DISCOVER TRUE AFRICA'S WILDERNESS WITH SARANIA ADVENTURE SAFARIS

The 8-day Kenya Birding and Wildlife Safari takes you to Kenya’s leading destinations to explore birds and different wildlife species. Expect to explore iconic destinations such as Amboseli National Park, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Lake Naivasha, and Lake Nakuru National Park. You’re enriching Kenya birding and wildlife safari will begin and end in Nairobi capital tailored and guided by Sarania Adventure Safaris Limited

Brief Itinerary

Day 1: Arrival & transfer to the hotel in Nairobi

Day 2: Nairobi to Amboseli by road

Day 3: A full-day wildlife tour in Amboseli

Day 4: Amboseli to Lake Naivasha for birding

Day 5: Lake Naivasha-Lake Nakuru

Day 6: Drive up to Maasai Mara Reserve

Day 7: A full-day wildlife/game viewing in Maasai Mara Reserve

Day 8: Departure

Detailed Itinerary

Day 1: Arrival & transfer to the hotel in Nairobi

At the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, expect to meet your experienced Kenya safari guide. Get a warm welcome and after, you will board the classic safari vehicle. Leave the airport and transfer to the hotel your tour operator booked for you in advance.

Accommodation options

• Budget: Epitome Times Hotel/Nairobi Safari Club
• Midrange: The Boma Nairobi/Sheraton Regency Hotel
• Luxury: Tribe Hotel/Villa Rosa Kempinski Nairobi

Day 2: Nairobi to Amboseli by road

After a hefty breakfast, expect to meet your safari guide who will first take you through what you should expect on your road trip. Later, board a classic 4×4 safari vehicle ready to embark on a road trip transfer to Amboseli National Park.

The Nairobi to Amboseli road trip will take about 3-4 hours and on arrival, expect to enjoy the breathtaking Kilimanjaro Volcano at a distance. Proceed to the lodge to check in and later, you will be served a delicious lunch.

Have some relaxation and after, you will have an afternoon game drive. On a game drive, expect to search for different wildlife in Amboseli Game Park including the zebras, elephants, giraffes, buffaloes, and birds. Return to the lodge to relax and also enjoy your dinner.

Accommodation

• Budget: Amboseli Eco Camp/Kibo Safari Camp
• Midrange: Porini Amboseli Camp/Elewana Tortilis Camp
• Luxury: Amboseli Serena Safari Lodge/Ol Tukai Lodge Amboseli

Day 3: A full-day wildlife tour in Amboseli  

After a hefty breakfast, expect to go on an enriching game-viewing session with an expert. Myriad of Amboseli wild animals will be encountered including elephants, leopards, gazelles, zebras, cheetahs, hyenas, and a diversity of antelopes like the Kirk’s dik-diks, gazelles, and more. Today, you will have a full day in Amboseli National Park which includes a picnic lunch then you proceed with the afternoon game viewing session.

Accommodation

• Budget: Amboseli Eco Camp/Kibo Safari Camp
• Midrange: Porini Amboseli Camp/Elewana Tortilis Camp
• Luxury: Amboseli Serena Safari Lodge/Ol Tukai Lodge Amboseli

Day 4: Amboseli to Lake Naivasha for birding

Check out of the lodge in Amboseli and you will be transferred to Lake Naivasha. Naivasha is where you will have the best of birding excursion. A variety of birds live in Lake Naivasha including cardinal woodpeckers, arrow-marked babblers, wahlberg’s honey-guide, white-fronted bee-eaters, black-lored babblers, green wood hoopoe, pelicans, flamingos, African grey, and more.

You will have an afternoon birding session using a boat along the shores of Lake Naivasha and accompanying you will be an experienced guide. Lake Naivasha is an Important Bird Area with a total of about 400 bird species.

Accommodation

• Budget: Sweet Lake Resort/Lake Naivasha Crescent Camp
• Midrange: Naivasha Kongoni Lodge/Loldia House/Lake Naivasha Sopa
• Luxury: Osotua Luxury Resort/Kiboko Luxury Camp

Day 5: Lake Naivasha-Lake Nakuru

After a delicious breakfast, you will embark on the morning birding tour. Look out for more birds you missed the previous day. Later, expect to connect to Lake Nakuru National Park about 1 hour drive. Arrive early at Lake Nakuru, home to more than 500 bird species including migratory and resident species.

At Lake Nakuru National Park, expect to come across bird species such as the pelicans, pink flamingos, black-tailed Godwit, lappet-faced vultures, white-backed vultures, white-headed vultures, Abyssinian thrush, ostriches, Dark chanting-goshawk, steppe eagle, long-crested eagle, brown snake eagle, Northern pintail, Egyptian goose, red-billed duck, Northern shovelers, laughing dove, red-eyed doe, speckled pigeon, white-winged tern, gray-hooded gull, green sandpipers, Namaqua dove, white-bellied bustard, lapwings, plovers, black-winged stilt, and more.

Accommodation

• Budget: Sleepway Cottage/Lake Nakuru Flamingo Resort & Spa
• Midrange: Ziwa Bush Lodge/Sarova Woodlands Hotels & Spa Nakuru
• Luxury: Lake Nakuru Sopa Lodge/Chui Lodge/Sarova Lion Hill Lodge

Day 6: Drive up to Maasai Mara Reserve

Depart from Lake Nakuru National Park to Masai Mara. Overall, expect to spend about 5 hours on the road for you to connect up to the Maasai Mara Reserve. Masai Mara is where you can find all the Big 5 and also the wildebeests. Arrive early for you to check in your pre-booked safari lodge.

Accommodation

• Budget: Mara Duma Bush Camp/Maasai Mara Gate Resort
• Midrange: Sarova Mara Game Camp/Porini Lion Camp
• Luxury: Mara Serena Safari Lodge/Sala’s Camp

Day 7: A full day wildlife/game viewing in Maasai Mara Reserve

Have a hefty breakfast and after, exit your accommodation facility for a full day game viewing session. The 1510 sq. km Maasai Mara will have you exposed to diversity of wildlife including lions, elephants, buffaloes, leopards, rhinos, wildebeest, zebras, cheetahs, giraffes, and multiple bird species. Return to the lodge when you have finished the afternoon session. At the lodge, you will have ample time to chill, dine, and later retire for a night.

Accommodation

• Budget: Mara Duma Bush Camp/Maasai Mara Gate Resort
• Midrange: Sarova Mara Game Camp/Porini Lion Camp
• Luxury: Mara Serena Safari Lodge/Sala’s Camp

Day 8: Departure

After a delicious cup of tea/coffee, you will be picked and today, expect to drive back to Nairobi capital. Your road trip to Nairobi will take between 5 and 6 hours. On arrival, you will be dropped off at the hotel/airport.

End of safari

Safari Inclusions

• Park entrance fees
• Activities as per the itinerary except when optional.
• Accommodation and meals.
• Travel to and from tourist destinations.
• All relevant taxes.
• Guide/driver services.

Safari Exclusions

• Tips.
• Laundry services.
• Telephone bills.
• Optional activities.
• Travel Insurance.
• Visas/Passports, etc.