11-Day Amazing Kenya Mid Range Family Safari

Today is a very flexible day. You may choose to do the early morning game drive from 6:00am until 9:00am, return to your accommodation for breakfast, and spend the midday enjoying the amenities of the lodge until 3:00pm when you do another game drive. Alternatively, have breakfast and leave for a half-day game drive. Return to your accommodation for lunch; rest until 3:30pm for another game drive. Dinner and overnight stay at Ngulia Safari Lodge.

• Main Destination: Tsavo West National Park
• Accommodation: Ngulia Safari Lodge – Mid-Range Lodge located inside Tsavo West NP
• Meals and Drinks: Lunch & dinner (Breakfast not included), drinking water (Other drinks not included)

After breakfast, you will drive to Amboseli National Park. On your way to Amboseli, there are the spectacular Shetani lava flows (Shetani means ‘devil’ in Kiswahili). The flows were formed only a few hundred years ago, and local people believed that it was the devil himself emerging from the earth. This vast expanse of folded black lava spreads for 50 sq. km across the savannah near the Chylus Hills, looking strangely as if Vesuvius dropped its comfort blanket here.

You will arrive in Amboseli at a good time for hot lunch. Relax for a while at your lodge, then head to an afternoon game drive at around 4:00pm. Amboseli National Park is famous for its scenery with a backdrop of snowcapped Mount Kilimanjaro, which is the second largest mountain in the world. It dominates the landscape and open plains. Despite its changing habitat, Amboseli National Park is possibly the best wildlife area in the whole of Africa to experience elephants at close range. Left unharassed by humans, elephants feeding and bathing in the swamps must form the highlights of any safari. Dinner and overnight stay at Kibo Safari Camp.

• Main Destination: Amboseli National Park
• Accommodation: Kibo Safari Camp – Mid-range tented camp located just outside Amboseli NP
• Meals & Drinks: All meals included, drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Note: It is possible to downgrade to an economical option (price reduction) or to upgrade to more luxurious options (price increase).

Today is a flexible day. After breakfast, you can choose to go for a full-day game drive with a packed picnic lunch. You’ll return to the lodge in the evening. Alternative option: an early morning game drive and returning for breakfast, then relaxing until late afternoon for another game drive at around 4:00pm. Dinner and overnight stay at Kibo Safari Camp.

• Main Destination: Amboseli National Park
• Accommodation: Kibo Safari Camp – Mid-range tented camp located just outside Amboseli NP
• Meals & Drinks: All meals included, drinking water (Other drinks not included)

After an early morning breakfast, you will drive northwest to Ol Pejeta Conservancy. Along the route, you will pass through Central Kenya, where the climate in the central area is a lot cooler than the rest of Kenya due to its higher altitude, having fertile volcanic soils and plenty of rainfall. The central Highlands are the most populated and cultivated regions. You will arrive in good time for a hot lunch. After lunch, you will have a short rest before proceeding for your afternoon game drive in search of the big five as well as the unique resident wildlife species like the reticulated giraffe, Grevy’s zebra, and Beisa oryx, without forgetting the human closest relative, “The Chimpanzees.” Ol Pejeta Conservancy is situated near the equator, between the foothills of the Aberdares and the magnificent snow-capped Mount Kenya. Dinner and overnight stay at Comfort Gardens Nairobi.

• Main Destination: Sweetwater’s (Ol Pejeta Conservancy)
• Accommodation: Comfort Gardens Sweet – Mid-range hotel located in (Ol Pejeta Conservancy)
• Meals & Drinks: All meals included, drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Note: It is possible to downgrade to more economic options (price reduction) or upgrade to more luxurious options (at extra cost).

Samburu National Reserve is famous for its unique landscape and the presence of familiar faces such as leopards, lions, antelopes, and giraffes. The park’s real claim to fame is its own “Special Five,” a collection of animals found nowhere else in Kenya. These include the Somali ostrich, reticulated giraffes, Grevy’s zebra, the long-necked gerenuk, and the oryx. You’ll enjoy an afternoon game drive through this unique reserve. Dinner and overnight stay at Samburu Game Lodge.

