16 Days Kenya Safari & Mombasa Beach Holiday

16 DAYS KENYA SAFARI & MOMBASA BEACH HOLIDAY

 

OVERVIEW

Teeming with rich and enchanting wildlife, Kenya is one of Africa’s finest safari destinations and this 15 Days Kenya Safari & Mombasa Beach Holiday is sure to connect you to this life changing feed. Starting from the endless Savannah plains to its rugged mountains and hills, the country offers all who come here a magical experience and memories to last a lifetime.

This trip will start from the capital of Kenya, Nairobi. You will visit Kenya Safaris top gems sweeping along your path sights or huge herds of wildlife, big cats, millions of Zebras and Wildebeest on their great migration trek, peoples, cultures, music and sounds and later relax, unwind and walk the white sand beaches of Diani in Mombasa.

 

TRIP HIGHLIGHTS

Destinations include: Samburu National park, Lake Nakuru National park, Masai Mara National reserve, Lake Naivasha, Crescent Island, Amboseli National park, Tsavo West National park and Mombasa

 

Detailed Itinerary:

Day 1: Arrival

Arrival in Nairobi airport where you will be met by our airport representative and get transferred to your hotel in Nairobi where you will be accommodated before you begin your safari.

Day 2: Transfer to Samburu National Reserve

After breakfast, you will start your Kenya Safari & Mombasa Beach Holiday in the early hours of the morning. Your private guide will drive you northwards past the equator to the frontier district where you will continue to the semi-arid Samburu National Reserve and check-in to your camp/Lodge.

After your African safari sumptuous lunch, you will be taken on your first afternoon savanna wildlife game drive in the reserve till sunset. Or choose to stay in the Lodge and witness the evening sunset while you sip down the African drinks, dance the African tunes or meditate on your next days in Africa.

Accommodation Options

Luxury: Elephant Bedroom Camp or Similar

Semi-luxury: Samburu Game Lodge or Similar

Budget: Sentrim Samburu Lodge or Similar

 

Day 3: Savanna Game Drives in Samburu

After breakfast, you will set out on your second day of the Kenya Safari & Mombasa Beach Holiday for a full day of African savanna game drives in the reserve. The morning is the most popular savanna game viewing time as the temperatures are low, providing a favourable atmosphere for both you and the wildlife like Lions, cheetahs, and leopards roaming the vast grasslands in search of their first day’s meal. The spectacle of nature that unfolds here is always awe inspiring!

Return to your camp for dinner and overnight stay.

 

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner plus drinking water in the vehicle

 

Day 4: Samburu to Lake Nakuru

After breakfast, before you transfer to your next Kenya Safari & Mombasa Beach Holiday destination, you will take an early morning safari game drive to catch sight of what you missed in Samburu the previous day and fill up on your photography bank.

After this you will drive southwards to the equator with an en route stopover. Here the locals will perform a water demonstration to certify the position of the equator. From here you will drive to Lake Nakuru with an option of stopping at Thomson Falls for a photo-stop and then head down into the Great Rift Valley. As you ascend the eastern wall of the valley, lush coffee and tea plantations will offer you great views.

You will spend a night in Lake Nakuru National Park.

Accommodation Options

Luxury: Kiboko Luxury Camp or similar

Semi-luxury: Lake Nakuru Lodge or similar

Budget: Wagon Wheel Hotel or similar

 

Day 5: Transfer to Masai Mara National Reserve

With an early breakfast, your next Kenya Safari & Mombasa Beach Holiday stop will be Masai Mara National Reserve via Narok town. The Mara is home to the Masai tribe who are proud young warrior-nomads with their plaited hair, red cloaks and spears will challenge your curiosity.

You will check into your safari camp/lodge, take a cool shower and then after lunch head out for an evening African savanna game drive in Masai Mara’s savanna plains.

Accommodation Options

Luxury: &Beyond Kichwa Tembo Tented Camp or similar

Semi-luxury: Mara Eden Safari Camp or similar

Budget: Ol Moran Camp or similar

 

Day 6: Masai Mara, Hot Air Balloon Safari

Today you have the opportunity to go on a hot air balloon ride. You will ascend in the early morning when winds are calmest and conduct full day game drive in the reserve.

If you are looking to see Big Cats, the Masai Mara National Reserve is an excellent place to spot them. The Mara has been called the Kingdom of Lions and these powerful hunters dominate these grasslands. Cheetahs are also a common sight in the Mara, as are hyena and smaller predators such as jackals. You will have an excellent opportunity to spot them by enjoying scheduled savanna safari game drives across the Mara plains.

