Overview

This comprehensive safari visits some of the country’s exceptional wildlife sanctuaries, including Amboseli, Ol Pejeta, Lake Nakuru, and the Masai Mara. It’s a journey that’s perfect for first-time Africa travelers, giving a wonderful overview of the varied landscapes this safari hotspot has to offer – each one packed with wildlife. Explore the wild, take lots of pictures against a backdrop of some of the most panoramic scenes on the planet, and dine on delightful cuisines under the stars. Enjoy amazing and unhurried game viewing while staying at varied and well-located hotels, lodges and tented camps throughout the country, with two nights spent at most sanctuaries and more in the world-famous Masai Mara, which promises to be an undoubted highlight of the trip. Earning its name from the Masai tribespeople and the iconic Mara River that divides it, this national reserve is famous for its exceptional population of game and the annual Great Migration of wildebeest. It promises to be the adventure of a lifetime!

Places you will visit

Nairobi
Amboseli National Park
Ol Pejeta
Great Valley Rift
Masai Mara National Reserve

Day 1: :

Nairobi

Arrive in Nairobi, JKIA where our Safari representative will meet you then take you to your base hotel in Nairobi by private vehicle. Here you’ll enjoy a ‘welcome’ safari briefing, with the rest of the day at leisure.

Day 2: :

Amboseli

After breakfast, you’ll set off in your 4×4 Safari vehicle towards Namanga with your safari guide. As soon as you enter Amboseli National Park, your game viewing will commence with a picnic lunch. After lunch, enjoy a leisurely afternoon game drive against the spectacular backdrop of Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest peak. You’ll return around sunset, with time to freshen up before dinner.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Day 3: :

Amboseli 

Set off on your early morning game drive; with luck, Mount Kilimanjaro’s snow-covered peak will be clearly visible. Return for a late breakfast at the base hotel, then take the rest of the morning to relax. After lunch, enjoy a late-afternoon game drive around the many lakes and springs fed by Kilimanjaro’s melting snows in search of Amboseli’s legendary elephant herds. If you accept an invitation to plant an acacia tree as part of the Amboseli Reforestation Project you’ll receive a commemorative certificate. Return to your base hotel for a memorable dinner under the stars.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Day 4: :

Ol Pejeta

Have an early breakfast at Amboseli before departing for Ol Pejeta Conservancy, a private wildlife sanctuary overlooking Mount Kenya that’s owned and managed by an international conservation organization. After lunch at a unique location, you will have a photo opportunity at the equator before arriving at Sweetwater’s Serena Camp. Dinner is served in the old farmhouse.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Day 5: :

Ol Pejeta 

Enjoy a day of game-viewing activities with your Wildlife Safari guide in Ol Pejeta, including visiting the only chimpanzee sanctuary in Kenya, where abandoned and rescued chimpanzees are rehabilitated. Optional activities include night game drives, escorted walking safaris and camel rides with the local naturalist. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner are at Sweetwater’s Serena Camp.

Meals: Breakfast & Lunch

Day 6: :

Great Rift Valley 

After breakfast at Sweetwater’s Serena Camp, depart for the Great Rift Valley and Lake Naivasha Simba Lodge. The shallow alkaline soda lakes of Lake Elementaita and Lake Nakuru are famous for their flamingo flocks, which gather to feed and breed along the lakeshore. Lunch and dinner are at Lake Naivasha Simba Lodge, with free time in between.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Day 7: :

Great Rift Valley 

After breakfast at Lake Naivasha Simba Lodge, visit nearby Lake Nakuru National Park, known for its flamingos and as a breeding sanctuary for both black and white rhino. Alternatively, travel further north to another Rift Valley lake, Bogoria, for some great bird watching. Enjoy a picnic lunch before returning to Lake Naivasha Simba Lodge for dinner.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Day 8: :

Masai Mara

After breakfast at Lake Naivasha Simba Lodge, drive along the Great Rift Valley floor and enter Masai Mara National Reserve, where you immediately begin game viewing, passing wildlife herds on the vast savannah plains. After lunch at Mara Serena Lodge, take a late afternoon game drive in the sanctuary, before dinner back at the lodge.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Day 9 - 10: :

Masai Mara

Enjoy two full days of exceptional game viewing in the Masai Mara, following herds of wildebeest, zebra, gazelle, eland, topi, impala and many other species. Lion, leopard, and cheetah are found here in greater concentrations than anywhere else in Africa. Your Safari guide can arrange an extended game drive, traveling deeper into the less frequented parts of the reserve. Breakfast and dinner are at Mara Serena Lodge, while lunch is taken picnic-style under a magnificent acacia tree.

Day 10 :

Depart 

After breakfast at Mara Serena Lodge, enjoy a final morning game drive en-route to the Isebania border for your Tanzania Safari extension, or back to Nairobi with dinner at any famous restaurant with a late transfer to JKIA for your outbound flight.