14 Days Nature Expedition Safari

14 Days Nature Expedition safari tour itinerary

Day 1: Nairobi

Clients arrive to Nairobi according to their flights. Met and greeted by our customer care team, then transfer to city hotel. Overnight at Ole Sereni Hotel or similar

Day 2: Aberdares Treetops Hotel

We will drive through Kenya highlands with views of tea and coffee plantations and on to Outspan hotel/Mount Kenya Safari Club in Nyeri for lunch. After lunch we leave Outspan/Mount Kenya Safari Club and drive to Treetops Hotel/Lodge located in the heart of Aberdares National Park for night game viewing. Both Treetops Lodge and The Ark are built in an area with a waterhole and a saltlick that is frequented by wildlife day and night. Dinner & overnight at Treetops Hotel or similar.

Day 3 – Shaba Game Reserve

Drive across the Great Rift Valley and then past Mount Kenya to Shaba Game Reserve. This Reserve is situated in the dry area of Northern Kenya, where the nomad tribes, the Samburus, the Rendilles and the Boran live.  After lunch you will encounter the amazing landscape of the Shaba Game Reserve.  Dinner and overnight in Samburu Sopa Lodge or similar (FB) www.sopalodges.com

Day 4 – Samburu Game Reserve

Full day game drives in this beautiful area known for its greve Zebras and the Gerenuk Gazelles.  You then take a game drive along the Ewaso Nyiro river, the only source of water for this dry Park. Dinner and overnight in Samburu Sopa Lodge. (FB) or similar www.sopalodges.com

Day 5: Lake Nakuru National Park

After breakfast, drive to the Lake Nakuru national Park for morning and afternoon game drive in the park as we visit the lake with its pelicans, cormorants, kingfishers, bright flamingos, herons, ostriches and eagles. Lunch will be at the lodge

There’s plenty of big game here, but also, uniquely, the park is home to a large population of black and white rhino at its protected sanctuary. We’ll be watching for these immense beasts but also zebra, hippo, baboon, and monkey. Dinner and Overnight at Lake Nakuru Sopa Lodge or similar.

Day 6: Masai Mara Game reserve

An early morning game drive will enable you see more animals like waterbuck, hyena, cheetah, and buffalo. After breakfast, drive to the famous reserve in the world called Masai Mara game reserve. Arrive in time for lunch, we shall drive to the lodge with game drive enroute in the vast rolling savannahs of the reserve

The park boasts one of the highest densities of wildlife anywhere. And besides Africa’s Big Five, you’ll find many other wildlife species on these rolling hills, over 90 types of mammals. After lunch and a short siesta, enjoy an afternoon game drive in search of all the big five animals which are plenty here. Dinner and Overnight at Mara Sopa Lodge or similar

Day 7: Masai Mara Game Reserve

Today you shall have full day game drives in the reserve which is home to huge numbers of wildlife. Our day will be filled with unlimited game drives with all meals in the lodge. You will have options of other activities like a visit to the local Maasai people. You can see how they live, their customs, ceremonies and buy some souvenirs from them. You may also choose to do a truly unforgettable experience of early morning balloon safari over the reserve. There is nothing like watching the dawn break over the reserve, lighting up the acacia trees and seeing wildlife stirring into the new day. Dinner and overnight at Mara Sopa Lodge or similar

Day 8: Serengeti Game Reserve

After early breakfast, collect picnic lunches and drive to Serengeti Game Reserve through ISABENIA BORDER. After formal immigration formalities, proceed to Serengeti game reserve. The legendary Serengeti Plain is your destination today, a vast rolling plain whose sparse vegetation allows for some of the best wildlife viewing in the world. Throughout the year the Serengeti is excellent for seeing predators such as lion, leopard and cheetah, along with elephant, giraffe, hyena, hippo, rhino, and many varieties of antelopes and birds. You will enjoy a picnic lunch as you drive North of Serengeti. The evening is free to rest. Enjoy your picnic lunches in the reserve. Dinner and Overnight at Seronera Wildlife Lodge or similar

Day 9: Serengeti Game Reserve

Today we enjoy morning and afternoon game viewing drives on the vast Serengeti plains. In the early morning and evening light, the Serengeti landscape is stunningly beautiful. The Serengeti ecosystem supports the greatest remaining concentration of plains game in Africa, including more than three million large mammals. The park is one that can never disappoint. One is spoilt by the variety of bird and wildlife species in this game reserve. Depending with wildlife movement at different times, we may serve picnic lunch at a picnic site or take hot lunch from our lodge. Dinner and Overnight at Seronera Wildlife Lodge or similar

Day 10: Ngorongoro Conservation Area

After breakfast, collect picnic lunches and drive to Ngorongoro Conservation Area for game drives in the crater. Enjoy your picnic lunches in the crater. Descend into the crater (600m) for an in-depth exploration of this distinctive Eco-system. Enjoy abundant wildlife viewing set against the impressive backdrop of the Ngorongoro Crater, the heart of the conservation area. These drives provide one of the best opportunities in Africa to view the rare black rhino, which tend to spend their time on the crater floor. Ngorongoro Crater is one of the world’s greatest natural spectacles; its magical setting and abundant wildlife never fail to enthrall visitors. For lunch, enjoy a picnic next to the hippo pools on the crater floor. Continue with the game drive throughout the various ecosystems of the crater, including woodland filled with zebra and baboon, plains that support scavenging hyena and a lake that is tinted pink with greater and lesser flamingos. Other game that you can see includes leopard, cheetah, hyena, other members of the antelope family, and small mammals. Dinner and Overnight at Ngorongoro Wildlife Lodge or similar

Day 11: Tarangire National Reserve

After breakfast set off on safari with your private car and driver to Tarangire National Park. Named for the river that nourishes the wildlife of a vast ecosystem, Tarangire is home to elephant, zebra, wildebeest, gazelle, buffalo, eland, waterbuck, lion, giraffe, onyx and an unsurpassed diversity of birds. From June to November, masses of wildlife congregate around the river, but the park is a stronghold for big game year-round. Take your first game drive before retiring to your beautifully designed lodge, hidden among ancient baobab trees and giant rock kopjes within the park. Dinner and Overnight at Tarangire Sopa Lodge or similar

 Day 12: Amboseli National Park

Early morning drive with picnic lunches to Amboseli national park for afternoon game drives enroute to the lodge. The mount Kilimanjaro peak summit stands at the park’s southern vista