8 Days Adventure Travel in Kenya

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Overview

Visit the Masai Mara Game Reserve, Aberdare National Park, Samburu Game Reserve, and Lake Nakuru Park on our 8-day Kenya adventure tour. The Masai Mara is home to a typical tree-lined savannah landscape and a multitude of wildlife species. You'll have unlimited game drives and a cultural experience with the Masai people. Aberdare is famous for the African golden cat, the bongo, the Aberdare Ranges, and the magnificent waterfalls. Samburu National Reserve is the best place in the world to see elephants roaming free. Lake Nakuru is home to a rhino sanctuary and is home to millions of flamingos, as well as over 400 other bird species.

Itinerary

Day 1: Nairobi to Aberdare National Park

☕ Meals🛏️ Nairobi Serena Hotel🚗 150 km

Aberdare is located 150 km from Nairobi. With a morning pickup from your Nairobi hotel, plan to arrive at the park in time for lunch. You'll then head out on an afternoon game drive in search of leopards, the rare black rhino, and primates such as baboons and colobus monkeys. Aberdare is much cooler than the savannah, located above the tree line, with spectacular mountain scenery and dense rainforest. This offers a completely different perspective on the country. Return to your lodge in the evening for dinner and an overnight stay.

Day 2: Aberdare – Samburu National Reserve

☕ Meals🛏️ Safari Luxury Lodge🚗 1-2 hours

Aberdare National Park to Samburu is a 4-hour drive. Early breakfast at your lodge, followed by a short game drive from Aberdare to Samburu. You will stop at the Equator line in Nanyuki, near Mount Kenya. Arrive at your lodge in Samburu in time for lunch. Afternoon game drive through the park to observe unique wildlife species such as the reticulated giraffe, Beisa oryx, Somali blue-footed ostrich, and Grevy's zebra. Dinner and overnight at your lodge.

Day 3: Samburu National Reserve

☕ Meals🛏️ Safari Luxury Lodge🚗 4-5 hours

Early breakfast at the lodge. Head out for a full day of game drives to observe the rare wildlife of the semi-arid Samburu Reserve. Game drives and birdwatching are the most ideal ways to explore the park's native wildlife. You'll likely encounter the long-necked gerenuk, reticulated giraffes, leopards, Beisa oryx, and numerous birds, among others. Return to the lodge in the evening for dinner and overnight stay.

Day 4: From Samburu to Sweet Waters Reserve

☕ Meals🛏️ Head to Sweet Waters Tented Camp🚗 2-3 hours

Depart Samburu Game Reserve after breakfast and drive to Sweet Waters Game Reserve. Head to Sweet Waters Tented Camp, located on a private ranch with a 22,000-acre sanctuary for rhinos and chimpanzees on Ol Pejeta Ranch. In the late afternoon, observe a variety of animals such as giraffes, rhinos, buffalo, and others. Dinner and overnight at Sweet Waters Tented Camp.

Day 5: From Sweet Waters to Lake Nakuru

☕ Meals🛏️ From Sweet Waters to Lake Nakuru Depart on a game drive after breakfast from Sweet Waters Lodge🚗 2-3 hours

Depart on a game drive after breakfast from Sweet Waters Lodge and travel to Lake Nakuru National Park. This 5-hour drive across the Rift Valley escarpment will bring you to your lodge just in time for lunch. Take an afternoon game drive around the lake and spot rhinos, lions, flamingos, and other wildlife that call the park home.

Day 6: Lake Nakuru – Masai Mara Reserve

☕ Meals🛏️ Masai Mara Safari Camp🚗 2-3 hours

Depart early in the morning from Lake Nakuru for the Masai Mara Reserve via the town of Narok. Arrive at the lodge in the early afternoon, check-in, and have lunch. Afternoon game drive through the park in search of lions, cheetahs, buffalo, and elephants, and a visit to the Mara River.

Day 7: Full day of safari in Masai Mara

☕ Meals🛏️ Masai Mara Safari Camp🚗 1-2 hours

After breakfast, pick up your packed lunches at the lodge and head out for a full-day safari in the Masai Mara Reserve. You'll experience incredible wildlife sightings as you travel along an extensive network of roads and tracks. Take a break for your picnic lunch by the hippo pool, admiring the hippos and crocodiles. Dinner and overnight at the lodge.

Day 8: Masai Mara – Nairobi

🛏️ Masai Mara Safari Camp🚗 1-2 hours

Morning safari at the lodge. Depending on your flight schedule, you may have some time for a final safari in the Masai Mara, or you can begin a leisurely return to Nairobi for your flight home.