Kenya Safari Holidays: Top Wildlife Safaris to Consider While Visiting Kenya

Kenya. Legendary for the savannah of the Masai Mara and famous for the wildlife safaris that thrill, Kenya is often beyond the expectations of those who visit. When you are looking for Kenya safari holidays, you want to find the ones that will give you an experience of a lifetime. Being a part of the tourist experience means visiting a country that will provide you with a high level of service and a population of friendly locals who will go out of their way to make you feel beautiful.

Just think: you’re on holiday visiting Kenya and breathing in the sunshine and the sheer heat. Kenya wildlife safaris are a big part of your itinerary, and there is a thundering herd of wildebeest across the savannah and the mammoth stomp of a family of elephants. It’s not all heat and sunshine in Kenya, either, now when the mountains are topped with swirls of snow for you to hike through, with chilled out highland hideaways to enjoy and then sweltering deserts to stride through. Kenya offers its visitors so much more than spa treatments and horseback riding; it offers revitalising interactions and impressive scenery, with adventure and discovery thrown in for good measure.

No other country in the world offers travellers such variety, but one of the star attractions in Kenya are the wildlife safaris. In this article, we’re going to talk you through the Kenya safari tour holidays on offer with African Sermon Safaris, so that you can understand precisely why Kenya wildlife holidays should be on your bucket list.

Why Go On An African Wildlife Tour

Life is busy. It’s full of work, responsibility and boredom. Going on holiday is good for the soul, and going on wildlife safaris is good for just about everything! Kenya brings the safari experience to life with vast expanses of stunning, endless landscape. Acacia trees silhouette behind reaching rays of the sunset and the graceful neck of the giraffe stretches toward the sky. These are the things that you can expect to see from any number of the Kenya wildlife safaris on offer, and the trips give you the unique and perfect way to get up close and personal with the wildlife and culture of the East African region.

Each year in Masai Mara, there is a continually moving animal population that our skilled, professional tour guides are passionate to tell you about. We want your experience to change your life on our Kenya wildlife safaris, so let’s take a look at what we have on offer.

8 Day Best Kenya Safari Tour.

Close your eyes and imagine the sound of grazing antelope, graceful impala and cantering zebras. Picture the sunset on your face while you witness the most abundant herbivores in the world chewing their way through the Savannah. Catch the sound of the purr of the leopard as it sits on the acacia tree, satisfied after its latest meal.

African Sermon Safaris offers a relaxing tour over eight days through exciting safari parks and in excellent accommodation. We don’t cheapen your experience to help you save money; you get quality, tranquillity and an adventure to remember. If you want to throw in a little something extra as part of your 8-day safari, why not add on a hot air balloon safari over Masai Mara? You’ll get to soar the skies and see the desert from above, giving you an entirely new perspective in a place you could never have dreamed.

Tour Highlights

• Aberdare National Park game sightings, floodlit so you don’t miss out!
• Visit Lake Naivasha and Lake Nakuru for the beautiful bird life.
• View the black and white rhinoceros sanctuary at Lake Nakuru.
• Photograph the panoramic views of The Great Rift Valley.
• The rustic natural charm of Samburu’s animals.
• Breathtaking view of the animals in Masai Mara.
• Accommodation provided for you.

This is the tour for you if you want to spend an extended time visiting the animals in the Savannah. The whole journey is full board, and you can enjoy your transport in a 4×4 Land Cruiser for ultimate comfort. We believe in keeping you healthy, which is why we will provide complimentary bottled water while on safari.

Those travelling to Kenya won’t be able to resist the wildlife safaris on offer, because whether you want luxury or not, you’re going to get experiences that are going to enhance your life and enrich everything about it.

4-Day Safari Tour in Masai Mara and Lake Nakuru

One of the reasons that people travel to Kenya is the range of places to see – including the many national parks. This particular tour is a best seller when it comes to seeing the big five. This specific tour combines both Masai Mara and Lake Nakuru National Park, which are both rich in animal life and full of bird life. Masai Mara is one of the most spectacular safari parks out there, and some of the animals that you could be lucky enough see include:

• Elephants
• Lions
• Buffalo
• Hippos
• Antelopes
• Wildebeests
• Hyenas
• Crocodile
• Gazelles
• Giraffes
• And many more…

There is a massive animal migration that happens between the Serengeti of Tanzania and the Kenyan Masai Mara, and this is the best time to travel on wildlife safaris here. The first half of the trip will be a guided safari at Lake Nakuru and in Masai Mara, where you will enjoy a rich wildlife experience. Take a trip on the side around the local Masai village, where you will come into close contact with the Masai way of life.

Dance Like A Local

Visiting the homesteads of the locals will open your eyes to another way of life, and you’ll be shown the traditional dance of the Masai people, and if you feel brave, join in an interact! Once in a lifetime experiences don’t come around that often, but visiting Kenya is going to give you just that. Jump on a sunset balloon ride and view the experience from the sky, then drift on down to breakfast and champagne on the Savannah.

Animal Sightings On Your African Safari

The best time to visit the animals is during the dry season, which runs from late June to October, and the last attraction that you can view is the great trek between the Serengeti and the Mara River for the wildebeests and zebras. During your Lake Nakuru National Park tour, you will see thousands of bright pink flamingos – up to 3 million gather each year in this spot!

