Samburu, Ol Pejeta, Aberdares, Lakes Nakuru, Bogoria & Naivasha, & Masai Mara

Samburu National Reserve, Ol Pejeta Wildlife Sanctuary, Aberdare National Park, Lake Nakuru, Lake Bogoria, Lake Naivasha area and attractions & Masai Mara Game Reserve safari

  • 9 days

Overview

This tour allows you to see abundant parks, wildlife, and game reserves throughout the country. With unlimited game drives, you will explore vast plains full of elephants the lush mountain country which has antelopes, baboons, and monkeys, and bushlands with endangered rhinos and chimpanzees. You’ll also see Rift Valley lakes that have lots of birdlife and the great Masai Mara, which has the biggest population of large game in Africa. You will discover the natural world by Jeep, boat, bike and foot.

This safari begins in Northern Kenya on the wide plains of Samburu National Reserve, home to hundreds of elephants, lions, leopards, and cheetahs. At this park, you’ll find the unique oryxes, gerenuks, and Somali ostriches. In central Kenya, you’ll see the grasslands and bushes of Ol Pejeta Wildlife Sanctuary. This park has endangered species like rhinos and chimpanzees. Then you’ll go to, Aberdare National Park – a mountain paradise with rainforests and waterfalls. You’ll be staying up in a tree hotel, from which you can watch the wildlife below.

You’ll travel on to several Great Rift Valley lakes that have a delightful assortment of birdlife. Lake Nakuru National Park not only has pelicans and flamingos, but it’s also home to rhinos, large game, fantastic escarpments, waterfalls, and acacia forests. To enjoy more pink flamingos, you’ll stop at Lake Bogoria National Reserve, which has colourful birdlife, hot springs and geysers.

At Lake Naivasha and its surrounding parks, you’ll be sailing past hippos and cycling to the nearby Hell’s Gate National Park to see zebras, giraffes, and antelopes up close. For a different perspective, you’ll go on a guided walking safari over to the Crescent Island Game Sanctuary. You’ll find cormorants, pelicans, waterbucks, and gazelles there.

And then the grandest park of them all – Masai Mara National Reserve. It’s world-famous and it’s Kenya’s most popular park. You’ll see the densest concentration of wildlife in this part of Africa. You’ll stay in this wonderful reserve for several days, so get your camera ready.

This tour presents you with a variety of parks, landscapes, wildlife, and cultural encounters. You will see, do, and experience so much over the 9 days of this unforgettable adventure. Malaika Travel wants to create the best possible African safari for you. If you any special wishes for your tour then just let us know – personalisation is our specialty.

Tour highlights

2 nights at Samburu Game Reserve

  • Rare species – Grevy’s zebras, reticulated giraffes, oryxes, gerenuks, Somali ostrichs
  • Experiencing local cultures
  • Views of the snow-capped Mt. Kenya
  • Experiencing multiple climate zones
  • Visiting local Samburu tribes and seeing their homes & culture

1 night at Ol Pejeta Wildlife Sanctuary

  • Game drives with opportunities for you to see rhinos and chimpanzees
  • Elephants, tree hyraxes, white tailed mongooses, black fronted duikers, mole rats, bushbucks, waterbucks, elands, rhinos, chimpanzees

1 night at Aberdare National Park

  • Evening game viewing from the balcony of your tree hotel
  • The scenic Thompson Falls at Nyahururu

1 night at Lake Nakuru National Park

  • A rhino sanctuary – you’re guaranteed to see black and white rhinos
  • The magnificent expanse of the Great Rift Valley
  • Hundreds of bird species including flamingos, pelicans and others

Lake Bogoria

  • Hot springs, geysers and scenery
  • Bird watching and a boat ride
  • Crocodile & hippo pods

1 night at Lake Naivasha

  • A sailing safari
  • A walking safari on Crescent Island amongst the giraffe, zebras & birds
  • Bird watching
  • A Hell’s Gate visit with a bicycle ride

2 nights at Masai Mara Game Reserve

  • An iconic world-famous game park – unlimited game drives
  • The Big Five
  • Immense herds of wildlife
  • Unforgettable savannah vistas
  • Maasai people and their culture
  • A Masai village visit at Masai Mara-arrange this with your tour guide/driver ($ 25 per person to Masai village chief) – optional
  • A hot air balloon ride at Masai Mara. An unforgettable experience. Please ask us about this if you’re interested. Cost $ 460 per person

Prices are per person based on:

