Scenic Samburu, Lake Nakuru & Amboseli Safari

0730 am. Your driver/guide will pick you up from your Nairobi area hotel, Nairobi airport afterwards we’ll embark on our journey to Samburu National Reserve. (Hot) picnic lunch enroute.

At Samburu we will embark on our first game drive, rumbling over the terrain in search of lion, leopard, cheetah, buffalo, and elephant.

Later on in the evening, return to our Samburu tented safari camp/ safari lodge for dinner and overnight stay.

We’ll arise in time to see the light spreading out on the Great Plains and delight to the first notes of the birds in the new morning.

Our day will be filled with as many game drives as you wish. Just let your driver/guide know how you would like to plan your day. Besides the park’s big game, we’ll also be looking for unusual wildlife found here like Grevy’s zebra, reticulated giraffe and beisa oryx – a large antelope with a striking appearance.

We will also take drives to nearby Shaba and Buffalo Springs, two oases that are greener than Samburu with forests, woodland, and volcanic formations.

The park also displays 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.

We’ll be on the look for other interesting sightings and shortly after sunset we will return to our safari lodge/ tented safari camp where dinner awaits in a spectacular setting.

Day 3 of our African safari tour and we’ll arise to an early morning breakfast.

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.

Up next, we’re on our way to Lake Nakuru National park 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. Do not forget there are also tree climbing lions and leopards among other Africa big five that we will come across in this premium Kenya wildlife park.

The park is also known as home to a large population of black and white rhinos.

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

We’ll spend the night here and then rise for an early morning game drive and bird watching. Dinner and overnight at your tented safari camp/ Kenya safari lodge/ safari hotel.

We’ve got lots to see today so let’s start with an extensive early morning safari through the park before we exit the park heading for Amboseli.

Today will be a long and easy drive to the Amboseli national park, another of Kenya’s top wildlife safari destinations, the park is usually filled with wildlife photography guests who flock in numbers, praising Amboseli for its scenic appearance.

We may even see views of Mt. Kilimanjaro’s peak – weather permitting. On the way to Amboseli, we’ll be passing the towering escarpments of the Rift Valley and make stops along the way to admire these imposing formations. Arriving at Amboseli in the afternoon, we’ll take a short game drive before dinner and overnight at our Amboseli safari lodge/ tented safari camp.

We will be up early in the morning for a quick breakfast before we embark on an early morning game drive.

We’ll be looking for the many herds of large tusked elephants marching through the park returning from their watering holes. You’re sure to see the great mass of Mount Kilimanjaro rising to the south. This is also a good time of the day for the cloud cover to disperse revealing the mountain’s famous snow-capped peak, a major highlight of this safari trip to Kenya.

Besides the ever-present elephants, keep an eye out for zebra, buffalo and gazelle, lions, leopards, the serval cats, and hyenas among other Kenya safari animals.

You have an optional visit to Masai village to experience their traditional way of life, dances, and meals, one of the best ways spice up your African wildlife safari, adding to your special memories about your trip in Africa.

We’ll return for dinner and overnight at our Amboseli safari lodge/ tented safari camp.

On our final safari morning of this busy African safari vacation will begin by rising before the sun for a fabulous pre-breakfast game drive.  Kilimanjaro’s peak may yet be unobstructed for one of Africa’s most iconic views.

We’ll enjoy this morning game drive looking for predators, grazers and all sorts of birdlife before heading back to Nairobi. Lunch enroute.

Let’s look for elephants on their way to breakfast before enjoying ours at our Amboseli accommodation. The beauty of nature surrounding us is one more reminder of this remarkable place and the journey we have taken.

We should arrive there at about 16:30 hrs. (4:30 pm).

A short transfer to your Nairobi hotel/ Nairobi airport (JKIA) for your flight back home ends our thrilling African safari tour.