12 Days Kenya wildlife safari
A 12 Days Kenya wildlife safaritakes you to fascinating wildlife destinations Maasai Mara, Lake Nakuru, Lake Naivasha, Amboseli, Tsavo East and Tsavo West safari is an epic adventure that takes you to Kenya’s most iconic and diverse wildlife. Throughout your safari, you will experience the warmth of Kenyan hospitality, enjoy thrilling game drives, and create lifelong safari memories of an unforgettable African safari adventure.
Day 1: Drive from Nairobi to Maasai Mara.
On the 1st day of your 10 days Masai Mara safari, you will start your safari with pick up in Nairobi on the first day of your Kenya safari and welcome you to Kenya. You will have a short briefing as you prepare for your drive to Masai Mara National Reserve. You will have a stopover in Narok town where you will interact with the Maasai and other locals.
Your guide will drive you to Masai Mara reserve where you will check in your lodge and be served with lunch and later engage in afternoon game drive and search for wildlife species around the savannah plains like elephants, giraffes, antelopes, wildebeests, zebras, lions, leopards, rhinos among others. After your game drive, you will be driven to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation: Julies Camp.
Day 2: morning and afternoon game drive.
You will be served with breakfast at your lodge ahead of your morning game viewing experience in Masai Mara national reserve. After breakfast, you will explore the reserve in search of the different wildlife species which are known to be spotted in the reserve such as the big five which includes lions, leopards, elephants, buffalos and rhinos among other wildlife species.
You will have lunch after your morning game drive. You will engage in another game drive in the afternoon to explore a different part of Masai Mara national reserve as you watch the sunset and then return to your lodge to have your dinner and spend the night.
Accommodation: Julies camp.
Day 3: full day in Maasai Mara.
On the 3rd day of your 10 days Maasai Mara, Tsavo safari, After having breakfast at your lodge, your guide will drive you around Masai Mara reserve for a full day of exploring the savannah plains in search of elephants, lions, leopards, rhinos, buffalos, antelopes, impalas, zebras, giraffes, hippos, waterbucks, wildebeests, cheetahs among others.
You will have a morning and afternoon game drive as you drive around the Masai Mara in search of the wildlife species and other attractions at the destination, admiring the landscape and enjoying the atmospheric environment. After your game drives, your guide will drive you back to your lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation: Julies camp.
DAY 4: Transfer from Maasai Mara National Reserve to Lake Nakuru national park.
After breakfast, you will enjoy the last enroute game drive in Maasai Mara, exit the reserve and head on a drive back to Lake Nakuru National Park – a birder’s haven and a rhino sanctuary. You will arrive in the park in time for lunch at your lodge, in the afternoon you will go for a game drive on which you will watch a variety of animals including rhinos, giraffes, leopards and large numbers of flamingoes on the shores of Lake Nakuru. Return to your lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation: Nakuru safari lodge.
Day 5: Full day in Lakuru National Park.
Get up in the early and be served with a hearty breakfast. After meet your safari guide for the full exploration in Lake Nakuru National Park for you will enjoy the morning game drive where you enjoy sighting of the early risers like the lions, leopards, rhinos and among others, you will also sight the beautiful flamingos. After you will either have a picnic lunch or you will go back to the lodge for lunch. After lunch you will come to the park to see the animal species and bird species that you missed during the morning game drive. After the afternoon game drive you will drive back to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation: Nakuru safari lodge.
Day 6: Morning game drive/birdwatching and transfer to Lake Naivasha.
Get up early, have breakfast, and head to Lake Naivasha with views of the Great Rift Valley for an early game drive and birdwatching experience. Arrive at Lake Naivasha by mid-morning for a bird walk, and have lunch at Lake Naivasha Sopa Lodge before heading out for lunch. Near Lake Nakuru, Lake Naivasha is a freshwater lake that was designated as a bird sanctuary in 1967. It also sustains the pastoral industries of wine and flowers. You will observe local birds on your drive to Lake Naivasha, including black crakes, herons, fish eagles, ospreys, and lily-trotters. Naivasha is one of the world’s most imposing and magnificent lakes, dominated by the shadow of Mt. Longonot. Additionally, you’ll go on an excursion to the Elsa mere Centre. Because Lake Naivasha is located on the Rift floor, it is home to a staggering array of animals. Here, more than 450 species have been identified. Dinner and overnight stay at your lodge.
