Kenya Safari: The Big 5

Spend your days exploring Kenya’s national parks and reserves.

Kenya Safari: The Big 5

Spend your days exploring Kenya’s national parks and reserves.

Highlights

See the highlights of Kenya’s cosmopolitan capital city, Nairobi, including the Karen Blixen Museum and the Giraffe Centre
Stay overnight in luxurious lodges and tented camps and spend your days exploring Lake Nakuru National Park and Maasai Mara National Reserve
Seek out the “Big 5” (endangered black rhino, leopard, elephant, Cape buffalo, and lion) plus other species of mammals, amphibians, reptiles, and birds
Visit the Ol Pejeta Conservancy, home to the largest black rhino sanctuary in East Africa, which also houses the only two remaining northern white rhinos
In Kenya stay in a tented camp on the Masai Mara, a continuation of the Serengeti, and enjoy prime game-viewing opportunities

This is an exclusive U-M departure operated by Orbridge.

Itinerary

Day 1: Depart U.S. for Nairobi
Day 2: Arrive Nairobi, Kenya
Day 3: Nairobi
Day 4: Nairobi | Ol Pejeta Conservancy
Day 5: Ol Pejeta Conservancy
Day 6: Ol Pejecta Conservancy | Lake Nakuru National Park
Day 7: Lake Nakuru | Maasai Mara National Reserve
Day 8: Maasai Mara
Day 9: Maasai Mara
Day 10: Maasai Mara | Nairobi | Depart for U.S.
Day 11: Arrive in U.S.

Host

Esrold Nurse

Retired Assistant Dean Undergraduate Education, LSA; Retired Special Advisor to the Provost

Fun fact

I was born in Trinidad and Tobago, a small dual island nation in the Caribbean. I migrated to the U.S. in 1972 to attend the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. I met my wife as a freshman at college. We have now been married 45 years

U-M Role

As Assistant Dean and Executive Director of the Newnan Advising Center, I was responsible for all related services and support to all LSA students.

Trip Experience

I have been to Africa on several occasions, including hosting a previous visit to Kenya a few years ago. It never gets old seeing the migration and all the animals in their natural habitat.

Available to Book

Sept. 4-14, 2024

Starting price

$6,495

Deposit per person

$850

Countries Visited

Kenya

Activity Level

Medium