10-Day Africa’s Best Kept Safari Secrets -Big 5 Kenya Safari Tour
This 10-day safari showcases Kenya’s best-kept wildlife secrets, taking travelers through Amboseli, Aberdare, Samburu, Ol Pejeta, Lake Nakuru, and the Masai Mara. Guests experience the Big Five, diverse landscapes, and wildlife encounters in mid-range and luxury lodges with prime locations inside and around the parks. The tour is private, customizable, and includes game drives, walking safaris, and specialized birding for a complete Kenyan safari adventure.
Trip Highlights
- Private safari experience, not shared with other travelers
- Daily game drives in top national parks and reserves
- Optional night game drives in Sweetwaters and walking safaris with armed guides
- Specialized birding with professional guides
- Luxury and mid-range lodges with prime wildlife viewing
- Views of Africa’s highest mountain, Mount Kilimanjaro
- Spectacular wildlife encounters: Big Five, elephants, giraffes, rhinos, zebras, and more
- Cultural village visits optional
- Scenic drives across Rift Valley, Laikipia plains, and volcanic landscapes
After breakfast, you will depart Nairobi for Amboseli National Park, which is most famous for its stunning views of Africa's highest mountain: Mt. Kilimanjaro.
The park offers photographers the rare opportunity to snap photos of elephants, lions, zebras, and giraffes against the startling backdrop of Africa's most famous mountain.
You will have lunch at the camp upon arrival before heading out into the park for an afternoon game drive.
- Main Destination: Amboseli National Park
- Accommodation: Kibo Safari Camp {https://kibosafaricamp.com/} - Mid-range tented camp located just outside Amboseli NP
- Meals & Drinks: Lunch & dinner (Breakfast not included)
- Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Wake before dawn for an unforgettable sunrise game drive within the park. Kilimanjaro never looks quite as beautiful as she does first thing in the morning.
You will get to see predators such as leopards, lions, and cheetahs out on the prowl in the cooler morning air.
They do not call Amboseli the “Royal Court of Kilimanjaro” for nothing. As you take in its large elephant herds and the stunning panorama of Mt. Kilimanjaro, you will see why this is one of Kenya's most beloved parks.
After your morning game drive and a late breakfast, relax at the lodge for a few hours before heading out into the park again in the afternoon.
With the animals largely inactive during the warm midday hours, you can get some rest before catching them out in the cooling afternoon air.
- Main Destination: Amboseli National Park
- Accommodation: Kibo Safari Camp {https://kibosafaricamp.com/} - Mid-range tented camp located just outside Amboseli NP
- Meals & Drinks: All meals included
- Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
After a light breakfast, you will go on a morning game drive to view the early hunters. After bidding good-bye to Amboseli’s predators, you will return to the camp.
You will enjoy a game drive as you leave the park and make your way to the Aberdares via Nairobi. Enjoy a late lunch at the Aberdares Country Club and then transfer to the Ark.
The Ark has four viewing decks with balconies and lounges to provide superb game viewing from the comfort of the lodge. The animals come to you! Dinner and your overnight stay will be at the Ark.
- Main Destination: Aberdare National Park
- Accommodation: The Ark { https://thearkkenya.com/} - Mid-range lodge located inside Aberdare NP
- Meals & Drinks: All meals included
- Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Depart from Aberdare after breakfast and head to Samburu National Reserve, driving through the rugged wilderness along the way. Arrive in time for lunch at the Samburu Sopa Lodge and then relax before getting ready for your first afternoon game drive.
Samburu National Reserve offers distinctive vistas of rugged and undulating hills. The mix of grassland and wood with a swamp and riverine forest makes the reserve home to a variety of animals and birdlife.
Wildlife viewing in the reserve is excellent due to its visibility. Return to your lodge for dinner and your overnight stay.
- Main Destination: Samburu National Reserve
- Accommodation: Samburu Sopa Lodge { https://sopalodges.com/samburu-sopa-lodge/the-lodge} - Mid-range lodge located inside Samburu NR
- Meals & Drinks: All meals included
- Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Enjoy a full day in Samburu Game Reserve. Begin your first game drive at 0630hrs and then return to the lodge for breakfast. Later you will leave your lodge with a packed lunch in hand to explore both Samburu and Buffalo Springs Reserves.
You will have the chance to spot oryx, gerenuk, Grevy’s zebra, reticulated giraffe, Somali ostrich, crocodiles, hippos, herds of elephants, buffaloes, lions, hyena, cheetahs, and (if you are lucky enough) the elusive leopard.
You may also opt to spend the entire day exploring the reserve with a packed picnic breakfast and lunch.
A visit to a cultural village may be organised if you are interested. Return to your lodge for dinner and your overnight stay.
