Searching for Kenya honeymoon packages to top honeymoon destinations in Kenya? This 12-day Kenya honeymoon safari itinerary takes you to the best honeymoon destinations in Kenya.
It is not only one of the best Kenya safari honeymoon packages but also a very affordable package despite including the top romantic destinations in Kenya.
The Kenya honeymoon safari highlights the best places for a honeymoon in Kenya. It is a 12-day tour to some of the top honeymoon safari destinations with a profusion of flora, fauna, and breathtaking landscapes in magical Kenya.
Kenya is the second-largest country in Africa, gifted by nature and a variety of wildlife species; a perfect spot for honeymooners.
You will visit Samburu National Park, Lake Nakuru National Park, Masai Mara Reserve, Amboseli National Park, and Nairobi National Park for game viewing experiences, bird watching, guided nature walks, and cultural adventures.
Kenya is located in the East of the continent of Africa, crossed by the equator. This Kenya honeymoon itinerary starts and ends in Nairobi.
If you wish to have a Kenya and Zanzibar honeymoon safari combination, we can add an extension to make this itinerary a Kenya Zanzibar honeymoon package on request.
See detailed Kenya honeymoon safari itinerary below.
Detailed Kenya Honeymoon Itinerary
Day 1: Nairobi Honeymoon City Tour
On this first day of the twelve-day adventure, our driver-guide will meet and brief you about what will take place throughout the 12 days.
After the briefing, you will tour Nairobi city, visit the city museum and other attractions around Nairobi city, before heading to your hotel for dinner and overnight.
Nairobi City is one of the main cities in Kenya, with great historical sites, vibrant trade, magnificent buildings, and much more.
Day 2: Nairobi to Samburu National Reserve
After breakfast, check out of the lodge and embark on a drive to Samburu Reserve with amazing scenic views and a lunch stopover. You will look out over rolling hills, breathtaking landscapes, and captivating vegetation.
Arrive at the lodge in the afternoon; enjoy a hearty lunch before spending the evening at the lodge or taking an evening guided nature walk, enjoying the cool breeze and magnificent sunset. Dinner and overnight at sunset.
Day 3: Game Drives and Cultural Adventure
Wake up to a delicious breakfast at the lodge and then set off for an unforgettable 3-4 hour game drive experience in the park.
Samburu Reserve boasts over 75 mammal species, birds, and a variety of primates.
A lucky game drive offers amazing sights and sounds of Grevy’s zebra, giraffes, impalas, olive baboons, beisa Oryx, elephants, buffaloes, hippos, cheetahs, leopards, and more.
The bird list includes the Somali ostrich, Aardvark, African fish eagle, African grey hornbill, Africa harrier hawk, and the African open-bill stork, to mention a few.
After lunch, enjoy an evening cultural adventure with the Samburu people, who will entertain you with amazing dances, songs, and stories, until you return to your lodge for dinner and rest.
Day 4: Samburu Game Reserve to Lake Nakuru National Park
Start the day with a lip-smacking breakfast at the lodge, then check out for a transfer to Lake Nakuru National Park; a haven for a large concentration of pink flamingos and several mammals.
The captivating drive offers amazing views of rolling hills, plantations, and the Great Rift Valley.
Arrive at the park for a late lunch, followed by an evening birding experience at the shores of Lake Nakuru National Park. Much of the park is dominated by the lake.
Arrive at Lake Nakuru in the evening; spend time on a guided nature walk before retiring for the night at the lodge with dinner and sleep.
Day 5: Game Drive and Bird Watching Experience
At dawn, enjoy a delicious breakfast at the lodge and embark on a rewarding game drive in a land rich in prey and predators, including cheetahs, African elephants, cape buffaloes, warthogs, giraffes, wild dogs, waterbucks, Oribis, hippos, and lions, to name a few.
The game drive lasts approximately 3-4 hours, followed by lunch.
After lunch, rest before going bird watching at the shores of Lake Nakuru, with a profusion of endemic and non-endemic bird species.
Notable birds include the pink flamingo, Somali ostrich, golden pipit, golden-breasted starling, white-headed mousebird, Donaldson’s smith sparrow-weaver, and rosy-patched bush-shrike.