Accommodation: Naivasha Sopa.
Day 7: Crescent Island visit and Transfer to Amboseli National Park.
Visit Crescent Island Game Sanctuary, an island or peninsula on Lake Naivasha’s eastern shore, after breakfast. You may visit the unusual Crescent Island Wildlife Sanctuary, home to giraffes, waterbucks, elands, wildebeests, zebras, and impalas, with a quick boat ride from the mainland out into Lake Naivasha. In addition, about 200 different species of birds call it home. Hippos abound in the lake, and you can see enough of them from the island. Fish eagles, ospreys, lily-trotters, black crakes, and various herons are some of the local avian inhabitants.
You will exit the park and head to Amboseli national park with en-route game drive, along the way you will enjoy the scenic country side of Kenya. When you arrive in Amboseli national park you will be welcomed by the scenic views of Mount Kilimanjaro’s snowcapped summit, you will head to your lodge for lunch and in the afternoon you will return for an afternoon game drive. Have dinner and stay overnight.
Accommodation: Ol Tukai Lodge.
Day 8: Full day in Amboseli National Park.
On the 8th day, get up early in the morning and meet your safari guide and go for the early morning game drive to catch and view the early raisers, this is when your going to view the beautiful scenery of Mount Kilimanjaro, and you will embark for breakfast. You shall go for another game drive where you shall view more animals and birds. You shall view over 400 species of birds before going for your lunch. After your lunch, you shall go for the last game drive where may catch glances of lions also in Amboseli. You shall view rhinos, warthogs, and many more animals. You will embark in the camp afterwards for dinner and overnight shall be in the camp.
Accommodation: Ol Tukai Lodge.
Day 9 : Transfer to Tsavo East National park.
You will have breakfast at the lodge, check out from your lodge and meet your safari guide and transfer to Tsavo East National Park with enroute morning game viewing experience around Amboseli National Park. You will proceed with your journey to Tsavo East National with the wonderful views along the way.
Once you arrive at the lodge in the late afternoon you will be served with lunch and, you will check in your lodge and where you shall relax and do afternoon game drive to spot the attractive animal species like the lions, elephants, buffaloes, crocodiles, waterbucks, leopards, and gerenuk and bird species and among others. Dinner and overnight shall be in the lodge.
Accommodation: Manyatta Camp.
Day 10: Morning game drive and afternoon game drive.
Wake up early for breakfast at your lodge and head to the park for an early morning game drive to spot the early raisers like lions, buffaloes, and waterbucks, lesser kadu, and gerenuk and among others, after the experience you will go back to the lodge for lunch, after lunch you will come back to the park for afternoon game drive this is where you will spot the animal species that you missed during the morning game drive. After the experience you will go back to your lodge for dinner, relaxation and overnight stay.
Accommodation: Manyatta Camp.
Day 11: Transfer to Tsavo West national park.
On the 11th day of you safari. You will get up early in the morning and enjoy a hearty breakfast, and checkout from your lodge and transfer to Tsavo west with the enroute morning game drive to spot the early risers like cape buffaloes, lions, cheetahs, leopards, elephants and various bird species, and once you arrive you will be served with lunch and go for the afternoon game drive On the game drive you will have an opportunity to view many animals such as lions, elephants, buffaloes, rhinos, zebras, gazelles and crocodile sat Mzima springs. After the experience you will go back to your lodge for dinner, relaxation and overnight stay.
Accommodation: Saltlick Safari Lodge.
Day 12: En route-Morning game drive and transfer to Nairobi.
Have early breakfast, check out from your lodge and head to the park for en-route morning game drive to spot the early raisers on which you will watch many animals such as lions, leopards, elephants and many more. After the game drive you will head back to Nairobi which is approximately 5 to 6 hours. And along the way you will have enroute lunch, after lunch you will head to Nairobi and when you arrive in Nairobi you will be dropped off either at your residence or at the airport for your departure flight back home.
End of 12 Days Kenya wildlife safari
