A 20 Days Safari Expedition exploring the sunny rugged wilderness of Northern Kenya ending with the glistening white sandy shores of the Kenya Coast.
Memorable aspects
NB: Nothing is set on stone! We can always tailor make this tour to include many more activities and destinations!
Itinerary at a glance
| Day | Highlights | Overnight |
| Day 1 | Transfer to Samburu National Reserve. Arrive for lunch. Afternoon game drive. Samburu Tribe Village Visit.
Nairobi – Samburu (350 Kms, approx. 6Hrs drive) |
Samburu National Reserve |
| Day 2 | Full Day Samburu Game Drives | Samburu National Reserve |
| Day 3 | Transfer to Marsabit.
Bushwalk to the view point of Lake paradise. Samburu – Marsabit (250 Kms, approx. 5-6hrs drive) |
Marsabit |
| Day 4 | Through Chalbi Desert, transfer to Kalacha.
Lunch enroute Visit the Gabbras Village. Marsabit – Kalacha (135 Kms, approx. 3hrs drive) |
Kalacha |
| Day 5 | Transfer to Sibiloi National Park. Lunch will be picnic boxes. Visit Koobi Fora + The Elephant site + Petrified Forest
Kalacha – Sibiloi (150 Kms, approx. 5hrs drive) |
Sibiloi |
| Day 6 | Transfer to Loiyangalani. Arrive for lunch. Relax before paying a visit to the Desert Museum on a cliff overlooking the lake. Drive back to your lodge. Sundowner while enjoying the beautiful sunset of Lake Turkana.
Sibiloi – Loiyangalani (165 Kms, approx. 5-6hrs drive) |
Loiyangalani |
| Day 7 | Explore Lake Turkana, taking a boat ride and visiting the El Molo tribe for cultural immersion. | Loiyangalani
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| Day 8 | Transfer to Maralal. Arrive for lunch.
Afternoon at Leisure to relax. Loiyangalani – Maralal (238 Kms, approx. 6hrs drive) |
Maralal |
| Day 9 | Transfer to Ol Pejeta. Arrive for lunch. Afternoon game drive. Visit Rhino & Chimpanzee Sanctuary.
Maralal – Ol Pejeta (166 Kms, approx. 3hrs drive) |
Ol Pejeta |
| Day 10 | Transfer to Rhino Watch Safari Lodge.
Lunch at your Lodge. Afternoon visit Aberdare Game Sanctuary for a Giraffe Walk. Kikuyu cooking class. Ol Pejeta – Rhino Watch (46 Kms, approx. 1 hrs drive) |
Rhino Watch, Muiga Nyeri |
| Day 11 | Depart for Naivasha. Lunch at your Lodge.
Afternoon boat ride. Rhino Watch – Lake Naivasha (187 Kms, approx. 3hrs 35 mins) |
Lake Naivasha |
| Day 12 | Depart for Amboseli National Park. Arrive in time for lunch. Afternoon game drive.
Lake Naivasha – Amboseli (309 Kms, approx. 5hrs 45 mins) |
Amboseli |
| Day 13 | Full Day Amboseli Game Drives. Maasai Village visit. | Amboseli |
| Day 14 | AM Game drive Amboseli. Transfer to Tsavo West National Park. Afternoon Game drive.
Amboseli – Tsavo West (72 Kms, approx. 1hr 35 mins) |
Tsavo West |
| Day 15 | Transfer to Tsavo East National Park.
Afternoon Game Drive. Tsavo West – Tsavo East (just oposite Tsavo East 11kms, approx. 15mins drive) |
Tsavo East |
| Day 16 | Drive to Shimba Hills National Park. Picnic lunch. Game Drive & Nature Walk. Transfer to Mombasa Beach
Tsavo East – Shimba Hills Reserve (181 Kms, approx. 3-4hrs) Shimba Hills – North Coast (156 Kms, approx. 3hrs 45mins) |
North Coast, Mombasa Beach |
| Day 17 – 19 | 3 Full days at the coast on Leisure | North Coast, Mombasa Beach |
| Day 20 | Departure. Transfer to Mombasa MOI Airport for departure flight.
Hotel – Airport transfer (10Kms, approx. 20mins transfer) |
Your private safari adventure begins as we collect you from your hotel, residence, or Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. Preferably before 7:00am, our driver-guide will meet you for a safari briefing and commence safari north to Samburu National Reserve.
(In case of late arrival, accommodation and transfer can be arranged at an extra cost).
Enjoy a scenic drive form Nairobi via Thika, Nanyuki and Isiolo passing Mt. Kenya and arid acacia landscapes. Stopover at the Kenya, Nanyuki Equator and embrace the place where the northern and southern hemispheres meet.
Arrive in time for lunch. Later enjoy an afternoon game drive as you head out to meet the Samburu tribe. Witness traditional dances, beadwork demonstrations, and semi-nomadic warrior lifestyle. Learn how the Samburu people live in harmony with wildlife and why their land is so vital for conservation.
Return to Camp for a sunset drink.
Dinner and overnight at Samburu Simba Lodge
Spend the day exploring this amazing game reserve. Sunrise game drive, a prime time to spot lions, leopards and possibly cheetahs and track the Samburu Special Five. You will also encounter large herds of elephants and buffalos, especial near swampy marsh zones.
All meals and overnight at your accommodation.



