Itinerary

1. Day 1: Drive from Nairobi to Samburu

   • Meet our tour representative at the airport or your hotel in Nairobi and commence the drive to Samburu National Reserve, arriving for lunch at Samburu Sopa Lodge.
   • After check-in and lunch, go for an afternoon game drive or an optional visit to a local Samburu village at 16:00hrs.
   • Return to the lodge before dusk for dinner and overnight stay at Samburu Sopa Lodge.

2. Day 2: Full-day Game drives in Samburu National Reserve

   • After early breakfast at the lodge at 07:00 am, join your safari driver guide and depart for a full-day game viewing drive with picnic lunch boxes to Samburu National Reserve, famous for its truly wild semi-arid landscape and the large concentration of wild animals and bird life.
   • Together with the adjoining Shaba and Buffalo Springs national reserves, Samburu is popular for hosting the rare Northern-Kenya animal species (Gerenuk, Reticulated Giraffe, Grevy’s zebra, Beisa Oryx and Somali Ostrich), which are not found in the other popular parks and reserves in Kenya. It is also home to all the African big cats (lion, cheetah and leopard), alongside other big game including elephants, buffaloes, warthogs, hippos, impala, water-buck and many others. Samburu is also a renowned bird-watching haven with hundreds of bird species. These include kingfisher, bee-eaters, tawny eagle, guinea-fowl, yellow-throated spur-fowl, lilac-breasted roller, red-billed hornbill, secretary bird, Verreaux’s eagle, superb starling, yellow-billed hornbill and vultures.

   Dinner and overnight stay at Samburu Sopa Lodge.

3. Day 3: Samburu to Ol Pejeta Conservancy

   • After breakfast, drive to the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in time for lunch and relax with the beautiful scenery as your backdrop.
   • After check-in and lunch, embark on an afternoon game drive in the conservancy. The conservancy is home to a diverse range of wildlife, including the big five (elephant, rhino, lion, leopard, and buffalo) and smaller species. Sweet Waters has the highest game ratio to any Kenyan park or reserve acreage, making for outstanding game-watching.

   Dinner and accommodation at Comfort Gardens Sweet Waters.

4. Day 4: Ol Pejeta to Lake Nakuru National Park

   • Depart Ol Pejeta after breakfast and head to Nakuru, arriving for check-in and lunch.
   • Relax after lunch before joining your safari driver guide for an afternoon game drive at Lake Nakuru National Park. The park is famous for the flocks of the greater and lesser Flamingo that gather around the lake, numbering around 2 million, which turns the lake pink. This has given the lake a nickname: the pink lake. The endangered rhino and Rothschild giraffe are found in the park. Other animals in the park include African buffalos, zebras, impalas, olive baboons, vervet monkeys, waterbucks, hyenas, jackals, and hippopotamuses.

   Exit the park for dinner and overnight stay at Sarova Woodlands Hotel and Spa.

5. Day 5: Lake Nakuru to Naivasha

   • After early breakfast at the hotel at 07:00 am, join your safari driver guide and depart for Hells Gate where you also enjoy bike rides.
   • You can also opt to do a boat ride at 40 USD per person in Lake Naivasha.

   Dinner and overnight stay at Eseriani Resort.

6. Day 6: Naivasha to Amboseli

   • Enjoy an early breakfast at the resort, followed by a morning check-out, and then drive to Amboseli. Amboseli National Park is renowned for its abundant wildlife, ranging from large herds of elephants to lions, cheetahs, giraffes, and numerous bird species. It is also famous for its scenery, which includes a backdrop of snow-capped Mount Kilimanjaro, which dominates the landscape, and open plains.
   • Arrive at the lodge for lunch and check-in.
   • Later, enjoy an afternoon game drive in search of its popular residents, like the well-known predators and their opponents like the Zebra, Wildebeest, Giraffe, and Hippo, with a view of Mt Kilimanjaro.

   Dinner and overnight stay at Amboseli Sopa Lodge.

7. Day 7: Full Day in Amboseli

   • Wake up to amazing views of Mount Kilimanjaro if the weather permits.
   • On this day, embark on a full-day game drive in this beautiful park where Mount Kilimanjaro’s background offers good photographic scenery. It is coupled with animals on the ground, the Big Five, herds of elephants and the prolific birdlife in this African wilderness park.

   Return for dinner and overnight at Amboseli Sopa Lodge.

8. Day 8: Amboseli to Tsavo West

   • After breakfast, check out and drive to Tsavo West National Park. Tsavo West is a popular destination because of its magnificent scenery, Mzima Springs, rich and varied wildlife and rhino reserve.
   • Arrive in time for lunch and check in at your lodge.
   • Have lunch and a short rest before you go for the afternoon game drive.

   Dinner and overnight at the lodge.

9. Day 9: Tsavo West to Nairobi for Departure

   • After breakfast, check out and transfer to Emali for your train to Mombasa or Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (Nairobi) for your departure flight.