This 9 Days Kenya Wildlife Safari will treat you to some incredible game viewing and wildlife experiences at an affordable cost. You will visit and explore some of the best destinations for wildlife safaris in Kenya including Amboseli, Laikipia and the Masai Mara.
Kenya Wildlife Safari Experience
We begin this 9 Days Kenya Wildlife Safari with a visit to Amboseli national park with its vast herds of elephants, enviable photography opportunities with the Kilimanjaro Mountain providing the perfect backdrop. We then catch a flight to Laikipia, where Ol Pejeta Conservancy is found within the foothills of Aberdares and the snow-capped Mount Kenya. The conservancy is home to all the big five, among which include the black rhino.
Proceed to the Masai Mara National Park for the migration experience – a world wonder! More than 2 million herds of Zebras, Gazelles and wildebeest traverse the park in search of fresh pasture and water while doing their best to evade the looming danger that is presented in the countless numbers of predators.
Key Highlights
- Visit the major wildlife parks in Kenya and private conservancies.
- Enjoy, morning, evening and night game drives.
- Escorted walks with Maasai guides.
- Relish bush breakfasts, picnic lunches and sundowner drinks from scenic viewpoints.
- Visit a Maasai village and get to learn about this fascinating tribe.
Day 1: Road Transfer from Nairobi to Amboseli
You will be picked up from your hotel in Nairobi and embark on the journey to the Selenkay private Conservancy found on the boundary of Amboseli National Park. This is a 4 hours’ drive and you will arrive in good time for lunch and loosen up.
Later head out for a guided walk in the afternoon with a Masai guide and visit a Masai village to learn more about their lives and culture with insights into the day-to-day life of a Masai village. Return to your hotel for dinner and overnight stay.
Day 2: Explore Amboseli National Park
Wake up to the melodious bird calls, enjoy breakfast and head out for a full day in Amboseli National Park. The park is home to buffalos, elephants in plenty, Zebras and lions and you can expect to see a great deal of these on your morning game drive stretching into mid-morning.
Your guide will choose a perfect spot for your picnic lunch in the bush where you will keep in sight of game.
Then continue your game drive into the afternoon, before returning to camp. In the evening set out for another game drive, stopping at a scenic viewpoint to watch a magnificent Kenyan sunset with a chilled sundowner in hand. Continue your game drive in the dark, for a night drive. Searching for those elusive nocturnal animals that have been hiding all day, like caracals, bat-eared foxes and aardvarks.
Day 3: Fly to Laikipia
After breakfast, you will be transferred to the local airstrip to fly to Wilson Airport in Nairobi to catch your connecting flight to Laikipia. Here you will be met by a guide to take you to your camp in Ol Pejeta Conservancy, arriving in time for lunch. In the late afternoon, you can go on a game drive in the conservancy, looking for the large carnivores that patrol the plains. Stop for sundowners in the bush while watching the sunset paint the sky a myriad of colours
Day 4: Explore Laikipia
Today you can enjoy a full day safari on Ol Pejeta Conservancy including a visit to the chimpanzee sanctuary. The conservancy has over 60,000 acres of wilderness to explore and is home to an astounding array of wild animals, including elephants, rhino and lions. Or you can go on a guided bush walk, where you have the opportunity to touch, smell and hear nature as you explore the bush. There is nothing quite like the thrill of tracking an animal from it’s spoor and interpreting the tracks as to what the animal has been up to whilst you were asleep.
After dinner wrap up warm and head out again for a night drive. With the aid of a spotlight and your guide, you have the chance of spotting some of Kenya’s more unusual critters. Look for the striped polecat (also known as a Zorilla), the aardwolf or maybe even a lion or leopard hunt.
Day 5: Fly to the Masai Mara
After an early morning bush walk or game drive, it’s time to head to the airstrip and board a plane to the Masai Mara. On arrival, you will be met by a guide and transferred to your camp, in the OlKinyei Conservancy. This conservancy has open plains, riverine forests, springs, bubbling streams and rivers, with rolling hills giving spectacular views across the Mara.
OlKinyei belongs to a Maasai community who have recently set aside land as a sanctuary for wildlife. Head out and explore these rolling savannahs on an afternoon game drive taking some cold sundowners with you.
Day 6: Full Day Safari Masai Mara
Today go on a full day safari in Masai Mara National Reserve, taking a picnic lunch with you. Extend your search and revel in the marvellous antics of the plains antelope, always on the look out for their ever-present predators. Marvel at the amount of game all across the plains, at the big African sky and the raw beauty of Kenya.
Day 7 – 8: Explore More of the Masai Mara
On day 7 of your Kenya Wildlife Safari, you go on an extended game drive and change camps, within the Mara ecosystem to Olare Orok Conservancy. You can include an optional early morning Hot Air Balloon Safari – there is nothing more peaceful and dramatic than drifting over the savannah as the sun peeks over the horizon and floods the land with light. Alternatively, sleep in a bit before going on another full day game drive and have some amazing wildlife encounters.
Day 9: Nairobi
On the final day of your wildlife Kenya safari, you will enjoy one last game drive or walk before enjoying breakfast. Afterwards, you will be driven to the airstrip to catch your plane to Nairobi where your tour ends. Please speak to one of our Destination Specialists should you need pre or post tour accommodation.
Included
- Flights from Amboseli Airport, Laikipia, Masai Mara and Wilson Airport in Nairobi.
- Shared road transfer from Nairobi to Amboseli.
- Shared road transfers to and from airstrips.
- Entrance and conservation fees for all reserves as per itinerary.
- 8 nights’ accommodation in tented Kenya safari camps.
- All meals including breakfast, lunch and dinner as per itinerary.
- Local drinks including teas/coffees, soft drinks, local brand beers, local spirits and house wines.
- Daily morning, afternoon and night game drives in a shared safari vehicle accompanied by an experienced guide.
- Guided walking safaris.
- Maasai Village visit.
- Chimpanzee Sanctuary visit.
- All meet and greet services.
Not Included
- Premium branded drinks.
- Optional activities and all other extras to be settled direct.