Highlights Safari Kenya
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Highlights Safari Kenya
9 days: Aberdare, Samburu, Ol Pejeta, Lake Naivasha and the Masai Mara
Duration 9 Days
Highlights of Kenya — a 9-day safari from Nairobi through the Aberdares and Solio Ranch, Samburu National Reserve, Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Lake Naivasha and the Masai Mara, available with Budget or Standard accommodation.
Your safari at a glance
| Day | Accommodation | Meals |
|---|---|---|
| Day 1: Nairobi - Aberdare | Rhino Watch Lodge (Budget) / Aberdare Country Club (Standard) | Lunch, Dinner, Bed & Breakfast |
| Day 2: Aberdare | Rhino Watch Lodge (Budget) / Aberdare Country Club (Standard) | Lunch, Dinner, Bed & Breakfast |
| Day 3: Aberdare - Samburu National Reserve | Samburu Sopa Lodge (Budget) / Ashnil Samburu (Standard) | Lunch, Dinner, Bed & Breakfast |
| Day 4: Samburu National Reserve | Samburu Sopa Lodge (Budget) / Ashnil Samburu (Standard) | Lunch, Dinner, Bed & Breakfast |
| Day 5: Samburu - Ol Pejeta Conservancy | Sweetwaters Serena Camp (Budget) / Maisha Sweetwaters (Standard) | Lunch, Dinner, Bed & Breakfast |
| Day 6: Ol Pejeta - Lake Naivasha | Sentrim Elementaita Lodge (Budget) / Lake Naivasha Sopa Lodge (Standard) | Lunch, Dinner, Bed & Breakfast |
| Day 7: Lake Naivasha - Masai Mara Game Reserve | Osero Enarau Camp (Budget) / Mara Sopa Lodge (Standard) | Lunch, Dinner, Bed & Breakfast |
| Day 8: Masai Mara Game Reserve | Osero Enarau Camp (Budget) / Mara Sopa Lodge (Standard) | Lunch, Dinner, Bed & Breakfast |
| Day 9: Departure | – | – |
Lunch, Dinner, Bed & Breakfast = lunch and dinner, with breakfast the next morning
Itinerary
Day 1: Nairobi - Aberdare
Arrive in Nairobi at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. After customs and immigration formalities, you will be welcomed and drive to the Aberdare. Arrive in time for lunch at Rhino Watch Lodge / Aberdare Country Club.
Spend the rest of the afternoon at leisure at Rhino Watch Lodge, or at Aberdare Country Club enjoy a guided nature walk at the club. Dinner and overnight stay at your lodge. Breakfast – own arrangements.
Overnight: Rhino Watch Lodge (Budget) / Aberdare Country Club (Standard) · Meals: Lunch, Dinner, Bed & Breakfast
Day 2: Aberdare
Breakfast at the club. Depart to Solio Ranch, which offers visitors the chance to see rhinos living in harmony with other wildlife, including lion, cheetah, buffalo, zebra, and giraffe. The park also offers some of the very best leopard viewing in the country and is an ideal place for bird watching.
Later depart the ranch and spend the rest of the afternoon at the club at leisure. Other optional activities at extra cost.
Overnight: Rhino Watch Lodge (Budget) / Aberdare Country Club (Standard) · Meals: Lunch, Dinner, Bed & Breakfast
Day 3: Aberdare - Samburu National Reserve
After breakfast, drive to Samburu National Reserve for lunch. After lunch, you will have some time to relax before setting off on an afternoon game drive. Samburu game reserve has unique resident wildlife species like the reticulated giraffe, Grevy’s zebra, Beisa Oryx and the blue-legged Somali ostrich. You will return to camp in time for dinner.
Overnight: Samburu Sopa Lodge (Budget) / Ashnil Samburu (Standard) · Meals: Lunch, Dinner, Bed & Breakfast
Day 4: Samburu National Reserve
Take breakfast and enjoy full day game drives in the reserve.
Samburu is an authentic African experience. It has a rugged, semi-arid landscape and is perhaps best known as the birthplace of Elsa the lioness in the classic movie Born Free. Wildlife is diverse here, including all three big cats – lion, leopard, and cheetah, as well as elephants, buffalo, and hippos. The region is also home to the Samburu people, a group less well known but certainly as colorful and interesting as the Maasai. All meals served at your lodge.
