14 Days Kenya wildlife photography safari

14 Days Kenya wildlife photography safari

14 Days Kenya wildlife photography safari. Embark on a thrilling photography adventure that combines the best wildlife action, especially birds with scenic landscapes for a stunning experience. The Samburu National Reserve has the best sighting of the rare northern specialist species, before the Ol peseta Conservancy spices you up your adventure with the non-indigenous chimpanzees and the big five.

DAY 1: NAIROBI – SAMBURU NATIONAL RESERVE

After breakfast and pre-tour briefing leave for Samburu national reserve. Driving through the central highlands comprising the small-scale farms and large tracks of pineapple and coffee plantations arriving at our lodge for lunch

Game drive in the afternoon till 1830hrs.

Well spend the next 3 nights here and the game drive should take us through the three famous national reserves namely Samburu, buffalo springs, and Shaba ( George and joy Adamson did live here ). Dinner and overnight at Ashnil Samburu Camp.

DAY 2 &3: SAMBURU/BUFFALO/SHABA NATIONAL RESERVES

Big game here includes species well restricted to the arid conditions and come to the north of equators such as gravy zebra, Somali ostrich, and reticulated giraffe. General among large herds of elephants impalas, brights and eastern Thompson’s gazelles, desert warthog, Betsy oryx, leopard, lion among the smaller mammals such the dwarf mongoose, striped ground squirrel and if you are patient enough the naked mole rat.

Dinner and overnight at Ashnil Samburu Camp.

DAY 4:  SAMBURU NATIONAL RESERVE – MT KENYA NATIONAL PARK – NARO MORU

After early morning breakfast, we drive through the reserve en route via Mt Kenya national park where we spend the afternoon trekking on the alpine vegetation. Leaving for the nearby lodge on the slopes.

Dinner and overnight at Mount Kenya Safari Club.

DAY 5 : NARO MORU – LAKE NAKURU NATIONAL PARK

After breakfast take a short bird walk on the lodge compound. This may as well be a morning with sunbirds, which may include collared, northern double–collared, variable, bronze, tacazze, green-headed, amethyst, and scarlet-chested. Lunch along the way before entering the park.

The park hosts a great variety of mammals including the lion, leopard, black and white rhinos, large herds of cape buffalo, and common waterbuck among other herbivores. The lodge where we stay is located in the hills. dinner and overnight at Lake Nakuru Sopa Lodge.

DAY 6: LAKE NAKURU NATIONAL PARK

Spend the day birding and photographing in the park.

Dinner and overnight at Lake Nakuru Sopa Lodge.

DAY 7:  LAKE NAKURU NATIONAL PARK – MAASAI MARA NATIONAL PARK RESERVE

After breakfast, we will take a morning game drive and then leave for Maasai mara national reserve. Maasai mara national reserve where we’ll spend our next 4 nights in the central part of the reserve and not far from the banks of the Mara river in a luxurious tented camp.

Dinner and overnight at Masai Mara Ashnil Camp. 

DAY 8 9 & 10 : MAASAI MARA NATIONAL RESERVE

From the camp, herds of large mammals may be well visible from the dining area. During the famous wildebeest migration, the big herds fill the plains and you may frequently encounter large cats such as lions, hyenas, and cheetahs.

Dinner and overnight at Masai Mara Ashnil Camp. 

DAY 11: MAASAI MARA – NAIROBI

We leave early with our picnic breakfast for a whole morning game drive before transferring to Nairobi.

Dinner and overnight at Ole serene 254.

DAY 12: NAIROBI – AMBOSELI NATIONAL PARK

Early morning transfer to Amboseli national park, located on the leeward side of Africa’s highest mountain the Kilimanjaro on the Kenya/Tanzania border.

Dinner and overnight at Ol tukai Lodge.

DAY 13: AMBOSELI NATIONAL PARK

Morning and afternoon game drive in the park. Though a relatively dry, dusty, and mainly open area, it collects lots of underground water from Mt. Kilimanjaro hence several springs of swampy habitats of papyrus that attracts a huge concentration of wildlife especially African elephants, eastern white-beared wildebeests, common zebra, common warthogs, Maasai giraffe, gerenuk, impala, lesser kudu with a variety of waterfowls. There’s also the open acacia woodland and Commiphora bushland around the park.

Dinner and overnight at Ol tukai Lodge.

DAY 14: AMBOSELI NATIONAL PARK – NAIROBI

After an early morning breakfast game drive and later transfer to Nairobi. visit the giraffe center and a women-run Kazuri beads factory and tour the factory as they make beads. In the evening or depending on your international flight we visit a carnivore restaurant for dinner and transfer to the airport for your outbound flight.

This is tour is offered by Simba Paka Luxury Safaris.