15 Days Kenya Safari & Mombasa Beach Holiday

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 Nairobi, a hugely popular base from which to embark on an African safari. You’ll 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. Take your family along, this is a trip for everyone.

TRIP HIGHLIGHTS

You’ll visiting Kenya
All inclusive African safari with everything taken care of for you
Destinations include: Samburu NR, Lake Nakuru NP, Masai Mara NS, Lake Naivasa, Crescent Island, Amboseli NP, Tsavo West and Mombasa
There are savanna game drives in an open 4×4 safari truck
You’ll sleeping in modern tented safari camps
Sight of the Great Wildebeest Migration
Beach holiday relaxing in Diani Beach in Mombasa

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Detailed Itinerary

Arrival

Arrival in Nairobi and your private 15 Day Kenya Safari & Mombasa Beach Holiday guide/driver will transfer you to your hotel in Nairobi.

Accommodation before the trip begins in Nairobi can be arranged at a price off the trip quote.

Day 1: Transfer to Samburu National Reserve

After breakfast, you’ll 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 campsite.

After you African safari sumptuous lunch, you’ll 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: Samburu Serena Lodge
Semi-luxury: Samburu Game Lodge
Budget: Sentrim Samburu Lodge

Day 2: 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 favorable 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 3: Samburu to Lake Nakuru

After breakfast, before you transfer to your next Kenya Safari & Mombasa Beach Holiday destination, you’ll 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 which you’ll drive southwards to the equator with an enroute stopover. Here the locals will perform a water demonstration to certify the position of the equator. From here you will drive to 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’ll spend a night in Lake Nakuru National Park.

Accommodation Options
Luxury: Kiboko Luxury Camp
Semi-luxury: Lake Nakuru Lodge
Budget: Wagon Wheel Hotel

Day 4: 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’ll check into your safari camp, 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
Semi-luxury: Mara Eden Safari Camp
Budget: Aadvark Lodge

Day 5: Masai Mara, Hot Air Balloon Safari

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

If you’re 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’ll 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
Semi-luxury: Mara Eden Safari Camp
Budget: Aadvark Lodge

Day 6: Lake Naivasha

With an early breakfast, you’ll take on your sixth of the Kenya Safari & Mombasa Beach Holiday to Lake Naivasha munching your lunch en-route at the Mt Long’onot transit hotel. After filling your bellies, you’ll head on with your next stop Lake Naivasha (the only freshwater lake in Great Rift Valley).

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

Day 7: 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
Semi-luxury: Chambai Safari Lodge
Budget: Burch’s resort

Day 8: Transfer to Amboseli National Park

With an early breakfast, drive to the southern part of Kenya through the Kenya-Tanzania border into Amboseli savanna plains. 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.

Accommodation Options
Luxury: Ol Tukai Lodge
Semi-luxury: Amboseli Serena Lodge
Budget: Amboseli Sentrim Lodge

Day 9: Amboseli National Park

Spend your ninth 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. Observation Hill offers panoramas 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
Semi-luxury: Amboseli Serena Lodge
Budget: Amboseli Sentrim Lodge

Day 10: 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 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
Semi-luxury: Ngulia Safari Lodge
Budget: Lions Bluff Lodge

Day 11: 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: Southern Palm Resort
Semi-luxury: Diani Sea Lodge
Budget: Shambani Cottages

Day 12-14: 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.