Day 1: Transfer from Nairobi to Lake Nakuru National Park – Begin Your 12 day Kenya Wildlife Safari

After eating breakfast at Java’s house in Nairobi at around 10:00 AM, board your safari vehicle and begin your journey to Lake Nakuru National Park. Use the Southern Bypass, which is a well-maintained highway with less traffic. The trip to Lake Nakuru from Nairobi takes about three hours because it is about 152 km long. After that, join the A104 road, which is another excellent, well-paved route, and pass through Nderit Gate to enter Lake Nakuru.

Be driven into the dirt tracks of the park and see the olive baboons moving in groups and also elands along the driveway. When you reach the Lake Nakuru Sopa Lodge, the staff warmly welcomes you with a glass of fresh juice and a chilled towel to cleanse the dust. Next, be escorted to your spacious room with transparent glass windows that have views of Mother Nature. Lastly, spend the rest of the day relaxing at the cocktail bar as you take in the views from Lake Nakuru and also enjoy the meals prepared by the skilled chefs.

Day 2: Full-Day safari Game Drive in Lake Nakuru National Park

Breakfast is ready by 8:40 AM; eat it in your room’s private balcony with a view of the surrounding area. After a briefing, board a 4×4 open-roof safari vehicle and spend the entire day immersed in the Lake Nakuru Wilderness. Along the way, see the augur buzzard nestling on a tree and zebras and warthogs crossing your driveway. Also, see a troop of olive baboons moving elegantly along the trackways, and continue to see other endemic bird species like the hoopoe.

The safari magic happens when you reach the shores of Lake Nakuru, as you observe the great white pelicans. Also watch the crowd of lesser flamingos paint the shorelines pink, creating more fascinating scenery. After a packed lunch, continue your game drive to observe the white rhinos, a female and a male grazing in the grasslands. Also, see the black rhinos on the other side of the driveway, and then go back to the Lake Nakuru Sopa Lodge for an evening meal before you retreat to your room.

Day 3: Makalia Falls Experience and More Lake Nakuru Wildlife Safari Encounters

Enjoy breakfast once more on the Lake Nakuru Sopa lodge’s balcony. At approximately 9:00 AM, board the safari vehicle and head towards the Makalia Falls. So, this is a muddy waterfall, unlike the others. You can spend time here taking in the scenery before continuing with the day’s game drive to see Rothschild giraffes and black rhinos moving at a distance. After that, be driven back to Lake Nakuru to catch one last glimpse of the flamingos before returning to the Lake Nakuru Sopa Lodge for dinner.

Day 4: Lake Nakuru to Lake Naivasha and a Boat Safari on Kenya’s Freshwater Jewel

Get up by 8:30 AM, eat breakfast, and then board a safari vehicle to Lake Naivasha. The trip to Lake Naivasha from Lake Nakuru takes about two and a half hours, covering over 79 kilometers, and you still need to drive along the A104 road. Along the way, see beautiful scenery, such as Lake Elmenteita with a breathtaking view of the undulating hills. After being briefed, exit the car when you get to Lake Naivasha and head towards the lake’s shores, put on a safety jacket before boarding the boat. Along the shorelines, see ducks tending to their young.

Also, see the eagles chirp from afar and get a sight of the kingfisher resting on the wood in between the lake and hippos swimming. Then, leave the lake and be driven to the Lake Naivasha resort that is about a 21-minute drive from the lake. So, check into your room at the reception, and the meal will be brought to your room. Later, take a walk around the resort before dinner.

Day 5: Trip to Masai Mara National Reserve from Lake Naivasha – Journey to Kenya’s Premier Safari Destination

After enjoying a breakfast buffet at the Lake Naivasha restaurant at around 8:00 AM, take a morning boat ride where you can take pictures of the surroundings and make memories. The starling and fish eagles are now active, and the rhinos enjoy their morning swim at the lake. After returning to the resort for a lunch buffet that includes some Kenyan dishes, spend the remainder of the day unwinding at the lodge while getting ready to go to the Masai Mara National Reserve the next day.

Day 6: Full-Day Safari Tour in Masai Mara National Reserve

Enjoy a breakfast buffet at the restaurant, and then board your safari vehicle for your trip to Masai Mara. The trip takes approximately 4 hours through Narok town, a thriving area where both modernity and culture coexist and where there are both traditional and modern homes. Also, observe people wearing modern attire and those with Maasai cultural attire. Continue your journey towards the Oloololo gate, and then transfer to the Fairmont Safari Club, which is your accommodation for your stay in Masai Mara.

