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Experience the perfect blend of thrilling wildlife encounters and coastal relaxation on this 13-day Kenya safari and beach escape. Start at Sweetwaters Game Sanctuary, a leading conservation haven where you can see the Big Five and visit the last two northern white rhinos. Then head to the rugged beauty of Samburu National Reserve, home to rare northern species and rich cultural heritage.
Continue to the bird-filled shores of Lake Nakuru National Park, famous for its flamingos, rhinos, and scenic woodlands. Next, dive into the heart of the African wilderness at the world-renowned Masai Mara National Reserve, where you’ll enjoy unforgettable game drives across the vast savannahs.
Finally, drive to the pristine white sands of Diani Beach on Kenya’s coast. Relax under swaying palms, swim in turquoise waters, and soak in the tropical charm.
Stay Locations
Day 1 – Sweetwaters
Day 2 – Samburu
Day 3 – Samburu
Day 4 – Nakuru
Day 5 – Masai Mara
Day 6 – Masai Mara
Day 7 – Masai Mara
Day 8 – Mombasa
Day 9 – Mombasa
Day 10 – Mombasa
Day 11 – Mombasa
Day 12 – Mombasa
Day 13 - End of the Trip Nairobi
Tour features
Mid-range tour
This mid-range tour uses lodges and tented camps.
Private tour
This tour will be organized exclusively for you and won't be shared with others.
Can start any day
If availability permits, this tour can start on any day.
Can be customized
You can request minor changes to the accommodations and destinations of this tour.
Suitable for solo travelers
Solo travelers can book this private tour.
Suitable for all ages
This tour is suitable for children of all ages.
Type of Vehicle
4x4 Land Cruiser.
Arrival
You will be collected from the airport.
Accommodation before the tour starts can be arranged for an extra cost
Included/Excluded
- Airport or Hotel transfers as per Itinerary.
- Park Fees for (for Non-Residents).
- A professional Driver/Guide.
- Game Drives while on Safari.
- Meals as per itinerary.
- Drinking mineral water while on Safari (2 liters per person per day).
- 4x4 Land Cruisers or Safari Van.
- All taxes and Vat.
- International Flights.
- Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour (Unless mentioned otherwise).
- Government imposed an increase of Taxes or Park Fees.
- Personal Items (Souvenirs, Travel Insurance, Visa Fees, etc).
- Any activities not mentioned in the itinerary.
- Tips.
Day 1: Nairobi - Sweetwaters Game Sanctuary
Start your safari with a pick up at 7:00 AM from your Nairobi hotel or Airport and drive to Sweetwaters Game Sanctuary, arriving on time for lunch. check in to your lodge/camps and enjoy a hot meal for lunch and rest.
You will drive through the rich and fertile central highland of the Kikuyu countryside, get through to the lower slopes of Mt. Kenya, cross the equator to Sweetwaters Game Sanctuary, arrive at Sweetwaters a private ranch and Rhino sanctuary that lies between Mt Kenya and the Aberdares mountains. Arrive in Sweetwaters shortly after noon and check into your lodge/camp, have hot lunch and then rest.
Sweetwaters is famous for to the last two of the Northern white Rhinos that remain in world. Search for both white Rhinos and Black rhinos. Other wildlife includes elephants, lions, buffaloes and other herbivores. The Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary is the only one of its kind in Kenya. Here visitors can enjoy the unique opportunity of observing the orphaned chimps that vary in age from 2-15 yrs. Most of these chimps have their originality at the Jane Goodall Institute in Burundi.
16:00hrs: - Depart for an afternoon game drive.
18:30hrs: – Return to lodge/camp for dinner and overnight.
Main Destination: Sweetwaters Game Sanctuary
Accommodations: comfort garden sweetwaters
Mid-range hotel located just outside Ol Pejeta Conservancy (Laikipia Plateau)
Meals and drinks: Lunch & dinner (Breakfast not included)
Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 2: Sweetwaters - Samburu National Park
Departs towards Samburu after breakfast, arrive in the afternoon and check in to your lodge/camps and enjoy a hot meal for lunch and rest. Samburu National Park guarantees you a wonderful game viewing. It has a semi-dry desert and savannah landscape, which allows for great visibility over the park and over its river that attracts many with beautiful landscapes and hundreds of animals, animals.
