Kenya Camping Tours
12 Days Maasai Mara
/ Lake Nakuru / Samburu/Amboseli/
Tsavo West And East
Day 1: Nairobi / Maasai
Mara
After breakfast we will
pick you up from your
Nairobi Hotel.
Thereafter depart for
the Maasai Mara Game
Reserve with stops at
the viewpoint of the
Great Rift Valley and
Narok town for lunch and
refueling. Arrive in
time for a late
afternoon / early
evening game drive.
Lunch, Dinner and
Overnight at the Mara
Serena Safari Lodge/Mara
Sopa Lodge/Mara Simba
Lodge/Keekorok
Lodge/Mara Fig Tree Camp
/ or Campsite
Day 2: Maasai Mara
Early breakfast then
proceed for a full day
of game viewing in the
reserve. The day will be
taken up tracking game
with your guide though
there will be a break of
a picnic lunch at the
hippo pool. The
abundance and variety of
game in this reserve is
nothing short of
amazing. Practically
every mammal can be seen
in the Mara with a few
exceptions. Various
antelopes, scavengers
like hyena and vulture
are common.
The reserve contains all
the cats that are; lion
cheetah and leopard;
sighting leopard needs
luck more that just
being there but lions
are abundant and there
are excellent chances
for spotting cheetah.
The hippo pool is a
popular sport to watch
out for hippos; with
luck you may catch
crocodile basking on the
rocks. Elephants,
buffalo, the Maasai
giraffe, wildbeest and
the common zebra abound.
Dinner and Overnight at
the Mara Serena Safari
Lodge/Mara Sopa
Lodge/Mara Simba Lodge/Keekorok
Lodge/Mara Fig Tree Camp
/ or Campsite
Day 3: Maasai Mara
After breakfast proceed
to another game-viewing
session. After lunch you
will have the option to
go for a game drive or
at extra cost, visit a
nearby Maasai village to
see their nomadic
lifestyle. Both
activities will end at
the lodge or campsite in
the mid-evening where
you will retire for the
night after dinner.
Dinner and Overnight at
the Mara Serena Safari
Lodge/Mara Sopa
Lodge/Mara Simba Lodge/Keekorok
Lodge/Mara Fig Tree Camp
/ or Campsite
Day 4: Maasai Mara /
Nakuru
After breakfast depart
the Mara region for
Nakuru. The driver
offers panoramic views
of Mt. Longonot and Lake
Naivasha from a far;
this means that you will
see them from the main
highway. Arrive Nakuru
in time for dinner and
overnight at a lodge /
campsite.
Lunch, Dinner and
Overnight at Sarova Lion
Hill Lodge/Lake Nakuru
Lodge/Merica Hotel
Day 5: Lake Nakuru /
Samburu
Wake up to an early
morning game drive in
Lake Nakuru National
park. Flamingos and
other water birds that
thrive in a salt-water
environment can be seen.
With luck you may track
the white rhino and the
Rothschild’s giraffe
which both have
endangered species
status.
The park is 188km and is
home to cats (both lion
and leopard) various
antelopes, grazers like
warthog and the
waterbuck and Cape
buffalo that breed near
the shoreline. After the
game run, depart Nakuru
for Samburu via the
Thompson falls, which
are named after Joseph
Thompson, one of the
first European explorers
who walked from Mombasa
to Lake Victoria in the
1880’s. Lunch will be at
Nanyuki, which is at the
foothills of Mt. Kenya
arrive Samburu in the
evening, which a game
drive enroute.
Lunch, Dinner and
Overnight at Samburu
Serena Safari Lodge/Samburu
Game Lodge/Samburu Sopa
Lodge or campsite
Day 6: Samburu
Morning and afternoon
game drives in Samburu
with a lunch and leisure
break in the mid
afternoon. The reserve
is home to rare drought
resistant animals that
are peculiar to the
semi- arid region north
of the equator. These
include the reticulated
giraffe, gravy’s zebra,
the Beisa Oryx, gerenuk
and blue-shanked Somali
Ostrich. Samburu is dry
most of the year but is
watered by Ewasonyiro
River, which rises in
the Aberdares and drains
in the Lorian Swamp
North of Shaba National
Reserve.
