Kenya Highlights - East Africa Safari in 8

Detailed Itinerary

Day 1: Samburu National Park
You are driven to Samburu National Park in Kenya's rugged and remote Northern Frontier District. In the afternoon you go on your first game drive in this dramatic landscape - a lava plain with steep-sided gullies and rounded hills.

Your first night is spent at Samburu Sopa Lodge, set on the bank of the Ewaso Nyiro river which winds and loops its way through the reserve.
Meals : HB
Accommodation : Samburu Sopa Lodge

Day 2: Samburu National Park
Enjoy early morning and afternoon game drives. Some of Kenya's rarer species like the long-necked gerenuk, Grevy's zebra and reticulated giraffe can be seen here, and the green ribbon of forest on either side of the river is alive with birds.

Overnight at Samburu Sopa, where you can spend the evening on your balcony looking out across the hills, plains and river surrounding the lodge.
Meals : FB
Accommodation : Samburu Sopa Lodge

Day 3: Mount Kenya National Park
In the morning you are driven to Mount Kenya National Park, arriving in time for lunch at Serena Mountain Lodge. The lodge overlooks a floodlit natural water-hole and salt lick, and your afternoon and evening can be spent viewing game from the lodge itself. Elephant, buffalo, rhino and waterbuck are all regularly seen coming out of the dense surrounding rain forest.
Meals : FB
Accommodation : Serena Mountain Lodge

Day 4: Lake Nakuru National Park
After breakfast you are driven to Lake Nakuru National Park, arriving in time for lunch. Your afternoon is spent viewing game. The shallow soda lake is home to thousands of lesser and greater flamingo, and the park also provides a sanctuary for buffalo, waterbuck, impala, Rothschild giraffe, and leopard.

You spend the night at Naivasha Sopa Lodge on the southern shores of peaceful Lake Naivasha.
Meals : FB
Accommodation : Lake Naivasha Sopa Lodge

Day 5: Masai Mara National Park
In the morning you are driven to the Masai Mara National Reserve, arriving in time for lunch. Your afternoon is spent on a game drive, giving you your first taste of this remarkable reserve.

You overnight at Mara Sopa Lodge, which is set in a valley on the eastern boundary of the reserve with beautiful views across the Mara.
Meals : FB
Accommodation : Masi Mara Sopa Lodge

Day 6: Masai Mara National Park
Today you go on both morning and afternoon game drives in the Masai Mara. Lion are common in the Mara, as are the rest of Africa's 'Big 5'. Other animals you are likely to see on your drives include zebra, jackal, gazelle, giraffe and eland.

You spend a second night at Mara Sopa Lodge. At night you have the opportunity to watch the hyena feeding.

Accommodation : Masi Mara Sopa Lodge

Day 7: Day of Departure
After breakfast at the lodge you are driven back to Nairobi, arriving at around noon.
Meals : BB