2 people US$ 4,430
3 people US$ 3,990
4 people US$ 3,780
5 people US$ 3,650
6 people US$ 3,560

per person

What you could see on a 9 days Samburu – Ol Pejeta – Aberdares – Lake Nakuru – Lake Bogoria – Lake Naivasha – Masai Mara safari…

  • Elephant herds
  • Zebras
  • Leopards
  • Cheetahs
  • Buffalo
  • Grant’s gazelles
  • Giraffe
  • Impalas
  • Generuks
  • Zebras
  • Ostriches
  • Lions
  • Flamingos
  • Pelicans
  • White rhinos
  • Black rhinos
  • Hippopotamuses
  • Crocodiles
  • Oryxes
  • Dik-diks

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Bhutan

Bhutan Tour

Day to day itinerary

07:00hrs: You’ll be collected from Nairobi and drive to Samburu Game Reserve. You’ll head out through Kenya’s central highlands in your 4×4 Jeep, while looking at coffee, tea, sisal, and pineapple plantations. Your route will take you past local homesteads, the snow-capped peak of Mt. Kenya, and the equator.

You’ll arrive at Samburu, enjoy lunch and relax. Then, you’ll get ready for your first game drive – the first of many over the next 9 days. The park is full of large predators like lions and cheetahs, and big grazers like buffalos and elephants. The nearby Shaba and Buffalo Springs reserves have more wildlife amongst their forests and woodlands.

Overnight, you’ll stay at Samburu.

Accommodation

Classic: Samburu Simba Lodge*

*or similar accommodation. It depends on the availability of the accommodation during the time of your visit.

Meal plan: Lunch, dinner.


You’ll get up early to make the most of this beautiful day and enjoy the birdsong as you venture out on our first morning game drive.

Besides the big game, the park has some unusual species like Grevy’s zebras, beisa oryxes, and the reticulated giraffes – animals that you won’t commonly find. You’ll travel along the banks of the Ewaso Ngiro River, to watch the wildlife.

You’ll find a lot of birdlife amongst the vegetation. You can look for kingfishers, guinea fowls, egrets, falcons, and eagles. You may also get a glimpse of the local Samburu tribes and their villages.

Your second night will be spent at Samburu.

Accommodation

Classic: Samburu Simba Lodge*

*or similar accommodation. It depends on the availability of the accommodation during the time of your visit.

Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch, dinner.

You’ll go on a final early morning game drive through Samburu and head for the cooler regions of Mt. Kenya and Laikipia.

Ol Pejeta will amaze you with its diversity. There are lots of predators here, as well as Africa’s famous Big Five, but there’s also a special rhino sanctuary that protects over one hundred rhinos.

You’ll also find the Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary here, the only place in Kenya where you can enjoy the antics of these intelligent and playful animals.

Overnight, you’ll stay at Ol Pejeta.

Accommodation

Classic: Serena Sweetwaters Tented Camp*

*or similar accommodation. It depends on the availability of the accommodation during the time of your visit.

Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

This sanctuary is home to species such as impalas, giraffes, baboons, jackals, and hyenas. You’ll take an early morning drive in the 4 x 4 to see if you can spot some of them.

Then, it’s time for a quick drive to Aberdare National Park. The terrain here is quite different. It has mountains, rainforest, and cool evening mists.

You’ll arrive in time for lunch, and after you eat you’ll head to your tree hotel. You can relax on your balcony as you watch the wildlife at a waterhole. You can look for antelopes, elephants, buffalos, hyenas, bush pigs, and waterbucks.

You’ll spend the night at your tree lodge.

Accommodation

Classic: The Ark Lodge (tree lodge)*

*or similar accommodation. It depends on the availability of the accommodation during the time of your visit.

Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

Today, you’ll head out to the Rift Valley lakes. On your way to Lake Nakuru, you’ll stop at Nyahururu to see the Thompson’s Falls.

You’ll pass farms as you drive through the Great Rift Valley escarpment.

Once you arrive at Lake Nakuru Park, you’ll have time for a bird and game viewing drive. This lovely reserve has pretty forests and acacia trees. Some flamingos dot the lakeshore, as well as kingfishers, ostriches, and raptors like herons and eagles. You will also spot rhinos in the protected sanctuary here, and you might find the rare Rothschild’s giraffes nibbling at the branches above.

Overnight, you’ll stay at Lake Nakuru.

Accommodation

Classic: Egret Savanna Camp*

*or similar accommodation. It depends on the availability of the accommodation during the time of your visit

Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

The lake is a stunning setting for an early game drive, and you’ll enjoy one in this beautiful park.

Your next destination in the Great Rift Valley will be Lake Bogoria National Reserve.

