10 Days Kenya Wildlife Safari

After breakfast, you will depart from Nairobi for Amboseli National Park. This park is most famous for its stunning views of Africa’s highest mountain, Mount Kilimanjaro. The park offers photographers the rare opportunity to snap photos of elephants, lions, zebras, and giraffes against the stunning backdrop of Africa’s most famous mountain.
You will have lunch at your lodge upon arrival before heading out on an afternoon game drive.

Wake up before dawn for an unforgettable sunrise game drive within the park. Kilimanjaro never looks quite as beautiful as it does first thing in the morning, and you will also get to see predators such as leopards, lions, and cheetahs out on the prowl in the cooler morning air. They don’t call Amboseli the royal court of Kilimanjaro for nothing. As you take in its large elephant herds and the stunning panorama of Mount Kilimanjaro, you will see why this is one of Kenya’s most loved parks.

With a picnic in hand, you will depart from Amboseli after an early breakfast for a drive to Ol Pejeta conservancy, sometimes known as Sweetwaters. Your drive not only takes you back through bustling Nairobi and then through the beautiful farm country of Kikuyu, but also brings you to the very foothills of Kenya’s highest mountain.

You will trade the well-known safari spots for one a little more off the beaten track as you head north to the rugged and semi-arid Samburu. As it’s famous for the unique landscape, it is also home to the leopards, antelopes, giraffe-the parks real claim to fame is its own collection of animals found nowhere else in Kenya. These include the Somali ostrich, reticulated giraffe, the long-necked gerenuk, and the besia Oryx. You will enjoy an afternoon game drive through this unique park.

You will have a full day to explore the park in search of its rarer inhabitants as well as the likes of leopards, lions, hyenas, cheetahs and more animals.
While Samburu is smaller than other Kenyan parks and reserves, its diverse wildlife tend to cluster closer together near the life giving Ewaso Ng’iro River, making it an ideal place to set up camp and do some game viewing.

You will set off after breakfast on your trek to Lake Nakuru National Park in the Great Rift Valley. Formerly famous for its flamingos, the park is now better known for its large herds of buffalo and the presence of both the black and white rhinoceros. You will enjoy a hot lunch at your lodge before taking an afternoon game drive along the shores of the lake to spot baboons, buffalo, lions, leopards, eland, waterbucks, and more.

It’s a day of lake exploration as you visit two more of Kenya’s beautiful lakes. You will depart from Lake Nakuru after breakfast and head to the hot springs and geysers of Lake Bogoria. The lake itself is also home to almost 2 million flamingos and the local spa has both hot springs and swimming pools for your relaxation.
After lunch, you will head to Lake Naivasha to Maasai Mara

You will depart from Lake Naivasha after breakfast for the drive south to Kenya’s most famous park, the Maasai Mara. Part of the Serengeti plains, the Maasai Mara plays host to a chapter of the famous wildebeest migration each year as 1.7 million wildebeest and more than 5,000,000 zebras and antelopes cross the swollen Mara River in hopes of finding safety on the Maasai Mara sweeping plains. Even when the wildebeest migration is not occurring, you will still have the chance to see the entire big five as well as Kenya’s largest variety of animal life.
After lunch at your lodge, you will head out for an afternoon and sunset game drive in search of big cats, elephants, giraffes, and more.

Wake up before dawn for the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to witness a Maasai Mara sunrise. After a quick cup of coffee, you will head out into the park to watch as the sun sets fire to the savannah and the big cats take advantage of the morning cool to search for a meal.
Alternatively, you can take to the skies with a hot air balloon safari, where you will soar above all of the action before setting down on the plains for a champagne breakfast among the wildlife.
You will then return to your lodge for a late breakfast before packing a picnic lunch and heading back out into the park for a day-long exploration of the Maasai Mara. You may also opt to relax at your lodge in the morning, enjoy lunch on-site, and then head out in the afternoon once the weather has cooled off.

You will bid farewell to the Maasai Mara after breakfast and then return to Nairobi for your travel to Zanzibar for a great beach and sun experience.