About Samburu National Reserve
There is a wide variety of animal and bird life seen at Samburu National Reserve. Several large game species common to Kenya’s northern plains can be found in abundance here, including the following dry-country fauna: gerenuk, Grevy’s zebra, oryx and reticulated giraffe. All three big cats, the lion, cheetah and African leopard can also be found here, as well as the elephant, Cape buffalo and hippopotamus. Other mammals frequently seen in the park include olive baboon, warthogs, Grant’s gazelle, Kirk’s dik-dik, impala, and waterbuck. A black rhinoceros population has been re-introduced into the park after an absence of 25 years due to heavy poaching. There are over 350 species of bird. These include grey-headed kingfisher, sunbirds, bee-eaters, Marabou stork, tawny eagle, Verreaux’s eagle, bateleur, vulturine guineafowl, yellow-necked spurfowl, lilac-breasted roller, secretary bird, superb starling, northern red-billed hornbill, yellow-billed hornbill, and various vultures including the palm-nut vulture.
About Lake Naivasha
The lake is home to a variety of types of wildlife including over 400 different species of bird and a sizable population of hippos. The fish community in the lake has been highly variable over time, influenced by changes in climate, fishing effort and the introduction of invasive species. The most recent shift in the fish population followed the accidental introduction of common carp in 2001. Nine years later, in 2010, common carp accounted for over 90% of the mass of fish caught in the lake.
About Masai Mara
Maasai Mara, also known as Masai Mara, and locally simply as The Mara, is a large game reserve in Narok County, Kenya, contiguous with the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania. It is named in honor of the Maasai people (the ancestral inhabitants of the area) and their description of the area when looked at from afar: “Mara” means “spotted” in the local Maasai language of Maa, due to the many trees which dot the landscape. It is world-renowned for its exceptional populations of lions, leopards, cheetahs and elephant, and the annual migration of wildebeest, zebra, Thomson’s gazelle and other antelope, to and from the Serengeti every year known as the Great Migration. The Greater Mara Ecosystem encompasses areas known as the Maasai Mara National Reserve, the Mara Triangle, and several Maasai Conservancies, including: Koiyaki, Lemek, Ol Chorro Oirowua, Olkinyei, Siana, Maji Moto, Naikara, Ol Derkesi, Kerinkani, Oloirien, and Kimintet.
Trip Description
Nairobi-Samburu-Nakuru-Naivasha-Mara(6 days,5 nights)
Day-01
Depart Nairobi for samburu national reserve at 8.00 am pass through central Kenya with variety of vegetation and agricultural activities which include pieanpple, coffee, and other subsistence crops.enroute lunch at nanyuki with the view of Mount Kenya and Aberdare, enroute game drive to samburu lodge, for dinner and overnight 6hrs drive.
Day-02
Full day at samburu national reserve spent seeing the wildlife which includes the big and lots of other minor game. This is the home of the famous lioness which adopted an Oryx. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, and overnight at the same samburu lodge.
Day-03
After breakfast leave samburu for Ol Pejeta (sweet water) at 8.00 am for lunch, afternoon game drive around the ranch, dinner and overnight at the sweet water Serena.
Day-04
Leave Sweet water for Nakuru through Nyahururu Thompson falls via the Great Rift valley thru tea and coffee plantation to Nakuru lodge/hotel/camp for lunch then afternoon gamedrive inside Nakuru National Park.
Day-05
After breakfast, Leave Nakuru to Maasai Mara via Lake Naivasha followed by 1 hour boat ride which includes a nature walk in the wild where you can interact freely with wild animals such as the Hippopotamus, Water buck, Wildebeest, Zebra, Giraffe and exotic birdlife. Then proceed to Maasai Mara game reserve lodge/camp. Lunch then afternoon game drive and dinner/overnight at the same lodge/camp.
Day-06
Full day game drive with picnic lunch inside Mara National Reserve searching for the big five and other animals. Stop by the Mara River hippo point viewing of crocodile, hippos and crossing wild beast and zebra migration. Back to lodge/camp (option of Maasai village visit, hot air balloon safari, Nature walk accompanied by Maasai warrior).
Day-07
Early morning game drive at 6.15am followed by breakfast before proceeding back to Nairobi.
