Tour Overview

This 10-day journey takes you through Kenya's most iconic landscapes. You'll witness the untamed majesty of Masai Mara's wildlife, explore the tranquil beauty of Lake Naivasha, and marvel at the vibrant flamingos of Lake Nakuru National Park. You'll experience the awe-inspiring presence of elephants against the backdrop of Mount Kilimanjaro in Amboseli National Park and venture deep into the rugged wilderness of Tsavo West & Tsavo East National Parks.

Day 1: Nairobi to Masai Mara National Reserve

This tour will start with a pick-up from your hotel or the airport, where your guide will give you a short briefing about the safari. Then, you'll begin your journey to the Masai Mara National Reserve. Your first stop-over will be at the Rift Valley Viewpoint, where the beautiful scenery introduces you to the richly diverse landscape in Kenya. Later, you'll proceed with your drive via Narok Town, arriving in Masai Mara in time for a hot lunch. You will have an afternoon game drive in Masai Mara, giving you an orientation of the wildlife to find on your Kenya safari. Masai Mara has the highest concentration of animals than any other park in Kenya. The game drive will continue until the sun goes down. Your dinner and overnight stay will be at the camp.

Accommodation

Emayian Luxury Camp: (Luxury Lodge)

Meal Plan: Full Board Basis

Note: If an accommodation is fully booked, we'll suggest a comparable alternative

Day 2-3: Masai Mara National Reserve

These 2 days may start with a hot air balloon safari, an optional activity, available on pre-arrangement, and at an extra cost.

You’ll spend the day exploring the vast plains in search of its wildlife, a haven for the big cats. Masai Mara has the highest concentration of wildlife per square kilometer than any other park in the region. You will have your picnic lunch and continue to venture through the plains, looking out for real close wildlife encounters. Tracing the various animals, you find yourself at the Mara River, which has crocodiles and hippos; this is the wildebeest crossing point from the neighboring Serengeti. The Mara plains comprise of wildlife and the communities of the Maasai people.

An optional local Masai Village visit can be arranged at the end of the day at an extra cost. Your dinner and overnight stay will be at the camp.

Accommodation

Emayian Luxury Camp: (Luxury Lodge)

Meal Plan: Full Board Basis

Note: If an accommodation is fully booked, we'll suggest a comparable alternative

Day 4: Masai Mara to Lake Nakuru National Park

You will have early breakfast. Then, you'll head to the park for the last chance to spot the big cats hunting as the sun rises, lighting the golden plains of Masai Mara. The Kenya safari adventure continues to Lake Nakuru, one of the most beautiful parks in Africa, widely known as a bird paradise and a Rhino sanctuary. You’ll arrive in the evening, for a chance to have a short game drive in the park and later a relaxing evening at the Camp.

Accommodation

Sarova Lion Hill: (Luxury Lodge)

Meal Plan: Full Board Basis

Note: If an accommodation is fully booked, we'll suggest a comparable alternative

Day 5: Lake Nakuru National Park to Lake Naivasha

This day will start with an extensive game drive in Lake Nakuru National Park. This alkaline lake is host to millions of pink flamingos that cover the lake’s shorelines. The Lake ecosystem is also a habitat to over 400 species of birds. This is one of the few places in Kenya where you can see both the white and black rhinos at the same place, as this park is also a rhino sanctuary.
Later, you will exit the park and drive to Lake Naivasha, a beautiful freshwater lake fringed by thick papyrus and almost 13 km across. The lake draws a great range of game to these shores. Giraffes wander among the acacia, buffalos wallow in the swamps, and colobus monkeys call from the treetops while the Lake’s large hippo populations sleep the day out in the shallows. You will have an afternoon boat safari at Lake Naivasha, where you will view exotic birdlife and hippos amid the serenity of this freshwater Rift Valley lake. Later, you'll proceed for a guided walking safari at the Crescent Island.

