8 Days Breathtaking Safari in Kenya

Day 1: Nairobi - Maasai Mara National Reserve

Your driver will pick up you up from the airport and transfer you to the office for final preparation. Later, you will depart for the Maasai Mara National Reserve via the viewpoint of the Great Rift Valley area and have a stop at Narok town for lunch. Upon arrival, you will proceed for an evening game drive, tracking various animal species and birds with your driver / guide. Dinner and overnight will be at the campsite.

• Main destination: Maasai Mara National Reserve
• Accommodation: A mid-range camping site just outside Maasai Mara National Reserve
• Meals and drinks: Lunch, dinner, and drinking water (breakfast and other drinks are not included)

Day 2 and 3: Maasai Mara National Reserve (full day)

After breakfast, you will proceed on a full day of game viewing within the reserve. The landscape here is a scenic savannah grassland on rolling hills. This reserve is the best park for the game drive in Kenya as it has an extensive road and track network which allows you to the close range viewing and photography. You will have a break for your picnic lunch at the hippo pool while looking out for hippos and crocodile. Dinner and overnight will be at the campsite.

• Main destination: Maasai Mara National Reserve
• Accommodation: A budget camping just outside Maasai Mara National Reserve
• Meals and drinks: Breakfast, lunch, dinner, and drinking water (other drinks are not included)

Day 4: Maasai Mara National Reserve - Lake Naivasha

You will enjoy an early morning pre-breakfast game drive. After breakfast, you will depart the Mara Region for Lake Naivasha and have lunch en-route. You will be arriving at Lake Naivasha on a late afternoon. Optional boat ride or visit to the Crescent Island Game Sanctuary will be available at an additional cost. Dinner and overnight will be at a budget hotel.

• Main destination: Lake Naivasha
• Accommodation: Taphe Guest Resort House (a mid-range resort located near Lake Naivasha)
• Meals and drinks: Breakfast, lunch, dinner, and drinking water (other drinks are not included)

Day 5: Lake Naivasha - Lake Nakuru National Park

You will go on a breakfast tour at the Hell’s Gate National Park. The park has many attractions like the Olkaria and Hobley's which are two extinct volcanoes as well as the obsidian which forms from the cool molten lava. Within Hell's Gate National Park, there is the Hells Gate Gorge lined with red cliffs which contain two volcanic plugs, Fisher's Tower and Central Tower. They are smaller gorges that extend to the south end of which a path descends into hot springs. You will then depart to Lake Nakuru National Park and the drive are expected to arrive in the evening. Next, you will be dropped at the hotel for dinner and overnight.

• Main destination: Lake Nakuru National Park
• Accommodation: Miale Hotel (a mid-range hotel located just outside Lake Nakuru National Park)
• Meals and drinks: Breakfast, lunch, dinner, and drinking water (other drinks are not included)

Day 6: Lake Nakuru National Park - Amboseli National Park

After breakfast, you will proceed on a game drive in Lake Nakuru National Park. Lake Nakuru is referred as the pink lake for its thousands of pink flamingos and other birds and is considered as a bird watchers’ paradise. Furthermore, the lake has a surprising number of animals. It is a rhino sanctuary and the Big Five, except the elephant, can be seen here. The park has a sanctuary for the conservation of the white rhino. Species like cape buffalo and water-buck can be seen near the shoreline. You will then drive to Amboseli National Park. Dinner and overnight will be at the campsite.

• Main destination: Amboseli National Park
• Accommodation: A budget camping site just outside Amboseli National Park
• Meals and drinks: Breakfast, lunch, dinner, and drinking water (other drinks are not included)

Day 7: Amboseli National Park

You will enjoy a day of game drives in this park containing swamp grounds in where elephants and hippos bathe in abundance. A variety of plains game, antelopes, and birds can also be seen. Moreover, Mount Kilimanjaro’s peak is in sight too if weather conditions permit. Here, the cook will cater you picnic lunches. After the game drives, you will return to the campsite for overnight.

• Main destination: Amboseli National Park
• Accommodation: Mid-range camping just outside Amboseli National Park
• Meals and drinks: Breakfast, lunch, dinner, and drinking water (other drinks are not included)

Day 8: Amboseli National Park - Nairobi

You will have an early morning game viewing and then return to the lodge for full breakfast. Later, you will be driven back to Nairobi to proceed to Mombasa for beach holiday by road. You will be dropped off at Emali to board a bus or at the airport to get you on a connecting flight to Mombasa.

• Main destination: Nairobi
• Accommodation: End of tour (no accommodation)
• Meals and drinks: Breakfast, lunch, and drinking water (dinner and other drinks are not included)

You will have a beach holiday at Mombasa on the eighth day.

The safari journey will take you to several places in Kenya such as Masai Mara National Reserve, Lake Nakuru National Park, and Amboseli National Park. Lions and leopards are just part of the landscape in Kenya, East Africa’s favorite safari destination. More than 40 national parks and nature reserves are scattered between Lake Victoria and the India Ocean, covering every imaginable landscape and featuring just about every animal in Africa from aardvarks to zebras. As you might expect, wildlife safaris are the lifeblood of Kenyan tourism and the infrastructure for travelers is impressive.

Jeeps, buses, and light aircraft fan out daily across the country to safari lodges and tented camps which some simple and rustic while others lavish and opulent. Refreshingly, you can enjoy close encounters with nature even on a budget with walking safaris run by tribal guides and economic tented camps that scrimp on creature comforts but not on creatures. Most people start the journey in Nairobi but few linger when there are more attractive cities strung out along the sun-kissed Kenyan coast and dotted around the Great Rift Valley.

Whether you pick the interior or the coast with its beach resorts and Islamic ruins, you can be sure to find a national park or reserve close at hand. Nairobi even has a national park within the city limits with zebras and giraffes just a stone’s throw from the suburbs. Kenya is also a great place for cultural encounters with more than 40 different tribal groups which each following its own unique way of life. The semi-nomadic Maasai with their rainbow-colored and bead-covered adornments are perhaps the most obvious group but visiting any tribal village is a fascinating experience.

On appearances, Kenya would seem like the perfect holiday destination but tourism has had its ups and downs in recent years with political upheaval during elections and a string of high-profile militant attacks in Nairobi and along the coast. These setbacks have made a noticeable dent in Kenya’s tourist industry, yet travelers still flock to the teeming plains of the Maasai Mara and trek the slopes of Mount Kenya. The biggest decision for most is not whether to go to Kenya but instead, which wild animal to search for first.

You will be served seven breakfasts, eight lunches, and seven dinners. Sterling Travel Limited provides buffet vegetarian and non-vegetarian or any other special meals.

• Balloon safari experience
• Boat riding at Lake Naivasha
• Maasai village visit
• Visit to the Crescent Island Game Sanctuary

• 4 game drives at Maasai Mara National Reserve
• 1 breakfast tour at Hell's Gate National Park
• 1 game drive at Lake Nakuru National Park
• 2 game drives at Amboseli National Park
• Beach holiday on Mombasa on the eighth day
• Transport in safari van with hatch roof
• Services of professional guide / driver
• Pick up service from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO)
• 7 breakfasts, 8 lunches, and 7 dinners
• 7 nights’ accommodation
• All park entrance fees
• Statutory taxes

• Visa
• Personal Insurance
• Balloon safari
• Maasai village visit
• Alcoholic and soft drinks like sodas
• Items of personal nature
• Tips

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• The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
• The rest of the payment should be paid on arrival.