Overview
This private seven-day safari travels from Nairobi through Laikipia, Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Lake Nakuru National Park and the Maasai Mara before returning to Nairobi. The six nights are divided into two in Laikipia, one at Ol Pejeta, one in the Nakuru area and two in the Mara area. The programme focuses on daytime game viewing and the included northern white rhino and chimpanzee sanctuary visits at Ol Pejeta. No radio-telemetry wild-dog tracking, Laikipia guided walk, night drive or horse-riding activity is included. Full Board applies. Budget, Mid-Range and Luxury accommodation options are available, with a private Land Cruiser 4×4 or Safari Minivan; the quotation identifies the properties and the permitted viewing programme.
Trip Highlights
- Two Laikipia nights with daytime game viewing
- Included northern white rhino visit at Ol Pejeta
- Included Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary visit
- Lake Nakuru wildlife drive and Baboon Cliff viewpoint
- Two Mara nights and a final morning drive
- Six-night private road safari from Nairobi
- Budget, Mid-Range or Luxury accommodation; both private vehicle options
Itinerary
This seven-day road safari combines two Laikipia nights, one Ol Pejeta night, one Nakuru-area night and two Mara-area nights. Laikipia game viewing is followed by the included northern white rhino and chimpanzee sanctuary visits at Ol Pejeta, then Nakuru and Mara wildlife drives. A final morning Mara drive precedes the Nairobi return.
The safari begins with the private road journey from Nairobi to Laikipia. The afternoon game drive introduces the viewing landscape around the selected safari base, following its permitted vehicle routes. Your guide uses the wildlife encountered to shape the stops, with time to observe animals in the grassland and woodland habitats visited. The day begins a two-night Laikipia stay focused on daytime wildlife viewing.
Morning and afternoon game drives continue the Laikipia wildlife programme. The guide follows permitted routes for the selected base and explains the habitats and animals encountered during the outings. The two sessions provide time to observe the plateau landscape and respond to wildlife activity without fixing the day around a particular pack or animal. The day remains a vehicle-based wildlife programme.
The journey continues from Laikipia to Ol Pejeta Conservancy. The programme includes the northern white rhino visit and Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary visit, introducing two distinct conservation experiences within the conservancy. Game viewing explores the permitted vehicle routes around those visits, with your guide explaining the wildlife and habitats encountered. The specialist visits follow their booked access arrangements; they are included experiences rather than optional additions to this one-night Ol Pejeta stay.
A morning Ol Pejeta game drive provides further conservancy wildlife viewing before the road journey to Lake Nakuru National Park. The afternoon drive explores Nakuru’s lake-basin landscape, woodland and grassland along permitted park roads. The programme includes the Baboon Cliff viewpoint, providing an elevated view over the lake when open. Wildlife stops follow the animals and birds encountered, without promising a flamingo concentration or particular rhino sighting. The Nakuru-area stay lasts one night.
The safari travels from the Nakuru area to the Maasai Mara. An afternoon game drive introduces the reserve’s savannah and woodland habitats, with your private guide following the permitted routes practical for the selected safari base. Viewing stops allow time to watch the animals encountered in their surroundings rather than pursue a fixed list of species. This arrival drive begins the two-night Mara stage of the journey.
Morning and afternoon game drives explore the Maasai Mara with your private guide. The routes follow the practical viewing sectors of the selected base and its included reserve access, with stops shaped by wildlife activity. Grassland, woodland and riverine habitats provide different viewing settings through the day. A balloon safari or Maasai village visit remains optional and separately arranged.
A final morning game drive completes the Mara stage before the road return to Nairobi. This outing provides another opportunity to observe the reserve’s wildlife and landscape with your private guide. After leaving the Mara, the road journey returns to Nairobi, where the seven-day safari ends. The departure day includes this morning outing rather than an additional full day in the reserve.
Cost Details
What's Included
- Private road transport in a Land Cruiser 4x4 or Safari Minivan
- Nairobi hotel pickup and drop-off
- Scheduled daytime game drives at the listed destinations
- Professional English-speaking safari guiding
- Six full-board nights: two Laikipia, one Ol Pejeta, one Nakuru area and two Mara area
- Northern white rhino visit at Ol Pejeta
- Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary visit
- Applicable park, conservancy and reserve entry fees for the stated programme
- Drinking water during game drives
What's Not Included
- International flights
- Kenyan entry authorisation or visa charges, where applicable
- Travel and medical insurance
- Optional balloon safari and optional Maasai village visit
- Tips and gratuities
- Alcoholic and premium beverages
- Personal expenses and services outside the stated programme
FAQs
The route has two Laikipia nights, one Ol Pejeta night, one Nakuru-area night and two Mara-area nights. It begins and ends in Nairobi.
The northern white rhino visit and Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary visit are both included. Their access slots form part of the confirmed conservancy programme.
No. The Laikipia stage consists of daytime game viewing. Guided bush walks, radio-telemetry wild-dog tracking, night drives and horse riding are not included.
The quotation identifies the actual Laikipia property and its permitted game-viewing arrangements for the selected accommodation tier. The programme does not promise exclusive use of a whole conservancy or a named specialist tracking service.
Game drives use the routes practical for the selected base and included reserve access. The programme does not automatically combine the Mara Triangle and Sekenani sectors. Balloon flights and Maasai village visits are optional and separately charged.
Full Board applies. The daily meal plan includes lunch and dinner on day one, breakfast, lunch and dinner on days two to six, and breakfast on day seven.
Budget, Mid-Range and Luxury accommodation options are available, with a private Land Cruiser 4×4 or Safari Minivan for the road safari. The quotation identifies the properties, room arrangements, vehicle, travel dates and party, and the price for those arrangements. These options do not necessarily have the same price.
No. Game drives follow permitted routes and focus on the wildlife encountered. Animal movements, habitat and visibility determine the sightings available during each outing.
Safari Route Map
A sense of the journey
Your route, at a glance.
Nairobi → Laikipia Plateau → Ol Pejeta Conservancy → Lake Nakuru → Maasai Mara → Nairobi
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Location markers are approximate. Connections show the journey sequence, not roads, exact driving distances or live vehicle tracking. The itinerary sets out each stage.
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