Daywise Itinerary
Arrival – Amboseli National Park
Arrive at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi and head to Amboseli National Park.
Located about a four-hour drive southeast of Nairobi, Amboseli National Park is well known for its incredible wildlife wealth. A scenic park in its own right, Amboseli is synonymous with two particular things – majestic herds of elephant and glorious views of Mount Kilimanjaro in neighbouring Tanzania.
After lunch enjoy an afternoon game drive. Abundance of African wildlife, including the big five and over 400 bird species offers a truly authentic Kenyan safari and the opportunity to soak up the African atmosphere. There are wide varieties of wildlife to be seen, including leopard, cheetah, wild dog, buffalo, rhino, elephant, giraffe, zebra, lion, crocodile, kudu and
You may also be rewarded with sightings of big cats and wild dogs.
Overnight: Amboseli Serena Safari Lodge (or similar)
Meals: Lunch, Dinner
Amboseli National Park
An early morning game drive followed by breakfast at the lodge. The Amboseli National Park is made up of low-lying plains and protects two of the main swamps of its larger ecosystem. It is an amazing elephant viewing destination, as you can get close to the elephants and see them clearly near the swamps and on the plains. The park also offers beautiful views of from Mount Kilimanjaro, which is truly inspiring sight when observed with wildlife in the forefront.
The pyramid-shaped hill at the Park is where you can get out and walk. The summit provides an ideal lookout from which to orientate you to the plains, swamps and roads below.
Overnight: Amboseli Serena Safari Lodge (or similar)
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Amboseli National Park – Lake Naivasha
Post breakfast, drive down to Nairobi first which is around 4 hours drive. After lunch here head to Lake Naivasha which is around 2 hours away from Nairobi. Check in to your lodge and have the rest of the day at leisure. Head out to the lawns and take a selfie with the giraffes or the zebras.
Optionally, in the afternoon, enjoy a boat ride along the lake to watch wildlife at close range or enjoy a swim at the Geothermal Spa which is considered to have healing properties.
Overnight: Lake Naivasha Sopa Lodge (or similar)
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Lake Naivasha – Maasai Mara
After breakfast, drive through the dramatic Great Rift Valley to the spectacular 1,792-square-km Maasai Mara Game Reserve. A veritable wildlife haven blessed with a year-round, rather mind-boggling concentration of animals, the Maasai Mara is a visual ecstasy for wildlife enthusiasts. It would be amazing to watch: hyena pups giggle in submission waiting for others to finish feeding, elephants rubbing against the trees, cheetah decidedly lazing on a tree and the pride of lion kill and devour its prey.
Check in to your hotel, have lunch and set off on a game drive through the savannah, rolling grasslands, and forests around the Mara River. Look out for Africa’s ‘big five’ here – the African elephant, lion, Cape buffalo, rhinoceros and leopard. You won’t miss the numerous cheetah, hyena, giraffe, hippo and jackals here as well as the world’s largest, Maasai ostrich.
Sunsets in the Maasai Mara are a spectacle. The fading lights bounces off the plains and the open areas with little room to hide makes for wonderful wildlife photography. Check into the lodge for a welcome rest overnight.
Overnight: Ashnil Mara Tented Camp (or similar)
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Maasai Mara
The morning sun turns the plains rich gold and the sky at the deepest blue. This is Kenya’s most iconic wilderness, the Maasai Mara at its finest. Set off early for a game drive as the sun rises. Stop over at the Hippo Pool on the way to the great Northern Serengeti Ecosystem, bordering Tanzania. Originally formed by volcanic activity, here’s where the annual wildebeest migration actually happens.
The Great Migration is the greatest wildlife show on earth. Watching the migration (now the seventh wonder of the world) literally has you holding your breath as you see black masses rushing forward at great speed, grunting and shoving. This is when you’re glad Simba stayed in the movies.
Maasai Mara is abundant with a big variety of plains game and birds – not to forget the stunning landscape consisting primarily grassland and revering forest with clumps of the distinctive Acacia trees.
Post lunch, rest for a while before you are taken for a lovely afternoon safari. The dying sun casts a lovely golden over the plains of Maasai Mara. A lot more game to be seen before you head back to your camp.
Before the morning safari you can optionally visit a village of the Maasai people to witness the singing and dancing that are part of their daily lives and sacred rituals.
Overnight: Ashnil Mara Tented Camp (or similar)
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Maasai Mara - Nairobi
Today we bid farewell to the wilderness and head to the Capital city of Nairobi arriving for lunch at your hotel.
In the afternoon get your Covid Test done. Dinner will be served at a local Indian Restaurant.
Overnight: Eka Hotel (or similar)
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Nairobi Departure
Your lovely tour finishes as you transfer to the airport to board your homebound flight, together with a lifetime of memories from Africa that you can forever cherish!
Meals: Breakfast