Overnight: Samburu Sopa Lodge (Budget) / Ashnil Samburu (Standard) · Meals: Lunch, Dinner, Bed & Breakfast
Day 5: Samburu - Ol Pejeta Conservancy
Breakfast at your camp. Depart back to the Mount Kenya area and proceed to Ol Pejeta Conservancy. Arrival in time for lunch, and depart for afternoon game drives in the conservancy till late. Return for dinner and overnight.
Ol Pejeta Conservancy is a 364 sq km wildlife conservancy situated between the foothills of Mount Kenya and the Aberdares, and its game-to-area ratio tops the Kenyan park and reserve league. The Ol Pejeta Conservancy has over 10,000 large mammals and it is the only park where the Big 5 and chimpanzees can be seen. It is also where the fastest growing population of rhino in Africa can be found. There are southern white rhino, about 80 endangered black rhino and, in a special sanctuary, two of the world’s last remaining northern white rhino.
Overnight: Sweetwaters Serena Camp (Budget) / Maisha Sweetwaters (Standard) · Meals: Lunch, Dinner, Bed & Breakfast
Day 6: Ol Pejeta - Lake Naivasha
After breakfast, depart to Lake Naivasha to arrive in time for lunch. You will have an optional boat ride on Lake Naivasha. Dinner and overnight stay at your lodge.
Overnight: Sentrim Elementaita Lodge (Budget) / Lake Naivasha Sopa Lodge (Standard) · Meals: Lunch, Dinner, Bed & Breakfast
Day 7: Lake Naivasha - Masai Mara Game Reserve
After breakfast, you will depart and drive to the Maasai Mara, arriving in time for lunch. After lunch, depart for a guided nature walk within the camp at Osero Lodge (no afternoon game drive), or afternoon game drives in the reserve at Mara Sopa Lodge.
Masai Mara is certainly the most frequented game reserve in Kenya; this 650 sq km reserve supports the highest density of game to be seen anywhere. During the seasonal migrations, Masai Mara is home to up to a million wildebeest and an equally impressive number of zebras that move into the area from neighboring Serengeti National Park in Tanzania. The reserve is home to all the “Big Five”, which include the African elephant, Cape buffalo, rhinoceros, leopard and lion, and it is also possible to observe hyenas, gazelles, impalas, giraffes, zebras, vultures, baboon, eland, bat-eared fox, jackal, cheetah, cranes, eagles, falcons and ostriches. The rivers abound with hippos and crocodiles.
Overnight: Osero Enarau Camp (Budget) / Mara Sopa Lodge (Standard) · Meals: Lunch, Dinner, Bed & Breakfast
Day 8: Masai Mara Game Reserve
Early morning and afternoon game drives. Optionally, you can opt for a full day game drive with packed lunch. The Masai Mara offers endless game viewing and birdlife opportunities. Of the over 500 recorded species, notables include the Corncrake, Grey-crested Helmet Shrike, Lesser Kestrel, Madagascar Squacco Heron, Saddle-billed Stork, Secretary Bird, Ostrich and White-headed Vulture, among more common species such as the Lilac-breasted Roller, Yellow-billed Oxpecker among the large herds, and Martial and Crowned Eagles.
For an extra cost, you could visit a Masai village to get to know more about their culture, or take a balloon safari. This exciting day will end back at the camp for dinner.
Overnight: Osero Enarau Camp (Budget) / Mara Sopa Lodge (Standard) · Meals: Lunch, Dinner, Bed & Breakfast
Day 9: Departure
This marks the end of your adventure in Kenya! Check out in the morning after breakfast and drive back to Nairobi. Drop off at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport for your departure flight back home. End of our services.
