9 DAYS KENYA SAFARI

9 DAYS KENYA SAFARI

We’ve designed this ultra-customizable 9 day Kenya safari package  to incorporate Kenya’s four premier travel highlights in one grand tour. With this special itinerary, you’ll experience the majesty of Amboseli national park, known for its large elephant herds and views of immense Mount Kilimanjaro; the remarkable Hell’s Gate National Park, famed for Spectacular scenery and walking safari; majestic beauty of Lake Nakuru national park, a bird watchers paradise and a a fantastic place to see rhino and rothschild giraffe; and the iconic Masai mara national reserve, the best in Africa and famed for its Big 5 wildlife. Accommodation based on comfortable and highly rated good value hotels and lodges

Highlights of the safari

• High chance of seeing all the big 5
• Visits the most popular parks in Kenya
• Accommodation in luxury lodges
• Use of customised 4×4 land cruiser safari vehicle
• Private safari with own vehicle
• City accommodation on arrival day
• Nature walk in hell’s gate National park

Brief Itinerary

Day 1. On arrival in Nairobi, you will be picked up and driven to your city hotel where you will relax.

Day 2. After breakfast depart to Amboseli National Park where you will have afternoon game drives.

Day 3. Morning and afternoon game drives in Amboseli National Park national park.

Day 4. Drive to Lake Naivasha where you will a walking safari at Hell”s gate National Park.

Day 5. Drive to Lake Nakuru where you will have afternoon game drives

Day 6. Drive to Masai Mara where you will have afternoon game drives.

Day 7. Full day game drive in Masai Mara with packed lunch. A balloon can be planned for this day.

Day 8. Morning and Afternoon game drives in Masai Mara.

Day 9. Departure

9 DAYS KENYA SAFARI  DETAILED ITINERARY

DAY ONE: ARRIVAL NAIROBI 

On arrival, you will be picked up by our representative and taken to crown plaza airport hotel. the rest of the day will be spent at the hotel relaxing in preparation for safari the next day.

• Accommodation at crown plaza airport hotel
• Meal Plan: Bed and Breakfast

 

DAY TWO: NAIROBI TO AMBOSELI NATIONAL PARK

We’ll have our guide pick you up bright and early at 7AM (or even earlier!) from the airport or your Nairobi hotel, for a leisurely drive to Amboseli National Park. On arrival, have an en route game drive as you head to your hotel. Once we reach Amboseli Serena lodge, you can refuel with some delicious lunch before taking off for an exciting evening game drive from 3:00 pm – get ready to witness wildebeest and zebras in their full splendour, proud lions, sly hyenas, diverse antelopes, and last but not least – majestic elephants against the stunning backdrop of Mount Kilimanjaro. Wrap up your day by retiring back to our camp in the evening for dinner and a comfortable stay overnight!

• Accommodation at Amboseli Serena safari Lodge
• Meal plan: (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)

DAY THREE: AMBOSELI NATIONAL PARK

If the weather is kind to us, wake up and marvel in the morning views of Mt Kilimanjaro, the highest peak of Africa. The early sunlight creates an enchanted atmosphere across the mountain that will leave you spellbound, with its snow twinkling in shades of pink and mountainside becoming a deep purple color. What a scene to wake up to! Have a delicious breakfast in the morning before heading out to engage in a full-day game drive in this wonderful park with lunch break. You will have the opportunity of seeing big herds of elephants up close. Another exciting place will be the observation point where you will have a bird’s eye view of the expansive park below which is teeming with wildlife all-year-round. There will also be an optional Maasai village visit. Get back to the lodge in the evening.

• Accommodation at Amboseli Serena safari lodge
• Meal plan: (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)

DAY FOUR: LAKE NAIVASHA/HELL’SGATE NATIONAL PARK

Depart Amboseli after an early breakfast and drive to Lake Naivasha where you will arrive in time for lunch. On the way, you will have a brief stop at the Great Rift Valley view point. This view is spectacular. After lunch and brief rest, you will be taken to Hell’s Gate National Park where you will have guided nature walk among wild life. You will also have option of boat rides in the lake at an extra cost. The park has a variety of wildlife. Giraffe, eland, hartebeest, buffalo and other small gazelles and antelopes are common in the grassy plains. Also available but rarely seen are lions, cheetahs and leopards. Back to the lodge in the evening.

• Accommodation at Lake Naivasha Country Club
• Meal plan ( Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner)

DAY FIVE: LAKE NAKURU NATIONAL PARK

Depart Lake Naivasha after breakfast and head to Lake Nakuru national park. On arrival at lake Nakuru national park, you will enter and have en route game drive as you head to you lodge located inside the park. Arrive in time for lunch at the lodge. After a short period of relaxation you continue with game drives in 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 found in the park include African buffalos, zebras, impalas, olive baboons, vervet monkeys, waterbucks, hyenas, jackals, hippopotamus among many others.

Back to the lodge in the evening.

• Accommodation at Sarova lion hill game lodge    
• Meal Plan( Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner)

DAY SIX: MASAI MARA GAME RESERVE

You will leave Lake Nakuru in the morning after early breakfast and drive to Masai Mara National Reserve. You will arrive in time for lunch. After lunch and a brief rest, you will embark on your afternoon game drive feasting your eyes on the marvels that Masai Mara has to offer. All members of the big 5 are found in this reserve. Other animals seen here include cheetah, serval, hyena, bat-eared foxes, black-backed and side-striped jackals, hippo, crocodile, baboons, warthog, topi, eland among others. Different bird species are also found. They include eagles, vultures, ostriches, storks, little grebe, pelicans, cormorants & darter. In the evening you will retire to your lodge, have dinner and fall asleep to the sounds of the African bush.

• Accommodation at Mara Serena Safari lodge
• Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch and dinner.

DAY SEVEN: MASAI MARA GAME RESERVE

After breakfast, you’ll leave the lodge carrying packed lunches and embark on a full-day game viewing in Africa’s finest park. A balloon safari can be arranged on this day early in the morning. You will drive to various places in the expansive Masai Mara National Reserve. In the late afternoon, you will have the option of visiting a Maasai cultural village as you head back to the lodge in the evening.

• Accommodation at Mara Serena Safari lodge
• Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch and dinner.

DAY EIGHT: MASAI MARA GAME RESERVE

You will have an early morning game drive. Early morning is a great time to spot predators – especially lions, cheetah and leopards, each of which prefers to hunt in the cool of dawn and dusk. Back to the lodge for breakfast and relaxation. After lunch you will proceed for a late afternoon game drive. Back to the lodge in the evening.

DAY NINE:  DEPARTURE

After breakfast you will depart the lodge and drive leisurely towards Nairobi. On arrival you will be taken to the famous carnivore for a complimentary lunch. You will later be dropped at your city hotel or the airport according to your departure timings.
That is the end of the 9 day Kenya safari.

• No accommodation
• Meal Plan. Breakfast, lunch

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