6 Day Safari Exploring North - South Kenya Tour

Duration : 5 Nights / 6 Days

Destination Covered : Nairobi, Nakuru, Masai Mara, Samburu

Tour Activities : Game Drives

Tour Themes : Wildlife, Safari Tours

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Nairobi, Nakuru and Masai Mara Tour Overview

What’s Cool About These Parks?
Ever hear of the Somali ostrich, the gerenuk, or the oryx? You’ll find these rare, endangered treasures grazing on the plains of Samburu Park. We’ll also have an opportunity to visit with the local indigenous tribe of Samburu people and see a completely different lifestyle up close.

Rhinos are increasingly rare, but these shy and gentle creatures are thriving at a special sanctuary at Lake Nakuru. We’ll try for a sighting but will also be on the lookout for baboon, monkey, giraffe and of course, the lovely pink flamingoes grouping on the lake’s shoreline.

Nature’s most spectacular movement of animals awaits at the Masai Mara during the season of the Great Migration. Expect tens of thousands of wildebeests, zebras, gazelles, topi, and more pouring over the Mara River in their timeless quest for water and taller grasses. It’s the ultimate expression of wildlife on your safari in Africa.

The Extras
Depending on your choice of accommodation you can enjoy extras like a bush breakfast/lunch/ dinner, traditional dances around the boma, massage, aromatherapy, Ayurveda, special dietary menus, dinner at a Maasai homestead, game walks, overlook a natural watering hole, and more.

The Details
No one is more important to the success of your safari than your guide. At Africa Kenya Safaris, we have the friendliest, most experienced driver/guides. They will guide, host, inform, and look after you like the special guest you are. That’s our guarantee.

You’ll safari in style out to the parks in your own private 4 x 4 Land Cruiser Jeep – the best way to experience Africa with its higher seating for better views and its rugged all-wheel drive.

We give you more at AKS – customization, flexibility, and lots of choices. Your safari includes park entrance fees, game drives, accommodations, and meals. Plus, we always offer economy, comfort, superior comfort, or luxury safari lodges or tented camps.

Please give us a shout at Africa Kenya Safaris to set up your personalized safari adventure for yourself, your family, and your friends.

Tour Highlights
Samburu National Reserve
Views of snow-capped Mt. Kenya
The Samburu Five – Grevy’s zebra, reticulated giraffe, oryx, gerenuk, Somali ostrich
Visit the local Samburu people – see their homes and culture
1000’s of elephants

Lake Nakuru Park
Flamingos and other birds
Rhino sanctuary
Rothschild’s giraffes
The Great Rift Valley escarpment – dramatic towering formations & scenery

Masai Mara National Reserve
Unlimited game drives in your own comfortable Safari pop-up top vehicle
The Big 5 – elephant, lion, rhino, buffalo & leopard… plus zebra, cheetah and much more
Experience the Masai Mara, home to an ancient culture
Your choice of accommodations – from budget to luxury – stay in lodges or tented camps
Optional Masai village – Please arrange with your driver/guide – $20 per person
Optional Hot Air Balloon Ride – please ask us about this unique opportunity – $460 per person
Private dedicated English or other language speaking driver/guide

Nairobi, Nakuru and Masai Mara Tour Itinerary

Day 1

Nairobi – Samburu 5 - 6 Hour Drive

Meals: Lunch & Dinner

7:00 am Your Africa Kenya Safaris driver/guide will come by your hotel, residence, or the Nairobi airport to pick you up in a private 4 x 4 Land Cruiser Jeep.

We’ll head north through Kenya’s central highlands, passing coffee, tea, sisal, and pineapple plantations. We’ll take in the local homesteads and a view of towering Mt. Kenya with its snow-capped summit.

Then, the afternoon is ours for game drives across the expanse of Samburu and neighboring Shaba and Buffalo Springs reserves.

Expect to find plenty of elephants here – the park holds over 1000 of them!

Dinner and a relaxing evening will be at our Samburu safari lodge or tented camp.

Day 2

Full-Day at Samburu Reserve

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

This is your day to adventure out with unlimited game drives. But you can schedule relaxing time as well at your accommodation. Just discuss with your driver/guide. You create the safari you desire.

