7-Day Kenya Wildlife Safari with Samburu, Ol Pejeta and Masai Mara

Your professional safari guide will meet you at your hotel or residence for a briefing before you set off for the jewel of the north, Samburu Game Reserve. Arrive in time for lunch at Ashnil Samburu Camp. Later in the afternoon, head out for your first game drive in search of African elephants, leopards, lions, and the African sunset.

Enjoy a tailored game drive designed to give you maximum time and opportunity to explore Samburu National Reserve. Watch elephants wallowing and enjoying the brown waters of the Ewaso Nyiro River, while reticulated giraffes dot the landscape. The spear-horned oryx, the giraffe antelope, the gerenuk, the endangered Grevy's zebra, and the unique Somali ostrich are some of Samburu's highlights.

It is also one of the best places to see the spotted beautiful cat, the leopard, birds of prey, the Somali bee-eater, beautiful woodpeckers, and cheetahs. The area is named after the beautiful Samburu people who reside here, and they have co-existed with this amazing wildlife for ages. You can visit a cultural village and experience some of Kenya's diverse culture.

Leave after breakfast and proceed to Ol Pejeta Conservancy, which takes approximately 3 hours, arriving at Serena Sweetwaters Tented Camp. After lunch and a brief rest, you will proceed for your evening game drive, which is an optional activity at an additional cost.

This conservancy is home to white and black rhinos, a chimpanzee sanctuary, and, because it lies where the northern hemisphere meets the south, both the reticulated giraffe and the Masai giraffe. You may also see the endangered Grevy's zebra, big cats, as well as the African elephant.

This is the only conservation area where you can find the last two northern white rhinos in the world, Fatu and her mother Najin. Sudan, the last northern white male rhino, also lived here at Ol Pejeta Conservancy until 2018, when he died at the age of 45. You can meet the two northern white rhinos here through booking in advance.

Dinner and overnight at Serena Sweetwaters Tented Camp.

Depart the hotel soon after breakfast and proceed to Lake Naivasha. Make a stop at the East African section of the Great Rift Valley viewpoint, a geologic wonder of the world. Continue past the small Italian Catholic church built in 1942 during the Second World War, when the Italians were prisoners of war and Kenya was still a British colony until 1963.

Arrive in time for lunch and, after a brief rest, head out for the afternoon's activities. Begin with the boat ride, an activity at an additional cost, lasting about one hour on the only freshwater lake in the Kenyan Rift Valley, home to hippos and over 400 bird species. See pied kingfishers in action and the African fish eagle searching for its all-important protein source, fish. Common carp is the most common fish here.

Later, go out for a horse ride or nature walk, depending on your preference, at Crescent Island or Sanctuary Farm.

After breakfast, drive to the Masai Mara Game Reserve while enjoying the scenic views of the Great Rift Valley. Masai Mara Game Reserve is the northern part of the Serengeti and one of Kenya's most favored game-viewing areas. The reserve covers 700 square miles of magnificent wilderness. It is the Africa of the imagination, with endless reaches of acacia-dotted grasslands studded with hazy hills.

Enjoy an afternoon game drive to see the sundowner as you trail the Big Five, including lions in large prides, elephants, buffalo, zebras, and numerous plains game.

Spend the full day exploring the park in search of the Big Five and other predators. An optional hot air balloon safari can be arranged at an extra cost of US$ 450 per person. Dinner and overnight at Mtito Safari Camp.

The Mara offers wildlife in such variety and abundance that it is difficult to believe that 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, leopards, many kinds of antelopes, and elephants.

It is in the Mara that perhaps the most spectacular event of the natural world takes place: the annual migration of millions of wildebeest and zebra from the Serengeti in 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.

After a leisurely breakfast, enjoy a short drive to maximize the morning light before heading back to Nairobi.