After another morning game drive, you will travel North to Marsabit County. Here you will find yourself in the land of the Borana tribe, traditional cattle herders.
Continue towards the extinct volcano of Marsabit, the peak of which is surrounded by lush forested hills, forming a welcoming oasis rising high above the dry heat of the surrounding desert lands.
In the afternoon you will visit Marsabit National Park, before later making your way to your Hotel. You will take a ranger-led bush walk to the striking Lake Paradise. (This is a unique crater lake known for its lush vegetation and abundant wildlife, including elephants and other animals). Some describe it as a bowl of green soup.
Dinner and overnight at Jirime Hotel.



This morning we will drive heading North toward the Kaisut desert where the nomadic Rendille warriors, roam the land wearing their traditional dress of purple and red robes, combined with feathers, beads and goat skins.
After meeting the Rendille, we continue our journey and enter the Chalbi desert, a vast salt pan known for its unique ecosystem. It was once a vast lake and its name itself means “salty and barren.” Stop at Kalacha Dida, a small settlement and mission station in the middle of nowhere.
Kalacha is a green oasis on the edge of the desert and a significant cultural center for the Gabbra people, who live here as semi-nomadic pastoralists. Like the neighboring Borana and Rendille, the Gabbra keep camels and goats and are closely related to these ethnic groups historically, linguistically, and culturally.
We set out on a guided walk to meet the Gabbra tribe.
Don’t forget to take in the beautiful sunset in the dunes of North Horr.
Overnight at the Catholic Pastoral guest house.


After breakfast, depart for Sibiloi National Park / Koobi Fora Museum to arrive at your bandas in good time for lunch.
In the afternoon, visit the birthplace of our ancestors on the shores of Lake Turkana at Koobi Fora.
Here, you will find significant discoveries including relics dating back 3,000,000 years. Notable findings include, dozens of hominid fossils, including Australopithecus Sensu Lato discovered by Dr. Richard Leakey, Homo Habilis discovered by Bernard Ngeves, and one of the most widely renowned finds of all human fossils — Homo Erectus, the Turkana Boy (aka Nariokotome Boy), discovered by Kamoya Kimeu, a research excavator to Dr. Leakey.
Also, you will get a chance to visit a famous elephant site and the petrified forest. The forest is a fascinating geological feature containing fossilised remnants of ancient trees offering a window into the past.
Dinner and overnight at Alia Bay Guest House




From the northern most point of the trip, we head south to the shimmering blue-green hues of Lake Turkana. On arrival at the Oasis of Loyangalani, we check in for lunch and relax a bit before paying a visit to the Desert Museum.
It is a tiny museum in the middle of nowhere, with fascinating and informative information on the culture of the eight ethnic groups that live around the lake (Turkana, El Molo, Rendille, Samburu, Gabra, Watta, Borana, and Dessanach) and the ecology and archaeology of Lake Turkana.
Later return to your resort. Sundowner while enjoying the beautiful sunset.
Dinner and overnight at Malabo Resort.