We’ll head out to the banks of the Ewaso Nyriro River, where the park’s thirsty wildlife come for sustenance. The game viewing here is active and varied.

Samburu is known for sightings of the “Samburu Special Five” – unique and endangered species like the Grevy’s Zebra, Somali ostrich, the reticulated giraffe, gerenuk, and Beisa oryx. African wild dogs are also found on the rugged terrain of this expansive park.

The nearby Shaba and Buffalo Springs Reserves offer a bit more greenery, plus lava terraces and other volcanic formations.

We can also take a visit with the local peoples of this ancient land, the Samburu. Related to the Maasai, you can meet these indigenous tribes and see their lifestyle and homes up close.

The evening will be spent at our Samburu accommodation.

Day 3

Samburu – Lake Nakuru 4 - 5 Hour Drive

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

We’ll be up early to take in the park as the soft light brings the wildlife into the new day.

Then we’re off to Lake Nakuru, traveling along the floor of the Great Rift Valley. Along our route, we’ll stop to view the swirling mists of Thompson’s Falls at Nyahururu.

Arriving at Lake Nakuru, take in the peaceful lake and its surrounding environs – waterfalls, acacia forest, wooded hills, and towering rock escarpments. The park is varied in landscapes and birdlife – flamingoes, cormorants, kingfishers, ostriches, storks, and eagles.

Plus its acacia woods hold species like baboon, monkey, leopard, giraffe… and by the shoreline, white rhinos.

The special sanctuary here is home to a great population of black rhinos. Color, variety, and wildlife make this small park a living treasure.

It’s been a busy day so let’s relax over dinner at our Lake Nakuru accommodation.

Day 4

Lake Nakuru – Masai Mara 6 Hour Drive

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

This will be an active day so let’s start early with a bird and game viewing safari through Lake Nakuru Park.

Then we’ll head further south toward Masai country on our way to the Masai Mara Reserve.

We’ll get to the park with plenty of time to freshen up at our accommodation and head out for our first Mara game drive.

Scenes of rolling hills and golden savannahs, dappled with acacia trees will greet us. And before too long we should spot some of the great park’s thousands of wildlife – all of Africa’s “Big Five” are found here in significant numbers. The park is known for its many prides of lions, as well as leopards, cheetahs, hyenas, jackals and so much more.

Look out for the birdlife as well, which is rich, colorful, and found extensively throughout the park.

Toward evening, we’ll retire at our Mara safari lodge or tented camp.

Day 5

Full Day at the Masai Mara

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Just like at Samburu, expect a full and busy day of game drives throughout the park. Your guide may have suggestions as to his favorite viewing spots.

During the season of the Great Migration (July – October) expect to witness the largest movement of animals on the planet. From the neighboring Serengeti, uncountable wildebeests, and zebra stream in on their yearly trek.

We’ll go down to the Mara River, site of the crossing, where crocodiles lie in wait for the steady influx of incoming grazers. Waiting as well in the hills are lions and other predators in this stark display of nature at its most primal.

But the spectacle of the migration is an undeniable drama. Should you wish to view these innumerable herds from a different perspective, we offer an optional early morning hot air balloon safari over the Mara. You’ll rise with the sun to watch the park come alive with light and wildlife – simply unforgettable.

Here’s another opportunity to enjoy a cultural moment with the local indigenous peoples. Take advantage of an optional visit with the Maasai where you’ll meet the people, learn about their lives and maybe pick up some of their beaded handicrafts. Just ask your guide.

As evening approaches look to the west for a glorious African sunset.

Our final safari evening will be spent at our Mara accommodation.

Day 6

Masai Mara – Nairobi 5 - 6 Hour Drive

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

We’ll enjoy breakfast at our accommodation and then jump into the 4 x 4.Heading back to Nairobi, there will be time to enjoy the vistas along the route, and we’ll stop for lunch to soak up the scenery

We’ll head north back to Nairobi and should arrive at your hotel, residence, or the airport at about 4:30 pm.

We have explored Kenya’s parks from the north near Mt. Kenya to its southern reaches in the Mara and have experienced every sort of wildlife. As an experienced safari-goer, you can talk about your adventures with newfound knowledge. All of us at Africa Kenya Safaris thank you for your participation in this exciting journey.