the Masai Mara National Reserve.

One of the most unique properties of the Mara is that this ecosystem has the highest concentration of wildlife in this region of Africa. Besides the African Big Five, we’ll be looking for gazelle, topi, eland, plus great quantities of birdlife – kingfisher, stork, guinea fowl and plenty of raptors.

You may also see stunning hordes of wildebeests and zebra throughout the park during the Kenya Wildebeest Migration Season (July – October). This is the time when uncountable numbers of these grazers invade the park, crossing the Mara River, searching for sustenance.

We’ll take a picnic lunch near the river looking for hippos and crocodiles. And if it is the migration season, look for the vast influx of wildlife streaming into the Mara.

Our focus will be on the wildlife and a follow up on predators found in the morning safari. Game drive will continue into the early evening after which we’ll head back to our tented safari camp/ Masai Mara safari lodge for dinner and overnight.

Wrapping up your African safari package today is a leisurely morning breakfast at your tented safari camp/ safari lodge, afterward you have an option to visit the Masai village before starting your journey back to Nairobi.

Your dedicated expert driver guide will assist you with the checkout process and proceed to Nairobi with stops along the way. We’ll depart Masai Mara with a hot lunch stop along the way, arriving in Nairobi during late afternoon hours (approximately 15:00Hrs, typically 3:00 Pm) and bring you to your Nairobi hotel, or the Nairobi airport.

Drop off at your Nairobi City hotel /Nairobi airport signaling the end of our 8 days Kenya safari tour.

We hope you soaked up plenty of Kenya wildlife safari sightings on this busy tour. It’s been our pleasure to have you as our guest and from all of us at African Vulture Safaris, a big thanks!