9-Day Kenya Safari through Aberdare Samburu Masai Mara and Nakuru

• Pick-up from your Nairobi hotel or the airport by your private guide.
• Enjoy a scenic drive through Kenya's central highlands.
• Make short stops at Chania Falls and the Aberdare viewpoint for photography and stretching.
• Arrive and check in at the lodge, where a hot lunch will be served.
• Spend the afternoon relaxing or join an optional forest walk.

Accommodation: The Ark Lodge or similar
Meal Plan: Lunch and Dinner

• Set out on a morning forest drive exploring the moorlands and waterfall viewpoints.
• Wildlife sightings may include elephants, buffalo, hyenas, bushbuck, and giant forest hogs.
• Enjoy leisure time in the afternoon at the lodge overlooking salt licks and natural watering holes.
• Take an optional guided walk to Karuru or Gura waterfalls.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

• Have breakfast and check out from the lodge.
• Drive north with a stop at the Equator Crossing Line for photos.
• Enjoy a scenic descent into the semi-arid Samburu region.
• Check in at the lodge and have lunch.
• Spend the afternoon relaxing, followed by an evening sundowner by the Ewaso Nyiro River.

Accommodation: Elephant Bedroom Camp, Saruni Samburu, Samburu Sopa Lodge, Saasab Lodge or similar
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

• Begin with an early morning game drive in search of the Samburu Special Five.
• Wildlife encounters may include Grevy's zebra, reticulated giraffe, Somali ostrich, gerenuk, and Beisa oryx.
• Enjoy an optional visit to a Samburu cultural village.
• Head out again for an afternoon game drive with sunset viewing.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

• Have breakfast and check out.
• Drive south toward the Masai Mara.
• Stop at the Rift Valley Escarpment viewpoint for breathtaking photos.
• Enjoy lunch en route.
• Arrive in the Mara in the afternoon, followed by a short game drive to the camp.

Accommodation: Mara Intrepids, Mara Serena Safari Lodge, and Beyond Bateleur Camp or similar
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

• Set out on an early morning game drive during prime predator activity hours.
• Return to camp for breakfast or continue with a full-day game drive with a packed lunch.
• Enjoy an optional visit to a Maasai cultural village.
• Relax at the camp in the evening.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

• Take an optional hot-air balloon safari over the Masai Mara.
• Enjoy morning birdwatching.
• Depart in the afternoon for Lake Nakuru National Park.
• On arrival, enjoy a sunset game drive or a bush sundowner experience.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

• Start with an early morning game drive.
• Return to the lodge for breakfast.
• Continue with a mid-morning drive around the Makalia region.
• Have lunch and enjoy an afternoon rest.
• Head out for an afternoon game drive featuring white and black rhinos, Rothschild's giraffes, flamingos, lions, and buffalo.
• End the day with sunset viewing at Baboon Cliff.

Accommodation: Sarova Lion Hill Lodge or The Cliff
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

• Enjoy an early morning game drive.
• Have breakfast at the lodge.
• Drive back to Nairobi with drop-off at your hotel or the airport.

Meal Plan: Breakfast