4 Days Aberdares and Samburu National Park Safari.
The 4 days Aberdares and Samburu safari is a specially designed Kenya wildlife safari package that takes you to Aberdares National Park and Samburu National Reserve from Nairobi, the country’s capital. This Kenya safari package is ideal for travellers who enjoy wildlife and sightseeing
As you travel to Aberdare National Park and Samburu National Reserve on your safari, you will be treated to beautiful biodiversity, Mount Kenya, Lenkiyo Hills, Mathew Ranges, and the vast plains of both parks.
You will also appreciate seeing some of the wildlife that make Aberdare and Samburu home, including lions, leopards, warthogs, cheetahs, eastern black rhinoceroses, and bushbucks, and sighting the special five in Samburu National Reserve.
Tour Highlights.
Day 1: Transfer to Aberdare National Park.
Day 2: Transfer to Samburu National Reserve.
Day 3: full day in Samburu National Reserve.
Day 4: Samburu National Reserve – Nairobi
Detailed itinerary.
Day 1: Transfer to Aberdare National Park.
On the first day of 4 days Aberdares and Samburu safari. Your safari guide will pick you up from either Jomo Kenyatta International Airport or anywhere, depart Nairobi and travel to Aberdares National Park. En route, you’ll pass the lush green Kenyan highlands of the central province, coffee and pineapple plantations, and Kikuyu people going about their everyday lives. Arrive at your lodge or hotel in Aberdare National Park in time for lunch.
Later, after lunch, you’ll go on a game drive through the park to see a variety of animals, including lions, Eastern black rhinoceros, leopards, elephants, East African wild dogs, giant forest hogs, bushbuck, mountain reedbuck, waterbucks, cape buffaloes, suni, side-striped jackals, and eland duiker, among others. Return to your lodge later, eat dinner, and spend the night there.
Day 2: Aberdares – Samburu National Reserve.
On the second day of 4 days Aberdares and Samburu safari. Wake up early in the morning and have breakfast. You will leave the park after breakfast at your lodge and drive to Samburu National Reserve, which is located in Samburu Country along the banks of the Ewaso Ng’iro River. From there, you will go on a game drive across the plains of Aberdare National Park. Samburu National Reserve is also a habitat for elephants, black rhinos, leopards, spotted hyenas, olive baboons, black and white colobus monkeys, buffaloes, warthogs, impalas, hippos, cheetahs, Kirk’s dik-dik, and bushbucks, among other rare northern species like gerenuk, reticulated giraffe, Beisa oryx, Somali ostrich, and Grevy’s zebra.
Upon your arrival, check into your lodge in the reserve during lunchtime. Later that day, go on an afternoon wildlife drive to see a variety of species and take in the area’s magnificent scenery. Return to your lodge later, have dinner, and have an overnight stay.
Day 3: full day in Samburu National Reserve.
On the third day of 4 days Aberdares and Samburu safari. Get up early in the morning and have breakfast. After breakfast in the morning, meet your safari guide and depart for the reserve for a full-day game drive that includes a morning game drive, an afternoon game drive, and your packed lunch. On this trip, you will have plenty of opportunities to explore the reserve’s breathtaking environment.
The reserve boasts a healthy number of big game, including lions, elephants, leopards, Somali ostriches, Grevy’s zebras, reticulated giraffes, gerenuks, Beisa oryxes, hippos and crocodiles, which you will see in the open plains and along the banks of the Ewaso Ng’iro river while on a safari, and various bird species. The reserve is located to the north of Mount Kenya at the boundaries
After a picnic lunch on the banks of the Ewaso Nyiro River, you will proceed on another afternoon drive to further explore the reserve. After spending the entire day exploring the reserve, you will return to your lodge, have dinner, relax and have an overnight stay.
Day 4: Samburu National Reserve – Nairobi.
On the fourth day of the 4 days Aberdares and Samburu safari. To increase your chance of seeing many animals, wake up as early as 6:00 a.m. for a cup of tea or coffee before heading to the reserve for an early morning game drive. Before it gets too hot for them to hide in the dense vegetation, animals are quite active and easy to detect. Lions, cheetahs, hyenas, leopards, and elephants are just a few of the animals that can be seen. Then return to your lodge for breakfast before leaving the park and returning to Nairobi. You will be dropped off at your hotel or the airport after the thrilling game drive.
End of the safari.
Inclusions of safari.
- Arrival & departure airport transfers are complimentary to all our clients.
- Transportation as per the itinerary.
- Accommodation per itinerary or similar, with a request to all our clients.
- Meals as per itinerary: B=Breakfast, L=Lunch and D=Dinner.
- Services of a literate English driver/guide.
- National park & game reserve entrance fees as per itinerary.
- Excursions & activities as per the itinerary, with a request
- Recommended mineral water while on safari.
Exclusions of the safari.
- Personal expenses.
- Drinks, tips, laundry, telephone calls and other items of a personal nature.
- International flights.
- Optional excursions and activities not listed in the itinerary, like balloon safaris.