Lunch, Dinner and
Overnight at Samburu
Serena Safari Lodge/Samburu
Game Lodge/Samburu Sopa
Lodge or campsite
Day 7: Samburu / Mount
Kenya
After breakfast, leave
Samburu for Mount Kenya
(Nanyuki) arriving in
time for lunch. After
lunch, visit the Mau
caves (where Kenyan
freedom fighters could
hide from the British
Troops during the
struggle for
independence.
Lunch, Dinner and
overnight at Sweet
waters tented camp/Arms
Hotel/Mount Kenya
Country Club or
campsite.
Day 8: Mount Kenya /
Amboseli
After breakfast, drive
south via the biggest
open-air market in East
and Central Africa (Karatina).
Proceed to Nairobi
arriving in time for
lunch in one of the
restaurants. Continue to
Amboseli via
Kenya/Tanzania border (Namanga)
arriving in Amboseli
late afternoon. An
evening game viewing
drive.
Dinner and Overnight at
Amboseli Serena Safari
Lodge/Oltukai lodge/Amboseli
Lodge or campsite.
Day 9: Amboseli
After breakfast, proceed
on a game drive in this
park, which lies in a
dried up lakebed. There
are swamps and springs
fed by underground
rivers from the melting
snows of Mt.
Kilimanjaro, which give
permanent water to the
wildlife. The animals
seen here include lion,
elephant, cheetah,
buffalo, plains game and
the rare Taita weaver
and the gerenuk.
The animals are mainly
found around the Ol
Kenya swamp. If the
weather is clear and
there is low cloud
cover, you may see the
peak of Mt. Kilimanjaro,
which forms a beautiful
backdrop to the park.
The observation hill
offers a view of the
entire park and beyond.
An afternoon game drive
will follow after lunch.
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
and Overnight at
Amboseli Serena Safari
Lodge/Oltukai lodge/Amboseli
Lodge or campsite.
Day 10: Amboseli / Tsavo
West
After breakfast, depart
Amboseli for Tsavo West
National Park, lunch
enroute. You will visit
the Shaitani Lava flows
as the area where the
park lies is volcanic
origin. The Mzima
Springs which contain 20
million tones of crystal
– clear water from the
underground streams of
the nearby Chyullu Hills
are an additional
attraction, various
aspects of marine life
including hippos,
crocodile and fish can
be seen from the
specially constructed
underground glass tank.
The animal species seen
at Tsavo are hippos,
crocodiles and fish can
be seen from the
specially constructed
underground glass tank.
The animal species seen
at Tsavo are hippo,
crocodiles, elephant,
gazelle, zebra, giraffe,
various birds, buffalo
and kudu in a thick
acacia setting.
Lunch, Dinner and
Overnight at Kilaguni
Serena Safari Lodge,
Ngulia Lodge, Severin
Safari Camp or campsite.
Day 11: Tsavo West /
Tsavo East
A morning game drive
will follow after
breakfast and probably
view the rock hyrax,
squirrels and mongooses
as the park contains a
large population of
these. Depart of Tsavo
East National Park,
lunch enroute. Here,
only the section south
of the Galana River is
open to the public for
game drives, the rest of
the park serves as a
wilderness for the
animals to retreat into.
Here the dried up Aruba
dam can be seen plus
crocodiles and the
crocodile point below
the Lugard falls.
Lunch, Dinner and
overnight at Voi Safari
Lodge, Ngutuni Lodge,
Sataoi Camp or Campsite.
Day 12: Tsavo East /
Nairobi
After breakfast, your
final game drive will
follow during which you
may see plains game,
zebra, antelope, lesser
kudu, ostrich and large
herds of elephant. Lunch
will be taken enroute.
Arrive in Nairobi in the
evening followed by a
transfer to JKI airport
to fly back home.
This cost includes
* Park entrance fees
* Transport in a safari
minibus ( join others)
* Accommodation in
spacious tents
* Three meals a day
while on safari prepared
by the safari cook at
the Camp
* Services of a
qualified tour
guide/driver.
* Services of a safari
cook |
Camping Safari
Close
your eyes, and for a moment feel your body
lift up, with you having no control over it,
and there is a certain part of you, inside
you, saying to yourself, I am crazy for
taking this balloon safari. This is what
most people feel, when the excitement of a
Masai Mara balloon safari crosses one's
emotion of self-control and independence.
is Africa's highest
peak. It is the world's tallest walkable mountain,
and what a walk it is. You go through 5 different
climatic zones to reach the summit.
