Best of Kenya Safari

Day 1 : Arrival Nairobi- Amboseli National Park (- / L / D)

Your Kenyan safari adventure begins in Nairobi, where you will be met at the airport by our representative upon arrival at the airport who will brief you on the upcoming safari. Proceed to Amboseli arriving with a game drive enroute to your lodge for lunch and check-in.

Later in the afternoon you will depart for your first afternoon game drive.

During your afternoon game drive, at around 16:00hrs to 18:00hrs you will be searching for the big herds of the African Elephants, the cheetahs, Lions, the gazelles and the Elusive Eland. Weather permitting you will be able to have a magnificent view of the Kilimanjaro. Drive back to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay.

•    Main destination: Amboseli National Park
•    Accommodation: Ol Tukai Lodge
•    Meals & drinks: Lunch & Dinner (Drinks not included)

Day 2 : Explore Amboseli National Park (B / L / D)

Day spent viewing game starting with a morning game drive. Weather permitting, the clouds will shear off, leaving you with a mesmerized by the majesty of Mt. Kilimanjaro and its gleaming snow-capped peaks offering a good photographic scenery coupled with animals on the ground. Drive back to the lodge for lunch.  After lunch have an evening game drive at around 16;00 hrs. to 18:00 hrs. 

Amboseli is not a big park but supported by swamp vegetation. It harbours elephants, buffaloes, hippos, lions, cheetahs, hyenas, jackals, gazelles, wildebeests, warthogs. Dinner and overnight stay at the lodge.

•    Main destination: Amboseli National Park
•    Accommodation: Ol Tukai Lodge
•    Meals & drinks: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner (Drinks not included)

Day 3 : Amboseli national Park – Lake Naivasha (B / L / D)

After breakfast you will drive out of the park to Lake Naivasha. It is the highest Lake of the Rift Valley located at an altitude of 1890 meters above sea level. This lake is a combination of volcanic rocks and sedimentary deposits. It has a length of 139 square kilometres. It is home to a population of more than 400 bird’s species and has a large population of Hippos. Part of the Movie “Out of Africa” was filmed in this area.

Arrive at the resort in time for lunch and check-in.  It offers beautiful views of the lake and fantastic views of resident wildlife such as Giraffes, Zebras and Gazelles. In the afternoon, head out for a boat ride that will enable you to see colonies of hippopotamuses, the fishing eagles in action, marabou stork, etc. Later proceed on a guided Crescent Island Tour which is situated at the middle of the Lake. Here you will be able to view wild animals that permanently live here like wildebeests, zebras, gazelles, giraffes and warthogs. Disembark with a local guide and continue trekking on foot through the island. This will give you a chance to see and photograph the animals that reside here. Dinner and overnight stay at the resort.

•    Main destination: Lake Naivasha
•    Accommodation: Lake Naivasha Sopa Resort
•    Meals & drinks: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner (Drinks not included)

Day 4 : Day Excursion to Lake Nakuru National Park  (B / L / D)

Early morning after breakfast at 0730hrs, head for Lake Nakuru national park with packed lunch in picnic boxes. The drive via farming country and local homesteads via the Great Rift Valley escarpment floor is scenic, arriving at the park and proceed directly with a game drive. 

The Lake Nakuru National Park is one of the top tourist destinations in Africa, famed for the Flamingos, both lesser and greater, that flock to its shores to feed on the cyanobacteria that live in its alkaline waters. It is a very important breeding ground and stop over for many species of birds and has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Park is home to one of the greatest concentrations of Black Rhino in the World and has a thriving population of White Rhino. It is also a sanctuary for the rare Rothschild Giraffe. With luck, you may spot a leopard, which is rather elusive. 

At around 1630hrs drive out of the park and drive back to your accommodation in Naivasha for dinner and overnight stay.

•    Main destination: Lake Naivasha
•    Accommodation: Lake Naivasha Sopa Resort
•    Meals & drinks: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner (Drinks not included) 

Day 5 : Lake Naivasha – Maasai Mara National Reserve (B / L / D)

Depart for Maasai Mara National Reserve travelling through the floor of the Great Rift Valley arriving in good time for lunch at the camp. Spend two nights here to explore, discover and experience the magic and 7th wonder of the world - “Maasai Mara Game Reserve’’ a spectacular watch of the immense “Big-Five” Lion, Rhino, Buffaloes, Cheetah and Elephant and wildebeest migration from Serengeti-park Tanzania into Maasai Mara-Kenya. The trees in the distance turn out to be giraffe’s family. The clump of bushes is a pride of lions. And the rock that moves may be a rhino lumbering out of your way. In any event, the sheer mass and spectacle of the animals surrounding you will provide endless opportunities to fill many an album of treasured memories. Dinner and overnight stay at the camp.

•    Main destination: Maasai Mara National Reserve
•    Accommodation: Ashnil Mara Camp
•    Meals & drinks: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner (Drinks not included)

Day 6 : Masai Mara National Reserve (B / L / D)

Optional Early Morning balloon safari ride (US$450.00 per person) across the Maasai Mara plain. Enjoy breakfast at the camp and a full day spent in the reserve with packed lunch. Continue in search of its popular residents like the well-known predators, particularly the superb black maned male lions and their opponents like the Zebra, Wildebeest, Giraffe and Hippo. Take full advantage of what the Mara has to offer like an optional Cultural visit to the local Maasai villages which can be arranged at an extra cost. The Maasai tribe is among the few tribes in Africa whose culture has lasted for years without changes and the locals are jointly living together and partially contribute to the protection of wildlife and defined cultural tours as well.

Birding can also be done throughout the year with the reserve having a record of over 570 species of birds, with more than 50 bird species of prey which include: Eagles, vultures, storks and many others.

The Mara is one of the most famous ecosystems in the world and with reason, this huge expansion is home to an astonishing variety of wildlife, difficult to believe, over 450 species of animals have been recorded here. It is in the Mara that perhaps the most spectacular event of the natural world takes place. 
Have a visit to the Mara River. In dramatic fashion, catch thousands of the great wildebeest, zebras, antelopes and elands, followed by gazelles as they cross over returning to their breeding grounds from Serengeti-Tanzania to Maasai Mara-Kenya between the months of July and October. Dinner and overnight stay at the camp.

•    Main destination: Maasai Mara National Reserve
•    Accommodation: Ashnil Mara Camp
•    Meals & drinks: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner (Drinks not included)

Day 7 : Maasai Mara National Reserve- Nairobi (B / L / -)

After breakfast, check-out driving to Nairobi arriving mid-day. Upon arrival you will go for lunch at a local restaurant in Nairobi. Later, drop off at the hotel for overnight stay.

Optional diner at a local restaurant in Nairobi.

•    Main destination: Nairobi
•    Accommodation: Fairmont the Norfolk Hotel
•    Meals & drinks: Breakfast &Lunch (Drinks not included)

Day 8 : Departure (B / - / -)

After breakfast and in respect to your flight timings, you will check-out and be transferred to the airport for your onward flight arrangements.

•     Main destination: departure
•    Accommodation: End of tour (no accommodation) 
•    Meals & drinks: Breakfast (Lunch, Dinner & Drinks not included)

End of the Tour