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6 Days Samburu + Nakuru + Maasai Mara Safari

6 Days Samburu + Nakuru + Maasai Mara Safari

Your Highlights

Tour Highlights:

  • 2 nights Samburu Game Reserve
    - Rare species – Grevy’s zebra, reticulated giraffe, oryx, gerenuk, Somali ostrich
    - Experience local cultures
    - Views of snow-capped Mt. Kenya
    -Experience multiple climate zones
    - Visit with local Samburu tribes, view their homes & culture
  • 1 night Lake Nakuru National Park
    - Rhino sanctuary – guaranteed viewings of black and white rhinos
    - View the magnificent expanse of the Great Rift Valley
    - Rothchild’s giraffes
    - Flamingos and other birdlife
  • Scenic Thompson falls at Nyahururu
  • 2 nights Masai Mara Game Reserve
    - Iconic world-famous game park – unlimited game viewing drives
    - The Big Five
    - Immense herds of wildlife
    - Unforgettable savannah vistas
    - Maasai people and culture
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DAY1 : NAIROBI – SAMBURU: 320Km: Appr. 5-6 hrs

Meal plan: Lunch, Dinner

0700hrs Pickup from Nairobi airport / Nairobi hotel

Proceed via the central highlands of Kenya with views of coffee, tea, sisal, pineapple and subsistence farming activities. 

Local African homesteads dot the red soiled slopes of this region.

View the Mount Kenya with its snow – capped peaks along the safari route.

Afternoon game viewing drive the Samburu, Shaba and buffalo springs reserves.

DAY 2: SAMBURU NATIONAL RESERVE.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

The day shall be spent with game viewing drives / relaxing interludes at the Sambur Game Reserve

Game viewing drives in this dry and scenic game reserve are concentrated along the banks of the Ewaso Nyiro river.

This is where most wildlife is found.

Day 2: Samburu – Lake Nakuru – (250 km – Approx. 5  hrs)

Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner. 

Early morning game and scenery viewing drive as you exit the Samburu.

There shall be a stop to view the Thompson falls at Nyahururu.

Proceed to Lake Nakuru Park a birdlife heaven, at the floor of the Great Rift Valley.

Due to some progressive natural factors like increasing water levels , the flamingo numbers have been reducing  but the park itself remains  stunning – one of Kenya’s finest. Great rocky escarpments tower over acacia forest, waterfalls, wooded hills and euphorbia trees dot the lake.

The few quantity of  flamingos is accompanied by other birdlife – pelicans, cormorants, kingfishers, ostriches, storks as well as herons and eagles. The scene here is bountiful, busy and full of color.

But that’s only the beginning of what this special park has to offer because the wildlife viewing here is easy and accessible. Lake Nakuru is known for hosting some endangered but beautiful species. You’re sure to see rare Rothschild’s Giraffe along with white rhino, especially along the lakeshore.

The park is also sanctuary to one of Kenya’s largest populations of black rhino.

Day 4: Lake Nakuru – Masai Mara (300 km – Approx. 6 hrs.)

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.

An early bird and game viewing drive at the Lake Nakuru National Park.

Proceed to the Masai Mara National Reserve.

Arrive Masai Mara in time for an afternoon game viewing drive.


Day 5: Full Day – Masai Mara

Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.

Today shall be a game viewing extravaganza!

Masai Mara Game Reserve remains the most exciting wildlife eco-system in the Natural world.
It is host to  the highest and most varied concentration of wild animals than any other wildlife park in the region.
The scenic appeal of the tree studded savannah plains, the  moderate climate and diversity of wild game species makes it a one stop shop for game viewing activities.

We shall traverse the Masai Mara reserve on a full day of unlimited game viewing encountering the big five and more of the lesser game.

We shall visit the Mara river where we may watch hippos & crocodiles or maybe the great migration (July – October)

Day 6: Masai Mara – Nairobi (265km – Approx. 5hrs)

Meal plan: Breakfast.

After a leisurely breakfast at your lodge/camp, your dedicated driver guide will assist you with the checkout process and proceed to Nairobi – Kenya’s colorful capital city.

On the way, your guide will point out the Longonot extinct volcano which is a strato volcano located southeast of Lake Naivasha in the Great Rift Valley of Kenya. It is thought to have last erupted in the 1860s and its name is derived from the Maasai word Oloonong’ot, meaning “mountains of many spurs” or “steep ridges “.

You can opt to drive via Naivasha for lunch/excursions at an extra cost or drive straight to Nairobi and pass by Kiambethu farm for the tea farm tour inclusive of a three-course buffet lunch (at an extra cost) OR drive straight back to the capital and later transfer to Jomo Kenyatta International airport for your back home.

Inclusions
  • Nairobi airport-hotel pick up/drop off shuttle
  • Transport in a customized pop up top 4x4 Land Cruiser jeep
  • Services of an experienced English/other language speaking safari tour guide/driver
  • Stay at economy, comfort or luxury lodges / tented camps (your choice)
  • Private game viewing drives in a 4x4 pop up top Land Cruiser jeep
  • Park entrance fees
  • All meals on safari
  • Bottled drinking water in safari vehicle
  • The flying doctors emergency medical evacuation/ rescue insurance cover.
  • Pick up/ drop off at Nairobi airport/ Nairobi hotel or residence
  • Government taxes and local levies
Exclusions
  • - Bottled & Soft Drinks
  • - Items and services of a personal nature
  • - Tips & Gratuities.
Accommodation Options
  • Amboseli Sopa

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