Samburu, Lake Nakuru, Lake Naivasha & Maasai Mara

Ahead of us is an approximate 5-6 hours’ drive to Samburu National Reserve, with an early departure at 7:30 AM our aim remains arrival at the camp/lodge just in time for a delicious lunch afterwards refresh then proceed to the park for an afternoon safari activity.

We will also cross the equator and pause to mark this special moment.

At Samburu we will embark on our first game drive in this semi -arid wildlife reserve, in search of the big cats and elephants among other wildlife as they forage over the area providing you with scenic photographic encounters. Our first night of this Africa trip package will be spent at our Samburu safari lodge/ tented safari camp for dinner and overnight stay.

Our day starts shortly before sunrise as we try and maximize our game viewing opportunities. 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.

Dinner and overnight at your Samburu safari lodge/ tented safari camp.

Day 3 of our Kenya safari package and 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.

At an advised time, we’re now 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.

But the park is also known for giving sanctuary to a large population of black and white rhinos, and a major wildlife photographic safari destination in Kenya.

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

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

We’ve got lots to see today so let’s start with an early morning safari through the park on 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 safari vacation 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 day 4 of our Kenya safari tour.

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

How about one more game drive around the lake looking for birds and wildlife before we exit Naivasha for the immense spaces of Masai Mara National Reserve?

This is the big one – the best African safari destinations in the world.

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.

Return for dinner and overnight at your Masai Mara tented safari camp/ safari lodge.

We’ve planned this 7-days Kenya wildlife safari to give you plenty of time to explore the rolling hills and acacia tree- dotted plains of the Masai Mara.

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 Masai Mara Great 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 Kenya migration season, look for the vast influx of wildlife streaming into the Mara.

Dinner and overnight at your Masai Mara safari lodge/ tented safari camp.

Wrapping up your Kenya 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 7 days Kenya safari trip.

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!