Accommodation

Sopa Lodge: (Mid Range  Lodge)

Meal Plan: Full Board Basis

Note: If an accommodation is fully booked, we'll suggest a comparable alternative

Day 6: Lake Naivasha to Amboseli National Park

You will depart early in the morning after breakfast towards Amboseli National Park with lunch en route. If time allows, your guide will take you on an afternoon game drive. Amboseli is synonymous with two particular things majestic herds of elephants and glorious views of Mount Kilimanjaro. Located at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro, the tallest mountain in Africa, Amboseli National Park is one of the most popular parks in Kenya. One of the best places in Africa to view large herds of elephants up close. On a clear evening, you can catch a view of the magnificent Mount Kilimanjaro.

Accommodation

Elerai Camp: (Luxury Lodge)

Meal Plan: Full Board Basis

Note: If an accommodation is fully booked, we'll suggest a comparable alternative

Day 7: Amboseli National Park

After breakfast, you'll head to the park for your full-day wildlife viewing. Your Kenya adventure safari today consists of panoramic views, large herds of elephants walking slowly on the backdrop of Mount Kilimanjaro, buffalos bathing in the swampy areas, giraffes feeding on the treetops, zebras, warthogs, lions, and more wildlife. You will have your picnic lunch under a tree shade and continue scouring this semi-arid park for more of its wildlife. In the evening, when the clouds open, the snow-capped highest peak of Mount Kilimanjaro is more visible and gives a fairytale view as you marvel at the elephants roaming at the foot of the Mountain.
Amboseli National Park is one of the best places in Africa for getting up close to free-ranging elephants. The population is so robust here that sightings are guaranteed! As always, your driver-guide will be at your disposal for even more willdife-viewing drives.

Accommodation

Elerai Camp: (Luxury Lodge)

Meal Plan: Full Board Basis

Note: If an accommodation is fully booked, we'll suggest a comparable alternative

Day 8: Amboseli National Park to Tsavo West National Park

This Kenya adventure safari continues after an early breakfast. You'll head to the park for a short game drive. Later, you'll proceed to Tsavo West National Park, known widely for the stunning Mzima Springs and the wildlife found here. This park has a beautiful, rugged wilderness, comprising of acacia woodlands and rocky ridges like the Poacher’s Lookout, which serves as a viewpoint for the herds of wildlife in the open grasslands plains. You may see some of the magnificent wildlife here, among them red elephants, cheetah, buffalos, leopards, and even threatened plant species like corncrake and the Basra Reed Warbler. Your dinner and overnight stay will be at the lodge.

Accommodation

Severin Safari Camp: (Luxury Lodge)

Meal Plan: Full Board Basis

Note: If an accommodation is fully booked, we'll suggest a comparable alternative

Day 9: Tsavo West National Park to Tsavo East National Park

After breakfast, you will proceed to Tsavo East National Park in search of its popular residents. During the day, you will enjoy a packed lunch and a visit to the Aruba Dam.
The sight of dust-red elephants wallowing, rolling, and spraying each other with the midnight blue waters of the palm-shaded Galana River is one of the most evocative images in Africa. This, along with the 300-kilometer-long Yatta Plateau, the longest lava flow in the world, make for an adventure unlike any other in the Tsavo East. The park forms the largest protected area in Kenya and is home to most of the larger mammals, vast herds of dust–red elephant, rhino, buffalo, lion, leopard, pods of hippo, crocodile, waterbuck, lesser Kudu, gerenuk and the prolific birdlife features 500 recorded species.

Accommodation

Ashnil Aruba Lodge: (Mid Range Lodge)

Meal Plan: Full Board Basis

Note: If an accommodation is fully booked, we'll suggest a comparable alternative

Day 10: Tsavo East to Nairobi

You will have an early morning game drive, before going back to your lodge for a hot breakfast. Later, you will check-out of the lodge and drive back to Nairobi, where we will drop you off at your hotel or at the airport for your flight home.

No Accommodation

Meal Plan; Breakfast and Lunch

Included

• Park fees (For non-residents)
• All activities
• All accommodation
• A professional driver/guide
• All transportation
• Roundtrip airport transfer
• Meals on full board
• Unlimited Game Drives

Excluded

✕ International flights (From/to home)
✕ Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
✕ Tips (Tipping guideline US$10.00 pp per day)
✕ Personal items (Souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.)
✕ Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees
✕ Drinks except water