This nine-day safari takes you to the best sites in Kenya: Tsavo West (two nights), Amboseli National Park (two nights), Lake Nakuru (two nights), and Masai Mara (two nights). Our tours are customizable, and we can increase or decrease the number of days, mix accommodation levels, and more.
Today we depart by road for Tsavo West National Park. You will arrive in time for lunch and an optional afternoon or evening game drive. Tsavo West is the most visited section in Tsavo National Park, offering many attractions besides its wildlife.
The foremost is the famous Mzima Springs, where up to 227.3 million liters of cool, crystal-clear water flows out of the ground through porous volcanic rocks. The water is believed to originate from Chyulu Hills via an underground river. Dinner and your overnight stay will be at the lodge.
We will get an early morning start and drive to Amboseli National Park. After checking in at your accommodation and eating lunch, you will go on an afternoon game drive.
Amboseli National Park is situated south of Nairobi. Most of the park consists of a dry, ancient lake bed and fragile grassland with patches of acacia woodland. The southern area has several small, rocky, volcanic hills. The vegetation is lush, with yellow-barked acacias and phoenix palms around the Ol Okenya, Ol Tukai, and Enkongo Narok swamps. Dinner and your overnight stay will be at the lodge.
Rise early for good views of Mount Kilimanjaro before clouds build up over the summit. Despite its changing habitat, Amboseli National Park is the best wildlife area in Africa to experience elephants at close range. Elephants feeding and bathing in the swamps form the highlights of any safari!
An optional visit to a Maasai village can be planned after breakfast. You will see the singing and dancing that are part of their daily lives and sacred rituals. A glimpse into their homes and social structure is a poignant experience.
Dinner and your overnight stay will be at the lodge.
In the early morning, you will drive to Lake Naivasha, the highest and the most beautiful Rift Valley lakes. Sitting at 1910m (6200ft), the water is fresh, and the lake is fringed with dense clumps of papyrus (ancient Egyptians once used this to make paper).
Kingfishers use the papyrus as a perch, and herons hide in it while searching for food. Naivasha is another area famous for bird watching (over 400 species have been recorded). It is also a favorite weekend retreat for Nairobi residents, who come here to sail, water ski, and fish. There are no crocodiles in the lake as the water is too cold for them (due to the altitude), but there are several hippos.
Along the lakeshore, vineyards produce grapes for the country’s fledgling wine industry. Dinner and your overnight stay will be at the lodge.
Across the equator, southwards of Bogoria, lies the Great Rift Valley and the famous Lake Nakuru National Park. Known all over the world for its flamingoes and alkaline lake, this park is recognized as one of the world’s natural wonders. It is also a rhino sanctuary, harboring a population of over 40 black and over 60 white rhinos. The flamingoes, of course, have always been the main attraction.
At times, almost two million of them may be in residence, forming a stunningly beautiful deep pink band around the edge of the lakeshore. You will arrive here in time for lunch, then go on an afternoon game drive.
Dinner and your overnight stay will be at the lodge.
Today you will go on an early morning game drive to Masai Mara National Reserve. This is one of the few places left on earth where wildlife still lives comparatively undisturbed in the numbers that were once common across all the plains and forests of Africa.
As the northern tip of the vast Serengeti ecosystem, the Mara hosts the spectacular seasonal migration of many thousands of Wildebeest, Zebras, and attendant predators. Arrive in time for lunch, followed by an afternoon game drive. Dinner and your overnight stay will be at the lodge.
After breakfast, we have a full-day game drive in the Masai Mara (lunch will be a picnic). The reserve is well known for its black-maned lions and abundant wildlife. This is one of the few places where it’s possible to see the big five during a morning game drive. Many cheetahs are so tame they seek shelter from the hot sun under vehicles. Several even climb onto the roof to better view prospective prey!
For bird enthusiasts – almost 500 species have been recorded here. Among these include 16 species of eagle, many hawks and falcons, six species of vultures, eight species of storks, four species of bustard (including the Kori bustard, the world’s heaviest flying bird), and nine species of sunbirds. Dinner and your overnight stay will be at a campsite or lodge.
An optional visit to a Masai village can be planned after breakfast. Alternatively, you can go on a hot air balloon ride.
You will embark on a morning game drive after breakfast. Later you will return to Nairobi. Lunch will be eaten en route.
