Maasai Mara & Samburu

10 Day Adventure Mount Kenya, Samburu and Maasai Mara

This is a 9-day itinerary that combines sublime game viewing in some of Kenya’s best wildlife areas with diverse cultural activities and plenty to see and do. The journey begins in Nairobi at Giraffe Manor, resident to journey of endangered Rothschild’s giraffes!

After a blissful night, you and your family will board a scheduled flight to Solio Lodge, a camp with only six thatched chalets. It is located in one of the first private rhino conservancies ever declared in Kenya, which is also home to one of the most successful breeding projects for these highly endangered and vulnerable animals. This is among the easiest game viewing in Africa and your diverse activities include a day trip to Aberdare National Park.

After two nights, your charter plane will wing you to SaSaab Camp’s private airstrip for three days of sensational game watching that includes seeking out the rare and endemic Samburu Special.

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Itinerary

Day 1 : Welcome to Nairobi

You could be in the English country, complete with a stone manor house, except that a giraffe or two pokes his or her head through the window to share your breakfast with you!

Welcome to Giraffe Manor, on the outskirts of Nairobi, where there is a unique juxtaposition of 19th century grace and elegance combined with rustic Africa in the form of a journey of endangered Rothschild’s giraffes. A great place to rest after your flight and to switch gears into the rhythms of Kenya, Giraffe Manor is a hit with young and old travelers alike, and the perfect spot to explore – time permitting – some of Nairobi’s fascinating highlights, like the Karen Blixen Museum and the Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage.

Days 2 - 4 : Into Rhino Territory

After saying goodbye to the giraffes, take the flight to Nanyuki, on arrival you will be received by your guide and transfer with a 4×4 to Solio Lodge. The drive takes 45 minutes through idyllic local towns and farms. Solio was the first rhino conservancy in Kenya and it has been successful in growing the rhino numbers through its breeding program.

Solio Lodge is made up of only six chalets well laid out to afford the most wonderful views of Mt Kenya and intimate moments. Solio offers the best game drives, and it’s about just the only place in Kenya where one can see the elusive and shy black rhino.

From solio one can visit Mount Kenya National Park or the Aberdares National Park, take horse riding tours in the expansive open plains or mountain bike through the lonely paths to the peaks for wonderful views of the mountain. A must to do at Solio is the morning bush breakfast – you will love it. The aberdares range have a spiritual significance for the local Kikuyu people, they believe its one of the homes of “Ngai” or God.

The parks scenery is unique, mountains, waterfalls and stream intertwined with lush vegetation giving home to a wide selection of birds including rare animals such as the black and white colobus monkey, the golden cats, the melanistic serval and the bongo – one of the most elusive antelopes of all that inhabits the bamboo forest in the higher altitudes.

Days 4 - 6 : Samburu Sunsets Beckon

Depart today to the Samburu heart lands to Sasaab camp located on an outcrop with wonderful view of the Ewaso Nyiro river. The camp is located on local community land and is owned by the local community. Very uniquely designed, the camo echoes the bygone era of Arab traders and with a Moroccan architecture.

While at Sasaab venture out in to the Samburu wilderness in search of the Samburu special 5, that can only be found in this region, such as Grevy’s Zebra, the adorable long-necked Gerenuk, Reticulated Giraffe, Besia Oryx and the Somali ostrich.

Other activities that you must do at the Sasaab camp include visit to local Samburu village, star gazing, safari walks or visit to local markets.

Days 7 - 9 : Classic Maasai Mara

Maasai Mara is world famous for the great wildebeest migration. Its endless plains support millions of ungulates. To experience a unique safari, experience it’s almost a must to include Maasai Mara in your safari.

Salas camp located in the scenic sand river area, offers a front seat experience to the wonders of the Mara. Salas offers the complete under the African sky classic safari experience, with its menu tents with plumbed bathrooms and camp fire chats after a long African safari between June and September as the wildebeest enter the Masai Mara from Serengeti, the sand rivers area is the best place to catch the migration, the area at this time teams with wildebeest – its scenery and rock outcrops complement the out of Africa experience.

The fight for survival plays right before your eyes. The sand river zone for the rest of the year offers unique game viewing experience as well – it is the most scenic part of the Maasai Mara. After so many days in the African wild, you may find it hard to return, but it’s time to say goodbye to the endless plains of the Mara, carrying with you the wonderful memories. Take a flight back to Nairobi and connect to JKIA for your flight back home.