6 Days Mara, Samburu and Nakuru
The 6 Days Mara, Samburu and Nakuru Safari is a very unique Kenya Wildlife Safari tour that takes travelers who visit Kenya. This unique Kenya safari tour shall take you to Masai Mara National Reserve, Samburu Game Reserve and Lake Nakuru National Park.
All these 3 Kenya destinations are unique and with this 6-day Kenya safari, you shall get to experience it all firsthand. This 6-day Mara, Samburu and Nakuru safari starts and ends in Nairobi, Kenya.
Detailed Itinerary of 6-Day Mara, Samburu and Nakuru Safari
Day 1: Transfer to Samburu Game Reserve, Game Drive
Our Kenya safari guide will pick you up from your hotel of stay in Nairobi. After a short briefing, proceed on a transfer to Samburu Game Reserve that marks the start of your Kenya safari. Embark on your journey to Samburu.
Once at the lodge, enjoy lunch and then proceed on a late afternoon game drive in Samburu Game Reserve for encounters with predators like lions, leopards and many more. Samburu is a great ecological habitat famous for a lioness that adopted a young Oryx calf. after the experience, you will drive to your lodge, have dinner and stay overnight.
Accommodation: Samburu Sopa Lodge
Meal Plan: Lunch and Dinner
Day 2: Guided Walking Safari and Game Drive, Cultural Encounter
Today after an early breakfast you will proceed on a thrilling encounter of wild game up close in the company of a ranger guide; a guided walking safari in Samburu shall amaze you. Enjoy a game drive in the reserve as well, and later a cultural encounter for a chance to interact with the locals that inhabit the area. All these activities are punctuated with a lunch stop.
Return to the lodge later, and relax as you wait for dinner and an overnight stay as above.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 3: Drive to Lake Nakuru National Park, Game Drive
You will have breakfast at your lodge and check out of the lodge as you continue your journey to Lake Nakuru national park across the rift valley escarpment as you enjoy the beautiful scenery around you. You will have an en route game drive during which you will see wildlife species such as giraffes, rhinos, gazelles, buffalos, antelopes, reedbucks, elands, and impalas, among others.
Enjoy a picnic lunch in the park, and you will have another game drive in Lake Nakuru national park and you will visit the flamingo-filled Lake Nakuru, which is a good birding spot to see flocks of flamingos along the lake shores as well as other bird species and wildlife species grazing in the nearby plains. You will be driven back to your lodge after your evening game drive to have your dinner and overnight at Zziwa Bush Lodge.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 4: Transfer to Maasai Mara Game Reserve, Game Drive
After breakfast, drive along the Great Rift Valley, passing by the Great Rift Valley escarpment. You shall enjoy lunch en route and proceed to the reserve. Enjoy wild game viewing on an afternoon game drive in Masai Mara, punctuated with a picnic lunch in the wilderness. Chase the sunset as you transfer to your lodge of stay. Check in at the camp, and relax as you wait for dinner and an overnight stay at Sentrim Mara Camp.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 5: Game Drives in Masai Mara National Reserve
Wake up to a morning game drive in the Masai Mara after breakfast at the lodge, where you will see various wildlife in the park, including the Big Five. Look out for various birds in Masai Mara, as well as the beautiful landscape of the reserve. Enjoy your lunch in the wilderness, then head out for yet another game drive in the Masai Mara. Return to the lodge for dinner and an overnight stay as above.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Optional Activity: $450 pp
Day 6: Maasai Cultural Experience, Departure
After breakfast and checking out of the lodge in Masai Mara national reserve, you will enjoy game viewing as you leave the park. Enjoy a Masai cultural experience for a chance to learn and interact with the locals. After, you will be driven to Nairobi to the airport for your flight or hotel of stay in Nairobi, which will bring the safari to an end.
Meal Plan: Breakfast and Lunch
Price includes
- Park fees
- Accommodation and meals during the safari
- 4×4 safari land cruiser
- Professional safari and tour guide/driver
- Drinking water during the safari
- Activities during the safari
- Government taxes
- Complimentary drinking water in the safari vehicle
Prices excludes
- Flights and Visas
- Items of personal nature like laundry, internet, beverages, cigarettes, etc.
- hotel accommodation before/after the safari
- Tips and gratuities
- Optional and anything else not included in the itinerary
