Embark on a thrilling 5-day Kenya Safari, exploring Samburu's diverse landscapes and encountering unique wildlife. Transition to Maasai Mara for the Great Migration and flexible game drives. Stay in Samburu for two nights, Maasai Mara for two nights, and conclude the adventure in Nairobi. Inclusions cover park fees, daily game drives, and domestic flights, with exclusions for international flights and personal expenses.
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On arrival at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport Nairobi or from your hotel location, you will be picked up and driven to Wilson Airport for your flight to Samburu.
Depart Wilson Airport in Nairobi en route to Samburu. Upon arrival, you will be met and transferred to your lodge/camp with a game drive en route. Check-in and enjoy a hot meal for lunch and rest.
With beautiful landscapes and hundreds of animals, Samburu National Reserve guarantees you a wonderful game viewing. It has a semi-dry desert and savannah landscape, which allows for great visibility over the park and over its river that attracts many animals.
This park is 165 square kilometers big and has huge clouds of elephants roaming around in large families, this is a spectacular park to visit. Follow the banks of the Ewaso Nyiro River for the best game viewing. It is the only source of water for many animals, especially during dry seasons. Four of the Big Five (lion, leopard, elephant, and buffalo) roam around, as well as the Samburu Special Five: Grevy Zebra, Gerenuk, Beisa Oryx, Reticulated Giraffe, and the Somali Ostrich.
16:00hrs: - Depart for an afternoon game drive.
18:30hrs: - After the game drive, we head back to the lodge/camp for dinner and overnight.
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This day is solely reserved for game viewing, with a flexible schedule plan. You can discuss with your Guide and plan several options.
06:00hrs: - Early morning game drive in Samburu you get the chance to search for the Big Five. During the day it can be hot, and game viewing is best done in the morning and afternoon. In between you can take a rest at your hotel or lodge, or visit the beautiful Samburu people.
Samburu people are traditionally a nomadic tribe related to the Masai. They live in secluded bomas: little villages with circular wooden fences. Their huts have rounded roofs made out of cow dung since they are pastoralists with mostly herds of cows, sheep, or goats. Especially the Samburu women wear complicated and colourful necklaces and headwear, that they make themselves out of small beads.
As a break in between safaris, it’s possible to visit one of their bomas to get familiar with the traditional life of the Samburu people. You will see their houses and learn about their way of life, how their necklaces are made, and what the secret messages are inside.
Option 1: - 06:00hrs: - Depart for an early morning game, and later return to your lodge/camp for breakfast and have morning rest at leisure, Have Lunch at your convenience time, and rest until the next game drive at your leisure.
16:00hrs:– Depart on an afternoon game drive.
18:30hrs: – Return to lodge/camp for dinner and overnight.
Option 2 – Picnic: you can exit the Lodge/camp for an optional whole day Game drive with picnic lunch to return in the evening for dinner and overnight at the Lodge/camp.
Alternatively, you can have an optional bush dinner in the wild under the African sky.
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After breakfast, check out and embark on a morning game drive as we make our way to the airstrip for your flight back to Nairobi. From Nairobi, you will catch a connecting flight to the Masai Mara, where your exciting safari adventure awaits. Arrive in time for lunch enjoy a hot meal and relax.
1600hrs:- depart on an afternoon game drive.
1830hrs:- return to lodge/camp for dinner and overnight stay.
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The Famous Masai Mara plains with its abundance of wildlife borders Tanzania’s Serengeti National Park. Today you have a full day to see it all, it is the home to more than 95 animal species and over 400 species of birds. You will search The famous Big Five in the Masai Mara, as well as cheetahs, servals, hyenas, bat-eared foxes, black-backed or side-striped jackals, hippos, crocodiles, baboons, warthogs, topis, elands, waterbucks, oribis, reed-bucks and many, many more.
Every year Masai Mara is the staging ground for the annual best-known natural wonder “The Great Migration” one of the awe-inspiring natural events. Millions of animals like zebra and wildebeests migrate north from the Serengeti crossing the Mara River into Kenya searching for green pastures. This exciting spectacle usually occurs between July and October.
This day is solely reserved for game viewing, with a flexible schedule plan. You can discuss with your Guide and plan several options.
Option 1: - 06:00hrs: - Depart for an early morning game, and later return to your lodge/camp for breakfast and have morning rest at leisure, Have Lunch at your convenience time, and rest until the next game drive at your leisure.
16:00hrs:– Depart on an afternoon game drive.
18:30hrs: – Return to lodge/camp for dinner and overnight.
Option 2 – Picnic: you can exit the Lodge/camp for an optional whole day Game drive with picnic lunch to return in the evening for dinner and overnight at the Lodge/camp.
Alternatively, you can have an optional bush dinner in the wild under the African sky.
Option 3 - Visits to a Masai Manyatta can be arranged between you and the driver. Another popular 'excursion' is a romantic hot air balloon trip where you view animals from above and then touch down for an extravagant breakfast in the bush. I would recommend you book this in advance due to limited space
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Early morning game drive then return to your lodge/ camp for breakfast, or after breakfast, check out and enjoy a short game drive as you head to the airstrip where you will be dropped off for your flight back to Nairobi. Depending on your flight details you will organize with your guide on your departure from Masai Mara.
You will be picked up from the Wilson airport and transferred to your Nairobi Location or the airport for your home-bound flight.
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Day 1 – Samburu
Day 2 – Samburu
Day 3 – Maasai Mara
Day 4 – Maasai Mara
Day 5 – Nairobi
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