 

Accommodation Options

Luxury: &Beyond Kichwa Tembo Tented Camp or similar

Semi-luxury: Mara Eden Safari Camp or similar

Budget: Ol Moran Lodge or similar

 

Day 7: Descend to Lake Naivasha

With an early morning breakfast, you will take on your seventh of the Kenya Safari & Mombasa Beach Holiday to Lake Naivasha munching your lunch en-route at the Mt Long’onot transit hotel or other. Afterwards, you will head on with your next stop Lake Naivasha (the only freshwater lake in The Great Rift Valley).

Your dinner and overnight stay will be at a Lake Naivasha Hotel.

Day 8: Boat safari to Crescent Island

After an early breakfast you will enjoy a boat ride to Crescent Island located along Lake Naivasha in the Great Rift Valley. Crescent Island Sanctuary is one of the most beautiful parks in Kenya. The sanctuary’s shores host abundant bird life, including huge numbers of pelicans, cormorants and fish-eagles with their haunting cry.

Accommodation

Luxury: Kiboko Luxury Camp or similar

Semi-luxury: Lake Naivasha Sopa Lodge or similar

Budget: Burch’s resort or similar

 

Day 9: Transfer to Amboseli National Park

With an early breakfast, drive to Amboseli National Park. You will arrive in Amboseli National Park in the late evening and then enjoy an evening game drive safari en route before checking into your safari camp/lodge.

Accommodation Options

Luxury: Ol Tukai Lodge or similar

Semi-luxury: Amboseli Serena Lodge or similar

Budget: Amboseli Sentrim Lodge or similar

 

Day 10: Amboseli National Park

Spend your tenth day of the Kenya Safari & Mombasa Beach Holiday in Amboseli’s savanna plains. Amboseli National Park is in southern Kenya. It’s known for its large elephant herds and views of immense Mount Kilimanjaro, across the border in Tanzania which is the only world’s free standing mountain. Observation Hill in the park offers panoramas views of the peak and the park’s plains and swamps. Varied wildlife includes giraffes, zebras, cheetahs and hundreds of bird species. The western section is dominated by vast Lake Amboseli, which is dry outside the rainy season.

In the early evening as the clouds clear you may catch a view of the snow-capped dome of Mt. Kilimanjaro.

Accommodation Options

Luxury: Ol Tukai Lodge or similar

Semi-luxury: Amboseli Serena Lodge or similar

Budget: Amboseli Sentrim Lodge or similar

 

Day 11: Transfer to Tsavo West

Conduct an early morning game drive and later return to your camp for breakfast and then head for Tsavo West Game park and have a late lunch. In the afternoon you will visit the rhino sanctuary and then return to the lodge for dinner and your overnight stay.

Accommodation Options

Luxury: Salt Lick Lodge or similar

Semi-luxury: Ngulia Safari Lodge or similar

Budget: Lions Bluff Lodge or similar

 

Day 12: Transfer to Mombasa

With an early morning breakfast, drive to Diani Beach in Mombasa on your Best of Kenya Safari and Beach Holiday as one of the highlights of your safari. You will have ample time to relax after the long game drives you experienced earlier in your trip.

Accommodation

Luxury: Swahili Beach Resort or similar

Semi-luxury: Diani Sea Lodge or similar

Budget: Shambani Cottages or similar

 

Day 13-15: Diani Beach Mombasa

Spend the rest of the Kenya Safari & Mombasa Beach Holiday in Mombasa walking the white sand beaches, surrounded by the breathtaking Indian Ocean, soft white sands, lush greenery and the striking shade of emerald blue that emerges from its clear warm waters.

Diani is Kenya’s most relaxing retreat. It is the perfect place to get away for the last days of this African safari to relax. With its 17 kilometers of beautiful, flawless, soft white sand, Diani Beach has been awarded the best beach destination in Africa for 5 years running and is popular with families, honeymooners, backpackers and water-sports enthusiasts alike. From visiting its marine national park, diving with dolphins and sea turtles, spotting whale sharks, kitesurfing, skydiving and nightlife, Diani will deliver the right dose of relaxing excitement on this trip.

Accommodation

Luxury: Swahili Beach Resort or similar

Semi-luxury: Diani Sea Lodge or similar

Budget: Shambani Cottages or similar

 

Day 16: Departure to Nairobi

After a rendezvous breakfast, you will leave the resort and be transferred to the airport for your outbound flight to Nairobi where you will catch your flight back home marking the end of your safari.

End of your safari