9 Days Vacation Kenya Safari Holiday

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9 Days vacation Kenya Adventure Safari Holiday takes you to the best of the parks in Kenya. Meru National park close to the Mount Kenya plays host to the Africa’s iconic animals, the rhinos and elephants. With its 13 rivers cutting through the scenic landscape as they flow from the Nyambene hills giving life to both plants and animals. They drain into Kenya’s longest river, the Tana. With a prolific bird life this park is one of those we would call off the beaten park as it is not as frequently visited. We the travel to Samburu game reserve. This semi arid area acts as a refuge for the wildlife as the river of brown waters, the Ewaso Ng’iro. It divides the buffalo springs and the main Samburu game reserve and it is usually a perfect set up to watch elephants wallow in mud, drink and cross the river. Samburu also has the big cats, cheetahs, lions and leopards as well as the smaller cousins like the caracal. Lined with the only branched palm tree in Africa, the doum trees act as a refuge in the heat of the day and offer shade to the herbivores that call Samburu home. Enjoy the Samburu special five, Somali ostrich, oryx, reticulated giraffe gerenuk and the endangered Grevys zebra. 9 Days Vacation Kenya Safari Holiday then takes us right at the equator. The Olpajeta conservancy is a white and black rhino conservation success story and is one of the best places in East Africa to learn more about them. There is also a chimpanzee sanctuary which is open to visitors. Track lions as well as ride amongst the rhinos. Here you can feed Baraka the blind black rhino or visit the last two remaining Northern white rhino females. We then travel to Kenya’s great rift valley to Lake Naivasha. It is here we break the vehicle monotony and do some out door activities. We can do some horse riding at the sanctuary farm and get up close to wildlife, later take a motored boat ride in search of hippos and bird life. Hells gate National Park at Naivasha gives you the unique opportunity to cycle as you watch giraffes buffaloes elands amongst other wildlife. You can also do walking safaris. We then proceed to the mecca of wildlife, the Masai Mara. This is the best place in Africa to see and learn more about the lion, cheetahs and leopards. The rolling Savannah plains host so many different species of herbivores that keeps these big cats going. July to October the great wildebeest migration comes in from the Serengeti. The Mara river crossings are the highlights as they try to escape the hungry jaws of the lions

8 Nights 9 Days

Kenya wildlife safari holidays

Departure

Nairobi (flexible also depending on your lacation)
Departure Time

7.00 hrs
Return Time

1500hrs (not fixed)
Dress Code

warm clothes for the evenings and light clothes for the day time
Included

Accommondation

Meals

park/reserve tickets

Personal Guide

Transport in custom made safari 4x4

Day 1 Nairobi to Meru National Park

Leave Nairobi Early in the morning and head to Meru National park. Explore Meru National Park after lunch. This is a complete unspoiled jungle. Dinner and overnight at the camp lodge

Day 2 Full Day at Meru

We spend the whole day at Meru National Park with tailored game drive schedules to suit your needs. Meru National park is an unspoiled wilderness in Northern Kenya. With 13 rivers coursing through the rugged landscape with over 411 bird’s species singing melodious tunes. Enjoy as the elephant’s mud bath grevys zebra roll in the dust and the leopard hanging lazily from a tree. There are rhinos here too and a variety of Northern species like the reticulated giraffe and the Somali ostrich. It was one of the two areas in which conservationists George and Joy Adamson raised the famous lioness called Elsa which was made famous in the book and award-winning movie Born free. The Lioness Elsa is buried in Meru National park and part of Joy's ashes were scattered on her grave site.

Day 3 Meru to Samburu National Reserve

After breakfast we have a gamedrive as we exit the park and head to the jewel of the North Samburu game reserve. Arrive in time for lunch. Later in the afternoon we head out for our 1st game drive in search of the African elephant, leopards’ lions as well as the African sunset.