This park is 165 square kilometers big and has huge clouds of elephants roaming around in large families, this is a spectacular park to visit. Follow the banks of the Ewaso Nyiro River for the best game viewing. It is the only source of water for many animals, especially during dryseasons. Four of the Big Five (lion, leopard, elephant and buffalo) roam around, as well as the Samburu Special Five: Grevy Zebra, Gerenuk, Beisa Oryx, Reticulated Giraffe and the Somali Ostrich.
16:00hrs: - Depart for an afternoon game drive.
18:30hrs: - Return to your lodge/camp for dinner and overnight.
Main Destination: Samburu National Reserve
Accommodation: Samburu Simba Lodge
Mid-range Lodge bordering Samburu NR without fences
Meals & Drinks: Lunch & dinner (Breakfast not included)
Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 3: Full day safari in Samburu National Park
This day is solely reserved for game viewing, with a flexible schedule plan. You can discuss with your Guide and plan several options.
06:00hrs: - Early morning game drive in Samburu you get the chance to really search for theBig Five. During the day it can be hot, and game viewing is best done in the morning and afternoon. In between you can take a rest at your hotel or lodge, or visit the beautiful Samburu people.Samburu people are traditionally nomadic tribe related to the Masai. They live in secluded bomas: little villages with a circular wooden fence. Their huts have rounded roofs made out of cowdung, since they are pastoralists with mostly herds of cows, sheep or goats. Especially the Samburu women wear complicated and colourful necklaces and headwear, that they make themselves out of small beads.
As a break in between safaris, it’s possible to visit one of their bomas to get familiar with the traditional life of Samburu people. You will see their houses and learn about their way of life, how their necklaces are made and what the secret messages are inside.
Option 1: - 06:00hrs: - Depart for an early morning game, and later return to your lodge/camp for breakfast and have morning rest at leisure, Have Lunch at your convenient time, and resting until the next game drive at your leisure.
16:00hrs:– Depart on an afternoon game drive.
18:30hrs: – Return to lodge/camp for dinner and overnight.
Option 2 – Picnic: you can exit the Lodge/camp for an optional whole day Game drive with picnic lunch to return in the evening for dinner and overnight at the Lodge/camp.
Alternatively, you can have an optional bush dinner in the wild under the African sky.
Main Destination: Samburu National Reserve
Accommodation: Samburu Simba Lodge
Mid-range Lodge bordering Samburu NR without fences
Meals & Drinks: All meals included
Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 4: Samburu – Lake Nakuru
After breakfast depart towards Lake Nakuru arriving in the afternoon check-in your lodge/camp and
enjoy hot meal and rest.
Lake Nakuru National Park is famous for its bird spectacle featuring over a million flamingos (Greater and Lesser). It the home of over 450 migratory bird species from around the world and large flotillas of pelicans and other water birds being the major attractions of the area, the ecosystem provides for about 56 different species of mammals. It is also famous for its population of black and white rhinos, giraffes, buffalos, lions, leopards, baboons. It is easy to spot the rhinos on the edge of the lake.
16:00hrs: - Depart for an afternoon game drive.
18:30hrs: - Return to your lodge/camp for dinner and overnight.
Main Destination: Lake Nakuru National park
Accommodation: Lake Nakuru Sopa Lodge
Mid-range lodge located just outside the Lake Nakuru Np
Meals & Drinks: Lunch & dinner (Breakfast not included)
Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 5: Lake Nakuru - Masai Mara National Park
06:00hrs: - Drive towards these amazingly beautiful savannah plains of the Masai Mara arriving in time for lunch and check in to your lodge/camps, enjoy a hot meal for lunch and rest.
16:00hrs: - After lunch drive for the afternoon game drive. The Masai Mara plains with its abundance of wildlife borders Tanzania’s Serengeti National Park and together they are home to Africa’s best known natural wonder: the annual great migration. Over 2,5 million animals roam the plains of Serengeti and the Masai Mara together, following the rains in search of green pastures.
