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8 Days Aberdares, Samburu, Nakuru & Masai Mara

8 Days

Overview

This safari itinerary covers; Aberdares National Park, Samburu Game Reserve, Lake Nakuru National Park, and Maasai Mara Game Reserve. Explore Mount Kenya, the Great Rift Valley, the plain of Samburu, and Masai Mara. Spot rare animals e.g. the gravy Zebras, the reticulated giraffes, and Beisa Oryx in Samburu National Park, Rare chance to see Chimpanzees in Sweetwaters Sanctuary.

 

Tour Highlights

  • White Rhinos and the Rothschild Giraffe in Lake Nakuru National Park.
  • Get to know the famous Maasai tribe people
  • Witness the great wildlife migration
  • Experience the rich culture of the Samburu/Maasai people visiting one of their Villages (Manyatta).

Itinerary

Departing Nairobi in the morning, you drive via the rich agricultural central region to the Aberdares, to arrive in time for lunch, prior to transfer to The Ark,overlooking a floodlit waterhole and salt lick, which attracts a host of awesome wildlife for dinner and overnight.

After breakfast, you proceed further northern to the wild and rugged, Samburu, fiercely beautiful with its arid savannahs watered the lovely UasoNyiro River. Samburu National Reserve, one of the 56 protected areas in Kenya. It is famous in North of the equator because of the richness of flora and fauna. It lies on the flood plains and bottom land of EwasoNyiro drainage system in the Great Rift Valley. It has more than 2 dozen plants communities, but thorny scrubs which cover much of the reserve and the most common are Acacia family trees and the Down palms.
Meals and overnight at Samburu Sopa Lodge.

Day 3 :
Samburu

You spend the day game viewing in the park as you capture as many photos as possible. Samburu National Reserve has over 50 species of wild animals in the reserve including unique species of Grevy Zebra, Reticulated Giraffe, Besia Oryx, Greater and Lesser Kudu, Gerenuk, Somali ostrich, pancake tortoise and others. Dinner and overnight in the lodge.

After breakfast, you head south to Lake Nakuru with packed lunches to arrive in time for a late afternoon game drive in the park, where you will have a chance to visit a unique sanctuary catering for a sizeable number of the endangered rhinoceros and the Rothschild giraffe. Waterbucks as well as the predators such as the lion and leopard are common at the park. Also to be seen is a myriad different variety of birdlife in and around the lake with approximately 400 bird species recorded.
Meals and overnight at Flamingo Hill Tented Camp.

Morning game drive to further explore the park before heading south to the Masai Mara Game Reserve—jewel of Kenya’s Game Park. This enormous Reserve actually part of the vast Serengeti plains is famously known for it’s spectacular great wildebeest migration and is a true home of the big five-Lion, Elephant, Leopard, Rhino and Cape Buffalo. Stop-over for your picnic lunch, and view game enroute to Mara Leisure Campfor dinner and overnight.

You spend the days in search of the Big5 among other game!
This is the most popular reserve in Kenya and it is famed for its astounding concentration of game. From the base camp, we explore the Mara region, packed with the elephant, zebra, rhino and all kinds of game throughout the year with the spectacular wildebeest migration from Serengeti occurring mainly in July and August. Being at Maasai Mara is as if you found yourself in “the New York of the natural world” according to some authorities. Dinner and overnight at theCamp.

You spend the days in search of the Big5 among other game and visit Maasai Village

After breakfast, you depart for Nairobi to arrive early in the afternoon. Drop off at your hotel.

What's Included

  • Transport in a safari van customized for game viewing
  • English speaking Driver/guide,
  • Game drives
  • Accommodation in lodge
  • Meals on Full Board Basis while on Safari
  • Mineral water
  • All Park Entrance Fees
  • Round-trip airport transfer

What's Not Included

  • Soft & alcoholic drinks
  • Things of personal nature
  • International Airfares, Visa Fees
  • Optional activities unless specified as included
  • Tips and other gratitude

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8 Days Aberdares, Samburu, Nakuru & Masai Mara