8 Days Kenya Super Safari

Tour Summary

This safari will take you to the beautiful Shaba National Reserve which along with Buffalo Springs is part of the area known as ‘Samburu’. You all also be connected to the privately-owned 24,000 acre reserve, Ol Pejeta Conservancy well known for black rhinos. You will visit Lake Nakuru which is the most famous of the Great Rift Valley lakes and well known for the flamingos. This safari will end with the Maasai Mara well known for the annual migration of millions of wildebeests, zebras, and the gazelles to the Serengeti National Park in northern Tanzania.

Day 1: Arrival

Upon arrival at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, you will be received by our representative who will transfer you to Sarova Stanley Hotel for dinner and accommodation (BB).

Day 2 & 3: Shaba National Reserve

After breakfast, you will be transferred to the beautiful Shaba National Reserve which along with Buffalo Springs is part of the area known as ‘Samburu’. You will arrive in time for lunch at the luxurious Sarova Shaba Lodge, which is built around natural springs and offers an oasis of green in the midst of this beautiful but harshly arid landscape.

Spend the afternoon discovering the unique wildlife of the reserve, which is famous for its elephants and lions. You will return to Sarova Shaba lodge in time to relax before dinner in the restaurant which is raised on timbered stilts overlooking the Ewaso Nyiro River.

Day 4: Olpejeta Conservancy

You will depart to the privately-owned 24,000 acre reserve, Ol Pejeta Conservancy where your drive ends and another adventure begins at your luxurious tented camp with magnificent views of Mt. Kenya. Arrive for lunch followed by afternoon game viewing drive. Dinner and overnight at Sweetwaters Tented Camp.

Optional activities abound, you may choose to go on a night drive in search of nocturnal species, go on a nature walk or join a rhino patrol with experienced armed rangers to find and monitor black rhino. During your stay here, you will also visit the 200-acre Chimpanzee sanctuary that has been set up here.

Day 5: Lake Nakuru National Park

After breakfast drive south to Lake Nakuru which is the most famous of the Great Rift Valley lakes and home to a shifting population of over one million flamingos.

Arrive in time for lunch at the Sarova Lion Hill Lodge, which enjoys sweeping views across the lake. Lion Hill Lodge impresses every guest with its panoramic view of the pink shoreline created by millions of flamingos on Lake Nakuru. The Lodge is situated within the Lake Nakuru National Park Rift Valley Province and is surrounded by natural flora and fauna in its beautiful grounds.

Spend the afternoon on safari in Kenya’s first and largest rhino sanctuary where sightings of both black and white rhino are almost guaranteed and where you have a higher than average chance of spotting a leopard. Other wildlife includes; lion, hippo, the rare Rothschild’s giraffe, Colobus monkey, numerous plains game and 450 species of birds. You will spend your night at Sarova Lion Hill Lodge (FB).

Day 6 & 7: Maasai Mara National Reserve

Your journey now takes you to the Maasai Mara, Kenya’s most famous wildlife reserve. Arrive in time for lunch followed by afternoon game viewing drive. You will have one more day of game viewing with all meals and overnight at your camp. The Maasai Mara is arguably Kenya’s most popular game reserve. It is most famous and most visited game reserve in Kenya.

A spectacle worth seeing is the annual migration of millions of wildebeests, zebras, and the gazelles from the Serengeti plains across the Tanzania border and the Mara river to reach Maasai Mara grazing fields from late June. Overnight accommodation at Mara Sarova Game Camp.

Day 8: Nairobi – Departure

After breakfast at the Camp, bid farewell to the Masai Mara as you set on your journey back to Nairobi. Drive back down the Great Rift Valley to Nairobi, by passing the dormant volcano, Mount Longonot, and lakes Elementaita and Naivasha on the way.

Keep an eye out for herds of giraffe and gazelle and head up the escarpment. You will arrive in Kenya’s bustling capital city Nairobi in the early afternoon where you will be transferred to the Jomo Kenyatta International airport for your departure flight back home.

Kwaheri!

Included in quotation

  • Accommodation as stipulated in the itinerary.
  • Transportation in a chauffeur driven minivan with a pop up roof for game viewing & photography.
  • Services of a professional driver-guide
  • All game viewing drives
  • All parks entrance fees as indicated in the itinerary.
  • All Government taxes and levies.
  • Complimentary 500 ml mineral water per person per game drive in the safari vehicle.
  • All arrival and departure transfers.
  • 24 hours stand-by contact number.
  • Meals as indicated in the itinerary.

Excluded in quotation

  • Visa Fees
  • Travel Insurance
  • All items of personal nature e.g. telephone call bills, fax/email bills etc.
  • Tips and gratuities to hotel, lodges, camp staff and driver- guide(s).
  • Alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks
  • International flight and departure taxes.
  • Laundry services.
  • Any other item(s) not included in our itinerary.

Note:

Prices are subject to change. Availability of accommodations and activities is not guaranteed; reservations will be made after receiving confirmation of the final itinerary and the requested deposit. Should any of the included accommodations not be available, we reserve the right to substitute it with an alternative suitable accommodation, which might affect the final quoted price.

The estimated travelling hours are based on the actual hours of driving, stops for lunch or photos not included. Gorilla Permits are not guaranteed!! The permits can only be purchased once we have received your 100% payment for the Gorilla Permits. We will let you know as soon as you have decided to tour with us, if the permits are available on your day of request. Please know that the permits are very rare and booking upfront is really necessary.