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8-Day Classic Kenya Safari: Birding and Wildlife Watching Adventure

This 8 Days Kenya Birding Safari & Wildlife Watching Adventure is an ideal package for tourists who would like to spend a week exploring Kenya’s great treasures. This Kenya holiday package combines a number of great safari attractions in Kenya and is very affordable. See detailed 8 Days Kenya Birding Safari & Wildlife Watching Adventure below.

Detailed Classic Kenya Safari Itinerary

Day 1: Welcome to Nairobi – Kenya

Up on your arrival at the airport, our company driver / guide will pick you up and drive you to your hotel in the city of Nairobi where you will stay for the night. Depending on your arrival time, you can decide to go for a short introduction city tour around Nairobi.

Day 2: Nairobi to Samburu National Reserve

After your breakfast, you will start your safari tour to the wild side of Kenya. You will drive to Samburu National Reserve situated alongside the Ewaso Nyiro River. Drive through central Kenya and North across the Equator. You will reach Samburu NR in the afternoon in time for lunch, thereafter you will head out for an afternoon game drive in the national reserve. Dinner and overnight stay at your lodge / camp.

Day 3: Game drive in Samburu National Reserve

Prepare for a whole day full of wildlife encounter. With a game drive in the morning and later in the afternoon. Sambura National Reserve is blessed with an abundance of rare Northern specialist Species such as the Grevy’s zebra, Somali ostrich, reticulated Giraffe, Gerenuk and the Beisa Oryx among other animal species like elephants, gazelles, waterbucks, baboons, lions, leopards, cheetahs, warthogs, hippos, hyenas and more. A relaxing evening back at your lodge / camp.

Day 4: Transfer to Mt. Kenya

Depart Samburu National Reserve and drive to the slopes of Mt. Kenya, the tallest mountain in Kenya and second tallest in Africa. Arriving at your lodge in the afternoon, you will have lunch and an afternoon of relaxation before you head out for an evening game drive in Mt. Kenya National Park. Expect sightings of elephants, tree hyrax, white tailed mongoose, black fronted duikers, mole rats, bushbucks, waterbucks, elands, leopards, black rhinos, and buffaloes. The mountain itself is an awe-inspiring sight with its ragged peaks, and equatorial snow. Retire to your lodge for dinner and an overnight stay. Optional activity: Guided nature walk and bird watching at an extra cost

Day 5: Transfer to Lake Nakuru National Park

Depart Mt. Kenya NP and drive to Lake Nakuru National park. You will arrive in time for lunch after which you will go for a game drive in the reserve. Lake Nakuru National Park is renowned as a bird sanctuary with over 400 bird species and is also home to different animal species that can be seen while on a game drive around the national park. Retreat from the game drive and head to your lodge for an evening of relaxation. Dinner and overnight stay at the lodge / camp.

Day 6: Lake Nakuru NP to Masai Mara National Reserve

After an early breakfast you will head to the renowned Masai Mara game reserve. Home to the great wildebeest migration in the months of July – October. An annual occurrence that attracts a number of tourists to the Mara Reserve. You will head out for an afternoon game drive after having lunch at your lodge to spot elephants, buffaloes, antelopes, hippos and crocodiles in the Mara River. Dinner and overnight stay at your lodge or camp.

Day 7: Game drives in Masai Mara

Wake up early in the morning and embark on a morning game drive in Masai Mara National Reserve. Get a chance to catch up with the predators as they feast on their kill or catch up on some morning hunting action with some bit of luck on our side too. Return to the lodge for refreshment and your breakfast, after which you will embark on a full day game drive to spot more wildlife.

There is an excellent chance of seeing the Big 5 while on a game drive in the Mara. Be ready to be amazed by the vast numbers of animals that traverse the Mara including the wildebeests, zebras, antelopes, lions, cheetahs, giraffes, leopards, buffalos, hippos, hyenas, hartebeests and over 500 species of birds. Return to your lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.

Day 8: Transfer back to Nairobi

On this last day of your tour, you will have an early morning game drive for chance to have a last glance at the predators. Retreat from the game drive, have your breakfast and then embark on your journey back to Nairobi where our company drive will drop you at your hotel / residence or at the airport to catch your flight back home. End of 8 Days Kenya Birding Safari & Wildlife Watching Adventure.

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