7 Days Samburu, Ol Pejeta, Nakuru and Masai Mara

It’s almost always a bright day in Nairobi, and to match the city’s vibrance is your guide who is there to pick you up upon landing or at the hotel. Your adventure starts with a short briefing about your Kenya itinerary 7 days safari, including what to see and expect. 

Then the guide welcomes you to your exclusive 4×4 safari land cruiser, marking the start of the 7-hr drive from Nairobi to Samburu. Few road trips are as visually appealing as Nairobi-Samburu drive, thanks to its adversely stunning terrains, beautiful countryside views, and memorable stop-overs.

One such stop-over is the Nanyuki equator. You get the opportunity to take photos at this landmark and even have the locals demonstrate its effect at a small fee. There is no other stopover from Nanyuki to Samburu, and you should be resting at the hotel by early afternoon.

You can now rest, take late lunch, and wait for the next day’s adventure after that long drive. We advise you to book a flight that lands in the country around 3:00 a.m. to 4:00 a.m. It will avoid spending more money by spending a night at the capital.

Samburu is a stunning park laced by stark aridity, striking palm groves, riverine forests, wildlife, and captivating landscapes. Your morning begins with a breakfast overlooking this stunningness, not too long after which your guide takes you to the heart of the park for a morning game drive.

Bare for you to see is a pristine wilderness that hosts vast populations of wildlife, including wild dogs, hyenas, lions, and over 900 elephants. There is, of course, the Samburu Special Five: Beisa Oryx, Reticulated Giraffes, Grevy Zebra, Gerenuk, and the Somali Ostrich.

Today’s game drive will continue to dusk, meaning that you will take your packed lunch in the wilderness. The adventure continues after lunch. Ewaso Nyiro River will help you live out your wildest fantasies as you come close to the hundreds of wildlife and birds quenching their thirst and grazing at its banks.

The guide drives you along the river to introduce its variety and iconic beauty, which you will appreciate. Couple this with the tranquil ambience for which the park is known, and you have yourself the best Kenya itinerary 7 days adventure. Your game drive extends till evening when we end our day staring at sunset and wildlife.

Close your eyes and dream of mornings when sweet bird serenades replace the anxiety that otherwise comes with it. Dream of never-ending plains of beautiful landscapes, sunrise, delicious breakfasts, and tranquil ambiences.

Dream of that, and you’ve pictured a Samburu morning. On this day, you will have your breakfast on your room’s viewing deck so that you get to experience this surrealness. The plan is to check out the camp by 10 am for the 2-hr drive to Ol Pejeta, arriving there in time for check-in and lunch.

Your day is not complete since you will enjoy an afternoon game drive at Ol Pejeta Conservancy. Like the Samburu, the Ol Pejeta never runs out of wildlife and effortless landscapes, only a little lusher this time. It is really where ultimate luxury and pristine meets nature’s magnificent wonders – think Mt. Kenya and tremendous wildlife diversities. The evening game drive allows you to sample this goodness, and you can expect to see the Big Five, zebras, giraffes, impalas, and rhinos.

Did you know that the Ol Pejeta hosts the only two remaining northern white rhinos in the world? Yep, and that is where this morning game drive that starts at 6 am takes us.

Apart from the two rhinos, the conservancy hosts over 140 endangered black rhinos, cheetahs, wild dogs, hippos, and Jackson’s hartebeests. Your guide lets you have your heart’s fill of these creatures before driving out of the conservancy and starting the road trip to Nakuru at around 9 am.

The drive is four hours long and is as scenic as the rest, with a stopover at Nyahururu Fall’s. This is your opportunity to take photos. From there, the guide takes you straight to the lodge for check-in and grab lunch before heading out for an afternoon game drive.

The pink waters of Lake Nakuru, the wildlife, and the wooded and bushy grasslands are reason enough to visit Lake Nakuru. Couple that with the surrounding escarpment and charming ridges, and Lake Nakuru is a tourist’s haven.

To marvel at is the considerable birdlife and wildlife, which includes four of the Big Five and other 56 different mammal species. Have a blast spotting the waterbucks, white rhinos, giraffes, zebras, lions, elephants, hippos, and flamingoes. The drive also introduces you to the Lion Hill and Out-of-Africa viewpoints, from where you can have a bird’s eye view of the park. Romantic dinners by the shores of Lake Nakuru can be organised on request.

There’s no getting your fill of this breathtaking, wildly romantic park, but the guide tries to anyway with this morning game drive. The Makalia Falls, wildlife, and flamingoes are our objects of fascination this time, and the Enasoit, Honeymoon, and Lion Ridge Hill form part of this breathtaking landscape.

The game drive lasts about 3-hr from 6 am, after which we begin the 5-hour drive to Masai Mara. It is a long drive with a stopover at Narok town where you will take your lunch, stretch your legs, do some shopping, and then continue with the road trip. You should be at Masai Mara by early evening, and we will leave you to enjoy the rest of the day in its delightful company.

We didn’t want to say it at the start, but Masai Mara is the best part of our 7 days Kenya safari from Nairobi. The park continues to capture the world’s attention with its unwinding plains that stretch over 1510km2, over 50 different mammal species, and over 450 bird species. Our guide takes you to the heart of its postcard-worthy plains at 6:00 a.m., ready for our full-day game drive.

While morning game drives are known for their high number of wildlife sightings, the beautiful sunrise will do it for you. You are introduced to generous amounts of the Big Five, wildebeests, impalas, giraffes, dik-dik, antelopes and hyenas, with the sunrise forming a magical background.

Today’s exploration spills over to the Mara River, which is basically where the animals congregate for a drink. Your guide finds a shady spot in the park when the clock strikes 1:00 p.m. for a lovely scenic packed lunch.

Mara is ranked as one of the world’s best parks, and the afternoon game drive shows you why. You are in for a treat as you sample what the reserve has to offer, from grasslands to the woodlands, riverine forests, acacias, deciduous thickets and scrubs. Your drive spills over in the evening when we keep silent and watch in awe as sunset does its magic.

This morning game drive allows you to spot the wildlife you might have missed on previous days. It lasts for about three hours and is followed by a Maasai village visit.  It is the perfect time to interact with the locals as you experience their lives straight from Manyattas.

The Manyattas are made from mud, human urine, sticks, cow dung and grass and are still among the most beautiful formations at Mara. Sit and listen to tales of this tribe’s near-death encounters with the wild. Learn to make a fire by rubbing two sticks together. Break a leg with the young Morans by all means if dancing is more your speed. The visit is only an hour long, after which we board the Landcruiser for the drive back to Nairobi. We drop you off at the airport or hotel and bid you goodbye.