12 Days Kenya Luxury Safari

Today, most game parks have some kind of lodge facility, be it luxury modern hotel or a permanent tented camp. Participants enjoy a round of game drives, relaxation at lodge swimming pools, sumptuous buffets, and more game drives. Such a safari is not everyone’s dream of Africa adventure, but it is terrific vacation. Lodges come in many shapes and sizes. Their general quality is very high in terms of comfort, cleanliness, and service. Each facility has its own ambience.

Today, most game parks have some kind of lodge facility, be it luxury modern hotel or a permanent tented camp. Participants enjoy a round of game drives, relaxation at lodge swimming pools, sumptuous buffets, and more game drives. Such a safari is not everyone’s dream of Africa adventure, but it is terrific vacation. Lodges come in many shapes and sizes. Their general quality is very high in terms of comfort, cleanliness, and service. Each facility has its own ambience.

Itinerary

Day 1: Nairobi to Amboseli

Pass By: Nairobi, Nairobi
We depart Nairobi in the morning and drive south through Masai country to the plains below Mt. Kilimanjaro where Amboseli is situated. After a stopover lunch at the lodge we proceed into the scenic Amboseli National Park for a game drive returning to the lodge in the evening for a sun downer. The waters from melted snow drain down Mt. Kilimanjaro under lava flows and surface in Amboseli, creating a green belt of swampland amidst dusty plains. Here buffaloes, lions, gazelles, cheetahs, wildebeest, hyenas, jackals, warthogs, Masai Giraffes, zebra, baboon, hippos and waterbuck can be seen against the backdrop of the magnificent snow-capped mountain.

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 2: Amboseli National Park

Pass By: Amboseli National Park, Amboseli National Park, Amboseli Eco-system, Rift Valley Province
After a leisurely breakfast, we explore the park through morning and afternoon game drives. We have sufficient time for relaxation at the lodge, complete with the majestic Mt. Kilimanjaro in the background. At 329 sq km Amboseli is a small park and lacks the profusion of animal species found in the Mara, but the landscape provides limited cover so we have better chances of seeing some of the larger predators.

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 3: Amboseli To Aberdares Ranges

Pass By: Amboseli National Park, Amboseli National Park, Amboseli Eco-system, Rift Valley Province
We leave Amboseli, viewing game as we drive via Nairobi to the Aberdares to enjoy the experience of staying in a Tree Hotel or lodge overlooking floodlit waterholes where wildlife and birds regularly visit. Dinner and a well deserved sleep thereafter. Over 40 species of wildlife inhabit the Aberdare mountain ranges, hiding in the heavily forested slopes and in the upper moor lands. The Aberdares is noted as a rhino sanctuary but keep an eye out for the elusive rare bongo, which is best, spotted in the upper bamboo zone and hypericum scrub.

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 4: Aberdares Ranges to Samburu National Reserve

Pass By: Samburu National Reserve, Samburu National Reserve, Samburu District, Rift Valley Province
After breakfast we proceed further north across the Equator to the edge of the Northern Frontier. Arrival will be in time for lunch and an afternoon game drive returning in time for a sun downer and dinner at the lodge.

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 5: Samburu National Reserve

Pass By: Maasai Mara National Reserve, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Rift Valley Province
The whole day will be spent relaxing and leisurely exploring the Samburu National Reserve through morning and afternoon game drives. You may opt to do some of the activities offered at the lodges for a small extra cost.

No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: lodge

Day 6: Samburu to Mount Kenya

Pass By: Mount Kenya National Park, Mount Kenya National Park
We enjoy a final early morning game drive in the Samburu reserve then depart for the Mt. Kenya region. Arrival at the lodge in time for you to enjoy the facilities of the lodge, explore the Mount Kenya National Park or take an optional tour to the nearby Sweetwaters Reserve which is home to Chimpanzees.

No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: lodge

Day 7: Lake Baringo via Lake Bogoria

Pass By: Lake Baringo, Kenya
Morning drive via the Nyahururu Falls down to the shallow soda Lake Bogoria and later to the beautiful lake Baringo where you may enjoy the pleasure of an evening bird walk. Dinner and overnight at the lodge.

No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Lodge

Day 8: Nakuru National Park

Pass By: Lake Nakuru National Park, Lake Nakuru National Park, Rift Valley Province
We enjoy a morning boat ride in search of hippo, crocodile, and fish eagle. After a sumptuous lunch, we then proceed to Lake Nakuru and the Nakuru National Park for an afternoon game drive.

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 9: Masai Mara National Reserve

Pass By: Maasai Mara National Reserve, Narok 00100 Kenya
After an early breakfast, we depart for Masai Mara National Reserve via the Great Rift Valley arriving in time for lunch at the lodge. We then proceed on an afternoon game drive returning to the lodge for a delicious sundowner, and dinner at the lodge or luxury tented camp.

No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: lodge or luxury tented camp

Day 10: Masai Mara National Reserve

Pass By: Maasai Mara National Reserve, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Rift Valley Province
The next two days shall be spent viewing game, in the early morning hours and in the evenings as this is when we have the best chances of seeing wildlife. The ultimate action here is without doubt the annual wildebeest exodus in July and August when millions of these grass eaters move north from the Serengeti in search of lusher grass before turning south again in October.

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 11: Masai Mara National Reserve

Pass By: Maasai Mara National Reserve, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Rift Valley Province
The next two days shall be spent viewing game, in the early morning hours and in the evenings as this is when we have the best chances of seeing wildlife. The ultimate action here is without doubt the annual wildebeest exodus in July and August when millions of these grass eaters move north from the Serengeti in search of lusher grass before turning south again in October.

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 12: Maasai Mara – Nairobi

Pass By: Nairobi, Nairobi
After a final early morning game drive we depart for Nairobi arriving in the afternoon hours.

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.