8-Day Samburu - Rhinos And Masai Mara Luxury Safari Tour

Arrival and Pickup Client's Choice Drive north through Mount Kenya's slopes into the hot arid north. Your exclusive camp on the river's edge receives just a handful of guests at any time, ensuring genuinely private game drives. Afternoon drive immediately encounters large-tusked elephant bulls and Samburu's famous crocodiles.

Activities : Game Drives

Client's Choice Samburu's resident researchers have documented every animal individually — your guide has the knowledge of a scientist and the skill of a tracker. Morning drives focus on the river where lion and leopard are regularly seen. Afternoon specialist birding session with over 365 species recorded in the reserve.

Activities : Game Drives

Client's Choice Samburu hosts some of the largest-tusked bull elephants remaining in Kenya. These old males — some over 50 years old — move alone or in small bachelor groups and are enormously photogenic against the riverine landscape. Night drive in the community conservancy reveals serval, honey badger and greater galago.

Activities : Game Drives

Client's Choice Drive east to the Sera Wildlife Conservancy — a community-owned 340,000-acre sanctuary that made history as the site of Kenya's first community black rhino sanctuary. Guided rhino tracking on foot with armed rangers and Samburu community guides brings you within metres of critically endangered black rhino in a profoundly moving conservation success story. Overnight in the conservancy's intimate camp.

Activities : Trekking

Client's Choice A full day in one of Kenya's most remote and rewarding conservation areas. Guided walks reveal the conservancy's elephant herds, Grevy's zebra, oryx and the extraordinary community conservation story — Samburu people who once poached have become the most effective protectors of wildlife. Evening campfire dinner under a canopy of stars in the clearest sky in Kenya.

Activities : Game Drives

Masai Mara National Reserve Client's Choice Charter flight from the Sera community airstrip south to the Masai Mara — 90 minutes of aerial Kenya. Afternoon game drive upon arrival introduces the Mara's Big Five landscape.

Activities : Game Drives

Masai Mara National Reserve Client's Choice A complete Mara day with the Cottar's team — acknowledged as the Mara's most expert wildlife guides. Morning drives focus on the river crossing zone for wildebeest (seasonal), afternoon on the open plain cheetah families and lion prides of the Cottar's private conservancy.

Activities : Game Drives

Departure Masai Mara National Reserve Final dawn drive before the drive or charter flight back to Nairobi.

Activities : Game Drives