A full day at the shores of Lake Turkana.
You’ll travel out of Loiyangalani again to experience the daily life of the El Molo fishermen.
The El-Molo tribe is said to be the smallest tribe in Kenya. Unlike most neighboring tribes, the El Molo are not cattle herders. They rely entirely on fishing for their sustenance, earning them the name "Hunters of the Jade Sea". Their culture centers on the lake's resources. They fish in the traditional way with use of log boats (dunguri).
You will also get a chance to have a boat ride with the Elmolo tribe guide.
Dinner and overnight at Malabo Resort.



Breakfast is followed by a drive from Lake Turkana to Maralal a scenic drive to enjoy.
Arrive at your Lodge. Spend the rest of the day at leisure to relax, take in the Lodges environment or perhaps any Lodge activities for the afternoon.
Dinner and overnight at Ngari Hill Lodge
After breakfast, we leave for Ol Pejeta Conservancy, a private refuge for rhinos and chimpanzees. It is one of the largest and most well-known private wildlife conservancies in East Africa, established with the goal of protecting and preserving endangered species.
Arrive in time for lunch later explore the conservancy. The combination of amazing wildlife and stunning views across the open plains of Ol Pejeta guarantees an unforgettable safari experience. Ol Pejeta is also the only place in Africa that offers the opportunity to see Chimpanzees and the last 2 remaining Northern white rhinos.
You will meet the primates face to- face, visit the Rhino Sanctuary and enjoy game viewing in the Conservancy.
Dinner and overnight at your Camp/Lodge.
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After breakfast, drive to the nearby Rhino Watch Lodge in Muiga Nyeri.Lunch at the Lodge. In the afternoon, visit Aberdare Game Sanctuary only 15 minutes away from the Lodge that offers the opportunity to go on a game walk with a herd of Giraffes which you can approach up to a few meters.
Later return to the Lodge and discover the secrets of traditional Kenyan cuisine at a cooking class with Kikuyu women! The lodge provides a cooking experience that includes learning to prepare traditional Kenyan dishes, including Kikuyu cuisine like Mukimo (mashed potatoes and greens), ugali (mashed corn flour), Githeri (mixture of Beans and maize and other local vegetables).
Dinner & overnight at Rhino Watch Lodge

