ABOUT 10-Day Exclusive Landcruiser Safari Encounters with Big5 - Kenya safaris
You'll embark on an adventure with this exclusive safari, where you'll get up close and personal with majestic elephants in the remote Samburu bush and discover the untamed beauty of wildlife at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy. You'll experience thrilling game drives through the renowned Masai Mara, one of Kenya’s premier parks, and witness the awe-inspiring great migration. With this tour, you’re guaranteed to encounter the legendary Big Five, ensuring a truly extraordinary wildlife experience!
- Duration: 10 days
- Route: Wildlife Safari
- Starts at: USD 4685
Highlights for 10-Day Exclusive Landcruiser Safari Encounters with Big5 - Kenya safaris
Day 1: Samburu National Reserve
Day 2: Samburu National Reserve
Day 3: Meru National Park
Day 4: Meru National Park
Day 5: Ol Pejeta Conservancy
Day 6: Ol Pejeta Conservancy
Day 7: Lake Naivasha
Day 8: Masai Mara National Reserve
Day 9: Masai Mara National Reserve
Day 10: Nairobi
Day 1: Samburu National Reserve
>> You'll be picked up from your hotel at 7.30 AM and head North to the iconic Samburu National Reserve, arriving in time for lunch. After lunch, you'll start an afternoon game drive, where you can witness a variety of species. The reticulated giraffe, lion, leopard, Grevy zebra, and countless migratory birds are among the animals that can be spotted. You will spend the night at Samburu Sopa Lodge.
- Time: 8-10hrs
- Meals: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 2: Samburu National Reserve
>> You'll go on an early game drive at 6:30 am to see more wildlife and birds. After that, you'll head back to the lodge for breakfast. You will retire to the camp during the midday heat for a swim or a cold beverage. You will have a game drive in the late afternoon. Then, you'll head back to the camp for dinner and an overnight stay at Samburu Sopa Lodge.
- Time: 8-10hrs
- Meals: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 3: Meru National Park
>> You will have a wonderful view of the Mount Kenya region on this day, with its lush, green greenery. You are on schedule to reach your camp in time for lunch and some downtime in the afternoon. After some downtime, you will leave on your first safari game drive at 4:30 pm to observe the amazing animals that call the park home. Under the enormous blue bowl of the sky, the Meru and Kora sister parks are brilliant on a grand scale, with luxuriant jungle, coursing rivers, verdant marshes, khaki grasslands, and stark termite cathedrals. Few sites can compare to the sparsely populated and completely untouched atmosphere found here. In addition to the more than 427 known species of birds, visitors can witness Grevy's zebras, elephants, Bohor reedbucks, hartebeests, pythons, puff adders, cobras, and buffaloes. By nightfall, return to the Ikweta Safari Camp for dinner and the night.
- Time: 8-10hrs
- Meals: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 4: Meru National Park
>> You have the day to yourself in nature. Take pleasure in your early-morning meal before leaving with a packed lunch for your full-day tour. Lions are well known in Meru National Park. The Park is most famous for Elsa the Lioness and the 1966 Technicolor British drama film Born Free, which starred Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers as Joy and George Adamson, a real-life couple who raised Elsa, an orphaned lion cub, to adulthood. At the southernmost point of Meru National Park, off the southern bank of the Ura River, is Elsa's Grave. One of Kenya's best places to see rhinos in the wild is the Park. 34 black and 70 white rhinos were living in the gated 83 sq km Rhino Sanctuary as of the most recent count. In the park, you'll enjoy your picnic meal. You'll continue your game drives after that. Then, you'll head back to Ikweta Safari Camp for dinner and the night.
- Time: 8-10hrs
- Meals: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 5: Ol Pejeta Conservancy
>> After breakfast, you will drive south towards the Mt. Kenya area, arriving in time for lunch at Sweet Waters Serena Camp. You'll enjoy an afternoon game drive till dusk. The Ol Pejeta Conservancy offers a wide range of game drives and more than 500 bird species. On this game drive, you will have a chance to visit the Chimps Sanctuary and a Rhino Sanctuary before retiring to Maisha Sweetwaters Camp for dinner and an overnight stay.
- Time: 8-10hrs
- Meals: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 6: Ol Pejeta Conservancy
>> You'll have an early morning game drive, then go back to the camp for breakfast, and spend midday by the pool enjoying the views of Mt. Kenya with a cold beverage by the pool. You'll have lunch at the camp. Later in the afternoon, you will enjoy a game drive. Your dinner and overnight stay will be at Maisha Sweetwaters Camp.
- Time: 8-10hrs
- Meals: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 7: Lake Naivasha
>> After breakfast, you will head to Lake Naivasha. You'll have a stop at Thompson Falls and later head to Naivasha, arriving in time for lunch. In the afternoon, you'll enjoy a visit to the lake for a one-hour boat ride and a walk to Crescent Island, with a chance of seeing big schools of hippos and more than 400 bird species. Your dinner and overnight stay will be at Lake Naivasha Crescent Camp.
- Time: 8-10hrs
- Meals: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 8: Masai Mara National Reserve
>> Masai Mara National Reserve is one of the few places on earth where wildlife still lives relatively undisturbedly, in the numbers that formerly roamed the plains and forests of Africa. You'll take an early morning drive. Thereafter, you'll have breakfast and then head to Masai Mara National Reserve. The dramatic seasonal migration of thousands of wildebeest, zebras, and accompanying predators takes place in the Mara and serves as the northernmost point of the huge Serengeti ecosystem. While traveling, you will stop for lunch. In the afternoon, you'll have an afternoon game drive. Your dinner and overnight stay will be at Mtito Safari Camp.
- Time: 8-10hrs
- Meals: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 9: Masai Mara National Reserve
>> You will enjoy breakfast at the camp before leaving for a full-day game drive with picnic lunches. The Mara River's large crocodiles and hippos can be seen there if you have time. Lunch will be a picnic near the Mara River while you take in the scenery. Your dinner and overnight stay will be at Mtito Safari Camp.
- Time: 8-10hrs
- Meals: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 10: Nairobi
>> You will take a pre-morning game drive and have breakfast. Then, you will return to Nairobi, getting there by 4 o'clock.
End of safari.
- Time: 8-10hrs
- Meals: Breakfast (Lunch & dinner not included) Drinks not included
- Accommodation:No accommodation (End of tour)
Inclusions
- Park fees (For non-residents)
- All activities (Unless labeled as optional)
- All accommodation (Unless listed as upgrade)
- A professional driver/guide
- All transportation (Unless labeled as optional)
- All Taxes/VAT
- Roundtrip airport transfer
- Meals (As specified in the day-by-day section)
Exclusions
- International flights (From/to home)
- Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
- Tips (Tipping guideline US$10.00 pp per day)
- Personal items (Souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.)
- Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees
- Drinks