10-Day African Wild Samburu Nakuru Masai Mara Amboseli
This tour starts and ends in Nairobi. It covers from the northern side of the country to the southern. It’s one of the best tour packages. You will explore Samburu National Reserve, Lake Nakuru National Park, before continuing to the Mara for a first class game viewing experience.
Arrival
- You’ll be Picked from the airport (or hotel).
Day 1: Nairobi-Samburu National Reserve
You will arrive at the airport where you will be picked up by the company’s representative. You will be given a brief safari orientation (pre-departure meeting) of the safari, thereafter you will be driven to the north past the equator to the northern frontier district. Continue to the semi arid Samburu National reserve and check in to your campsite. You will enjoy your lunch at the lodge. There will be time to settle in before your safari adventure. You will later set out for an afternoon game drive in the reserve. Return to the lodge before dark, dinner in lodge.
- Main destination: Samburu National Reserve
- Accommodation: Hotel/Camp of Choice as listed above
- Meals & drinks: All Meals
Day 2: Samburu National Reserve
After an early breakfast set out for an early morning game drive in the reserve. This is usually the most popular game viewing time. During the early hours temperatures are low, thus providing a favorable atmosphere both for the game and the viewer. Lion, Cheetah and Leopard roam the vast grasslands in search for their next meal, it may be an unsuspecting impala or even a small one like the warthog…whatever the players, and the spectacle of nature unfolding is always awe inspiring!
At 12:30pm you will enjoy your lunch at the Camp.
- Main destination: Samburu National Reserve
- Accommodation: Hotel/Camp of Choice as listed above
- Meals & drinks: All meals
Day 3: Samburu-Lake Nakuru National Park
After early breakfast depart for a morning game drive in the reserve, en-route to the gate. Drive a southerly direction to the equator for a brief stop. Here, the locals do a water demonstration to qualify the position of the equator and for a small tip you could be awarded an ‘equator Certificate’. After the brief stop, drive to the Thompson falls for a photo-stop then down into the Great Rift Valley. As you ascend the eastern wall of the rift Valley, lush coffee and tea plantations reveal themselves and your driver-guide will give you a brief talk about coffee farming in Kenya.
You will enjoy your lunch en route.
You will arrive at the park in the evening.
- Main destination: Lake Nakuru National Park
- Accommodation: Hotel/Camp of Choice as listed above
- Meals & drinks: All meals
Day 4: Lake Nakuru National Park-Masai Mara National Reserve
Enjoy full buffet breakfast at the camp. Check out thereafter and drive via Narok town to Masai Mara National reserve, the land of the Masai tribe. The proud young Masai warrior-nomads with their plaited hair, red cloaks, and spears, challenge your curiosity. The 700-square-mile Game Reserve is the Africa of your dreams, complete with wild animals grazing amid the superb rolling landscape of gentle hills and acacia woodlands. Check in to your camp; enjoy your lunch in the lodge. There will be time to settle in before your first game drive.
Afternoon game drive in the reserve and return to the lodge before dark.
- Main destination: Masai Mara National Reserve
- Accommodation: Hotel/Camp of Choice as listed above
- Meals & drinks: All meals
Day 5: Masai mara national Reserve
Today there will be a possibility to take an optional hot air balloon ride (costs excluded). “Take to the skies for the ultimate Masai Mara wildlife adventure, soaring in a hot air balloon over herds of game to the inner reaches of the Mara. You’ll ascend in the early morning, when winds are calmest. Watch as the professional crew fills the balloon with hot air. Slowly the big, colorful bag begins to bulge and take shape. After your incredible ride, it’s time to come back down to earth for breakfast. You might wonder what all the ordinary people are doing on this perfect African morning! Before leaving, the pilot will present you with your balloon certificate, and then you’ll enjoy a game drive en route back to the camp. No Ride of the imagination can match this airborne experience!
If you don’t opt for the balloon ride, you will enjoy a full day uninterrupted game drive.
- Main destination: Masai Mara National Reserve
- Accommodation: Hotel/Camp of Choice as listed above
- Meals & drinks: All meals
Day 6: Masai Mara National Reserve-Lake Naivasha
Full buffet breakfast in the camp, and then check out. Drive to Lake Naivasha where you will have your lunch en route. After lunch in Mt Longonot transit hotel you will go on with the drive to hells gate national park where you will see most of the activities which were formed due to volcanic activities like hot, cold, warm springs.
Arrive at the camp in the evening.
- Main destination: Lake Naivasha
- Accommodation: Hotel/Camp of Choice as listed above
- Meals & drinks: All meals
Day 7: Green Crater Lake Walk
Breakfast will be at 7.00 am and you will be picked up by our driver guide at 8.00am. The road to the Green Crater Lake takes you out of Naivasha and along a rough and bumpy road down the edge of Lake Naivasha, passing by huge Greenhouses where roses and other flowers are grown for the export market. You will arrive at the Green Crater Lake at 9.30am approx and you will begin your morning game walk. The green Crater Lake was formed by volcanic activity. You will walk in a reserve where it’s possible to get up close to Giraffe and many varieties of antelope. It’s a great opportunity for photos. The guides will answer questions about the animals, bird life etc and point out the rocks formed due to the volcanic activity. At 12.00pm you will leave for lunch at Loldia House about 20 minutes back down the road toward Naivasha town. In the afternoon you will enjoy some optional activities like cycling around the village or hire a small power boat for a trip out onto the lake.
- Main destination: Sonachi Green Crater Lake
- Accommodation: Hotel/Camp of Choice as listed above
- Meals & drinks: All meals
Day 8: Lake Naivasha-Amboseli National Park
You will take your early morning breakfast then you will be driven to the southern part of Kenya called Amboseli where you will pass the border of Kenya and Tanzania (note: please when you are passing to Amboseli national park the visa is not needed because the park is on the side of Kenya) You will arrive in the park in the late evening and the game drive en route to your campsite.
- Main destination: Amboseli National Park
- Accommodation: Hotel/Camp of Choice as listed above
- Meals & drinks: All meals
Day 9: Amboseli National Park
Spend a whole day in Amboseli National Park, with morning and afternoon game drives. This park is termed as an Animal’s paradise. Visit Masai Village and learn their rich culture. In the early evening, the clouds clear, exposing the snow -capped dome of Mt. Kilimanjaro.
- Main destination: Amboseli National Park
- Accommodation: Hotel/Camp of Choice as listed above
- Meals & drinks: All meals
Day 10: Amboseli-Nairobi
After Breakfast go for a game drive en route when getting out of the national park. You will arrive in Nairobi and be Dropped off at the Airport for your Flight Back Home.
- Main destination: Nairobi
- Accommodation: End of tour (no accommodation)
End of tour
- Additional accommodation can be arranged for extra cost.
- You’ll be dropped off at the airport (or hotel).
Cancellation Policy: Booking cancelled or reduced in numbers between the following days from the noon of accommodation/flight will attract cancellation charges as follows:
60-36 days – 20%
35-20 days – 50%
19- Arrival – 100%
Please note that we have confirmed the Availability of rooms at the respective camp/ hotels but the same is not guaranteed until the deposits have been received.
Quoted Accommodation Rates are Per Person Sharing.
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