11 Days Nakuru | Masai Mara | Amboseli | Tsavo West | Samburu | Mt. Kenya Camping Safari
Kenya Camping
Safari Itinerary:
Day 01: Nairobi - Masai Mara:
After breakfast, we will pick you up from your Nairobi hotel. Thereafter
depart for the Masai Mara Game Reserve with stops at the viewpoint of
the Great Rift Valley and Narok town for lunch and re-fuelling. Arrive
in time for a late afternoon / early evening game drive enroute to the
lodge / campsite for dinner and overnight.
Day 02: Masai Mara:
Early breakfast then proceed for a full day of game viewing in the
reserve. The day will be taken up tracking game with your guide though
there will be a break for a picnic lunch at the hippo pool. The
abundance and variety of game in this reserve is nothing short of
amazing. Practically every mammal can be seen in the Mara with a few
exceptions. The reserve contains all the cats that are; lion, cheetah
and leopard; sighting leopard needs luck more than just being there but
lions are abundant and there are excellent chances for spotting cheetah.
The hippo pool is a popular spot to watch out for hippos; with luck, you
may catch crocodile basking on the rocks. Elephants, buffalo, the Masai
giraffe, wildebeest and the common zebra abound. Return to the lodge
/campsite for dinner and overnight.
Day 03: Masai Mara:
After breakfast proceed on another game-viewing session. After lunch you
will have the option to go for a game drive or at extra cost, visit a
nearby Masai village to see their nomadic lifestyle. Both activities
will end at the lodge or campsite in the mid evening where you will
retire for the night after dinner.
Day 04: Masai Mara - Nakuru:
After breakfast, depart the Mara region for Nakuru. The drive offers
panoramic views of Mt. Longonot and Lake Naivasha from afar; this means
that you will see them from the main highway. Arrive Nakuru in time for
dinner and overnight at the lodge / campsite.
Day 05: Lake Nakuru / Samburu:
Wake up to an early morning game drive in Lake Nakuru National Park.
Flamingos and other water birds that thrive in a salt-water environment
can be seen. With luck you may track the white rhino and the
Rothschild’s giraffe which both have endangered species status. After
the game run, depart Nakuru for Samburu via the Thompson falls, which
are named after Joseph Thompson, one of the first European explorers who
walked from Mombasa to Lake Victoria in the 1880’s. Lunch will be at
Nanyuki, which is at the foothills of Mt. Kenya. Arrive in Samburu in
the evening, with a game drive enroute to the lodge / campsite where you
will retire for the night after dinner.
Day 06: Samburu:
Morning and afternoon game drives in Samburu with a lunch and leisure
break in the mid afternoon. The reserve is home to rare drought
resistant animals that are peculiar to the semi-arid region north of the
equator. These include the reticulated giraffe, Grevy’s zebra, the Beisa
Oryx, gerenuk and the blue shanks Somali ostrich. Samburu is dry most of
the year but is watered by the Ewaso Nyiro River, which rises in the
Aberdare’s and drains in the Lorian swamp north of Shaba National
Reserve. All meals and overnight at the lodge / campsite.
Day 7 Samburu - Amboseli: After breakfast, depart for Amboseli via
Nairobi. In clear weather, you may see Mt. Kenya’s peak. You will also
by-pass very pleasant countryside which coffee and tea plantations.
Lunch will be taken enroute. Arrive in Amboseli in the evening with a
brief game drive enroute to the lodge or campsite for dinner.
Day 08: Amboseli:
After breakfast, proceed on a game drive in this park, which lies in a
dried-up lakebed. There are swamps and springs fed by underground rivers
from the melting snows of Mt. Kilimanjaro, which give permanent water to
the wildlife. The animals seen here include lion, elephant, cheetah,
buffalo, plains game and the rare Taita weaver and the gerenuk. The
animals are mainly found around the Ol Kenya swamp. If the weather is
clear and there is no low cloud cover, you may see the peak of Mt.
Kilimanjaro, which forms a beautiful backdrop to the park. The
observation hill offers a view of the entire park and beyond. An
afternoon game drive will follow after lunch. Rest of meals and
overnight at the lodge / campsite.
Day 09: Amboseli - Tsavo West:
After breakfast, depart Amboseli for Tsavo West National Park, lunch
enroute. You will visit the Shaitani Lava flows as the area where the
park lies is of volcanic origin. The Mzima Springs which contain 20
million tonnes of crystal - clear water from the underground streams of
the nearby Chyullu Hills are an additional attraction; various aspects
of marine life including hippos, crocodile and fish can be seen from the
specially constructed underground glass tank. The animal species seen at
Tsavo are hippo, crocodiles, elephant, gazelle, zebra, giraffe, various
birds, buffalo, and kudu in a thick acacia setting. Dinner and overnight
at the lodge / campsite.
Day 10: Tsavo West - Tsavo East:
A morning game drive will follow after breakfast and probably view the
rock hyrax, squirrels and mongooses as the park contains a large
population of these. Depart for Tsavo East National Park, lunch enroute.
Here, only the section south of the Galana River is open to the public
for game drives; the rest of the park serves as a wilderness for the
animals to retreat into. Here the dried up Aruba dam can be seen plus
crocodiles at the crocodile point below the Lugard falls. Dinner and
overnight at the lodge / campsite.
Day 11: Tsavo East - Nairobi:
After breakfast, your final game drive will follow during which you may
see plains game, zebra, antelope, lesser kudu, ostrich and large herds
of elephant. Lunch will be taken enroute. Arrive in Nairobi in the
evening.
