9-Day Private Fly-in Safari – Kenya
Overview
Experience the ultimate 9 Day Fly in Safari as you discover Kenya’s most spectacular wildlife destinations in comfort and style. This luxury safari combines scenic domestic flights, private game drives, breathtaking landscapes, and exceptional accommodation, allowing you to experience more of Kenya while spending less time on long road journeys.
Your 9 Day Fly in Safari begins with a flight to Samburu National Reserve, a unique wilderness famous for its rugged beauty and rare wildlife species known as the Samburu Special Five. Continue to the award-winning Ol Pejeta Conservancy, East Africa’s leading wildlife sanctuary, where you will encounter endangered black and white rhinos and visit Kenya’s only chimpanzee sanctuary.
The adventure continues into the cool highlands of Aberdare National Park, a beautiful mountain ecosystem filled with bamboo forests, waterfalls, and rare wildlife, including the elusive bongo antelope. Next, travel to Lake Nakuru National Park, one of Kenya’s best wildlife parks, renowned for its rhino conservation, Rothschild’s giraffes, flamingos, and over 450 bird species.
The highlight of your 9 Day Fly in Safari is the legendary Maasai Mara National Reserve, where endless grasslands provide the perfect home for the Big Five and countless other animals. During the Great Migration season, you may witness thousands of wildebeest and zebras crossing the Mara River while predators wait nearby.
With luxury lodges, expertly guided game drives, scenic flights, and unforgettable wildlife encounters, this safari offers the perfect way to explore Kenya’s incredible natural beauty while enjoying comfort, convenience, and authentic safari experiences.
Tour Plan
Your 9 Day Fly in Safari begins with a warm welcome upon arrival in Nairobi. You will transfer to Wilson Airport for your scheduled domestic flight to Samburu National Reserve.
After landing, you will be met by your safari guide and transferred to Samburu Simba Lodge for check-in and lunch. Later in the afternoon, enjoy your first exciting game drive through Samburu's rugged landscapes while searching for elephants, lions, leopards, giraffes, zebras, and many other wildlife species.
Return to the lodge before sunset.
Accommodation: Samburu Simba Lodge
After breakfast, depart with picnic lunch boxes for a full-day safari.
Explore Samburu National Reserve in search of the famous Samburu Special Five, including the Grevy's zebra, Somali ostrich, reticulated giraffe, gerenuk, and Beisa oryx. You may also encounter elephants, lions, cheetahs, leopards, crocodiles, and numerous bird species along the Ewaso Nyiro River.
Return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
Accommodation: Samburu Simba Lodge
After breakfast, depart by road for Ol Pejeta Conservancy.
Arrive in time for lunch at Maisha Sweetwaters Camp before enjoying an afternoon game drive through one of Africa's leading wildlife conservation areas. Visit the Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary and search for endangered black and white rhinos, elephants, buffaloes, lions, and many other wildlife species.
Dinner and overnight at the camp.
Accommodation: Maisha Sweetwaters Camp
After breakfast, continue to Aberdare National Park, one of Kenya's most scenic mountain parks.
Arrive at The Ark in time for lunch before exploring the beautiful forests and moorlands during an afternoon game drive. Keep an eye out for elephants, buffaloes, leopards, giant forest hogs, the rare bongo antelope, and colourful birds including the striking blue turaco.
Return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
Accommodation: The Ark
After breakfast, travel to Lake Nakuru National Park.
Following lunch at Lake Nakuru Sopa Lodge, enjoy an afternoon game drive through this famous wildlife sanctuary. Search for endangered white and black rhinos, Rothschild's giraffes, lions, buffaloes, baboons, hippos, flamingos, pelicans, and numerous bird species.
Dinner and overnight at the lodge.
Accommodation: Lake Nakuru Sopa Lodge
After breakfast, depart for the world-famous Maasai Mara National Reserve.
Arrive at Enkorok Mara Camp in time for lunch before heading out on an exciting afternoon game drive. Explore the reserve while searching for the Big Five, cheetahs, hyenas, giraffes, zebras, wildebeest, and many other animals that make the Mara one of Africa's greatest safari destinations.
Dinner and overnight at the camp.
Accommodation: Enkorok Mara Camp
Spend the entire day exploring the spectacular Maasai Mara with picnic lunch boxes.
Travel across different areas of the reserve while searching for wildlife and enjoying breathtaking scenery. During the Great Migration season, you may witness dramatic river crossings involving thousands of wildebeest and zebras.
Return to camp in the evening for dinner and relaxation around the bonfire.
Accommodation: Enkorok Mara Camp
Enjoy another unforgettable day of wildlife viewing in the Maasai Mara.
Morning and afternoon game drives offer additional opportunities to photograph lions, elephants, leopards, rhinos, buffaloes, cheetahs, hippos, crocodiles, and numerous bird species. Your experienced guide will take you to the best wildlife viewing areas throughout the reserve.
Dinner and overnight at the camp.
Accommodation: Enkorok Mara Camp
After breakfast, guests may choose to visit a traditional Maasai village at an additional cost before transferring to the airstrip for your scheduled flight back to Nairobi.
Upon arrival, enjoy a short sightseeing tour of Nairobi if time allows before being transferred to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport for your onward international flight, marking the end of your unforgettable 9 Day Fly in Safari.
