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It is a 7-Day, 6-Night Kenya Christmas itinerary that takes you to the Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Samburu Game Reserve, Lake Nakuru National Park, and Masai Mara National Park.
Our plan during this 7-day, 6-night wildlife Christmas safari is to open your eyes to the wonders of Kenya and its magnificent wildlife.
Christmas is time to celebrate with family and friends and that what you get when you book our 7 Days, 6 Nights December holiday packages.
After, the safari guide will welcome you to your exclusive 4×4 safari land cruiser and start the drive through large estates of lush coffee and tea to Ol Pejeta. The road trip takes about 3 hours 30 minutes, meaning you should arrive at your chosen Nanyuki accommodation in time for lunch. You will start by checking into the hotel, take lunch, and later head to Ol Pejeta Conservancy.
It is the only place you can find chimpanzees and the Big Five and is known for its large population of rhinos. The conservancy is home to over 135 endangered black rhinos, several southern white rhinos, and the last two northern white rhinos in the world.
You will also find hundreds of bird species. The Conservancy has an education center where you can learn about conservation and meet the Maasai, Pokot, Turkana, and Samburu people.
Day 2: Early Morning Game Drive at Ol Pejeta, Transfer to Samburu, & Afternoon Game Drive at Samburu National Reserve Today, you will start early to ensure you get into the real jungle after breakfast. Morning is the best time to spot different animals, including the Big Five.
Other animals to watch out for include Thomson’s gazelle, Grant’s gazelle, oryx, waterbuck, eland, cheetah, jackals, lion, leopard, zebras, giraffe, baboons, and hundreds of birds.
You will then leave the conservancy at around 9 am and enjoy a 3 hours 10 minutes road trip to Samburu. The road is well-maintained and passes through different villages and various landscapes.
You will head straight to the hotel, check in, take lunch and head out for an afternoon game drive at Samburu National Reserve. The game drive will continue to around 6 pm, the perfect time to head back to the camo for an overnight stay.
Day 3: Full-Day Game Drive at Samburu National Reserve with Packed LunchYour day should start early with a morning game drive at around 7 am after breakfast. This time you might see animals grazing inside the reserve, such as buffalos, rhinos, zebras, antelopes, and more.
The park also hosts the Big Five and is easy to spot when considering it a semi-arid region. They are often found near water bodies and places with lush green vegetation and acacia trees.
The morning game drive will soon turn into an afternoon one after taking lunch from the jungle. In the afternoon, you will look for special attractions: the Reticulated Giraffe, Somali Ostrich, Grevy’s zebra, vultures, and Beisa oryx. The game drive will continue until dusk.
Samburu National Park is located on the southeastern side of Samburu county in Kenya. It borders the Ewaso Nyiro River to the south and neighbors the famous Buffalo Springs National Reserve.
It is home to the Samburu Five, the Somali ostrich, Grevy’s zebras, Beisa oryx, gerenuks, and the Reticulated giraffes.
The park also hosts large predators such as cheetah, lion, leopard, wild dogs, and over 450 species of birds and elephants.
Day 4: Transfer to Lake Nakuru & Afternoon Game Drive at Lake Nakuru National ParkAfter a heavy breakfast at around 6 am, your trip turns southwards toward Lake Nakuru National Park. The lake is about 6 hours from Samburu, and you should arrive around noon.
You will check into the hotel, take lunch, and then rest. You will also go for a game drive at Nakuru National Park in the afternoon. You might spot different animals and birds such as antelopes, pelicans, buffalos, rhinos, giraffes, zebras, waterbucks, and more.
Nakuru National Park covers a compact area of 188 sq. km, making it accessible and perfect for game viewing. It offers a blazing flock of flamingos – millions of them during July, August, and September.
The attraction has other species of birds, such as eagles, kingfishers, herons, storks, pelicans, ostriches, and cormorants. But that is just the beginning because the park hosts a wide variety of wildlife.
These include the rare Rothschild’s giraffe, white rhino, and black rhino. Other animals include olive baboon, hippo, zebra, colobus, vervet monkey, hyena, and waterbuck.
You also find buffalo, leopard, cheetah, and lion. The reserve has rocky escarpments towering over wooded hills, euphorbia trees, waterfalls, and acacia forests.
The road trip will see you arrive in Narok in about 2 hours. The guide will stop here to allow you to stretch your legs and buy anything you might need. You will then continue the journey.
2 hours later, you will arrive at the reserve and get in via the Talek Gate to the hotel. You spend the next 2-nights here, and the accommodation offers some great amenities.
The safari guide will leave you to take lunch, freshen up, and relax for about 1 hour. Later you will enjoy an afternoon game drive in Masai Mara Park until 6 pm.
You have the opportunity to see birds and animals such as antelopes, zebras, jackals, and giraffes. You will return to the hotel at 6 pm for evening rest, supper, and overnight sleep.
Day 6: Full Day Game Drive at Masai Mara Reserve with Packed Lunch Masai Mara is wildlife heaven, and you will experience that on the sixth day of the 6 Nights Christmas Holiday packages. You will get out of the hotel after taking breakfast and carrying packed lunch.
The morning game drive allows you to witness a lion or cheetah making a kill. It is also best to see elephants heading to their grazing field and other animals. You might spot leopard, zebra, giraffe, antelope, cheetah, lion, wildebeest, hyena, jackal, and hundreds of birds.
You will continue to look for animals until noon, the perfect time to get out of the land cruiser, set up a picnic spot, and take lunch. After lunch, the guide will drive toward rive Mara to look for crocodiles and hippos.
Masai Mara National Reserve makes up 0.01% of Africa’s landmass but hosts over 40% of the continent’s large mammals. The reserve rests on the Great Rift Valley and is a grassland park, making it easy to spot the animal while on a Masai Mara Safari.
It experiences the annual Great Migration between July and November. The reserve hosts at least 95 mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and over 400 bird species.
Masai Mara gives you the perfect opportunity to see the Big Five, hyenas, cheetah, serval, side-striped jackals, bat-eared foxes, and black-backed jackals. Other wildlife includes warthog, eland, baboons, topi, crocodile, zebra, reed-buck, waterbuck, Thompson’s gazelle, impala, oribi, and Grant’s gazelle.
Day 7:Visit a Maasai Village and Transfer to NairobiThe final day will see you head to the reserve in the morning after breakfast. You will enjoy this drive until 9 am, the right time to head to a Maasai village. This will allow you to learn about the Maasai culture and tradition.
Masai Vilage
Your safari guide will transfer you to Nairobi to arrive in the evening. You will take lunch at Narok town and be at JKIA or Nairobi hotel by 5 pm.
USD 3758 Per Person Sharing
The price is based on 2 people traveling together sharing the safari vehicle and accommodation. Contact us to get a customized quote if you are traveling alone or as a group.