6 Days 5 Nights Samburu Game Reserve – Lake Nakuru & Masai Mara

Day 1 : Nairobi To Samburu Game Reserve

After breakfast at your city hotel/ residence, a safari briefing will follow on the adventures ahead. After the briefing, your safari adventure will begin as you depart by road driving across the equator from the Southern to the Northern Hemisphere, and onwards to the semi-arid region of the Samburu Game Reserve.

The name Samburu is of Maasai origin, a ‘samburr’ is a traditional leather bag the Masai use for carrying honey and milk. This region is characterized by vast, open landscapes, dried riverbeds (depending on the season of the year) and its red volcanic soil.

Rock outcroppings contrast against the dense woodland vegetation along the banks of the Ewaso Nyiro River, the river that gives life to the reserve. The area is home to the Samburu tribe, who are ‘cousins’ to the Maasai people with their own distinct cultural traditions.

Arrive at the camp or lodge in time for lunch, followed by some leisure hours for a siesta or swim before you depart for an afternoon game viewing drive, and return back to the camp or lodge before sunset.

Dinner and overnight at the camp or lodge

• Main destination: Samburu National Reserve
• Accommodation: Ashnil, Simba , Sopa Lodge or equivalent
• Meals & drinks: Lunch and dinner included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 2 : Samburu National Reserve Full Day

This full day in the Samburu Game Reserve will be spent searching for the big five, the Samburu five and observing the vast unspoiled scenery during morning and afternoon game viewing drives.

The park is plentiful with crocodiles that bask on muddy riverbanks and velvet monkeys that frolic in the late afternoon sun. Samburu is renowned for its rare species of fauna known as the ‘Samburu five’.

These five particular animals are usually only found north of the equator – the long necked gerenuk, the reticulated giraffe which is characterized by its liver-colored geometric patches defined by narrow white lines, the Grevy’s zebra which is smaller than the common zebra and looks more like a horse, the beisa oryx with black horizontal stripe running across its lower flank and the Somali ostrich males which have blue-grey necks and thighs.

A camel-back safari is a specialty in Samburu, as well as a cultural visit to the Samburu people who depend on their cattle, goat, sheep and donkey can be arranged.

Dinner and overnight at the camp or lodge

• Main destination: Samburu National Reserve
• Accommodation: Ashnil, Simba, Sopa or equivalent
• Meals & drinks: All meals are included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 3 : Samburu National Reserve- Lake Nakuru

Early morning breakfast at your lodge then depart Samburu Game Reserve with a game en-route to Lake Nakuru National Park arriving in time for lunch and check in at Lake Nakuru lodge or similar.

Late afternoon, proceed on a game drive in the park famous for great masses of Flamingos, both white Rhino and black rhino etc.

Dinner and overnight at Lake Nakuru lodge or similar

• Main destination: Lake Nakuru National Park
• Accommodation: Lake Nakuru lodge or Similar
• Meals & drinks: All Meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 4 : Lake Nakuru – Drive To The Masai Mara Game Reserve

Enjoy an early morning breakfast at your lodge then depart for the Masai Mara Game Reserve arriving in time for lunch. Check in at Masai Mara Sopa lodge or similar and lunch follows till dusk.

Our afternoon game drive in this famous reserve reveals wonders. Animals present include: Lion, Leopard, Cheetah, Elephant, Buffalo, and Rhino etc.

Dinner and overnight at Masai Mara Sopa lodge or similar

• Main destination: Maasai Mara National Reserve
• Accommodation: Sopa Lodge or similar
• Meals & drinks: All Meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 5 : Explore The Masai Mara National Reserve

Today we enjoy an early morning game drive then return to our lodge for a full sit-down English breakfast. Alternatively we can spend the day in the park in search of predators and their prey like the Zebra, Wildebeest, and Giraffe etc. We have lunch at one of the nearby Lodge or camp.

We shall also have an opportunity to see Hippo and Crocodiles found in the Mara River.

Dinner and overnight at Masai Mara Sopa lodge or similar

• Main destination: Maasai Mara National Reserve
• Accommodation: Sopa Lodge or similar
• Meals & drinks: All Meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 6 : Masai Mara – Drive To Nairobi

Early Morning breakfast at your lodge check out of the lodge and park and Drive to Nairobi arriving in time for lunch

Lunch at carnivore afterwards drop off at your respective hotel or the airport.