5 Days Samburu, Ol-Pejeta and Aberdares Wildlife Safari

Day 1: Nairobi – Samburu National Reserve

Early in the morning, be picked up from your hotel or the airport and depart to Samburu National Reserve located in Northern Kenya.

Arrive in time for lunch at the lodge, and after lunch, relax before going for a late afternoon game drive. Dinner and overnight at Samburu Sopa or similar.

Day 2: Full Day in Samburu Game Reserve

Spend the whole day exploring the Samburu Game Reserve on two game drives – early morning and afternoon game drives. The game reserve is renowned for its rare Northern-Kenya animal species, the long-necked gerenuk, Grevy’s zebra, Somali Ostrich, reticulated giraffe, and Beisa onyx which are not found in the other popular parks and reserves in Kenya.

The Samburu Reserve was one of the two areas in which conservationists George and Joy Adamson raised Elsa the Lioness. Their story was made famous by the bestselling book and award-winning movie “Born Free”. A cultural visit to the local Samburu people who have a rich and colorful heritage and also depend on the cattle, goat, sheep, and donkey can be arranged. Dinner and overnight at Samburu Sopa or similar.

Day 3: Samburu Game Reserve - Sweet Waters Ol Pejeta Conservancy

After breakfast at the lodge, depart for Ol Pejeta also known as Sweetwaters Game Reserve. Ol Pejeta is a privately-owned 90,000-acre wildlife conservancy, sitting on the equator, high on a plateau, between the foothills of the Aberdares range and Mount Kenya.

Arrive at the lodge in time for lunch followed by some leisure time and then later embark on an afternoon game drive across the vast savannah grassland. Ol Pejeta has a variety of animals, including the "Big Five", as well as many birds.

The conservancy is committed to conservation and has a number of projects to protect endangered species, including white and black rhino.

Visit the Jane Goodall chimpanzee sanctuary which is home to primates who have been rescued from abusive or captive situations. In the evening, make your way back to the lodge for dinner and overnight. Dinner and overnight at Sweetwaters Serena Camp or similar.

Day 4: Sweet Waters Ol Pejeta Conservancy - Aberdares National Park

After breakfast, depart for the Aberdare Country Club, nestled on the slopes of Mweiga Hill arriving in time for lunch. After lunch, be transferred by the lodge vehicle to the Ark Tree Lodge set in the heart of the Aberdare National Park.

This outstanding lodge offers high altitude game viewing, including animals like elephants, black rhinos, leopards, spotted hyenas, olive baboons, black and white colobus monkeys, buffalos, warthogs, and bushbucks among others.

Dinner and overnight at The Ark Lodge or similar.

Day 5: Aberdares National Park – Nairobi

Early morning viewing of animals at the lodge deck as you enjoy breakfast and later be transferred to the Aberdare Country Club or the Outspan Hotel. The driver will pick you up and drive back to Nairobi with a drop off at your hotel or at the airport.