Day 4 Full day at Samburu National reserve

A tailored game drive to give you the maximum time and opportunity to explore Samburu national reserve, enjoy the elephants wallowing and enjoying the brown waters of the ewaso nyiro river, Reticulated giraffes dot the landscape, the spear horned oryx, the giraffe antelope, the gerenuk, the endangered grevys 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’ cheetahs. The area is named after the beautiful Samburu people who reside in this area and they have co-existed with this amazing wildlife for ages. You can visit a cultural village and get to experience some of Kenya’s diverse culture

Day 5 Samburu to Olpejeta conservancy

We leave Samburu conservation area after a morning game drive and head to olpejeta conservancy. Arrive in time for lunch and head out for the afternoon game drive . This is home to white and black rhinos, a chimpanzee sanctuary and as it is where the Northern hemisphere meets the south you get both the reticulated giraffe and the Masai giraffe, the endangered grevys zebra big cats as well as the African elephant. This is the only conservation area you 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 olpajeta conservancy in 2018 at age 45 years. You can meet the two northern white rhinos here through booing in advance. After the evening game drive, we head back to the lodge / camp for dinner and overnight.

Day 6 Olpejeta to Naivasha

After breakfast we leave olpajeta and head to Nyeri area and get into the Aberdare ranges locally known as Nyandarua ranges meaning the dry hide of a cow. We drive through the different levels of mountain vegetation as we come across animals like the giant forest hog, elephants, hyenas, cape buffalos’ duikers bushbucks and if lucky melanistic serval cat if not the rare melanistic leopard. We make stops for the enchanting landscapes as we ascend the ranges. Magnificent water falls like the Chania falls and Kenya’s biggest water fall, the karuru falls are to be found here and we get to explore them. The queens cave is not to be by passed as its not only breathtaking but it’s a story unto itself as it played as a hiding spot for Kenya’s freedom fighters the Mau Mau. It was also used by queen Elizabeth for picnic and the Magura falls makes it even a more magnificent spot. We later exit the park and drive for approximately 2 hrs. to Lake Naivasha for overnight

Day 7 Naivasha to Masai Mara

After an early breakfast we head out for a boat ride, about one hour in the only fresh water lake in the Kenyan rift valley that is home to hippos and over 400 bird species. Get pied kingfishers in action, the African fish eagle busy looking for the all-important protein source, the fish. Common carp is the most common fish here. After the boat ride we go for a horse ride or nature walk depending on your preference at the crescent island or the sanctuary farm. You can also do a bike ride as you watch wildlife, you will have a guide with you. Later drive to the Masai Mara with lunch on the way and reach in time for the evening game drive. Check in to the lodge/camp for dinner after the game drive

Day 8 Masai Mara full day game drives

We have a very flexible itinerary and game drives are tailored to your interests with our experienced professional safari guide. Early morning game drive with picnic breakfast gets you higher probabilities of catching the sunrise, animals whilst they are still active. The morning serenity is just unexplainable, you just have to experience. Explore more of the spotted savannah with its diverse landscapes as to capture beautiful animals, with your lenses. The Mara river where river crossings happen in July August September is the main water body snaking its way through this paradise. Hippopotamus and the Nile crocodile call this home and it’s the best place I the reserve to catch a glimpse of them as they warm themselves in the river banks. Other rivers include the talek river and smaller tributaries like sekenani river. The sand river is another picturesque area at the Masai mara and it is right at the border with the endless plains, the Serengeti. All these as our safari guide explains more about nature as it unfolds right in front of you, getting you the best angles for that shot! After a fulfilling adventurous day, you retire back to your strategically located safari camp/lodge for sumptuous dinner and overnight

Day 9 Masai Mara Nairobi

After early breakfast we head out for our Last game drive. Capture silhouettes of topis , giraffe elephant or even lucky a male lion silhouette. After an exciting morning game drive, we drive back to Nairobi. For a tailor made safari or a to book a safari with us kindly contact us below



 









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9 Days Vacation Kenya Safari Holiday