Tour Highlights

• One night in the Flamingo Hill Camp with full board included.
• Two nights in Masai Mara National Park Mara Sopa Lodge with full board included.

No other African safari country has such a variety of diversity within the borders. Unspoiled beaches and tropical rainforest rivals the snow-capped peaks and Savannah, and you’ll get the chance to meet the nomadic tribesmen while you see the herds of elephants and flamingo.

Day Tours – Nairobi

If you don’t like the idea of the longer tours, or you’ve already done one, and you want to have a change of scenery, you can always enjoy a day trip within the capital city Nairobi. You can visit the capital on a day tour as a part of your Kenya safari. On one of these tours, you will be able to attend one of the most exciting and busiest African capitals that includes visiting Nairobi national park and vibrant markets, museums for that cultural taste and you get to visit so many of the exciting shopping outlets including day hikes to Mount Longonot.

Nairobi National Park is the oldest nature reserve and is celebrated for the Black Rhino Sanctuary, and it’s also the only wildlife park within the precincts of the city. Lions, hyenas, buffalo and leopards are just some of the large animals you’ll see, and you can stay in the comfort of your city hotel instead of heading out into the wild. For something truly beautiful, you’ll love the Nairobi Giraffe Centre where you can see the endangered Rothschild Giraffe in all its glorify, hand feeding them and even getting a longed-for kiss!

Some of the day tours include:

• Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage, Karen Blixen Museum and Giraffe Center – 5h Tour
• Nairobi National Park Safari – 4h
• The Carnivore Restaurant Experience – either lunch or dinner service at a space famous for succulent stew and the beautiful barbecued game as an ‘add on’ visit.
• Bomas of Kenya – a cultural experience a few km from the city centre, reflection on the cocktail of cultures in Kenya. A day of traditional dance, music and food.
• Karen Blixen House & Giraffe Center – 2h
• Nairobi City Tour 3h – the ‘city in the sun’, is worth your time for this day tour!

10-Day Kenya Package Safari Tour

For ten days, you can immerse yourself in the depths of the Kenyan Savannah, with comfortable vehicles making your touring experience one of utter bliss. We provide you with carefully selected accommodation of a high standard and we will ensure that you get a discounted tour of high quality. This package covers Amboseli, and the backdrop of Mt. Kilimanjaro, the chimpanzees at Sweetwaters inside the Ol Pejeta Conservancy, the flamingos at Lake Nakuru and the sunset boat rides on Crescent Island.

An affordable package we’ve put together, this 10-day tour is going to change your life. This trip is a full board trip, and all accommodation can be upgraded as you wish. Walk on Crescent Island and ride a boat on Lake Naivasha. We will also throw in a professional driver so that you feel secure in our hands!

3-Day Masai Mara Tour

Safari from Nairobi to Masai Mara and live out the dream of seeing the wildebeest migration. Maasai Mara National Reserve offers opportunities to see cheetah and lions – big cats are all the rage in the big 5! Watch first-hand as the wildebeest move across a crocodile-infested Mara River, explore the game park. It’s the perfect option for those on a limited safari time, with a minimum of 2 nights required for visitors to have enough time to see the whole of the wildlife reserve. You could choose to add a day or two, travelling to a Maasai village for a little lesson in culture could change your life.

11-Day Kenya & Tanzania Combined Tour

If you’ve got the time, we’ve got the safari. Our 11-day tour is a jam-packed customised holiday that will send you to famous parks like Amboseli, Lake Manyara, Ngorongoro, Serengeti and Masai Mara to see the animals in all their wandering glory. View the breathtaking Mt. Kilimanjaro at sunset, gaining that unique holiday and wildlife safari experience.

Tour Highlights

• Up close views of the Big Five in both Tanzania & Kenya
• See the tree climbing lions of Lake Manyara
• Travel the Serengeti and Masai Mara
• Pre-historic Olduvai Gorge Museum visit with the oldest human fossil
• Bask in the glory of the Ngorongoro Crater
• Witness the Great Migration of the wildebeests and other animals
• Take in the sight of the flamingos at Lake Manyara.

7-Day Explorer Safari

Seven days is all you need to see some of the most notable wildlife game parks, such as Ol Pejeta, Lake Nakuru, Lake Naivasha and Masai Mara. It’s an experience of a lifetime that will allow you the chance to explore some of the most renowned wildlife sanctuaries. Watch the elephants swarm together as a family through the lowlands that surround the mountain massif and create that mental snapshot that will never leave you.

Tour Highlights

• Watch the chimpanzees at Sweetwaters in Ol Pejeta Conservancy at the foot of the snow-capped Mount Kenya.
• Choose to horseback ride, go on a nature walk, ride a camel and even view the game at night!
• Watch the pink flamingos wander on Lake Nakuru and visit the rhinoceros sanctuary.

Kenyan Safari Tours Don’t Get Better Than These

There are so many more tours we want to share with you, and these are detailed on our comprehensive website. If you wish to spend a day in Nairobi or a week trekking the Savannah, we’ve got the tours for you.