Kenya

8 Day Big 5 Rhino Tracking Safari

This is a very interesting safari that combines Samburu and Maasai Mara national reserve which have unique game viewing opportunities that tell and endless story. Accommodation in bush camps, full of bush activities, including watching wildebeest migration in season and river crossings, spotting the big cats, game viewing, bush meals, guided nature walks, cultural walks, rhino trekking, luxury accommodation, sundowners and other optional activities such as hot-air ballooning.

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Itinerary

Days 1 - 2: Unique Samburu | 2 Nights

Welcome to Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta Airport, where your expert tour guide will be waiting to meet you and transfer you to the Wilson Airport for a scheduled flight to northern Kenya, to Samburu National Reserve. On arrival in Samburu met by Samburu Saruni guide and transfer to Samburu Saruni Lodge, tucked into the panoramic Ololokwe mountains, right on the edge of the reserve. Samburu Saruni offers luxurious, elegant and comfortable accommodation with incredible views of the Samburu wilderness, staying at Samburu Saruni you can enjoy a combination of activities including game drives, bush walks, cultural tours, Samburu song and dance, bush dinners and picnics.

Days 3 - 4: Tracking Rhinos on Days 3-4: Tracking Rhinos on Foot | 2 Nightsoot | 2 Nights

Continue your African safari into the wild African north to the Sera Conservancy, where you will stay at the luxurious Saruni Rhino Camp. Sera Conservancy is a private wildlife reserve and one of the few places in Africa where you can still track black rhinos on foot. Visit the nearby rhino and elephant sanctuaries and enjoy bird watching – and see some of the rarest and most endemic birds. Samburu offers a once in a life time cultural experience, the Samburu known as those of white goat’s area proud warrior people who still maintain their cultures to this day. Visit the singing well were local herdsmen congregate and call out to their cattle to come and drink water – the cattle recognize the voice of their herdsmen.

Days 5 - 7: Explore the Maasai Mara | 3 Nights

It’s time to say goodbye to the scenic dry wilderness of Samburu and take your ninety minutes flight to the Maasai Mara. On arrival in the you will be met by your guide and transfer to Saruni Wild Camp. The Maasai Mara forms the same ecosystem as the Serengeti and is actually an extension of the same, on this canvas of endless plains and grass plays out of the major wildlife spectacle in the world when over a million wildebeest accompanied by impalas and zebras migrate from the Serengeti to the lush, succulent green grasses of the Mara, the journey carries with it many dangers – as the predators – lions, leopards, wild dogs and spotted hyenas lie in wait to ambush the traveling animals for an easy meal. Visiting the Maasai Mara is always a rewarding experience for the wildlife enthusiast.

While in the Mara take the time for a different safari experience, take a bush walk to learn more about the rich plant and insect life and track the footprints of animals learning more about their behavior, or much better take to the skies over the plains of the Mara with a hot air balloon ride, its begins early in the morning before sun break and ends with a well-deserved champagne breakfast in the open plains of the Mara in plain view of wildlife.

Day 8: Farewell Kenya

Breakfast and a brief visit to the rhino sanctuary on your way to the airstrip to catch your flight back to Nairobi’s Wilson Airport. Upon arrival at Wilson Airport you will be met by your guide and transfer to the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, from where you will take your departure flight.

Conservation fee.
Internal flights.
Rhino Tracking Experience fee, sundowner & picnic excursions, guided bush walks, shared game drives in 4×4 vehicles.
Transfers from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport to Wilson Airport for flight to Sambaru, and transfer to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport on departure day.
One complimentary back & neck massage (30 mins) per room, per stay, at our wellbeing spaces.