7 Days Safari Kenya
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$2,145
Tour Overview
This immersive 10-day safari captures the full diversity of Northern Tanzania’s landscapes and cultures. Begin in the legendary Serengeti, with two nights in both Central and Kogatende for a chance to witness the Great Migration or resident wildlife. Continue to the spectacular Ngorongoro Crater, then dive into authentic cultural encounters with the Hadzabe and Datoga tribes in Lake Eyasi. Afterward, enjoy a relaxing stay in Mto wa Mbu or Lake Manyara, then conclude in the majestic Tarangire National Park, home to elephants and ancient baobabs. This itinerary blends safari icons, remote tribes, and real Tanzanian flavor.
Day by day
DAY 1: Nairobi
Welcome!! Woodley Tours Representatives will warmly meet you upon arrival at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport then transfer to your hotel for check in. Rest of the day is spent at leisure with overnight at the hotel.
Sarova Stanley Hotel – Stanley Room BB
DAY 2: Samburu Game Reserves
After breakfast, you will drive north to the Samburu National Reserve, set in the rugged semi-arid northern region with spectacular scenic landscape. Arrive at your camp to a warm welcome then lunch, short siesta before heading for an afternoon game viewing drive. The verdant riverine forest is a stark contrast to the arid thorn studded plains. The Samburu region is the best place to find several endemic Northern species; including the Gerenuk (twiga gazelle) due to her long neck, the beisa Oryx, the Reticulated Giraffe, the Somali ostrich and Grevy’s Zebra. Samburu is also an ornithological paradise, home to many birds including local species such as the Palm Nut Vulture and the Vivacious Dove. Leopards are often seen at dusk.
The entire Samburu region is a place of breath taking and magical beauty, a place where the vision of a deep red sunset silhouetting the doum palms along the river as a leopard emerges to hunt brings the perfect end to a day on
safari…… Dinner and overnight at the camp.
Meals: LDBB
Option 1: Samburu Sopa Lodge
Option 2: Ashnil Samburu Camp
DAY 3: Samburu Game Reserves
Spend this day in Samburu with morning and afternoon game viewing drives in Samburu game reserves. These game reserves provide some of the best and most colourful game viewing in the country. The Ewaso Nyiro River which meanders through the vast, dry, doum palm dominated reserve brings life along the green, scenic river banks, home and refuge to many wildlife. Meals and overnight at our camp.
OPTIONAL ACTIVITY: Visit to a Samburu Manyatta to see how the tribe lives in this harsh surrounding.
Meals: LDBB
Option 1: Samburu Sopa Lodge
Option 2: Ashnil Samburu Camp
DAY 4: Lake Nakuru National Park
After breakfast we depart for Lake Nakuru National Park with a brief stop at the Thompson’s Falls for a breath-taking view of the great scenery. We arrive for lunch. This afternoon we enjoy a game viewing drive. The environment here is welcoming, one of the best places to relax, to unwind, to enjoy nature’s beauty. The scenery is breath-taking; a sight of the virgin forest is re-assuring. Some of the interesting places to visit include the baboon cliff, the lion hill and the Mau escarpment. The park is one of the best game viewing parks with various animal species including prides of lion, Cape buffalo, waterbucks, wart hogs, the endangered Rothschild giraffes, the black & white Rhino, the Burchell’s zebra, impalas, and the elusive leopard among many others. Over 300 bird species have been recorded here too. Lake Nakuru National Park is one of the best places to see the endangered black and white Rhino.
Meals: LDBB
Option 1: Lake Nakuru Sopa Lodge
Option 2: Ashnil Samburu Camp
DAY 5: Masai Mara Game Reserve
After a sumptuous breakfast, you will drive to Masai Mara. It is perhaps the only region left in Kenya where the visitor may see animals in the same super-abundance as existed a century ago. You will enjoy a game viewing drive enroute to the camp. Arrive for lunch and some relaxation time. In the afternoon you will proceed on a game viewing drive in this vast and expansive reserve teeming with game. Mara game reserve is famous for her big five; the most sought after in the early 20th century, when Kenya was a hunters’ paradise. These include the lion, Cape buffalo, the savanna elephant, black rhino and the elusive leopard. The vast savanna grasslands as far as the eye can see is home to impalas, Maasai giraffes, waterbucks, warthogs, Thompson & grand gazelles, topis, the resident wildebeests among many others. Dinner and overnight at your lodge.
Meals: LDBB
Option 1: Masai Mara Sopa Lodge
Option 2: Tipilikwani Mara Camp
DAY 6: Masai Mara Game Reserve
These days are at your command with an option of enjoying two extensive game viewing drives per day or departing with packed lunch boxes for a full day of game viewing. Be on the look-out for the big five that Maasai Mara is famous for. These include the lion, savannah (African) elephant, the Cape buffalo, the leopard and the black rhino. We may even be so lucky to witness a leopard or a cheetah sprint and make a kill! We return back to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
Mara Sopa Lodge Meals: LDBB
Option 1: Masai Mara Sopa Lodge
Option 2: Tipilikwani Mara Camp
OPTIONAL ACTIVITY: Today’s adventure begins just before dawn. Flames from the hot air balloon burners light the darkness as the crew inflate their craft. The first, pink tongues of sunlight flicker across the skies and the hot air balloon fills then rises. Suspended in a basket beneath the rainbow-coloured canopy, you’re off for a game-viewing adventure with an entirely different perspective. Apart from the occasional hiss of the burners, a lion’s roar, elephants crashing through the bush, baboons perched in the tips of the trees startled and screeching to see something above them, the flight above the Masai Mara plains is magically silent. At the end of the flight, the passengers are treated to a champagne breakfast in the bush. The finishing touch to the flight is a game drive back to the camp, and the possibility of seeing the same pride of lions, or herd of elephants that had been viewed while ballooning. A flight certificate is issued on completion of the balloon safari. Back at Camp enjoy a sumptuous lunch and a well-deserved rest.
OR
Enjoy an optional visit to a traditional Masai Manyatta. Experience the culture of this world-famous community – the Maasai still lives as they did for centuries; interact with these nomadic people and experience their way of life as you learn about their customs and traditions. Continue with your afternoon game viewing drive before returning to your camp for dinner and
overnight.
DAY 7: Depart
Amka! Wake up early to enjoy breakfast then check-out. Unbelievable but true, your good bush moments have come to an end. You bid farewell to your wonderful lodge manager and his team then you proceed to Nairobi. Not
empty handed though but with you are photographs – a capture of the special moments you have had on this tour to immortalize the experience. On arrival you will be transferred to the world-famous Carnivore Restaurant for lunch, thereafter, you will be transferred to the airport for onwards flight after an unforgettable holiday
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Tour Inclusions & Exclusions
Inclusions
- Arrival transfer from/ to the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport
- Full Board Accommodation while on safari.
- Park entry fees.
- Services of a professional English Speaking guide-driver
- Unlimited supply of drinking water in the safari vehicle only
- Unlimited game viewing drives.
- Use of a custom designed pop-up roof Safari Land Cruiser while on safari
- Complimentary Flying Doctors evacuation cover for the duration of your safari within East Africa
- Lunch at the Carnivore Restaurant
Exclusions
- International flight, domestic flight (if applicable), passport & visa fees
- Comprehensive travel insurance cover.
- Balloon Safari ride in Masai Mara or Serengeti
- Cultural visit to a Maasai Village (Manyatta)
- All personal expenses – laundry, telephones, soft & alcoholic drinks, tips to Camp Staff and gratuity to Guide/Driver
- Any expenses not expressly specified in the above itinerary
- Errors and Omissions are excluded
