8 Days – Majestic Kenya Safari

Duration – 8 days

This 8 days Safari in Kenya (including a night in Nairobi at the start or end) with a road safari in a customised 4×4 safari vehicle with expert guide visiting Samburu Reserve, Lake Nakuru National Park and the Masai Mara.

This itinerary includes some of Kenya’s best known wildlife locations: Samburu, Nakuru and the Mara.

Itinerary

Day 1: Nairobi

You’ll be met on arrival at Nairobi International Airport by our friendly Gorilla O’clock representative and transferred to your hotel.

Accommodation: Eka Hotel – click here for more info about your hotel                                              

Meal Plan: Bed and Breakfast

Day 2: Nairobi – Samburu National Reserve

After breakfast we depart Nairobi and head North to Samburu National Reserve – arrive Samburu in time for lunch, during our early evening game drive we will stop for drinks at a scenic point to watch the sun go down over the African wilderness. Dinner and overnight at camp.

Accommodation: Elephant Bedroom Camp – click here for more info about your lodge                      

Meal Plan: Full Board

Day 3: Full day in Samburu National Park

This morning we wake early for a morning game drive to explore Samburu National Reserve on the look-out for elephants and big cats as well as the unusual animals for which Samburu is noted such as the endangered Grevy’s Zebra and the Reticulated Giraffe. Breakfast and lunch* at camp. In the afternoon we take another game drive in this beautiful landscape.

Accommodation: Elephant Bedroom Camp – click here for more info about your lodge                      

Meal Plan: Full Board

Day 4: Samburu – Lake Nakuru National Park

After breakfast we set off towards the stunning scenery of Kenya’s Great Rift Valley. Check in to Mbweha Safari Camp for 2 nights. The camp is a high quality safari camp set on the private 6400 acre Congreve Conservancy near the southern border of Lake Nakuru National Park and has spectacular views of the surrounding mountainous landscape. We will take an escorted nature walk from the camp for a close-up view of the local flora and fauna.

Accommodation: Mbweha Safari Camp – click here for more info about your camp                        

Meals Plan: Full Board

Day 5: Full day in Lake Nakuru National Park

Early breakfast at the Camp and then set off with a picnic lunch for a full day to explore the Lake Nakuru National Park. The woodland and grassland surrounding the lake are home to an abundance of wildlife including black rhino, white rhino, hippo, leopard, lion and the rare Rothschild’s giraffe.  

Accommodation: Mbweha Safari Camp – click here for more info about your camp                         

Meals Plan: Full Board

Day 6: Lake Nakuru – Masai Mara Game Reserve

After an early breakfast we continue our safari by heading to the world-famous Maasai Mara National Reserve, arriving at Tipilikwani Mara Camp for lunch where we will stay for 2 nights (Full Board). Tipilikwani Mara Camp has 20 luxury riverfront tents located on the banks of the Talek River overlooking the iconic Mara plains. After lunch there will be a game drive for the first chance to see the wildlife of the Mara.

Accommodation: Tipiikwani Mara Camp – click here for more info about your camp                         

Meals Plan: Full Board

Day 7: Full day in The Mara

A full day with morning and afternoon game drives in the Maasai Mara in search of the big cats for which the Mara is renowned. We will also see a wide variety of Kenya’s other species – great and small – such as elephants, buffalo, giraffe, plains game and much more.

Accommodation: Tipiikwani Mara Camp – click here for more info about your camp                         

Meals Plan: Full Board

Day 8: Departure

After breakfast we depart the Maasai Mara and make our way back to Nairobi arriving approx. 1.30pm to 2pm. Drop off at Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport for your onward flight via lunch at the Carnivore or Karen Blixen Coffee Gardens for a farewell Lunch.

Accommodation: No accommodation pre-booked on this day                                                                 

Meal Plan: Breakfast and a farewell lunch – dinner not included

  • Park Fees (for Non-Residents).
  • Daily game drives while on Safari.
  • A professional driver/guide.
  • 4×4 Land Cruiser or Safari Van.
  • All Taxes and VAT.
  • Meals as per itinerary.
  • Drinking water while on safari (2 litres per person per day).

Excludes:

  • International flights.
  • Any extra activity not mentioned in the itinerary
  • Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour Tips.
  • Items of personal nature (Souvenirs, Travel Insurance, Visa Fees, etc.).
  • Government imposed increase of Taxes and or Park Fees.