The park is a geothermal spectacle of hot springs and bubbling geysers around an alkaline lake with flamingos. There’s wildlife in the area like kudus and antelopes.

You’ll hop back in the 4 x 4 and head to your next park, Lake Naivasha. This freshwater lake and its surrounding parks have plenty of small game and an abundance of birdlife. You’ll go on a short cycling safari to the nearby Hell’s Gate National Park, and then you’ll hike whilst looking for antelopes, zebras, impalas, and buffalos.

Overnight, you’ll stay at Lake Naivasha.

Accommodation

Classic: Naivasha Simba Lodge*

*or similar accommodation. It depends on the availability of the accommodation during the time of your visit

Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

In the morning, you’ll get on a boat and glide by dozing hippos as they awaken, and you’ll also take in the birdlife hovering about.

Then, you’ll enjoy a short, guided walking safari to the Crescent Island Game Sanctuary. This little park is filled with even more game. You’ll see wildebeests, waterbucks, and gazelles strolling about.

You’ve seen and experienced a lot this past week, but now it’s time to set your sights for the jewel in the crown of Kenya’s wildlife parks – the Masai Mara National Reserve.

You will arrive at the park in time for an afternoon game drive, the first of many here. The reserve has an outstanding ecosystem, known for supporting the highest concentration of wildlife in this region. You’ll look for the Big Five and the more than 90 mammal species in the park.

This’ll be the first of two nights that you’ll spend in Masai Mara.

Accommodation

Classic:  Mara Simba Lodge*

*or similar accommodation. It depends on the availability of the accommodation during the time of your visit

Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

Today, you will travel across the savannahs, hills, and rivers, searching for all the big game. The Masai Mara is famous for its many lions, cheetahs, hyenas and its other predators.

You’ll also see if you can spot topis, elands, and birds like storks, kingfishers, and hornbills.

If you’re seeing great amounts of wildebeests and zebras marching through the reserve, then you’re most likely here during the migration season (July-October). That’s when vast herds of animals invade the park, and cross the Mara River.

You’ll have a picnic by the Mara River, and look at the hippos and crocodiles in the muddy waters.

For an up-close cultural encounter, we offer an optional visit to the local Maasai tribespeople in their nearby village. You’ll be able to learn about their lifestyle and perhaps you can even purchase some of colourful beaded souvenirs.

For a truly unforgettable experience, you can go on an optional pre-dawn balloon safari over the park. You’ll get a bird’s eye view of the park coming to life as the animals below awaken and start a new day. Just ask your driver/guide to make the arrangements.

This is your final night at the Masai Mara.

Accommodation

Classic:  Mara Simba Lodge*

*or similar accommodation. It depends on the availability of the accommodation during the time of your visit

Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

After a leisurely breakfast at your lodge/camp, your dedicated driver/guide will assist you with the checkout process and you’ll proceed to Nairobi – Kenya’s colourful capital city.

On the way, your guide will point out the Longonot extinct volcano, which is a strato volcano located southeast of Lake Naivasha in the Great Rift Valley of Kenya. It is thought to have last erupted in the 1860s and its name is derived from the Maasai word Oloonong’ot, meaning “mountains of many spurs” or “steep ridges “.

You can opt to drive to Naivasha for lunch/excursions at an extra cost, or drive straight to Nairobi and pass by Kiambethu Farm for the tea farm tour, which includes a three-course buffet lunch (at an extra cost). Or, you can drive straight back to the capital and later go to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport for your flight back home.

We will bring you to your Nairobi hotel, residence or to the airport.

Nine days, nine parks and a whole lot of adventures. You’re now an experienced safari-goer with the tales to match your experience. We hope you enjoyed this holiday of a lifetime, and we thank you for your trust and your support. We hope you choose us if you wish to go on another African safari in the future.

Meal plan: Breakfast

Package includes

  • All park entrance fees
  • Accommodation and meals as per the itinerary
  • Drinking water station in your vehicle please bring reusable water bottles to be refilled as needed
  • Services of English-speaking experienced driver/guide
  • Transport in 4×4 safari land cruiser with pop-up roof for game viewing and photography
  • Exclusive use of safari vehicle throughout the trip
  • All government taxes and levies
  • Safari accessories (first Aid kit, cooler box, and fire extinguisher) and 24-hour emergency number
  • All safari vehicles have RF radio to help your driver locate wildlife

Package excludes

  • Expenses of a personal nature such as visas, driver tips etc.
  • Balloon safari
  • Maasai village visit
  • Personal insurance cover
  • Alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks
  • Domestic and international flights and respective taxes
  • Increase in park entry fees if revised by the park management or government

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