7 Days East African Safari Tour Of 6 Amazing Parks

Duration : 6 Nights / 7 Days

Destination Covered : Nairobi, Nakuru, Masai Mara, Samburu, Aberdare National Park, Lake Naivasha

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?
You’ll find species at Samburu not easily seen elsewhere – Grevy’s zebra, the reticulated giraffe, and Beisa oryx – to name a few. At Aberdare, you’ll view the elephants and buffalo below as you relax in your treehouse lodge!

Lake Nakuru features rhinos, leopards, and flamingoes, along with pelicans, ostrich, herons, and eagles – a very diverse and pretty park.

If you know about the Masai Mara then surely you’ve heard of the Great Migration – here’s where it happens. This yearly trek of tens of thousands of wildebeests, zebras, gazelle, and more stream across the Mara River from the Serengeti on their timeless drive for survival. And waiting for them are crocodiles and all kinds of big cats.

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

Aberdare National Park
Stay at a unique tree hotel – view game from your balacony
Waterfalls, mountains, and lush forests

Lake Nakuru Park
Bird watching
Rhino sanctuary
Rothschild’s giraffes
Flamingoes, pelicans, and other birdlife
The Great Rift Valley escarpment – dramatic towering formations & scenery

Lake Naivasha
Boat safari – view wildlife on the shore
Glide by hippos
Guided walking safari at Crescent Island Sanctuary – giraffes, zebras and more

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 6 Hour Drive

Meals: Lunch & Dinner

7:30 am Ready to safari? Your adventure begins as your Africa Kenya Safari driver/guide pulls up to your hotel, residence, or place of your choosing in a private 4 x 4 Land Cruiser Jeep.

Hop aboard and we’ll begin our journey passing through Kenya’s scenic central highlands with stops at a local market and to mark our crossing of the equator.

Samburu is a wide-open place – popular for a northern park but still lightly touristed. Here you’ll find plenty of elephants and Africa’s other “Big Five” game. And also some unusual species like the Somali ostrich.

We’ll spend our first night on safari at our lodge or tented camp.

Day 2

Full-Day at Samburu

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Elephants, zebra, buffalo, warthog, antelope, and the reticulated giraffe – these are just some of the wildlife waiting to be discovered in this expansive park. Of course, we’ll be tracking for the larger predators as well like lion and cheetah.

This is a big arid park, bisected by the refreshing waters of the Ewaso Nyiro River where the wildlife come to quench their thirst and we’ll head over there to observe them.

We’ll also take side trips to the nearby and much greener Shaba and Buffalo Springs reserves to view the wildlife there.

If you wish you can take an optional visit to the local Samburu tribe, closely related to the Maasai people. See their lifestyle and homes close-up and get to know these ancient and self-sufficient people.

While at Samburu, you can take as many game drives as you desire but also relax at your accommodation. Just discuss with your driver/guide.

Toward evening, we’ll retire at our lodge or tented camp for dinner and rest.

Day 3

Samburu – Aberdare 6 Hour Drive

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

We’ll be up early for a final game drive through the park in case you missed any elephants or antelope.

Now we’ll head south to the highland reaches of Aberdare National Park, a cool spot of waterfalls and mountain streams.

Here you’ll stay in perhaps the most unique accommodation of the safari, and maybe anywhere – a treetop hotel – either The Ark or Tree Tops Lodge.

From either hotel, you’ll get spectacular views of the park and the wildlife below coming to visit the waterholes and salt licks. Look for elephants, black rhino, buffalo, and antelope emerging from the forest.

We will, of course, spend the night in our tree-top lodge.

Day 4

Aberdare – Lake Nakuru – Lake Naivasha 5 Hour Drive

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

After spending a night in the treetops, we’ll descend and continue on our Kenya safari. Hitting the trail, we’ll take the scenic drive to Lake Nakuru, stopping to view the impressive Thompson’s Falls, a spectacular plunge of cascading water.

Nakuru is a small but very impressive reserve with its acacia woods, dramatic escarpments, and acacia forests. The wildlife and birdlife here are impressive – giraffe and white rhinos grazing by the lakeshore, lots of baboons, and flamingoes, pelicans, ostrich, storks, and eagles. Plus, we can visit a special sanctuary for black rhinos. Here you’ll find a vibrant palette of moving colors, textures, natural sights, and sounds.

We’ll continue to nearby Lake Naivasha, to relax and enjoy dinner at our accommodation here.

Day 5

Lake Naivasha – Masai Mara 5 Hour Drive

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

We’ll awake to the morning light and birdsong at this freshwater lake. Ready for an early morning sailing safari? We’ll take an easy sail past hippos, exotic birds, and grazing antelope nearby on the shore.

Neighboring Crescent Island Sanctuary beckons so let’s hop over for a quick guided walking safari past grazing zebra, impala, and giraffe. We’ll also spot lots of shorebirds on this peaceful, private peninsula.

But now it’s time to safari to the most vibrant park in the region if not all of Africa – the Masai Mara Reserve.

Its rolling hills and golden savannahs will greet us with an array of wildlife not seen elsewhere – great prides of lions, plus cheetahs, leopards, crocodiles, elephants, buffalo, giraffe, and rhinos.

The Mara is a great collection of predators and grazers, filling the land over its plains, savannahs, and woods.

We’ll take the first of many game drives upon our arrival.

Don’t miss the late afternoon sunset as we head to our Mara safari lodge or tented camp for dinner.

Day 6

Full Day at the Masai Mara

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

We’ll be up early to take in the immense park in the soft morning light. Driving past the many iconic acacia trees you’ll feel as though you stepped into a familiar photo of this famous park.

As at Samburu, you can take as many game drives as you please… but you can also carve out relaxing time at your accommodation, the choice is yours.

If you should be at the park during the season of the Great Migration (July – October), you can’t help but observe the sea of wildebeests and zebras flowing into the park from the neighboring Serengeti.

We’ll have lunch down at the Mara River, site of the great crossing, and watch the drama of nature’s wildlife in all its quest for survival.

If you’d like to see this spectacle from above, we recommend an optional early morning hot air balloon safari. As the dawn’s light plays across the park, you’ll rise to view endless trains of wildlife stretching to the horizon – an unforgettable experience.

Here’s another opportunity to meet the indigenous people of the area – we offer an optional visit with the local Maasai in a nearby village. Learn about their lifestyle and culture, and perhaps pick up some beaded souvenirs of their handiwork.

As evening approaches, we’ll head back to our Mara accommodation for dinner and conversation about all we’ve seen this day.

Day 7

Masai Mara – Nairobi 5 Hour Drive

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

We’ll enjoy breakfast at our accommodation and then jump into the 4 x 4 as we drive out of the park.

Then we’ll turn north for the drive back to Nairobi.

We should arrive at about 4:30 pm and will bring you back to your hotel, residence, or place of your choosing.

From Kenya’s cool north to stunning Rift Valley Lakes to the vast sweep of the Mara, this has been a diverse and colorful safari experience. We hope you collected plenty of photos, memories… and maybe a deeper appreciation for the natural world. From the team at Africa Kenya Safaris, a big Asante! for your time and your trust.