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Overview of Kenya Safari Tours

 

 

One of the finest wildlife sanctuaries in Kenya, is the Maasai Mara, home to migrant birds, about 57 different species of birds of prey  and wildlife in abundance. On arrival, one is immediately struck by the large herds of elephant, shuffling about almost the grasslands.  Due to the prolific amount of game, it is not surprising that lion, cheetah and leopard find an ongoing source of food here.  Within the Mara river, hippo wallow. 

 

However, by far the most spectacular  sight in the Mara, is the massive migration of animals to new grazing pastures each year. Between July and August each year, literally millions of wildebeest, often aptly termed the "clowns of the African wildlife", head in their droves from the Serengeti in search of fresh grasslands further north towards the Maasai Mara in Kenya. The best place from which to view the mass migration is from the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya.

 

 

Itinerary for Tanzanian Safari Tours

 

Below are a small sample of some of our tours. Accommodation is everything from camping to Luxury Safari Lodges. Tours can be modified to meet your needs.

3 Day, 2 Night Safari

 

NAIROBI - MASAI MARA

 

Day 1: Nairobi - Maasai Mara

You will be collected from your hotel in Nairobi at 08h30 hours, after which we will head through the escarpment of the Great Rift Valley past the extinct volcanoes of Longonot and Suswa, towards Narok for our lunch stop. We will continue across the Loita Plains, passing both occupied and abandoned manyattas - nomadic Maasai villages. We will drop off our luggage and head on an afternoon game drive before returning for dinner and overnight. (BLD)

 

Day 2: Maasai Mara

After breakfast, we will head out on a early morning game drive with an optional add-on visit to the Maasai Villages before returning to the campsite for lunch. After lunch we will head out on a further drive and return tfor dinner, and to spend the night (BLD)

 

Day 3: Maasai Mara - Nairobi

After a brief early morning game drive, we will have breakfast and return to Nairobi, arriving around 16h00.

 

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5 Day, 4 Night Safari

 

AMBOSELI - TSAVO

 

Day 1: Nairobi - Amboseli

08H30 Depart Nairobi for Amboseli game reserve via Namanga on the Tanzania border. Picnic lunch en route, on arrival& time permitting, you proceed on for an afternoon game drive, dinner and overnight (BLD)

 

Day 2: Amboseli

Early morning game drive when Mt. Kilimanjaro usually appears from its mantle of clouds, return for breakfast and proceed on for another game drive, lunch followed by a siesta and an afternoon game drive, dinner and overnight (BLD)

 

Day 3: Amboseli - Tsavo

06H30, after breakfast depart Amboseli for Tsavo West National Park crossing the dramatic lava flow at the park boundary, picnic lunch followed by a game drive in this Kenya’s largest park, noted especially for its enormous elephants population. Visit Mzima Springs – an Oasis where hippo and crocodile can be seen. Dinner and overnight (BLD)

 

Day 4: Tsavo

Breakfast and depart for a morning game drive, there after return for lunch. Afternoon game drive, dinner and overnight (BLD).

 

Day 5: Tsavo - Nairobi

Early morning game drives, there after break up camp and drive back to Nairobi with picnic lunch to arrive by 4.00 p.m. (BL)

 

 

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6 Day, 5 Night Safari

 

BARINGO - NAKURU - MASAI MARA

 

Day 1: Nairobi to Lake Baringo

We leave Nairobi at 08h30 hrs and head through the escarpment of the Great Rift Valley towards Lake Baringo for a boat trip, having lunch along the way. Lake Baringo is a fresh water lake, and supports a great variety of birds as well as hippos and crocodiles. Overnight (BLD)

 

Day 2: Lake Baringo - Lake Nakuru

This morning, we head south via Lake Bogoria, a shallow soda Lake with a beautiful scenery and also home to a sizable number of flamingos and other species of birds, as well as boiling hot springs and a geyser, which also contributes to the beauty of the lake. After lunch we proceed to Lake Nakuru, another shallow soda lake. Here, on a good day, one has an opportunity to see up to two million flamingos besides tens of thousands of others birds. Lake Nakuru is a rhino sanctuary and also home to lion, warthog, waterbuck, buffalo, hippo and many other animals. Dinner and overnight (BLD)

 

