Land at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, where an Onboard Safaris representative meets you and transfers you to your hotel to settle in before the safari begins.
BB — Bed & BreakfastDepart at 8:00am for Sweetwaters Tented Camp, set directly on the Equator inside Ol Pajeta Conservancy. The drive passes pineapple plantations and central Kenya's farmlands, arriving in time for lunch. The afternoon game drive turns up lions, leopard, cheetah, elephant, buffalo and gazelle, with Mt. Kenya — at 5,199m the highest peak in the country — visible from the conservancy. The day closes with a visit to the chimpanzee sanctuary and the rhino sanctuary, home to the last of the world's northern white rhinos.
LDB — Lunch, Dinner & BreakfastAfter breakfast, depart at 8:00am for Samburu National Reserve, sitting between 800m and 1,230m above sea level. The route runs through wheat, barley and horticultural farmland before dropping into low, semi-arid country of acacia trees and shrubs, arriving for lunch. The afternoon game drive covers lion, leopard, cheetah, oryx, gerenuk, Grevy's zebra, reticulated giraffe, elephant and primates, alongside a wide range of bird species.
LDB — Lunch, Dinner & BreakfastSpend the day with morning and afternoon game drives along the Ewaso Nyiro River, tracking species found almost nowhere else south of here: reticulated giraffe, gerenuk antelope, Beisa oryx, Grevy's zebra and Somali ostrich among them.
LDB — Lunch, Dinner & BreakfastDepart at 7:00am after breakfast for Lake Nakuru National Park in the Great Rift Valley, with lunch en route. The afternoon game drive covers lion, leopard, buffalo, Rothschild's giraffe and eland, alongside more than 400 recorded bird species, including flamingo, pelican and birds of prey. Overnight at a lodge.
LDB — Lunch, Dinner & BreakfastDepart at 7:00am after breakfast for the Maasai Mara National Reserve — famous for the wildebeest and zebra migration between June and October, and the tense river crossings at the Mara River. The Mara is also home to the Big Five: lion, leopard, rhino, elephant and buffalo, alongside marabou stork, vulture, eagle and ostrich. Arrive in time for lunch and an afternoon game drive.
LDB — Lunch, Dinner & BreakfastEnjoy morning and afternoon game drives across the Mara, watching wildlife and birdlife in their natural habitat. An optional visit to a Maasai cultural village is available for guests who want to round out the day.
LDB — Lunch, Dinner & BreakfastDepart at 7:30am for Nairobi, with lunch as a personal arrangement along the way. Transfer directly to the airport for your outbound flight.
Lunch — own arrangementThe Oryx Tour is one of our most-booked itineraries, but it's a starting point. We can shorten it, extend it, or swap in different parks entirely.
