10 Days Kenya Budget Safari

This 10 Days Kenya Budget Safari is a perfect Kenya wildlife safari adventure for travelers seeking for an adventure without breaking a bank, this safari takes you to fascinating Kenya tour destinations including Nairobi National Park, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Lake Nakuru National Park, Amboseli National Park, Tsavo East and West National Park where you will some of the iconic wildlife in Kenya including Lions, leopards, zebra, buffalo, giraffe, elephant, rhinos, hippos and much more.

Highlights of 10 days Kenya Budget Safari   

• Day 1: Pick up and Transfer to Nairobi National Park
• Day 2: Transfer To Maasai Mara
• Day 3: Full Day In Maasai Mara
• Day 4: Transfer From Maasai Mara To Lake Nakuru
• Day 5: Transfer From Lake Nakuru National Park To Amboseli
• Day 6: Amboseli National Park Full Day Kenya Safari
• Day 7: Amboseli National Park to Tsavo West National Park
• Day 8: Tsavo West National Park to Tsavo East National Park
• Day 9: Tsavo East National Park
• Day 10: Tsavo East National Park – Nairobi

Detailed itinerary of 10 Days Kenya Budget Safari

Day 1: Pick up and Transfer to Nairobi National Park

On arrival at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, you will be picked up by our guide and transfer to Nairobi National Park – the only National Park in a capital city. Depending on the time of your arrival, you will have lunch at your lodge and go for an afternoon game drive exploring the park and viewing animals such as giraffes, lions, leopards, zebras among others.

Accommodation: Camp David

Meal Plan: Lunch and Dinner

Day 2: Transfer To Maasai Mara

Wake up for breakfast and go for a morning game drive exploring the park and enjoying sights of more animals, then exit the park in time for a visit at the Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage.

Embark on a journey to Masai Mara National Reserve with a stopover at the Great Rift Valley view point where you will have a stopover for scenic viewing and taking pictures of the escarpments. Then proceed to the reserve passing through the Narok town where you can buy beautiful Masai artifacts such as necklaces, earrings and many more. When you arrive in the park you will check into your lodge, have lunch and rest, in the afternoon you will go for an afternoon game drive for watching the scenic views of the reserve and spotting animals such as lions, leopards, Masai giraffes, buffaloes, zebras and many more. After the experience you will head back to your lodge, have dinner and stay overnight at Mara Sentrim Camp 

Meal plan: lunch and dinner

Day 3: Full Day In Maasai Mara

Have morning breakfast at your lodge then head to Masai Mara national reserve for a full day of game viewing on a morning and afternoon game drive with your packed lunch, on the game drives you will have an opportunity to explore the endless plains of Masai Mara national reserve and as you drive through the reserve you will spot many animals such as lions, elephants, buffaloes, rhinos, cheetahs, waterbucks, antelopes, African wild dogs, hyenas and many more. You will have picnic lunch set at the banks of Mara River while enjoying views of animals drinking at the waters of the river and Nile crocodiles. In the evening you will head back to your lodge, have dinner and stay overnight at your lodge.

Day 4:  Transfer From Maasai Mara To Lake Nakuru

As early as 6:00 am you will head to the plains of Mara for an early morning game drive searching for animals such as leopards, lions, cheetahs and many more. After the experience you will head back to your lodge for breakfast then checkout and embark on a drive to Lake Nakuru National Park, Lake Nakuru national park is a fascinating national park famously known for the largest population of rhinos in Kenya and large concentration of pink flamingoes crowding the shores of Lake Nakuru.

When you arrive in the park you will check into your lodge for lunch then in the afternoon you will go for an afternoon game drive in the park sighting for rhinos, lions, leopards, buffaloes, zebras, giraffes and many more. After the game drive you will head back to your lodge, have dinner and stay overnight at Ziwa Bush Lodge – Budget, Lake Nakuru Lodge – Midrange and The Cliff – Luxury

Day 5: Transfer From Lake Nakuru National Park To Amboseli

After morning breakfast you will checkout of your lodge and with an en-route game drive you will embark on a journey back to Amboseli National park with en-route lunch in Nairobi. Arrive in the park in the evening, have dinner and stay overnight at AA Amboseli Lodge

Day 6: Amboseli National Park Full Day Kenya Safari

You will spend the full day in Amboseli National Park with early morning and evening game drives. Amboseli offers a wide range of habitats here ranging from the dried-up bed of Lake Amboseli, wetlands with sulphur springs, the savannah and woodlands. The park is also host to all the Big Five (lion, leopard, buffalo, rhino and elephant). We visit Observation Hill which allows an overall view of the entire park especially the swamps and elephants. The swamps hosts many wild animals such as, buffalos, hippos and a variety of water fowls like pelican, crakes and Egyptian goose.

Day 7: Amboseli National Park to Tsavo West National Park

After an early breakfast depart for Tsavo West National Park which lies roughly half way between Nairobi and the Coast. Mzima Springs, the chief marvel here is a favorite haunt of hippos and Nile crocodiles. The spring gushes more than 50 million gallons (190 million liters) a day of crystal clear water and are the source of Mombasa’s water. Arrive at Salt Lick Safari Lodge or similar in time for lunch. Later embark on an early evening Kenya safari to see large herds of elephants, buffalo, common waterbuck, eland, rhino and wide variety of antelope. Return to the lodge for dinner and overnight. Dinner and overnight at Man Eater’s safari Lodge 

Day 8: Tsavo West National Park to Tsavo East National Park

We depart the lodge soon after breakfast and proceed to Tsavo East National park. Game is viewed as we exit the park. This park was famed for its large herds of elephant covered in red dust and fine scenery. We visit the scenic Lugards Falls, Mudanda Rocks (attracts elephants in the drier season) and Aruba Dam as we view game if time permits. Dinner and overnight.

Day 9: Tsavo East National Park

Full day spent exploring the Tsavo East National Park. Morning and afternoon game drives are offered. The landscape in Tsavo East is flatter and drier, despite having one of Kenya’s largest rivers, the Galana River flowing through the middle. Much of the wildlife is concentrated on the river, which has plentiful Nile crocodiles and hippos. Likewise, Kudus, waterbucks, reedbucks, and dik-diks are common along the river banks.

Tsavo National Park, a safari lover’s paradise, is the birthplace of the Tsavo Man-eaters tale, a story of fearsome roars from the late 1890s when the Mombasa-Nairobi Railway was being built. Back then the railway line was known as the lunatic express and the lions were responsible for the deaths of dozens of construction workers when a bridge was being constructed over the Tsavo River. Today that railway runs parallel to the more recent Standard Gage Railway (SCR) connecting Mombasa to Nairobi.  Dinner and overnight.

Day 10: Tsavo East National Park – Nairobi

Early morning Kenya safari in Tsavo East National Park. Soon after breakfast we proceed to back Nairobi

End of the safari

Safari inclusions

• Arrival & Departure airport transfers complementary to all our clients.
• Transportation as per 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 literate English driver/guide.
• National park & game reserve entrance fees as per itinerary.
• Excursions & activities as per itinerary with a request
• Recommended Mineral Water while on safari.

Safari exclusions

• 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 safari