Day 3: Lake Nakuru - Maasai Mara

After breakfast, we head for the Maasai Mara with a brief stop-over at Narok. We continue across the Loita Plains pasts occupied and abandoned manyattas - nomadic Masai villages. Later, we head on an afternoon game drive before returning for dinner and overnight. (BLD)

 

Day 4: Maasai Mara

Today, we have a full day of game viewing with a picnic lunch, before heading back to camp. (BLD)

 

Day 5: Maasai Mara

Today, you can either head off an pre-dawn optional extra balloon ride or a morning game drive, followed by breakfast and a further optional add on visit to a cultural Masai Village. In the afternoon we head off an a further game drive. (BLD)

 

Day 6: Maasai Mara - Nairobi

After a brief early morning game drive, we will have breakfast and return to Nairobi, arriving around 15h30. (B)

 

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7 Day, 6 Night Safari

 

MOUNT KENYA - SAMBURU - LAKE NAKURU - MASAI MARA

 

Day 1 - Nairobi –Mount Kenya

08H00. Pick up from hotel for a safari to Mount Kenya. Picnic lunch en route, time permitting, an afternoon nature walk to the Mau Mau Caves located in the Mount Kenya forest. Dinner and overnight (BLD) The drive takes 3 hours.

 

Day 2 - Mount Kenya - Samburu

Depart Mount Kenya for Samburu via the scenic surroundings with Picnic lunch en route. On arrival proceed on for an evening game drive in search for lions, elephants, gerenuk, grevy’s zebra, onyx, the reticulated giraffe and other plains game. Dinner and overnight (BLD). [2 hrs]

 

Day 3- Samburu

Early morning game drives, return to the campsite for breakfast, after breakfast another game drive, return for lunch at the campsite, siesta at the campsite followed by an evening game drive, dinner and overnight (BLD)

 

Day 4 - Samburu – Lake Nakuru

Depart after breakfast past the northern tip of the Aberdare Mountains to descend into the Great Rift Valley where Lake Nakuru is located. [Picnic lunch en route]. Time permitting proceed on for an evening game drive, dinner and overnight (BLD). [5 Hrs]

 

Day 5 - Nakuru – Masai Mara

Depart after breakfast for Masai Mara with picnic lunch en route. On arrival you will proceed on for an afternoon game drive, dinner and overnight (BLD) [5 hrs]

 

Day 6 - Masai Mara

Full day game drives with morning and afternoon game drives, dinner and overnight (BLD)

 

Day 7 – Masai Mara - Nairobi

Early morning game drive, after breakfast departs for Nairobi with picnic lunches to arrive by 4 pm. [5 hrs]

 

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8 Day, 7 Night Safari

 

SAMBURU - LAKE BARINGO - LAKE NAKURU - MASAI MARA

 

Day 1: Nairobi - Samburu

Depart Nairobi in the morning passing through the rich agricultural farmland on the slopes of Mt. Kenya to the mainly dry scrubland and open Savannah plains of Samburu Game Reserve. Here the Ewaso Nyiro River supports a wide variety of games among them elephants buffalo cheetah leopard, lion grevy’s zebra reticulated giraffe, long necked gerenuk and the Oryx. (BLD) [Picnic lunch en route].

 

Day 2: Samburu

Morning and afternoon game drives (BLD)

 

Day 3: Samburu- Lake Baringo

Leaving Samburu in the early morning, we make a scenic drive tot he west across the Lerochi Plateau, [lunch en route] and later descend tot he floor of the Great Rift Valley, arriving at Lake Baringo in the afternoon. This is a fresh water lake, which supports a great variety of birds as well as hippos and crocodiles. Indeed the lake is reputed to be the bird-watching center of Kenya. (BLD)

 

Day 4: Lake Baringo -Lake Nakuru

Early in the morning we head south via Lake Bogoria, which is a shallow soda Lake with a beautiful scenery and also home to a sizable number of flamingos and other species of birds. The highlight however is the boiling hot springs and geyser, which also contributes to the beauty of the lake. After lunch we proceed to Lake Nakuru in the South – another shallow soda lake that is described as an ornithologist paradise and one of the world’s most magnificent sights. Here one has an opportunity to see up to two million flamingos besides tens of thousands of others birds if lucky. Lake. Nakuru is a rhino sanctuary and also harbors lions, warthog, waterbuck, buffalo, hippo and many other animals. Dinner and overnight.  (BLD)

