Kenya · Safari

10-Hour Sweetwaters Game Reserve Tour with Chimp Sanctuary Visit

10 Hours Round trip from Nanyuki Easy pace

The journey

Trip highlights

01 Visit the Chimpanzee Sanctuary established by the Jane Goodall Institute
02 See the specially protected black rhino refuge with forty specimens
03 Spot wildlife such as reticulated giraffes, elephants, lions, cheetahs, and leopards on a game drive
04 Explore the multi-cultural Manyatta and meet Masai, Pokot, Turkana, and Samburu communities

Explore Sweetwaters Game Reserve on a 10-hour wildlife and cultural tour featuring game drives through the conservancy, a visit to the Chimpanzee Sanctuary established by the Jane Goodall Institute, and the specially protected black rhino refuge. Look out for an impressive variety of wildlife, from reticulated giraffes and African elephants to lions, cheetahs, leopards, and more than 500 recorded bird species. The experience ends with a visit to the multi-cultural Manyatta, where you can interact with Kenya's tribesmen and sample their traditional lifestyle and culture.

Visit the Chimpanzee Sanctuary, which was established by the Jane Goodall Institute to provide sanctuary to orphaned chimps, and the specially protected and fenced refuge of the black rhino with its stunning forty specimens.

From the itinerary

At a glance

What this trip includes

Duration 10 Hours

Tour type Shared

Activity level Easy

Accommodation Not included

Transport Included

Wheelchair access Not applicable

Cities Nanyuki, Nairobi

Languages English

Day by day

The itinerary

Day 01

Sweetwaters Wildlife Safari and Manyatta Cultural Visit

Depart from Nairobi at 06:00 hours and drive through lush tea and coffee estates to Sweetwaters Game Reserve.
Visit the Chimpanzee Sanctuary, which was established by the Jane Goodall Institute to provide sanctuary to orphaned chimps, and the specially protected and fenced refuge of the black rhino with its stunning forty specimens.
Enjoy a game drive in the park, where you may see reticulated giraffes, Burchell's zebra, African elephants, Cape buffalo, warthogs, waterbucks, Jackson's hartebeest, lions, cheetahs, leopards, steenbok, striped hyenas, suni, Thomson's gazelles, and impalas. Over 500 species of birds have been recorded here as well.
Have lunch and visit a rhino homestead.
Visit the multi-cultural Manyatta, which is situated just outside the Serat Gate of the Sweetwaters Game Reserve.
Get a chance to visit Kenya's tribesmen in replicas of their traditional homesteads and sample their culture. The Masai, Pokot, Turkana, and Samburu men and women will invite you into their homes, sell their traditional wares, show off their ritual dances, and introduce you to their lifestyle.

Depart by road back to Nairobi, arriving at 18:30 hours.

The route