6 Days Safari in Kenya

Your guide meets you at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and drives north into the highlands, with Mount Kenya in view. Arrive at Sweetwaters Serena Camp in the private Ol Pejeta Conservancy.

After lunch, visit the Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary, the only one in Kenya, then take your first game drive looking for black and white rhinos, lions, elephants and cheetahs.

Stay: Sweetwaters Serena Camp
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

Drive west via Nyahururu and stop at Thomson’s Falls, a 72-metre waterfall. Continue to Lake Baringo, a freshwater Rift Valley lake popular with birdwatchers.

In the afternoon, a boat trip passes hippos, crocodiles and nesting water birds, and stops on Njemps Island to meet the Njemps people, relatives of the Maasai who both fish and herd cattle.

Stay: Soi Safari Lodge
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

A guided walk to a Turkana village introduces you to a nomadic community known for its beadwork and traditions.

Then drive to Lake Bogoria, a protected Ramsar wetland with steaming hot springs, geysers and, at times, large flocks of flamingos. Picnic lunch by the lake and return to Baringo in the evening.

Stay: Soi Safari Lodge
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

An early start south to the Maasai Mara, arriving for lunch. In the afternoon, walk with a Maasai guide who explains medicinal plants, tracking and local customs.

Stay: Talek Bush Camp or similar
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

A full day of game drives with a picnic lunch. The Mara is home to the Big Five, and in season you may see the migration herds crossing the Mara River.

Stay: Talek Bush Camp or similar
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

Drive back to Nairobi through the Rift Valley. Your safari ends with dinner at the Carnivore restaurant (vegetarian options available) before your transfer to the airport.

Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner