Kenya Explorer Safari

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Kenya Explorer Safari

Duration: 8 days
Price: From US$1683 per person

Experience the best of Kenya as you explore amazing game parks and reserves across the country.

Traverse the desert landscape of Samburu Game Reserve in search of its unique resident wildlife. 

Journey to the beautiful private conservancy of Ol Pejeta. See the plentiful wildlife from the viewpoint of comfortable game drives vehicles. Enjoy a private visit at a wildlife orphanage and observe chimps from the Jane Goodall Institute up close.

Lake Nakuru, a soda lake nestled in the Great Rift Valley, offers you the chance to witness one of the world's most amazing wildlife sights: brilliant pink flamingos stretching across the horizon. 

The iconic Masai Mara is one of the top safari destinations in Africa. The wide open savannah is home to an abundance of wildlife like elephant, buffalo, zebra and giraffe as well as the big cat predators that stalk them.

The Mara is famous for big cat sightings. Lion, leopard and cheetah can all be found here. The flat terrain is perfectly suited to the cheetah’s hunting technique making it one of the best places to witness them chasing down their prey.

Included

  • Airport transfers upon arrival and departure
  • Accommodation and meals (as specified in the itinerary)
  • Transportation by 4WD equipped with a roof hatch, VHF radio and GSM
  • Unlimited pure drinking water throughout the safari
  • Services of a highly professional trained safari guide
  • National park and concession fees

Excluded

  • International airfare and related costs, such as personal travel insurance, visas, and vaccinations
  • Cost of any client-requested itinerary modifications while the safari is in progress
  • Any expenses of a personal nature such as extra beverages, laundry, etc
  • Gratuity for your guides
  • Enhancement activities not mentioned in the program

Itinerary

Day 1: Nairobi - Mount Kenya

You'll be collected from the airport or your hotel in Nairobi and then we head to Mount Kenya, arriving at Serena Mountain Lodge.

With magnificent views of the majestic Mount Kenya, the Serena Mountain offers a unique blend of comfort, relaxation and adventure. Raised on stilts above the forest canopy, a timbered drawbridge leads from the forest and up on to the wooden ‘decks’ of the lodge.

Inside, the impression of having boarded a ship is perpetuated by a combination of log panelled walls, timbered game-viewing decks and winding stairs leading to a selection of snugly comfortable, cabin-styled rooms.

Activities include guided walks through the forest, trout fishing in the clear mountain streams, trips to the high moorlands of the mountain, and 5-day luxury climbs of the mountain.

Meals: Dinner

Day 2: Mt Kenya - Samburu Game Reserve

After breakfast depart to Samburu Game Reserve with a short game drive en route, arriving in time for lunch.

In the afternoon we head out to watch crocodiles basking on the muddy riverbanks and vervet monkeys frolicking in the sun.

Samburu Game Reserve has unique resident wildlife species like the reticulated giraffe, Grevy’s zebra, beisa oryx and the blue-legged Somali ostrich.

Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

Day 3: Full Day Samburu Game Reserve

Morning and afternoon game drives set you in search of unique northern Kenya species such as the reticulated giraffe, beisa oryx, Grevy’s zebra, and the long-necked gerenuk.

Much of the Samburu Game Reserve consists of desert landscape – dusty red plains broken by thorny scrub, featuring dramatic views of tabletop Mt Ol Olokwe on the horizon.

Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

Day 4: Samburu Game Reserve – Ol Pejeta Conservancy

After breakfast we depart to Ol Pejeta Conservancy with a short game drive en route to the camp. Enjoy your lunch in the bush followed by an afternoon game drive.

This is a beautiful private conservancy and home to rare species such as beisa oryx, Rothschild’s giraffe and black rhino. Game drives here reveal the full range of African wildlife including lion, leopard, cheetah, elephant, and hippo.

Enjoy a private visit with the tame animals at the wildlife orphanage. Observe chimps from the Jane Goodall Institute at the Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary.

Optional activities include walking safaris escorted by a local ranger, bird walks with several hundred species to observe, horseback and camel rides.

Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

Day 5: Ol Pejeta Conservancy – Lake Nakuru National Park

After breakfast we drive to Lake Nakuru arriving in time for lunch.

Enjoy an afternoon game drive across the ‘pink lake’, so called due to the great flocks of flamingos found on its waters.

Lake Nakuru houses Kenya’s first rhino sanctuary and one of the largest concentrations of black rhinoceros in the world as well as a large population of white rhino.

The park features the picturesque Malaika Waterfalls. Also of interest is an area of 188 km surrounding the lake which is fenced off as a sanctuary to protect Rothschild’s giraffe.

Predators that can be seen here include lion, leopard and large pythons hiding in the dense woodlands which may occasionally be seen crossing roads or dangling from trees. Other game includes Thomson’s and Grant gazelle, the long- eared leaf-nosed bat, colobus monkey, rock hyrax, hippo, waterbuck, impala, striped hyena, bat-eared fox, wildcat, reedbuck, and golden cat.

Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

Day 6: Lake Nakuru National Reserve – Masai Mara National Reserve

After breakfast leave Lake Nakuru for the Masai Mara, arriving in time for lunch.

Enjoy an afternoon game drive through the park in search of lion, cheetah, elephant, buffalo and more.

The Mara is magnificent, home to Kenya’s richest concentration of wildlife and regarded by many travelers as an essential stop on any tour of Africa. When people think of Africa and safari, this is the place they imagine – golden grassland plains pocketed with acacia, wildebeests, zebras, lions, and jackals, all bound together by the cycle of life and death.

Three days here will only scratch at the surface of the wonders of the Mara.

Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

Day 7: Masai Mara National Reserve

Morning and afternoon game drives will lead you to some of Africa’s largest lion prides, herds of zebra, antelopes, buffaloes, wildebeest, giraffes, cheetahs, and hyenas.

Accommodations include en suite restroom facilities and secluded verandahs. In between game drives, lounge at the pool or bar, or enjoy a midday nap.

Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

Day 8: Masai Mara – Nairobi

Savour an early morning breakfast at your lodge before checking out of the lodge and driving to Nairobi, arriving in time for lunch.

After lunch you’ll be dropped off at the airport for your outbound flight.

Meals: Breakfast, lunch

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