9-Day Kenya Safari through Samburu, Masai Mara, Naivasha and Amboseli

• Early pickup from your hotel or the airport, then drive to Samburu National Reserve.

• Arrive at the camp or lodge in time for lunch and relax in your room.

• Head out for a late afternoon game drive in Samburu National Reserve. The guide will concentrate on famous routes where wildlife can be spotted with ease.

• Be on the lookout for elephants, zebras, reticulated giraffes, and many other animals found here.

• Return to the camp or lodge in the evening for dinner and overnight.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, lunch, and dinner at the lodge.

• Explore the rugged terrain of Samburu in the morning.

• Visit Samburu villages to learn about the preserved Samburu culture (optional).

• Head out for afternoon game drives, or even full-day game drives if you wish.

• Look out for creatures like the Nile crocodile, long-necked gerenuk, Grevy's zebra, reticulated giraffe, Beisa oryx, and even the elusive Kenyan leopard.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, lunch, and dinner at the lodge.

• Enjoy an early morning breakfast at 7:30 am and depart for a morning game drive in the reserve as you exit.

• Drive south toward the equator with a brief stop, where locals do a water demonstration to show the position of the equator.

• After the brief stop, continue to Thompson Falls for a photo stop, then drive down the Rift Valley. As you ascend the eastern wall of the Rift Valley, lush coffee and tea plantations reveal themselves, and your driver-guide will give you a brief talk about coffee farming in Kenya.

• After checking in at your hotel, settle in for lunch and relax for the rest of the day.

Dinner and overnight stay at your camp or lodge.

• Enjoy a full buffet breakfast and a morning game drive at Lake Nakuru, home of the white rhino and flamingo.

• Thereafter, drive via Narok town to Maasai Mara National Reserve, the land of the Maasai tribe. The proud young Maasai warrior-nomads, with their plaited hair, red cloaks, and spears, challenge your curiosity. This 700-square-mile game reserve is the Africa of your dreams, complete with wild animals grazing amid the superb rolling landscape of gentle hills and acacia woodlands.

• Check in to your camp or lodge and have lunch there.

• Move out for your first game drive in the Masai Mara National Reserve. Lion and cheetah are easily spotted here together with a host of other wild animals. A bit of luck is required to sight the elusive leopard and rhino, and you may probably see them on the second day.

Return to the lodge or camp before dark for dinner and overnight stay.

• After breakfast, spend the whole day exploring the vast open grassland savannas of Masai Mara. Note that the park's abundant vegetation and regular rainfall support a huge population of herbivores, which in turn attracts many predators.

• Marvel at the yearly wildebeest migration passing through the park.

• Witness the big cat family stalk their prey before lunging into pursuit.

• Take lunch in a scenic part of the park before proceeding with the game drive.

Return for dinner and overnight stay at the camp or lodge.

• On this day, you can do a hot air balloon safari (optional) or have an early morning game drive.

• Come back to the camp for breakfast, check out, and leave for Naivasha.

• Arrive at the camp or lodge in the afternoon.

• Have lunch and relax by your room, take a walk along the lake shores, or opt for a boat ride on Lake Naivasha.

Dinner and overnight at the camp or lodge.

• After breakfast, proceed on a game drive in Hell's Gate National Park, known for its beautiful rocks and as the only park that you can cycle around.

• After lunch, drive to Amboseli National Park, arriving in the evening.

Dinner and overnight at the camp.

• Enjoy unlimited game drives at Amboseli National Park, returning to the lodge for lunch.

• Proceed with a game drive in the afternoon or opt for a visit to the Masai Village.

• Return to the lodge in the evening for dinner and overnight.

• This park contains swamp grounds where elephants and hippos bathe. A variety of plains game, antelopes, and birds can also be seen, as well as Mt. Kilimanjaro's peak, if weather conditions permit.

• Have a picnic lunch on this day at Observation Hill.

Return to the camp for dinner and overnight stay.

• Head out for a pre-breakfast game drive to catch stunning views of Mt Kilimanjaro and sunrise in the park.

• Return to the lodge for breakfast and leave for Nairobi with a brief game drive en route. Lunch will be en route or upon arrival in Nairobi.

• Arrive in Nairobi and be dropped off at the airport, hotel, or residence.

Meal Plan: Breakfast and lunch.