This 9 Days Best Wildlife Kenya safari undertakes you to an African safari in the heart of Africa ‘’Kenya’’ to explore the incredible game parks with a lot of remarkable attractions. Such game parks to visit include Amboseli National Park, Laikipia, OI Pejeta, and end the trip to Maasai Mara Game Reserve.
Amboseli National Park is known for its huge masses of African elephants and the spectacular view of Mount Kilimanjaro in the background.
Laikipia where you will have a chance to visit the beautiful Ol Pejeta Conservancy which is located on the foothills of the Aberdares and attractive snowcapped Mount Kenya.
You will have a great chance to explore the African Big Five at OI Pejeta. Your final visiting Kenya Safari will be Maasai Mara Game Reserve –the world’s famous game reserve because of the great migration of millions of wildebeests and thousands of zebras and hundreds of gazelles which happens between July and October each year.
The Maasai Mara also offers excellent sightseeing of wildlife in the Mara Plains. This 9 Days Wildlife Kenya Safari you will surely meet your expectations during your safari.
Summary of the 9 Days Best Wildlife Kenya Safari
Day 1: Transfer from Nairobi to Amboseli
Day 2: Full Day Game in Amboseli
Day 3: Flight Transfer to Laikipia-Evening game drive
Day 4: Full Day of Exploring OI Pejeta Conservancy
Day 5: Flight Transfer to Maasai Mara
Day 6: Full Day Game Drive in Mara
Day 7: Morning Air Balloon and Extensive gave drive
Day 8: Birding and Visiting Maasai Village
Day 9: Walking safari /Transfer to Airport
Detailed Itinerary
Day 1: Transfer from Nairobi to Amboseli National Park
Depending on your point of location, our expert driver/guide will pick you, and take you through a short briefing about the 9 Days Best Wildlife Kenya Safari. Then after, you will transfer to Amboseli National Park a journey that takes 4 hours’ drive to access its main destination. You will go unwinding with impressive sightseeing of the countryside and beautiful nature. Arrive at the park in time, check into the lodge /camp and have lunch as you get ready for a nature walk.
After lunch, go visit the Maasai Village which is so close to the park. You will be able to learn about their unique lifestyle and their hospital nature, rich in culture. Dinner and overnight.
Meal plan: Full Board
Day 2: Full Day Game Drive in Amboseli
After breakfast with delicious snacks, you will be given your packed lunch boxes which you will enjoy it in the middle of the jungle. You will embark on the park for your full day game drive where you will be able to explore all the park’s wildlife as well as clear photography of herds of elephants as well a magnificent view of Mount Kilimanjaro in the background.
In around afternoon, you will have a break for a picnic lunch from an exclusive area surrounded by wild game. You will continue the game drive in search of more wildlife.
Later on, in the evening you will have a leisure stop for the evening as you get excited about the thrilling sunset a chilled sundowner. If the time allows, continue to undertake a night game drive to search for nocturnal animals of Amboseli. Return to the lodge, have a late dinner and overnight.
Meal Plan: Full Board
Day 3: Flight Transfer to Laikipia
You will wake up early, and have breakfast before you transfer to the nearby airstrip for a flight to Nairobi at Wilson Airport to catch up your connecting flight to Laikipia. You will arrive and be welcomed by your driver guide. You will then go for a leisure drive to the camp/Lodge in OI Pejeta Conservancy for lunch.
After, go for an afternoon game drive in the Conservancy and look out for carnivores that often patrol the area. As the day turns into evening, you will make a stop to adventure the beautiful sunset as it paints the sky with a myriad of colors. Dinner and overnight.
Meal plan: Full Board
Day 4: Full Day Exploring OI Pejeta Conservancy
Wake up early, have breakfast, and go visit the chimpanzee sanctuary.
The conservancy covers more than 60,000 acres of wilderness that inhabit an array of wild animals, including lions, elephants and rhinos. You will go for a guided bush walk which is an excellent experience. Back to the lodge for dinner before embarking on a night game drive.
After early dinner, go for a night game drive to search for nocturnal animals. You will be guided by a skilled local guide and explore some rare critters like striped polecat, and aardwolf if you’re lucky you will be able to see leopards. Return for overnight stay.
Meal plan: Full Board
Day 5: Flight Transfer to the Maasai Mara
Wake up early to the bush sweat melodies of birds for a game drive. After, return to the lodge for breakfast and head to the local airstrip for a flight transfer to the world-famous Maasai Mara National Reserve
Your driver guide will be waiting at the airport in Mara and transfer you to the Camp on OI Kinyei Conservancy which is surrounded by an open plain featuring riverine forests, springs, bubbling streams and rivers and spectacular views of the rolling hills across Mara. Enjoy your lunch.
Later on, go for a game drive in Mara plains and be able to adventure a variety of wildlife in an open rolling savannah as to also take some cold sundowners. Dinner and overnight.
Meal plan: Full Board
Day 6: Full Day Game Drive
Wake up early, have breakfast with biscuits and depart for both the morning game drive and afternoon game drive with a picnic lunch in Maasai Mara. During your game viewing expect to explore a wild range of African animals such as the big fives like the leopards, lions, buffaloes and rhinos. Enjoy your picnic lunch around Mara River with a chance to view wildlife species. You will continue with the search for wildlife. Return late to the lodge for relaxation. Dinner and overnight stay.
Meal plan: Full Board
Day 7: Morning Air balloon
Wake up early in the morning, and embark on a Morning air balloon safari in the flat plains of the Maasai Mara to allow you explore the area from an aerial view the view is interesting and memorable. After, you will enjoy a sumptuous breakfast in the middle of the jungle. Return to the lodge /camp relax at the lodge and have lunch.
Later on, you will go for an evening game drive in the Maasai Mara plains where you will be able to explore a vast number of animals like buffaloes, elephants, wildebeests, zebras, gazelles, hippos, birds many others. Return for dinner and overnight stay.
Meal plan: Full Board
Day 8: Birding and Visiting Maasai Village
On this day, after breakfast, you will go for birding. Then drive back to the lodge for lunch.
After lunch, relax. In the evening go visit the Maasai Villages where you will be able to interact with Masai people, and enjoy their lifestyle, traditional dance and songs among others. Return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
Full Board: Full Board
Day 9: Final Game drive /Transfer to the Airstrip
After morning breakfast at the lodge, go for morning game drive viewing and if it’s the right season for the great migration of wildebeest, the experience goes beyond the expectation.
Return to the lodge for lunch followed by check out. Then, transfer to the airstrip for a flight to Nairobi at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport to catch up with an evening flight back home.
End of 9 Days Best Wildlife Kenya Safari Tours.
Tour Includes;
Full board Accommodation
Park entrance fees
Relevant Flight
Guided walking safari
Chimpanzee sanctuary visit
Visiting Masai Village
4×4 WD Safari Vehicle
Fuel
Bottling water
Tour Excludes;
Any other unmentioned activity
Airfares and Visas
Personal expenses; laundry, tips, soft drinks, telephone extra money among others