Prices (US$ per person)
| Per person basis | 03 Jan - 31 Mar 2026 | 01 Apr - 30 Jun 2026 | 01 Jul - 31 Oct 2026 | 01 Nov - 22 Dec 2026 | 23 Dec 2026 - 01 Jan 2027 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Budget - per person sharing, based on 02 pax | US$ 2,887 | US$ 2,887 | US$ 3,511 | US$ 3,118 | US$ 3,315 |
| Budget - per person sharing, based on 04 pax | US$ 2,276 | US$ 2,276 | US$ 2,741 | US$ 2,446 | US$ 2,643 |
| Budget - per person sharing, based on 06 pax | US$ 2,072 | US$ 2,072 | US$ 2,484 | US$ 2,221 | US$ 2,418 |
| Budget - single room supplement | US$ 446 | US$ 446 | US$ 589 | US$ 446 | US$ 589 |
| Budget - 3rd bed adult | US$ 2,140 | US$ 2,140 | US$ 2,629 | US$ 2,331 | US$ 2,499 |
| Budget - single traveller cost | US$ 4,556 | US$ 4,556 | US$ 5,642 | US$ 4,909 | US$ 5,249 |
| Standard - per person sharing, based on 02 pax | US$ 3,041 | US$ 3,090 | US$ 4,028 | US$ 3,569 | US$ 3,693 |
| Standard - per person sharing, based on 04 pax | US$ 2,430 | US$ 2,479 | US$ 3,258 | US$ 2,897 | US$ 3,021 |
| Standard - per person sharing, based on 06 pax | US$ 2,226 | US$ 2,275 | US$ 3,001 | US$ 2,672 | US$ 2,796 |
| Standard - single room supplement | US$ 384 | US$ 408 | US$ 564 | US$ 477 | US$ 495 |
| Standard - 3rd bed adult | US$ 2,467 | US$ 2,511 | US$ 3,267 | US$ 2,921 | US$ 3,026 |
| Standard - single traveller cost | US$ 4,648 | US$ 4,721 | US$ 6,133 | US$ 5,397 | US$ 5,533 |
| Additional charges (added to the package price) | Price |
|---|---|
| Optional: boat ride to Crescent Island incl. entrance fees (min 4 pax) | US$ 70 |
| Optional: boat ride on Lake Naivasha (max 1 hr) | US$ 35 |
| Optional: Masai village visit | US$ 35 |
| Optional: bush breakfast / dinner (min 4 pax) | US$ 45 |
| Optional: balloon safari | US$ 460 |
Nett rates in USD per person sharing a double/twin room. SRS = single room supplement.
Child 2-11.99 yrs sharing room with 02 adults will pay 50% of the per person sharing rate.
Child 2-11.99 yrs sharing room with 01 adult will pay 50% of the per person sharing rate and the adult pays the single room rate.
02 Children 2-11.99 yrs sharing in own room will pay 75% of the per person sharing rate.
Easter and Christmas supplement: USD 40 per person per night.
Optional activities are available on the ground at extra cost (see additional charges).
Included in the price
- Accommodation and meals as specified in the itinerary
- Activities and accommodation as specified in the itinerary
- Nature walks at Aberdare Country Club for the standard package only
- Nature walks at Mara - first night for budget package only
- Gemsbok Safaris transport in 4x4 custom-built 6-seater Safari Land Cruiser (no A/C) with service of experienced German-speaking driver guides
- Park entry fees to all parks and reserves included in the itinerary for 24hrs each (fees are subject to change) except Masai Mara which is 12hrs
- One-night Mara game reserve park fees for the budget package / two nights park fees for the standard package
- 1l of bottled drinking water per day on safari per person
- 24/7 Gemsbok Safaris concierge & emergency service on phone
- Airport assistance by Gemsbok Safaris airport rep. on arrival & departure
- Flying doctors' coverage (covers clients within East Africa for a period of 30 days; in a medical emergency they will be airlifted to Nairobi to a good hospital; hospital bills are borne by the patient)
Excluded
- International & domestic flights (if not mentioned above)
- Personal insurance and baggage insurance
- Visa fees wherever applicable
- All drinks & meals unless stated above
- All tips and porterage
- Laundry, massages and other personal expenses e.g. mini-bar & telephone unless otherwise stated
- Any other services not mentioned above and other optional/additional activities
Tour details
- Tour name: Highlights of Kenya Long
- Tour duration: 09 days
- Tour dates: On request
- Transport: 7-Seater 4x4 Safari vehicle with a German-speaking driver guide
- Arrival / departure: Nairobi
All bookings are subject to our Terms & Conditions.
