Kenya Wildlife Safari

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Kenya’s landscapes are teeming with animals of all spots and stripes, from speedy cheetahs to majestic herds of zebras. On this thrilling small group Safari Tour, you’ll see them all in some of the country’s most spectacular settings. Travel from towering Mount Kenya to the wild expanses of the Maasai Mara to witness the drama of the bush unfolding around you.

Overview

Trip type
Group Tour
Lodging level
Premium - 4 star
Physical level
Moderate
Trip pace
Full schedule

Highlights

    • Karen Blixen Estate
    • Kazuri Beads workshop
    • Giraffe Centre
    • Aberdare National Park
    • Great Rift Valley
    • Lake Nakuru National Park
    • Maasai Mara
    • Amboseli National Park

What's this trip about?

    Kenya’s landscapes are teeming with animals of all spots and stripes, from speedy cheetahs to majestic herds of zebras. On this thrilling small group Safari Tour, you’ll see them all in some of the country’s most spectacular settings. Travel from towering Mount Kenya to the wild expanses of the Maasai Mara to witness the drama of the bush unfolding around you.

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Details

Itinerary focusClassic Highlights
Group sizeSmall Group - max of 22 people
Age rangeNo age restrictions
Flights and transportAll internal ground transport included
Start CityNairobi
End CityKenya

Travel Themes

  • Nature & Wildlife
  • Safari

Destinations

Activities

  • Adventure & Adrenaline
  • Bird watching
  • Culture
  • Game drive
  • Historic sightseeing
  • History
  • Nature
  • Relaxing Retreat
  • River cruise
  • Safari
  • Wildlife viewing

Min Group Size

  • Min Group Size: 6

Max Group Size

  • Max Group Size: 22

Trip includes

    • 10 nights in handpicked hotels
    • 10 breakfasts
    • 9 lunches
    • 9 dinners
    • 1 tasting
    • 6 sightseeing tours
    • 8 game drives
    • Expert Tour Director & local guides
    • 4x4 land cruiser safari vehicle

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Itinerary

Day 1: Travel day

Board your overnight flight to Nairobi today.

Day 2: Arrival in Nairobi

Welcome to Kenya! Arrive in Nairobi and transfer to your hotel.

Day 3: Karen Blixen Estate, Kazuri Beads workshop & Giraffe Centre

Included meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Welcome dinner

Climb into 4x4 land cruisers and set out to discover the local culture.

Tour the Karen Blixen Estate, a former coffee plantation where the author lived for several years, as described in her novel “Out of ...

Day 4: Aberdare National Park via coffee plantation

Included meals: Breakfast, Tasting, Lunch, Dinner

Take in sweeping views of the countryside as you journey to the forested foothills of Mount Kenya National Park.

Stop at a coffee cooperative in the central uplands to meet some of the local farmers

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Day 5: Transfer to Lake Naivasha

Included meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

En route to the Great Rift Valley region, stop at the Equator to experience the famed Coriolis effect.

Continue on to Lake Naivasha for lunch and an optional nature walk. Then, sit down for an included dinner this evening.

Day 6: Lake Nakuru game drive

Included meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Travel to Lake Nakuru, one of the "soda lakes" of the Rift Valley where flamingoes make their home.

Take a morning game drive in a 4x4 land cruiser through Lake Nakuru National Park

Keep an eye out for wild...

Day 7: Transfer to Maasai Mara & game drive

Included meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Continue through the Great Rift Valley as you travel to the land of the Maasai warriors—the Maasai Mara.

Enjoy an included lunch

Set out on an afternoon game drive

Watch for the famous Big Five of Af...

Day 8: Game drives & Maasai Mara village visit

Included meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Head out on an early morning game drive. Then, enjoy an included lunch before trying to spot lions, giraffes, zebras, gazelles, impalas, elephants, warthogs, cheetahs, and wildebeest on an afternoon game drive.

La...

Day 9: Transfer to Nairobi

Included meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Enjoy a free morning and an included lunch in Maasai Mara. Then, admire the incredible scenery as you travel through the Great Rift Valley back to Nairobi.

Sit down for an included dinner this evening.

Day 10: Transfer to Amboseli National Park & game drive

Included meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Travel south to Amboseli National Park, which sits against the breathtaking backdrop of Mount Kilimanjaro. Enjoy an included lunch before setting out on an afternoon game drive to see lions, baboons, cheetahs, hippos, wildebeest, and elephants.

Sit down for an included dinner this evening.

Day 11: Amboseli National Park game drives

Included meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Farewell dinner

This morning, head out on your first game drive of the day and marvel at the park’s huge herds of elephants, as well as ostriches, leopards, lions, and rhinos. Enjoy free time or add an excursion.

This af...

Day 12: Travel to Nairobi & departure

Included meal: Breakfast (excluding early morning departures)

Transfer to Nairobi this morning. Then, relax in a dayroom before boarding your flight home tonight or early tomorrow morning, or extend your stay to explore Tanzania.

Arrive Home

Day 13: Travel day

Arrive home today.

Extension to Tanzania

Not ready for your safari to end? We don't blame you. Cross into Tanzania to extend your wildlife adventure. You'll enjoy game drives through the Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater as you try to spot lions, and leopards, and elephants—oh my!

Tarangire National Park 1 night

Day 12: Tarangire National Park via Arusha

Included meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Stop in Arusha for an included lunch on your way to Tarangire National Park where you’ll marvel at one of Africa’s largest herds of elephants and keep watch for over 500 bird species.

Later, set out on an afternoon game drive and sit down for an included dinner.

Day 13: Serengeti via Olduvai Gorge

Included meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Journey to the Serengeti, stopping en route in Olduvai Gorge for a guided tour of this “Cradle of Mankind,” where Louis and Mary Leakey excavated 1.8 million-year-old human fossil fragments in 1959.Savor a scenic picnic ...

Day 14: Serengeti National Park game drives

Included meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Continue your exploration of the Serengeti’s endless plains on two game drives.

Look for the exceedingly rare black rhino on your morning game drive

Feast on an included lunch in the open air of the Serenge...

Day 15: Transfer to Ngorongoro Crater & game drive

Included meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Transfer to the beautiful Ngorongoro Crater, the world’s largest inactive, intact, and unfilled volcanic caldera.

Enjoy lunch before heading out on an afternoon game drive

Descend 1,000 feet into Ngorongoro...

Day 16: Departure

Included meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Transfer to the Nairobi airport, stopping in Arusha for an included lunch, for your flight home. Relax in a dayroom before boarding your flight home tonight or early tomorrow morning.

Arrive Home

Day 17: Travel day

Arrive home today.

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Meals Included
  • 10 nights in handpicked hotels
  • 10 breakfasts
  • 9 lunches
  • 9 dinners
Age Requirements
No age restrictions
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