- Main Destination: Samburu National Reserve
- Accommodation: Samburu Sopa Lodge { https://sopalodges.com/samburu-sopa-lodge/the-lodge} - Mid-range lodge located inside Samburu NR
- Meals & Drinks: All meals included
- Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Enjoy an early morning game drive followed by breakfast. Check out and drive onto the Laikipia plains and into the Ol Pejeta Wildlife Conservancy. On arrival, you will check-in at your lodge and have lunch.
After some leisure time, you will go on an evening game drive from 16. 00hrs until sunset. During your game drives, you will also visit the Chimpanzee Sanctuary.
- Main Destination: Ol Pejeta Conservancy (Laikipia)
- Accommodation: Rhino Watch Safari Lodge { http://rhinowatchlodge.com/} - Mid-range lodge located outside Ol Pejeta
- Meals & Drinks: All meals included
- Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
After breakfast, you will depart at 0800hrs for Lake Nakuru National Park in the Great Rift Valley. This park is renowned for its spectacular flamingo population and as one of the world's greatest ornithological sites.
Stop at the stunning Thompson Falls and the Subukia viewpoint for photos. You will arrive in Lake Nakuru National Park with enough time to relax before lunch.
Later you will have a game drive in the park from 1600hrs until sunset. Return to the lodge for dinner and your overnight stay.
- Main Destination: Lake Nakuru National Park
- Accommodation: Lake Nakuru Lodge { https://lakenakurulodge.com/} - Mid-range lodge located inside Lake Nakuru NP
- Meals & Drinks: All meals included
- Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Depart from your lodge after an early breakfast and drive through the scenic Rift Valley to Masai Mara. You will enjoy breathtaking views of hills, grasslands, extinct volcanoes, and wheat plantations.
Arrive at this world-famous game reserve in time for lunch at the Zebra Plains Mara Camp. You will have some time to relax before getting ready for a late afternoon game drive.
Your game drive will help you understand why Masai Mara is the most famous national reserve in the world.
the concentration of wildlife here will surprise you. Return to your lodge for dinner and your overnight stay.
- Main Destination: Masai Mara National Reserve
- Accommodation: Julia's River Camp { http://www.juliasrivercamp.com/] - Mid-range tented camp located just outside Masai Mara NR
- Meals & Drinks: All meals included
- Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
You will spend the full day viewing wildlife across the rich, tree-studded grassland and rolling hills of the Masai Mara.
The Mara is renowned for its great herds of plains game, black-maned lions, leopards, and cheetahs. It also contains numerous elephants and virtually every type of wildlife found in Kenya. In the evening you will drive back to the lodge for dinner and your overnight stay.
- Main Destination: Masai Mara National Reserve
- Accommodation: Julia's River { http://www.juliasrivercamp.com/] - Mid-range tented camp located just outside Masai Mara NR
- Meals & Drinks: All meals included
- Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
After an early morning breakfast at your lodge, you will check out and then go on one last game drive in the Masai Mara. You will then begin your drive back to Nairobi, with lunch en-route.
We will be arriving back in Nairobi by late afternoon where the safari ends with Hotel or Airport drop off for your outbound flight back home.
- Main Destination: Nairobi (City)
- Accommodation: No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks: All meals included
- Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
End of tour:
- Last Night Hotel accommodation this day is not included in the package. We can help organize it for you at an extra cost though.
- Drop off will be back to the Hotel or airport.
Includes/Excludes
Cost Includes
- - Accommodation as outlined above.
- - All meals noted in the itinerary.
- - Each day generally includes Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner buffets consisting of both western and local dishes.
- - Transportation in a standard game viewing safari vehicle complete with a pop-up roof for easy viewing and photography.
- - Every passenger is guaranteed a window seat.
- - Your driver/guide speaks English and has in-depth knowledge of the flora, fauna, landscape, and culture.
- - A 4x 4 Safari Van/safari Land cruiser of pop up roof outfitted with two-way, long-range high-frequency radio communications equipment in Tanzania.
- - Each safari vehicle carries safari accessories including wildlife books, binoculars for the guide, a first-aid kit, and a fire extinguisher.
- - Flying doctors (AMREF) insurance covers each client doing a safari with us just for emergencies
- - Park entrance fees and game drive as noted in the itinerary.
- - All government taxes, levies, 2 liters of bottled water during safari
- - Pick up from the airport/your hotel and drop off back to the hotel or airport in good time for your outbound flight after the trip.
Cost Excludes
- - Domestic and international airfares and departure taxes.
- - Personal communications charges for telephone calls, faxes, email, etc.
- - Tips and gratuities for your driver/guide.
- - Alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages.
- - Laundry services.
- - Between meal snacks, parks, attractions, and events not included in your itinerary
