7-Day Kenya Adventure Safari
7-Day Kenya Adventure Safari
This 7-Day Kenya Adventure Safari is the best safari to explore Kenya’s wildlife, and this will allow you to see all the Big Five animals and other wildlife. The 7-day Kenya Adventure Safari will take you to Amboseli National Park, Lake Nakuru National Park, and Masai Mara National Park, where you will have a chance for game viewing, bird watching, and optional community visits. This is an all-inclusive trip that Safari Vacations and Travel Services is willing to lead you through. It will start and end in Nairobi, staying in higher midrange accommodation.
Safari Highlights
Day 1: Drive to Amboseli National Park, game viewing
On Day 2: Game viewing and optional cultural village visit
Day 3: Drive to Lake Nakuru National Park with lunch in Nairobi
On Day 4: Drive to Masai Mara, game viewing/optional cultural village visit
Day 5: Game viewing in Masai Mara National Park
On Day 6: Optional balloon ride in Masai Mara National Park and game drive
Day 7: Drive to Nairobi, last-minute shopping, then transfer out for your flight out
Detailed Itinerary of the 7-Day Kenya Adventure Safari
DAY 01: Pick up from Nairobi and transfer to Amboseli National Park
This morning, after breakfast at your hotel in Nairobi or from the Airport, you will drive to Amboseli National Park,k which is famous for its large elephant population roaming across the vast grassy plains, the Big Five, and the majestic views of Mt. Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa, among other species of flora and fauna. Nature lovers can explore five different habitats here, re ranging from the dried-up bed of Lake Amboseli, wetlands with sulfur springs, the savannah, and woodlands.
The park has an Observation Hill, which allows an overall view of the whole park, especially the swamps and elephants. They can also visit the local Maasai community who live around the park and experience their authentic culture. You will arrive in the afternoon, check in at your lodge, have a hot lunch, relax, and go for an afternoon game drive in the park to search for late grazers, which will be concluded by a sundowner.
Accommodation: Amboseli Serena Lodge/Amboseli Sopa Lodge
Meal Plan: Full Board
DAY 02: Game drives in Amboseli National Park
Full day in the Amboseli National Park with two game drives. You drive across this vast lake bed, often dry but swampy in some areas. We have a lot of games here, like a cheetah, buffalo, giraffe, gazelles, and herds of elephants, all set against the amazing backdrop of majestic Mount Kilimanjaro, showing all its glory. The park also accommodates several ostriches, hence you can have a closer look at these interesting giant birds. Additionally, you will have a chance to visit a Masai Village to experience their way of life and culture.
Accommodation: Amboseli Serena Lodge/Amboseli Sopa Lodge
Meal Plan: Full Board
DAY 03: Drive to Lake Nakuru National Park
After breakfast at the Lodge, you will do an en-route game drive as you drive to Lake Nakuru National Park. You will have a brief stop in Nairobi for Lunch. Lake Nakuru National Park boasts a huge variety of animals, including leopards, which are often found snoozing on the branches of the magnificent yellow-barked acacias, lions, buffalos, hippos, waterbucks, warthogs, baboons, the endangered Rothschild’s giraffes only found in this park in Kenya, white rhino and the rare black rhino which is protected and guarded here. Arrive for a late afternoon game drive. The park has three fantastic viewpoints, i.e., Lion Hill, Baboon Cliff, and Out of Africa, which enable you to see different areas and a variety of wildlife from those viewpoints.
Accommodation: Lake Nakuru Lodge/Flamingo Hill Camp
Meal Plan: Full Board
DAY 04: Drive to Masai Mara National Reserve
After breakfast and a short briefing by your driver guide, drive to the world-famous Masai Mara National Reserve, the backdrop to ‘the greatest wildlife spectacle on earth,’ the annual migration of over one million wildebeest. Arrive in time for lunch at your camp. Spend the afternoon on safari in Kenya’s most popular reserve. Arrive back in a lodge in time for campfire cocktails and dinner.
Overnight: Mara Explorer camp/Mara Sopa Lodge
Meal Plan: Full Board
DAY 05: Full-day game drives Mara National Reserve
Your two days will be spent on safari in Africa’s richest wildlife viewing arena. Historically teeming with wildlife, the Mara hosts Kenya’s largest lion pride and elephant herds. Other predators include leopard, cheetah, and spotted hyena; while in the Mara River, you will see fat pods of hippos and vast Nile crocodiles.
Other highlights include giraffe tops, gazelle, zebra, buffalo, and over 550 species of birds.
Overnight: Mara Sopa Lodge
Meal Plan: Full Board
DAY 06: Game viewing and optional balloon ride in Masai Mara National Park
Take the opportunity to fly over the Mara in a Hot air Balloon at an extra cost. The balloon package includes a champagne breakfast in the wild! If you can spare the money, viewing the game afloat, in a balloon, is an unforgettable experience. Alternatively, visit a Masai village and learn about the Masai culture at an extra cost.
Overnight: Mara Explorer Camp/Mara Sopa Lodge
Meal Plan: Full Board
DAY 07: Departure
After breakfast at the Camp, bid farewell to the Masai Mara as you set on your journey back to Nairobi. Drive back down the Great Rift Valley to Nairobi, passing the dormant volcano, Mount Longonot, and lakes Elementia and Naivasha on the way. Keep an eye out for herds of giraffes and gazelles and head up the escarpment. You will arrive in Kenya’s bustling capital city, Nairobi, in the early afternoon. Spend time doing last-minute shopping. Lunch is your arrangement.
Transfer to Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in time for your departure flight. Bid farewell to Africa until the next timeyoul end your 7 Days Best of Kenya Adventure Safari here.
Meal Plan: Half-Board
Accommodation after the Tour can be arranged at an extra cost.
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