Private Safari to Samburu, Lake Nakuru & Masai Mara - 7 Days

Day 1: Nairobi-Samburu

Pick up from Airport/ hotel at 0700 am and depart for the dramatic semi-arid scrubland of the Northern Frontier. Arrival in Samburu will be by lunchtime. After lunch embarks on a game drive to sight resident wildlife species like the Reticulated Giraffe, Grevy's Zebra, Beisa Oryx, and the blue-necked Somali Ostrich that are rare elsewhere in the country. Dinner and overnight will be at the spectacular Samburu Simba lodge.

Day 2: Samburu Game Reserve

Today you will spend the full day in the Samburu National Park. You will have early morning and evening game drives. All your meals and overnight will be at l the camp.

Day 3: Samburu - Lake Nakuru

After breakfast depart for Lake Nakuru arriving in time for lunch at Nakuru lodge in Nakuru town and late afternoon proceed for a game drive giving you a chance to see large flocks of flamingos, rhino, giraffe among other wild. Return lodge for dinner and overnight. Lake Nakuru's claim to fame is anchored on its flamingos and the over 400 species of birds found here. The lake itself is a soda lake on the floor of the rift valley. The sight of the at times millions of flamingos is quite spectacular. From a distance, the lake appears ringed in pink. The Lake has also earned a reputation as an important haven for endangered species- particularly the Rothschild Giraffe and the black and white rhino. Lions, waterbuck, buffalo, and baboons are all residents here.

Day 4: Lake Nakuru - Naivasha - Maasai Mara

Early Breakfast then views the game as we exit the park and drive to Naivasha for an optional boat ride via the Great Rift Valley to arrive at Maasai Mara in time for lunch at Mara Chui Camp or similar. Full afternoon game drives till dusk when we return to the camp for dinner and overnight stay at camp.

Day 5: Maasai Mara game reserve

Full days exploring the park in search of the big 5. Early morning and late afternoon game drives are offered. Dinner and overnight stay at the camp. The Mara offers wildlife in such variety and abundance that it is difficult to believe: over 450 species of animals have been recorded here. You will easily see lions, rhinos, hippos, crocodiles, giraffes, wildebeests, zebras, buffalo, warthogs, hyenas, jackals, wild dogs, buffalo, leopard, many kinds of antelopes, and elephant. It is in the Mara that perhaps the most spectacular event of the natural world takes place. This is the annual migration of millions of wildebeest and zebra from the Serengeti (Tanzania) in search of water and pasture. Following on their heels are the predators of the savanna- lion, cheetah, wild dog, jackal, hyena, and vultures.

Day 6: Maasai Mara

Full day exploring the park in search of the big 5. Early morning and late afternoon game drives are offered. Dinner and overnight stay at the camp The Mara offers wildlife in such variety and abundance that it is difficult to believe: over 450 species of animals have been recorded here. You will easily see lions, rhinos, hippos, crocodiles, giraffes, wildebeests, zebras, buffalo, warthogs, hyenas, jackals, wild dogs, buffalo, leopard, many kinds of antelopes, and elephant. It is in the Mara that perhaps the most spectacular event of the natural world takes place.

Day 7: Maasai mara – Nairobi

Early morning game drive. Soon after breakfast, we proceed to Nairobi arriving at 1400 hrs drop hotel or airport.