8 days Big 5 migration Kenya safari

Detailed Itinerary

Day 1: Nairobi – Amboseli.
On the first day of your eight-day Big 5 Kenya Safari, you will be welcomed and met by a representative of our company at your Nairobi hotel. You will then head to the Amboseli Uganda Safaris National Park, which is less than five hours away and is well-known for its scenery, including a close-up view of the dominant Mount Kilimanjaro in the snow and open plains of East Africa. After arriving and doing a longer game drive, check into your lodge and have lunch. An afternoon wildlife drive with a view of Mount Kilimanjaro to find the area’s well-known inhabitants, such as predators, and their rivals, such as zebras, wildebeests, giraffes, and hippopotamuses. Later Dinner and overnight.

Day 2: Amboseli – Nairobi.

After an early breakfast game, depart Amboseli for Nairobi, which is less than a five-hour drive away, and arrive in time for lunch. Drive to Karen Blixen and the Giraffe Centre in the afternoon so you can feed the giraffes before your trip. Dinner and overnight.

Day 3: Nairobi – Samburu.
After breakfast in the morning, travel for six hours across Mount Kenya to reach Samburu National Reserve. Having our stop over at Equator line, Nyanyuki town proceed with our drive to our lodge to have lunch. A game drive in the afternoon takes you through the park, home to rare resident wildlife species such the Blue-legged Somali Ostrich, Grevy’s Zebra, Beisa Oryx, and Reticulated Giraffe. Dinner and overnight.

Day 4: Samburu – Aberdare.
Day 4 of our 8 Days Big 5 Kenya Safari starts with early morning game drive then you breaks for breakfast at your camp. After breakfast, depart from Samburu and travel four hours to Aberdare, stopping along the way for a quick game. At the Aberdare Hotel, check in, have lunch and unwind. Take a game drive in the afternoon, then head back to your accommodation for dinner and the night.

Day 5: Aberdare – Lake Nakuru.
After an early breakfast game, depart Aberdare for Lake Nakuru National Park. The tour takes less than five hours to complete and passes along the escarpment of the Great Rift Valley. You will arrive in time for lunch and hotel check-in. Afternoon game drive across the “Pink Lake,” so named because of the enormous flamingo population there, as well as the park’s resident white and black rhinos. Dinner and overnight.

Day 6: Lake Nakuru – Maasai Mara.
Early morning breakfast. Drive five hours from Lake Nakuru to Masai Mara National after breakfast to arrive in time for lunch. In search of the lion, cheetah, elephant, buffalo, and many more species, visitors can take an afternoon game drive through the park’s Big 5 Animals. Dinner and overnight.

Day 7: Maasai Mara National Reserve.
You may see some of the biggest lion prides in Africa on an early morning game drive. You can also see herds of zebra, antelope, buffalo, wildebeest, giraffes, cheetahs, and hyenas. After your game drive, you can return to the camp for breakfast, rest, and lunch.

Take a game drive in the afternoon after lunch. Maasai Mara plains which are full or wildebeest during migration season early July to end of September, zebra, impala, topi, giraffe, Thomson’s gazelle are regularly seen, leopards, lions, hyenas, cheetah, jackal and bat-eared foxes. Although they might be elusive and reticent, black rhinos can frequently be observed from a distance if you’re fortunate. To name a few, the Mara River is home to a great number of hippos and enormous Nile crocodiles. Dinner and the night before.

Day 8: Masai Mara – Nairobi.
Breakfast in the morning at your camp or lodge; check-out; park; drive to Nairobi; and be dropped off at the appropriate hotel or airport.

End of 8 Days Big 5 Kenya Safari.

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