10-Day Kenya Safari Package: Bush and Beach Adventure

When you arrive at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, a Halo Safaris & DMC representative will greet you and welcome you to Kenya. Once you finish the airport procedures, you’ll head to your Nairobi hotel to check in and settle into your room.

If your schedule allows, you can choose to join an optional Nairobi excursion. Some attractions you might visit are:

• Nairobi National Park: Take a game drive in this special wildlife sanctuary just outside the city. Watch for rhinos, giraffes, zebras, buffaloes, lions, and many bird species, all with Nairobi’s skyline in the background.
• Sheldrick Wildlife Trust: Visit the elephant nursery to see rescued baby elephants and learn about how they are cared for and rehabilitated. Please note, this visit needs to be booked in advance and depends on availability and the day’s schedule.
• Giraffe Centre: Meet the endangered Rothschild’s giraffes, find out about conservation work, and enjoy feeding the giraffes by hand.

You will have lunch and dinner at your own expense at recommended local restaurants. After your excursion, your driver will take you back to your Nairobi hotel for the night.

How many attractions you can visit will depend on your flight arrival time, traffic, opening hours, and whether you have made advance reservations.

After breakfast, check out and set off for the Maasai Mara National Reserve. You’ll travel through the scenic Great Rift Valley, stopping at a viewpoint for photos before continuing through Narok to the reserve.

Arrive at your lodge or camp in time for lunch. After you check in and have a short rest, head out for an afternoon game drive across the Mara’s open grasslands.

Watch for elephants, giraffes, zebras, buffaloes, and predators like lions, cheetahs, and leopards. After sunset, return to your lodge or camp for dinner and an overnight stay.

Choose between a full-day game drive or an optional hot-air balloon safari.

Option 1: Full-Day Game Drive

After breakfast, spend the day exploring Maasai Mara National Reserve in search of the Big Five and other wildlife. Enjoy a picnic lunch in the reserve before continuing with the afternoon game drive.

During the Great Migration season, wildebeest and zebra herds may be seen, although river crossings cannot be guaranteed.

Option 2: Hot-Air Balloon Safari and Game Drive

Begin with a shared sunrise hot-air balloon flight over the Maasai Mara, followed by a bush breakfast and game drive. Return to the lodge for lunch and spend the afternoon at leisure.

The balloon safari is subject to weather and availability and is charged separately unless included in the package.

After breakfast, check out of your lodge or camp and visit a nearby Maasai village before leaving the Maasai Mara area.

Meet local community members and learn about Maasai traditions, family life, livestock, homes, and customs. You may also get to watch traditional songs and dances or buy locally made beadwork and crafts.

After visiting the village, continue through the Great Rift Valley towards Lake Nakuru. stop for self-sponsored lunch. Arrive in Lake Nakuru in the late afternoon or early evening. After you check in, take some time to relax, then enjoy dinner at the lodge before settling in for the night.

Start your day with an early breakfast, then check out and head into Lake Nakuru National Park for a morning game drive. The park is famous for its rhino sanctuary and gives you a great chance to see both black and white rhinos. You might also spot Rothschild’s giraffes, buffaloes, zebras, waterbucks, lions, baboons, and many bird species.

After your game drive, you’ll head to Lake Naivasha and arrive at your lakeside resort around lunchtime. Check in, have lunch, and take some time to relax.

In the afternoon, you can choose to take an optional boat ride on Lake Naivasha to look for hippos and water birds. Combine this with a guided walking safari on Crescent Island, where you can see giraffes, zebras, wildebeest, and several antelope species up close.

Return to your resort in the evening for dinner and an overnight stay by the lake.

After breakfast, check out and start your journey to Amboseli National Park.Travel past Nairobi and continue southeast through the Kenyan countryside.

arrive at your lodge or camp in the afternoon for check-in and lunch, depending on traffic and road conditions. Later, go out for an afternoon game drive.

Amboseli is known for its large elephant herds and, if the weather is clear, its views of Mount Kilimanjaro. After sunset, return to your lodge or camp for dinner and an overnight stay.

Have breakfast before heading out for a full-day game drive in Amboseli National Park. Early mornings usually give you the best chance to see Mount Kilimanjaro before clouds cover the summit. Explore the park’s wetlands, open plains, and acacia woodlands as you look for elephants, buffalo, giraffes, zebras, lions, cheetahs, and many bird species.

Enjoy a picnic lunch at a designated spot. Then, continue your afternoon game drive before returning to your lodge or camp for dinner.

After breakfast, check out and transfer from Amboseli to Nairobi. Depending on your travel plans, you’ll continue to the coast by domestic flight to Ukunda or Mombasa, or take the Standard Gauge Railway to Mombasa. When you arrive, a representative will meet you and take you by road to your beach resort in Diani.

Meals during your journey are at your own expense unless they’re included in your package. Your arrival time will depend on flight availability, train schedules, and transfer arrangements.

After you check in, spend the rest of the day relaxing at the resort. Enjoy dinner and settle in for your first night by the Indian Ocean.

Start your day with a relaxed breakfast and spend your time enjoying Diani Beach however you like.

You can relax on the beach, swim in the Indian Ocean, or enjoy the resort’s facilities. Optional activities include snorkeling, scuba diving, a traditional dhow trip, jet skiing, kite surfing, or visiting Kaya Kinondo Sacred Forest.

Have lunch and dinner at the resort. Optional activities depend on availability, weather, and may have extra charges. Settle in for your final night at the coast.

Have breakfast and spend your remaining time relaxing at the resort, depending on your departure schedule.

Check out and transfer to Ukunda Airport for a domestic flight to Nairobi, or to Moi International Airport in Mombasa for your onward flight. If you’re traveling through Nairobi, make sure you have enough time to connect before your international departure.

Your 10-day Kenya safari ends with unforgettable memories from Nairobi, Maasai Mara, Lake Nakuru, Lake Naivasha, Amboseli, and Diani Beach.