 

Day 5: Lake Nakuru - Masai Mara

We head further south to Narok to the incredible Masai Mara. Overnight (BLD)

 

Day 6 - 7: Masai Mara

We explore the Mara region packed with the elephants, zebras, rhinos and all kinds of game throughout the year with the spectacular wildebeest migration from Serengeti occurring mainly in July and August. (BLD)

 

Day 8: Masai Mara - Nairobi

Early breakfast and proceed on a morning game drive. There after proceed to Narok where Masai souvenirs can be brought and then proceed to Nairobi. [Picnic lunch en route]

 

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10 Day, 9 Night Safari

 

AMBOSELI - MT KENYA - SAMBURU - LAKE NAKURU - MASAI MARA

 

Day 1: Nairobi - Amboseli

Depart Nairobi for Amboseli game reserve, having a picnic lunch en route. On arrival, we will proceed for an afternoon game drive, dinner and overnight (BLD)

 

Day 2: Amboseli National Park

We head off on an early morning game drive, returning for breakfast. Later, you can go on an optional visit to the Masai Villages or head out on another game drive, followed by lunch and an evening game drive. Dinner and overnight (BLD)

 

Day 3: Amboseli - Nairobi - Mt Kenya.

We leave Amboseli and head towards the second highest mountain in Africa, Mount Kenya passing coffee plantations en route. Time permitting, we will go on a nature walk into the Mount Kenya Forest to Mau Mau Caves. We will have dinner and overnight (BLD)

 

Day 4: Mount Kenya - Samburu

After breakfast, we depart for Samburu Game Reserve, have lunch at the campsite followed by an afternoon game drive in search of lions, elephants, gerenuk, zebra, onyx, giraffe and other animals. Dinner and overnight (BLD)

 

Day 5: Samburu Game Reserve

We head out on an early morning game drive, returning to the campsite for breakfast. After breakfast, another game drive after which we return for lunch. We head out again for an evening game drive, dinner and overnight (BLD)

 

Day 6: Samburu Game Reserve - Lake Nakuru

After breakfast, we head past the northern tip of the Aberdare Mountains and descend into the Great Rift Valley where Lake Nakuru is located. Time permitting, we will proceed for an evening game drive, dinner and overnight (BLD)

 

Day 7:Nakuru - Maasai Mara.

We depart after breakfast for Maasai Mara with a picnic lunch en route. On arrival we will head out on an afternoon game drive, dinner & overnight (BLD).

 

Day 8-9: Maasai Mara.

Today, we will have a full day of game drives. Overnight (BLD)

 

Day 10: Maasai Mara - Nairobi

Early morning game drive, followed by our departure for Nairobi with picnic lunch en route, to arrive by 16h00.

 

 

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Dates/Prices

 

Safari dates are arranged to suit you with no set fixed departures. We can accommodate you at any time of year, subject to availability.

 

Prices vary according to fixed or private departures and are thus quoted individually. For prices, please email us per below

 

 

 

Photo's

   

 

Lake Nakuru

Serengeti Wildcamp

Masai Mara

Hiena

Lake Nakuru

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Masai

Hiena

Wildebeest

Zebra

Hippo

Buffalo

Wildebeest

Zebra

Hippo

Buffalo

 

 

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Migration Patterns

The annual migration of the animals, (wildebeest and zebra) takes place each year between Tanzania and . The flow of animal's moves from a southerly to a notherly and westerly direction as the herds head north towards the Mara River in search of food. Between July and August each year, literally millions of wildebeest, often aptly termed the "clowns of the African wildlife", head in their droves from the Serengeti in in search of fresh grasslands further north towards the Maasai Mara in . Around November of each year, they turn and head back in a south easterly direction towards , . The flow of animals is entirely dependant on the weather and so the patterns change from year to year.  Below is a rough idea of how the animals move over the course of each year, by following the movement of the arrows.

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January to March April
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May June to July
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August September
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October November
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December

 

 

 

 

 

 

Safari Overview

Trip Duration

3 Days, 2 Nights or more

Destination

Kenya

Activities

Safari Tour

Travel times

All year

Best Seasons

June to October

Minimum Numbers

1

Accommodation

Tents, Lodges or Hotels

 

 

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