As soon as you arrive, the staff help you with your luggage and take it towards your room. Next, have lunch, whereby after the meal you tour with a guide just around the Fairmont, as you know more about its history. Lastly, return to the accommodation for dinner.

Day 7: Masai Mara Migration safari and Maasai Cultural Experience

You will enjoy breakfast at the comfort space of your room before you join your safari guide for a full day exploration of the Masai Mara and you start off with the  game drive where as you will observe a number of events like a lion chasing after a buffalo that’s bigger than it and you will be amazed  of how it will be able to capture it while the rhino stares right directly at your vehicle as it  forages grass while the  vervet monkey seats as it feed on a fruit  and the young one of a leopard plays with its mother right by the side of your vehicle whereas the elephants picks grass  with its trunk and puts it in its mouth and you will also get sight of the hippos submerged in the water , in the middle of the day you will enjoy a packed lunch and in the night you will have a wilderness bush dinner with traditional lamps  creating a phenomenal ambience.

Day 8: Travel from Masai Mara to Aberdare National Park

By 5:30AM , you will be on the sunrise game drive where by the landscape turns into golden orange and  birds  like the crested crane and the Somali ostrich are seen scanning through the grasslands for food while the giraffe can be seen at a distance shaking of the morning mist as the topis gazes at the vehicle and a group of wildebeests is observed grazing in proximity then you will head back to the fairmont safari club for a bush breakfast. After the bush breakfast you will drive with your safari guide to the Mara river edge where you will observe  the wildebeests lining up towards the ridge and  diving into the waters from different destinations  whereas the  Nile crocodiles leaves its mouth open for the unlucky wildebeest to fall into its trap. After this  experience you will have another gamedrive while you enjoy a packed lunch and in the evening you will savor on the sundowner meal with glasses of champagne.

Day 9; To Aberdare national park.

By 6;00AM you will be awake and then join your driver that will take you  from Masai Mara to Aberdare national park  and this time you will drive  unto the c12 route then shift to the B3 road whereby from Masai Mara to Aberdare national park it can take between 5-6 hours depending on the traffic and you will stop over at the great rift valley escarpment to stretch your legs as you take in the magnificent outlooks  where as you will also have the packed heavy breakfast  that has been provided by the fairmont safari club. You will enter  this park via tree tops gate and then drive towards the tree tops  lodge where you will be welcomed by the staff members and then escorted to your room whereby a meal will  be brought to you at your comfort space   and since the journey will be exhausting, you will spend the rest of the day at the  tree tops hotel  whereby you can seat at the bar area where you will have breathtaking views of Mount  Kenya alongside the elephants that are drinking water from the waterholes.

Day 10;Half day in Aberderes then drive towards Samburu national park.

After breakfast at around 8;00AM at the restaurant of the Tree Tops hotel you will start to explore the unparalleled beauty of the Aberdare national park whereby unlike other parks this one is blessed with verdant fields  and you will observe a bush buck crossing the road  and elephants moving along the plains whereby you will also be driven at Karuru falls that comes through the astounding Aberdare ranges where you will have a picnic and photographic moments. Then you will go back to the tree tops hotel after your packing your luggage you will then be driven to Samburu national reserve whereby the journey will take approximately 5-6 hours and you will stop in Nanyuki town for a couple of refreshments  and  you will directly be transferred to the Elephant Bedroom camp where you will spend the night.

Day  11: Half day in Samburu then journey to Amboseli.

Wake up as early as 6;00 AM ready to hunt down the special five where as you will observe the long necks of the reticulated giraffe popping out from the Acacia trees, while the Gerenuk are observed browsing on the leaves, the Somali ostrich looks for food in the grasslands  while the beisa oryx roam freely in the  sun kissed green fields the Grey’s zebras line up at the waterholes for water. Return back to the  Elephant bedroom camp for a bush breakfast then you will prepare yourself and board the safari vehicle for your journey to Amboseli national park whereby you will start your journey by 9:45AM and drive for about 9 hours to Amboseli  and you will directly go to Amboseli Serena Safari lodge whereby you are to spend the night plus have a heavy meal.

Day 12 : Half day Amboseli then back to Nairobi.

by 6 AM you will wake up for morning game drive where the thick clouds are seen leaving the shiny glaciers of Mount Kilimanjaro as the large elephants roam gracefully through the shrubs  and you will also observe a lion chasing over a group of the great white pelicans at the banks of the Lake Amboseli. You will then return back to the Amboseli Serena safari lodge for a bush breakfast  and then you will be driven for about 4 hours to Nairobi’s Wilson international airport for  your flight back home.

Note; This safari would be best in between the dry season from July to October for optimum game experiences