After breakfast, you will drive from the Laikipia plains through the Rift Valley escarpments to the floor of the valley where Lake Naivasha, a popular fresh water Lake lies.
Lake Naivasha and its surrounding parks are a varied world of birds, grazing game, and landscapes easily explored by boat and foot as we have planned for you. You will arrive at your Lodge for lunch and after go out to the Lake for an afternoon boat ride to enjoy the lake’s fresh waters as you view numerous water life that includes birds and animals.
We will glide by hippos and transfer you for a guided walking safari at Crescent Island Game Sanctuary. This beautiful piece of paradise hosts an abundance of bird life, especially large numbers of pelicans, cormorant and fish eagles. Walk amongst Giraffes, Zebras and more and see hippos grazing in the cool afternoon air or resting under acacia trees in the heat of day. The scenic beauty and sense of freedom in this little Sanctuary has seen many film makers alight on its shores to film herds of wildebeest, water buck and zebra passing through the grassy savannah.
The day will end in the evening with dinner and overnight back at your Lodge.
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After breakfast, you will drive from Naivasha to Amboseli. Arrive in time for lunch at your Lodge. Later an afternoon game drive in the Park.
Amboseli national park is a land mark of big game adventure including free range of Elephant herds, Masai giraffes, spotted hyenas, cheetah, Grant zebras, lions, the great blue wildebeest, cape buffaloes, impalas, elephants, wild dogs, crocodiles, nocturnal porcupines, mongooses, dik -dik, lesser kudus, hippos, Rhinos, and many more. The Park has a stunning place to view the highest Mountain in Africa Mount Kilimanjaro. Amboseli National Park was established to protect wildlife and the core ecosystem that make up the park to extend out across the border of Tanzania. The Park is made up of embodies comprised of five main wildlife habitat such as open plains, woodland, acacia, rocky thorn bush county, swamps and Marsh land and also covers other areas of Pleistocene Lake basin and dominated with dry areas outside during rainy seasons.
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An early morning game drive will be ideal for this day. During that time of the morning, you can see the snowcapped Mt Kilimanjaro which is at the Tanzanian border. Most of the predators might also be spotted as they wade though the wet grass back to their hiding areas. Amboseli is well known to habour one of the largest 'Tuskers' Tim and Echo, the most researched Elephant.
You will thereafter go back to the lodge for lunch as you recharge for an afternoon game drive to cover the remaining part of Amboseli National Park.
Dinner and overnight at your Lodge/Camp.
Begin with a sunrise drive for another final chance to catch Amboseli’s wildlife at its most active.
Return to the Lodge for breakfast then proceed to Tsavo West National Park.
Enjoy scenic views of the hills and valleys during the drive and a stopover at the Shetani and Chaimo Lava Flows as you head to the Lodge.
Check in to your lodge for lunch. Later visit Mzima Springs, famous for its large schools of underwater hippos and crocodiles and fish. The hippos and crocodiles can be seen busking on the bushes around or guarding their eggs on the sand as you walk along the shores.
Dinner and overnight at your Lodge.
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Just opposite Tsavo West is her sister park Tsavo East National Park. The two are separated by the Nairobi Mombasa highway and wildlife moves freely between the two parks. Together they form one of the largest parks in the world.
After an early morning game drive in Tsavo West, return to the lodge for breakfast. Then cross over to Tsavo East, famously known as the land of 'red elephants' and ‘man-eaters' lions of Tsavo.
The red elephants are the same color as any elephants but the reddish color of the soil turns them brownish-red as they bathe in the mud to cool their bodies. The man-eaters’ lions became famous in 1898 during the construction of the Kenya Uganda railway after a pair of large man-eating lions killed dozens of workers.
You will enjoy a game drive as you head to your lodge for lunch. Later you can visit Mudanda Rock, a 1.6km inselberg ideal for wildlife viewing and Aruba dam.
Dinner and overnight at your Lodge/Camp.
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After an early breakfast have an en-route game drive as you drive out of the park.
Depart with picnic boxes and enroute to the coast, visit Shimba Hills National Reserve in Kwale county, home to the last breeding herd of the Sable Antelope in Kenya
Enjoy brief game drive at Shimba Hills with a guided nature walk to Sheldrick Falls. These falls offer a refreshing break and an opportunity to spot colobus monkeys. focusing on its unique flora and fauna, including the Sable antelope.
Begin the drive towards Mombasa Beach approximately 1-2hrs. The drive is straightforward, mainly on paved roads. Arrive at your resort for dinner and overnight.
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Today you have the option of going on a Swahili-style day excursion to Wasini Island. Your day will begin with a delicious Swahili lunch aboard a dhow, a traditional fisherman’s boat, offering sensational flavors made from simple ingredients, including fresh tropical fruit. After your meal, the excursion will continue to the nearby Kisite Marine National Park, where you can enjoy swimming and snorkeling in warm, calm waters filled with a variety of aquatic creatures. The Park is also home to pods of friendly dolphins. This highly popular tourist destination is famous for its clear waters, colorful coral reefs, and ideal snorkeling conditions year-round. Dinner and your overnight stay will be at the resort.
You will have a full day to spend at your leisure. Meals will be provided at the resort as per the meal plan. Assorted food and drinks are available at an extra cost. You can spend the day relaxing on the beach or choose from optional activities such as a Mombasa city tour, a visit to Mombasa Old Town or Fort Jesus, or an excursion to Mida Creek, Swahili dinner and a Glass boat ride on the Ocean.
Breakfast, Lunch, dinner, and your overnight stay will be at the resort.
Breakfast at the Resort. Check out by 10:00 Am.
Depending on your next stay or flight details, you will be dropped off at your desired hotel, residence or the Mombasa airport for your home bound flight.
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