The Reserve is named masai Mara in honor of the Masai people. The Masai (also spelled Maasai) have lived in this region since they migrated from the Nile Basin centuries ago. Mara means spotted in the Maa language and refers to a landscape marked by many short bushy trees scattered all over the outstretched savannah.
18:30hrs: – Return to lodge/camp for dinner and overnight.
Main Destination: Masai Mara National Reserve
Accommodation: Masai Mara Sopa Lodge
Mid-range lodge located just outside the Masai Mara NR
Meals & Drinks: Lunch & dinner (Breakfast not included)
Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 6-7 - Full days safari in Masai Mara National Reserve
This day is solely reserved for game viewing, with a flexible schedule plan. You can discuss with your Guide and plan several options.
The Masai Mara is known for its abundance of wildlife, and today you have a full day to see it all, it is the home to more than 95 animal species and over 400 species of birds. From July - October the great migration arrives here. This means that huge herds of wildebeests, zebras, gazelles, antelopes and impalas can be seen trying to cross the Mara River.
You can spot the famous Big Five in the Masai Mara, as well as cheetahs, servals, hyenas,bat-eared foxes, black-backed or side-striped jackals, hippos, crocodiles, baboons, warthogs, topis, elands, waterbucks, oribis, reed-bucks and many, many more.
Option 1: - 06:00hrs: - Depart for an early morning game, and later return to your lodge/camp for breakfast and have morning rest at leisure, Have Lunch at your convenient time, and resting until the next game drive at your leisure.
16:00hrs:– Depart on an afternoon game drive.
18:30hrs: – Return to lodge/camp for dinner and overnight.
Option 2 – Picnic: you can exit the Lodge/camp for an optional whole day Game drive with picnic lunch to return in the evening for dinner and overnight at the Lodge/camp.
Alternatively, you can have an optional bush dinner in the wild under the African sky
Option 3 - Visits to a Masai Manyatta can be arranged between you and the driver. Another popular excursion is a romantic hot air balloon trip where you view animals from aboveand then touch down for an extravagant breakfast in the bush. I would recommend you book this in advance due to limited space.
Main Destination: Masai Mara National Reserve
Accommodation: Masai Mara Sopa Lodge
Mid-range lodge located just outside the Masai Mara NR
Meals & Drinks: All meals included.
Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 8-12 - Masai Mara – Mombasa Diani Beach
After breakfast drive towards Mombasa Diani Beach, arrive late in the afternoon and retire to your designated Resort. Diani Beach its lies 20 kilometers south of Mombasa, the beach is 15 kilometers long stretch of beach line, with rows of coconut trees, white powdery sand,amazing sunsets, beautiful resorts, high-class restaurants, Scuba diving and water sport centers. Diani Beach basically has it all
Use your days to go scuba diving or snorkeling, kite surfing, windsurfing, do boat rides or go jet skiing. And of course you can just relax on the beach, take your cocktail and enjoy the sunsets…! Dinner and overnight at the hotel.
Main Destination: Mombasa Diani Beach
Accommodation: Neptune village Resort & spa
Mid-range hotel located inside Diani Beach
Meals & Drinks: All meals included.
Drinking water (Other drinks not included).
Day 13: Time to catch your flight home
Visit famous Old Town 20 km from Diani, ocean view, abundant markets and several historic sites. Mombasa is much smaller than Nairobi, but its merchants atmosphere, old buildings, cobblestone streets and Arabic influences make for a totally different experience…!
As all good things come to an end, today is the day you fly back home. Enjoy your last hours on the beautiful Diani Beach before our guide takes you to Nairobi location or at the Airport for your flight back home.
After breakfast return to Nairobi hotel or to the Airport arrange that with your Guide.
Main Destination: Nairobi
Accommodation: No accommodation (End of tour)
Meals & Drinks: breakfast (Lunch and dinner not included).
End of tour
Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.
You will be dropped off at the airport.
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