7-Day Classic Kenya Wildlife Safari Tour & Holiday
Embark on an unforgettable 7-day safari through Kenya’s most iconic landscapes — from the rugged beauty of Samburu to the vast plains of the Maasai Mara. Experience thrilling game drives, scenic landscapes, and unique cultural encounters as you explore Kenya’s top wildlife destinations. Spot the “Samburu Special Five,” witness the Big Five in Maasai Mara, and enjoy a serene boat and walking safari at Lake Naivasha. This adventure offers a perfect blend of excitement, relaxation, and authentic African experience.
Trip Highlights
- Experience Kenya’s top safari destinations: Samburu, Lake Nakuru, Masai Mara, and Naivasha
- Encounter the Samburu Special Five and learn about the lioness Kamunyak
- Visit the Great Rift Valley and enjoy spectacular views
- Game drives in multiple parks for diverse wildlife experiences
- Spot rhinos and flamingos at Lake Nakuru National Park
- Witness the Big Five and the Great Wildebeest Migration (seasonal) in Masai Mara
- Relax at Lake Naivasha with a boat ride and walking safari on Crescent Island
- Adventure at Hell’s Gate National Park with biking or walking safaris
- Enjoy scenic drives and comfortable stays in mid-range lodges
- Optional visit to a Maasai village and other local cultural sites
Trip Itinerary
Upon arrival at the Jomo Kenyatta international airport Nairobi, You will be met and welcomed by our airport representative, followed by a short briefing about the trip just too double confirm the itinerary.
We will later follow by a transfer to the Hotel of your choice {recommended Meridian Hotel} awaiting for the next day trip departure (optional & not included in the cost).
We depart Nairobi in the morning, drive south along with the Central Kenya Highlands, and arrive in Samburu Sopa Safari Lodge in time for lunch.
You can spend the afternoon swimming and relaxing before we set off for an evening game drive, your first taste of wildlife encounter.
The Samburu National Reserve is also the home of Kamunyak, a lioness famous for adopting oryx calves.
• Accommodation: Samburu Sopa Lodge - Standard Lodge located Just outside Samburu NR
- Main Destination: Samburu National Reserve
- Accommodation: Samburu Sopa Lodge - Mid-range lodge located inside Samburu NR
- Meals & Drinks: Lunch & dinner (Breakfast not included)
- Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
After breakfast, we will depart for another morning game drive and return to the lodge for lunch followed by swimming, games, and relaxation.
Late afternoon, we will set off this time, for an evening game drive until sunset to witness the serenity of this reserve.
Samburu National Reserve exudes a peaceful aura that attracts animals and greatly because of the Ewaso Ng'iro river (meaning brown water) that runs through it and surrounded by acacia, riverine forest, thorn trees, and grassland vegetation.
The Ewaso Ng'iro flows from the Kenyan highlands and empties into the famous Lorian Swamp.
- Main Destination: Samburu National Reserve
- Accommodation: Samburu Sopa Lodge - Mid-range lodge located inside Samburu NR
- Meals & Drinks: All meals included
- Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Enjoy breakfast at the lodge and then head out for an early morning game drive on your journey (approximately 4-5 hours) to Nakuru town. Stop off at Nyahururu for lunch;
Enjoy the scenery along the way. After check-in at Lake Nakuru Lodge, go on an evening game drive.
• We will settle for our dinner and overnight at Lake Nakuru Lodge or similar.
- Main Destination: Lake Nakuru National Park
- Accommodation: Lake Nakuru Lodge - Mid-range lodge located inside Lake Nakuru NP
- Meals & Drinks: All meals included
- Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Enjoy breakfast and then check-out of the lodge. Experience a morning game drive as we travel approximately 3-4 hours to Maasai Mara National Reserve.
Along the way have a chance to stop and visit Lake Naivasha. Arrive and check-in at Sopa Lodge for lunch, relax, freshen up and then head out for an evening game drive.
- Main Destination: Masai Mara National Reserve
- Accommodation: Mara Leisure Camp - Mid-range tented camp bordering Masai Mara NR without fences
- Meals & Drinks: All meals included
- Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
After breakfast, we depart out for a full day of game viewing exploring the Masai Mara game reserve with picnic lunch boxes serve at the Mara River.
This is where the great wildebeest migration takes place at the beginning of August. Months before the actual migration, the herds ‘assemble’ in Serengeti in readiness for the crossing into Masai Mara.
Africa has a long history of capturing the imagination of travelers, a continent of dramatic contrasts that gives you an unforgettable and remarkable experience whether it’s in amazement of watching thousands of wild beasts struggling across a rushing river that is littered with crocodiles waiting for their prey, makes the world’s premier wildlife spectacle.
A lion making a kill can be witnessed in the late afternoon or a leopard in a tree enjoying the meal he has dragged up to avoid disturbance and detection.
All meals and Overnight at the Lodge.
- Main Destination: Masai Mara National Reserve
- Accommodation: Mara Leisure Camp - Mid-range tented camp bordering Masai Mara NR without fences
- Meals & Drinks: All meals included
- Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
After breakfast, drive to Lake Naivasha, along the floor of the Rift valley, now with more familiar memories of the landscape; arrive for lunch at the lodge, afternoon proceed on your adventure to various attractive features and places in Lake Naivasha.
Much of the lake is surrounded by forests of the yellow barked Acacia Xanthophlea, known as the yellow fever tree.
These forests abound with birdlife, and Naivasha is known as a world-class birding.
The waters of the lake draw a great range of game to these shores. Giraffes wander among the acacia;
Buffalo wallow in the swamps and Colobus monkeys call from the treetops while the Lakes large hippo population sleeps the day out in the shallows.
The region surrounding the Lake is well worth exploring.
• Enjoy excursions in Lake Naivasha
• 1-hour boat ride
• 2 hours walking safari on Crescent Island Sanctuary
• Walking /biking safari at Hells gate national park.
- Main Destination: Lake Naivasha (Lake)
- Accommodation: Lake Naivasha Country Club - Mid-range hotel located in or near Lake Naivasha
- Meals & Drinks: All meals included
- Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
After breakfast, proceed for a Boat ride then return to the Lodge. Relaxation in the Lodge then proceeds for lunch. After lunch, drive to Nairobi arriving late in the day with an airport drop off for your outbound flight.
- Main Destination: Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (Nairobi)
- Accommodation: No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks: Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included)
- Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
End of tour
- Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.
- You'll be dropped off at the airport at the end of the trip.
Included in this package
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 standard game viewing safari vehicles complete with a pop-up roof for easy viewing and photography.
- - Every passenger guaranteed a window seat.
- - Your driver/guide speaks English and has in-depth knowledge of the flora, fauna, landscape, culture.
- - A 4x 4 Safari Van op pop up roof outfitted with two-way, long range high-frequency radio communications equipment in Kenya.
- - Each safari Vehicle carries safari accessories including wildlife books, binocular for the guide, a first-aid kit, and a fire extinguisher.
- - Flying doctors (AMREF) insurance cover each client doing a safari with us just for emergencies
- - Park entrance fees and game drives as noted in the itinerary.
- - All government taxes, levies, 2 liters of bottled water during safari
- - Pick up from your beach hotel and drop off in Mombasa airport in good time for your outbound flight after the trip.
Cost Excludes
- - Domestic and international airfares and departures 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