• Main Destination: Samburu National Reserve
• Accommodation: Samburu Simba Lodge – Mid-range lodge located inside Buffalo Springs NR
• Meals & Drinks: All meals included, drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Note: It is possible to downgrade to an economical option( price Reduce) or to upgrade to more luxurious options (price increase).

You’ll have a full day to explore the park in search of its rarer inhabitants as well as the likes of leopards, lions, hyenas, cheetahs, antelopes, and more. While Samburu is smaller than other Kenyan parks and reserves, its diverse wildlife tends to cluster closer together near the lifegiving Ewaso Ny’iro River, making it an ideal place to set up camp and do some game-viewing. Alternatively, you can take breakfast, and we head to the National Reserve for a full-day game drive. Having carried our packed picnic lunch. Dinner and overnight stay at Samburu Simba Lodge.

• Main Destination: Samburu National Reserve
• Accommodation: Samburu Simba Lodge – Mid-range lodge located inside Buffalo Springs NR
• Meals & Drinks: All meals included, drinking water (Other drinks not included)

After an early morning breakfast depart for Lake Naivasha, arriving in the afternoon in time for lunch. This afternoon, you will enjoy a boat ride on Lake Naivasha followed by a walking safari in the animal sanctuary. Lake Naivasha is the second largest fresh water lake in Kenya. It is located in the Great Rift Valley. The forest surrounding decorated with the presence of a variety of wild animals and over 400 different bird species, making it the perfect destination for birders from all corners of the world. After the activities we will head back to the camp/lodge for dinner and overnight stay.

• Main Destination: Lake Naivasha (Naivasha)
• Accommodation: Naivasha Kongoni Lodge – At Lake Naivasha (Naivasha)
• Meals & Drinks: All meals included, drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Note: It is possible to downgrade to an economical option( price Reduce) or to upgrade to more luxurious options (price increase).

Depart early in the morning to Masai Mara National Reserve, one of the few places left on earth where wildlife still lives comparatively undisturbed, an unmistakable highlight of any holiday in Kenya. With a vast range of wildlife including the big fìve and a rich cultural heritage to explore, Masai Mara is without doubt one of the greatest safari destinations in Africa. Between July and October, things get busy as millions of zebra and wildebeest cross from Serengeti to Masai Mara searching for new grazing territories. Dinner and overnight stay at the camp/lodge.

• Main Destination: Masai Mara National Reservef
• Accommodation: Zebra Plains Mara Camp – Mid-range tented camp bordering Masai Mara NR without fences
• Meals & Drinks: All meals included, drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Note: It is possible to downgrade to an economical option( price Reduce) or to upgrade to more luxurious options (price increase).

<Today’s itinerary is flexible – you can discuss with your guide and plan for the day’s schedule. You can either have a relaxed breakfast and depart for a full-day game drive at around 7:00 am with a picnic lunch. The game drive will give you a chance to visit the Mara River where the migration happens. Also, you’ll have better chances to view wildlife all day and return back to the lodge or camp late in the afternoon. Alternatively, you can depart at 6:00 am for an early morning game drive. Later, return to your accommodation for breakfast and relax for the morning until midafternoon. Then, at 4:00 pm, depart on an afternoon game drive. You’ll return to the lodge or camp at 6:30 pm. Dinner and your overnight stay at Zebra Plains.

• Main Destination: Masai Mara National Reservef
• Accommodation: Zebra Plains Mara Camp – Mid-range tented camp bordering Masai Mara NR without fences
• Meals & Drinks: All meals included, drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Depending on your flight details, you will organize with your guide your departure from Masai Mara National Reserve. You will be transferred to your Nairobi location or to the airport for your homebound flight.

• Main Destination:  Nairobi
• Accommodation: No accommodation (End of tour)
• Meals & Drinks: Breakfast (Lunch & dinner not included), drinking water (Other drinks not included)