10 DAYS KENYA SAFARI IN TSAVO WEST, AMBOSELI, NAKURU, NAIVASHA & MASAI MARA

Package Overview

Day 1: Nairobi - Drive to Tsavo West National Park 

From the capital of Kenya, Nairobi, we travel southeast to Tsavo West National Park, located in the Coast Province of Kenya, the southeastern region of the country. Only about 160 km from the coastline, Tsavo is within easy reach of Mombasa and the tropical beaches of East Africa.

Arrive at the lodge/ camp in time for lunch and later depart for a game drive. Explore Chyulu Hills and Mima Springs, home to numerous hippos and crocodiles. At Mzima Springs we can view the hippos swimming beneath the surface of the water, from the underwater viewing chamber.

We have dinner and stay overnight at our camp/ lodge.

Day 2: Explore Tsavo West National Park

Today we spend the day on morning and afternoon game drives. Tsavo West together with its expansive Tsavo East neighbour form one of the largest national parks in the world. Tsavo West is known for its bird-life and large mammals, especially elephants and lions.

The park is also home to Lion, Buffalo, Rhino, Leopard and Leopard, making it a Big Five safari destination. Other wildlife species include the bush baby, Maasai giraffe, hippo and numerous antelopes, such as hartebeest, lesser kudu, oryx and klipspringer.

Tsavo West also hosts a wide variety of other wild animals, from cheetahs, hyenas and crocodiles to hippos, giraffes and Grevy's zebra, along with species typical of northern Kenya, including Gerenuk and Somali ostrich. Over 500 bird species have been recorded in Tsavo East, including black kite, crowned crane, hornbill, lovebird, and sacred ibis.

We have dinner and stay overnight at our camp/ lodge.

Day 3: Tsavo West - Drive to Amboseli National Park 

In the morning we embark on a game drive in Tsavo Park before driving to Amboseli National Park, located to the northwest of Tsavo West, near the southern Kenyan border with Tanzania. Look out for the game en route to our safari camp set inside Amboseli Park.

We arrive in Amboseli in time for lunch and relax before going for a late afternoon game drive to explore the Amboseli. Amboseli Game Park covers 392km' and is Kenya's second most popular park, after the world-famous Masai Mara.

Amboseli is best known for its breathtaking scenery, with towering Mt. Kilimanjaro to the south. This natural setting provides superb photographic opportunities, especially for capturing large bull elephants up close, with the mountain in the background.

We have dinner and stay overnight at our camp/ lodge.

Day 4: Explore Amboseli National Park

We spend the day exploring Amboseli Park in the morning and afternoon on game drives. Amboseli covers lush grasslands fed by the melting snow of Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest peak. Standing at 5896m above sea level the snow-topped mountain forms the backdrop to game viewing in Amboseli.

Amboseli National Park hosts some of Kenya's largest elephant herds and is famous for its big elephant bulls with their impressive tusks. Amboseli is considered one of the top game parks in Africa to get up close to elephants in the wild, as well as offering some of the finest photographic opportunities of wildlife flanked by the scenic Mt Kilimanjaro.

The Game Park also contains huge populations of buffalo, zebra, wildebeest, giraffe, hippos and various antelope species, such as impala. Amboseli Park is also home to lions, leopards, cheetahs, jackals, warthogs and various other wildlife. The park also boasts an abundance of birds, including bee-eaters, kingfishers, pelicans, African fish eagles and falcons.

We have dinner and stay overnight at our camp/ lodge.

Day 5: Amboseli - Drive to Lake Naivasha 

After breakfast, we head back towards Nairobi where you will take your lunch at the famous Carnivore, an open-air restaurant which features an all-you-can-eat meat buffet. Continue driving through the stunning scenery of Kenya's Great Rift Valley to Lake Naivasha.

Lake Naivasha is a serene freshwater lake home to exceptional numbers of water birds with over 400 species recorded, as well as hippos and other animals. Activities at Lake Naivasha include a boat ride to the Crescent Island Game Sanctuary on the eastern shores of the Lake which is home to giraffes, zebra, impala and many interesting water birds.

We have dinner and stay overnight at our camp/ lodge.

Day 6: Lake Naivasha - Drive to Lake Nakuru rational Park (Day Trip)

Early morning depart by road to Lake Nakuru National Park for a full-day safari game drive. Lake Nakuru ecosystem provides for about 56 different species of mammals Rhino, Rock Hyrax, Colobus monkey, hippo, leopard, lion, black and white rhinos, water buck, stripped hyena, the golden cat, Thomson's and Grant gazelle, Rothschild Giraffe. The park is also an ornithological paradise with over 450 bird species. Bird watching includes Grey-capped Warbler, Spectacled Weaver, Brimstone Canary, Red-billed Firefinch, and 350 other species.

Later return back to Naivasha. We have dinner and stay overnight at our camp/ lodge.

Day 7: Lake Naivasha - Drive to Masai Mara

Game Reserve

After a leisurely breakfast, depart overland to the Masai Mara Game Reserve-jewel of Kenya's Game Park. Kenya's Masai Mara is considered one of the best game-viewing destinations in the world and arguably East Africa's top safari destination.

Masai Mara is home to a wide variety of wildlife species including an array of predators and plains game. The reserve is known for its sizeable big cat populations, hosting plenty of lions, leopards and cheetahs. The Big Five (lion, leopard, rhino, elephant and buffalo) are commonly seen on game drives in this 1510 km? wilderness area.

We arrive in the Masai Mara in time for lunch then later proceed for a game drive. On our game drive through Masai Mara National Reserve, we may see all of Africa's Big Five, along with many other species of animals and birds.

We have dinner and stay overnight at our camp/ lodge.

Day 8 & 9: Explore Masai Mara Game Reserve

The next two days are spent on early morning and afternoon game drives. The Masai Mara Reserve is best known for the annual Wildebeest Migration, also called the Great Migration. This wildlife spectacle sees massive herds of over a million wildebeest, zebra and Thomson's gazelle stampede across the open plains between the Serengeti National Park in northern Tanzania and Masai Mara in southwestern Kenya. These huge herds of herbivores are usually seen on the move between July and October when they search for fresh grazing.

The masses of grazers attract an abundance of Africa's predators that are frequently spotted making dramatic kills during the Great Migration. After game viewing in the classical African safari setting of Masai Mara, we have the chance to stop in it one of the nearby Maasai Manyattas - traditional settlements where the Masai Tribes still live in their customary way.

We have dinner and stay overnight at our camp/ lodge.

Day 10: Masai Mara - Drive to Nairobi

Breakfast and one last look at the Mara before we head back to Nairobi by road. We check into our hotel and enjoy a few hours of relaxation by the pool or perhaps revisit a favourite shop or two. After dinner, we proceed to the airport knowing that this has been a journey to remember for the rest of our lives.