Return to the lodge at sunset for a peaceful dinner and overnight stay.
Day 6: Depart Lake Nakuru National Park to Masai Mara National Reserve
Depart the lodge for Masai Mara Reserve, one of the top savannah parks in Kenya. Masai Mara National Park is an extension of the vast Serengeti National Park in Tanzania.
Enjoy a rewarding drive for about 5-6 hours, with a stopover at the Great Rift Valley for photos.
Then continue the drive to Narok Centre for lunch before proceeding to the park, with an amazing sunset game drive to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
Day 7: Full Day Game Drive
After breakfast at sunrise, embark on a full-day game drive with lunch in the wild. Encounter park residents in their natural habitat; predators and prey seeking survival.
For hours, you will seek wildebeests, lions, cheetahs, jackals, cape buffaloes, hippos, zebras, warthogs, birds such as flamingos, ostriches, lovebirds, sitatunga, and primates such as olive baboons and monkeys, amidst captivating landscapes.
The odds of spotting lions and leopards are low though present but elusive.
Explore the vast Mara River, an epic site, during the annual wildebeest migration, where over 1,000,000 wildebeests, accompanied by zebras and gazelles, cross from Serengeti National Park in Tanzania, facing hippos, crocodiles, and moving water for life.
Return to the lodge late in the evening for dinner and overnight.
Day 8: Bird Watching and Cultural Adventure with the Maasai People
Depart the lodge early in the morning to catch a variety of birds leaving their nests and other places they spent the night.
Listen to their sweet melodies and identify different species, notably ostriches, flamingos, Abbott’s starling, eagles, Abyssinian owl, and the black-headed heron, among others.
Return to the lodge for a late breakfast when the heat becomes unbearable, followed by lunch.
In the afternoon, enjoy a traditional experience with the Maasai warriors.
Dressed in traditional attire, they share amazing stories, dance, and take visitors around their Manyattas. Dinner and overnight at sunset.
Day 9: Masai National Reserve to Amboseli National Park
After breakfast, check out of the lodge for a transfer to Amboseli National Park, driving through magnificent great escarpments, flourishing plantations, and undulating hills.
Stop for lunch before a 2-3 hour drive to the park on a murram road lined with a variety of plantations and homesteads.
Arrive and drive to your lodge, with opportunities to watch mammals, birds, and primates.
Spend the evening relaxing at the lodge or take a guided nature walk on designated trails where you’ll spot the sunset at the summit of giant Mount Kilimanjaro and herds of elephants returning to their territories for the night. Retire after dinner.
Day 10: Full Day Game Drive
Start your morning with scenic views of the sunrise against the backdrop of snow-capped Mount Kilimanjaro – the highest mountain in Africa.
Enjoy breakfast before packing a picnic lunch and other necessary gear for a rewarding game drive viewing experience.
Positioned at the foot of giant Mount Kilimanjaro, you’ll be amazed not only by its beauty but also by the variety of mammals, birds, reptiles, and mammals.
Encounter a large herd of African elephants, Cape buffalo, wild dogs, warthogs, zebras, and notable wildebeests, among others. With excellent eyesight, you can see more up close and from afar.
Enjoy a picnic lunch within the park and then spend more than 3-4 hours game viewing until sunset. At the end of the day, everyone returns to the lodge happy and content for dinner and overnight.
Day 11: Amboseli National Park to Nairobi National Park
The day begins with a delicious breakfast at the lodge before checking out for a transfer to Nairobi National Park – along a scenic drive traversing magnificent scenery, breathtaking landscapes, and scattered homesteads.
Lunch en route before arriving at the lodge late in the evening for a sunset game drive, where you have a chance to spot nocturnal mammals such as lions, leopards, hyenas, a variety of antelope species, and birds.
Return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
Day 12: Departure
Wake up to a leisurely breakfast at the lodge followed by a 3-4 hour game drive around the park.
Relatively small, Nairobi National Park is home to numerous lions, wildebeests, elephants, and giraffes, among others.
After the game drive, check out of the lodge for a transfer to Nairobi city, one of Kenya’s most beautiful cities located about 10km from the park.
Enjoy a city tour and lunch before heading to the airport for your departure flight.
End of Kenya honeymoon safari holiday.
