9 Days Luxury Wildlife Adventure in Kenya

Day 2: All Day Game Drive – Lake Nakuru National Park

Today you will have a super early morning start and head off to Lake Nakuru National Park with a packed breakfast. Enjoy a morning game drive around Lake Nakuru, famous for its abundance of flamingos and a large variety of water birds. The Park was declared a rhino sanctuary in 1983 and is currently home to both black and white species, which are both regularly seen – along with good sightings of leopard. A picnic lunch is served under the Acacia trees overlooking the lake, or you can head back to Loldia for a late lunch. You will have a stop-over at Lake Elementeita on your way back to your lodge, this is a soda lake which is an important breeding site for many threatened bird species and famous for its population of flamingos.

Accommodation: Loldia House

Meal plan: Full board

Day 3: Transfer to Mugie Conservancy

After your early breakfast at the lodge, you will head off on a very scenic drive (approx. 4 hours) up to Kenya’s Northern Frontier District, where a delicious lunch will be waiting for you at your lodge upon arrival. Depending on what you feel like doing, you can either head out on your first afternoon game drive and explore this pristine wilderness (which is home to some of Kenya’s northern rangeland species), lay by the pool, play a round of golf, indulge in some spa treatments or enjoy a siesta. Pre-dinner drinks around a fire

Accommodation: Mugie House

Meal plan: Full board

Day 4: Full Day Experience – Mugie Conservancy Laikipia

Mugie Conservancy offers a range of signature experiences by which to enjoy the seemingly endless landscapes and ‘dry country’ wildlife species that are not seen elsewhere. You will have a full day traditional game drives to canoeing on Mugie Dam (elephants might decide to take a playful dip beside you).

Accommodation: Mugie House

Meal plan: Full board

Day 5: Another Full Day Experience – Mugie Conservancy Laikipia

Today, you will have your breakfast at leisure before you head out for another epic adventure on this conservancy. The conservancy also operates as a low impact cattle ranch and catalyst for community conservation initiatives. You will also head out with ranger guides to track down the conservancy’s collared lions and understand the work being done to prevent human-wildlife conflict. If you’re lucky, you might get to meet Tala, the friendly resident Reticulated giraffe who wanders freely about the conservancy. You will play a round of golf before you sign out of today’s epic excursions with a spectacular sundowner from another vantage point around the conservancy.

Accommodation: Mugie House

Meal plan: Full board

Day 6: Flight Transfer to Masai Mara Game Reserve

After your morning breakfast, you will have a flight transfer directly from Mugie Conservancy to the Masai Mara Game Reserve, you will be met on arrival at the airstrip and transferred to your camp.  It’s a short game drive en route to the camp, before an al fresco lunch overlooking the Mara River. Embark on a thrilling afternoon game drive at around 3:30pm and return in the dusk for drinks and chatter around the campfire, before your dinner. Fall asleep to the night-time chorus of the Masai Mara!

Accommodation: Governors’ Camp

Meal plan: Full board

Day 7: Balloon Safari & Masai Village Cultural Tour – Masai Mara Game Reserve

For a particularly memorable and unforgettable experience, enjoy a surreal journey in a hot air balloon over the Masai Mara plains.

This adventure begins just before dawn; depart the camp at 5.15am to the takeoff site, located just behind Little Governors’ Camp. The fabulous sunrise flight lasts approximately one hour depending on weather conditions. On landing, sit down to a delicious bush breakfast, freshly cooked on balloon burners in the middle of the Mara plains. Toast your return to Mother Earth together with your pilot over a glass of sparkling wine. You will have an en-route game drive on your way back to the camp for a hot lunch. After lunch, you will visit the Masai village where you will meet and interact with the local Masai people. Enjoy the breathtaking Masai dances and drama and many more. Later, return to your camp for dinner and overnight stay.

Accommodation: Governors’ Camp

Meal plan: Full board

Day 7: Transfer & Game drive - Masai Mara National Reserve Drive Time: +/- 4 hours’ Depart for Masai Mara National Reserve to arrive in time for check in and an unwind before you head out for an evening game drive. The Masai Mara National Reserve is located in South Western Kenya and is the largest national game reserve in Kenya. It was named after the Masai people who are the indigenous inhabitants of the area. It is by far one of the popular protected areas on the continent. It is famous for its exceptional population of wildlife including the Big five; Lion, Leopard, Buffalo, Elephant and Rhino. Other wildlife includes, Cheetah, Zebra, Topi, Impala. Masai Mara National Reserve is also famous for the Wildebeest migration that brought it to the map as one of the seven wonders of Africa. This migration usually happens during the months of June to November. It is where thousands of wildebeests, zebras and other wildlife crossover from Serengeti National Park in Tanzania to Masai Mara in search of food and water. Overnight: Mara Sopa Lodge Meal plan: Full board

Day 8: Full Day Game drive – Masai Mara Game Reserve

After breakfast, you'll leave for a full-day game drive. The amazing wildlife experience continues. On the plains are large herds of herbivores grazing, cheetahs, and leopards hiding in their locations. Masai Mara is the heart of Kenyan tourism with large species of mammals, amphibians, reptiles, and over 400 bird species recorded on the reserve. Nowhere in Africa is wildlife more abundant, and it is for this reason a visitor hardly misses to see the Big Five (buffalo, elephant, leopard, lion, and rhino). Your picnic lunch will be at the Mara River migration point. After your picnic lunch, you will have some rest before embarking on your late afternoon game drive until late in the evening. You will later drive back to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay.

Accommodation: Governors’ Camp

Meal plan: Full board

Day 9: Morning Game Drive & Flight transfer - Nairobi
You'll have an early morning game drive in search of animals killing and eating. Later, you'll come back to the lodge for breakfast and then check out of the camp. You'll have a flight transfer for Nairobi.
Accommodation: No
Meal plan: Breakfast & Lunch