Your Kenya Wildlife Safari begins with a morning pickup from your hotel or the airport. After a brief safari orientation from your professional guide, you will depart Nairobi and travel towards the famous Masai Mara National Reserve. Along the way, make a stop at the Great Rift Valley Viewpoint, where you can admire sweeping views across one of Kenya’s most dramatic landscapes.
Continue through Narok Town before proceeding towards the Masai Mara. Upon arrival, you will have lunch and settle into your accommodation. Later in the afternoon, head out for your first game drive across the Mara’s open grasslands. This introductory drive provides an opportunity to begin spotting the reserve’s remarkable wildlife, including elephants, giraffes, lions, cheetahs, zebras, and wildebeest.
As the afternoon progresses, your guide will navigate different areas of the reserve in search of wildlife activity. The changing light of the setting sun adds a beautiful atmosphere to the savannah and creates excellent opportunities for photography. After the game drive, return to camp for dinner and an overnight stay.
Main Destination:
Masai Mara National Reserve
Begin your second day with an optional hot-air balloon safari, available by prior arrangement at an additional cost. This early-morning experience offers a unique perspective of the Mara’s expansive plains before returning to camp for the day’s activities.
Your main Kenya Wildlife Safari experience today is a full-day exploration of the Masai Mara. The reserve is renowned for its abundant wildlife and is particularly famous for its large populations of big cats. During the game drive, look out for lions, cheetahs, elephants, buffaloes, zebras, wildebeest, warthogs, and numerous antelope species.
Carry a picnic lunch and spend much of the day exploring different sections of the reserve. Your guide will follow wildlife movements and choose suitable areas for game viewing. You may also visit the Mara River, an important habitat for hippos and crocodiles and a well-known location associated with the seasonal wildebeest migration from the Serengeti ecosystem.
As the day comes to an end, return to the camp for dinner and relaxation. If you wish to learn more about the local Maasai culture, an optional Maasai village visit can be arranged at an additional cost.
Main Destination:
Masai Mara National Reserve
Accommodation:
Simba + Oryx Nature Camp
Enjoy an early breakfast before setting out for a final morning game drive in the Masai Mara. The early hours are a wonderful time for wildlife viewing, as predators may still be active while the rising sun illuminates the golden savannah. Keep watch for lions, cheetahs, elephants, giraffes, zebras, and other wildlife before leaving the reserve.
Your Kenya Wildlife Safari then continues towards Lake Nakuru National Park, one of Kenya’s well-known birding and rhino-viewing destinations. The park features diverse habitats surrounding the alkaline Lake Nakuru and supports a variety of mammals and bird species.
You will arrive later in the day, with time for a short game drive if conditions and timing permit. Explore the park in search of wildlife such as giraffes, buffaloes, zebras, hippos, and both white and black rhinos. Lake Nakuru is also associated with flamingo sightings, although their numbers and distribution can vary depending on water conditions and other environmental factors.
After your game-viewing activities, proceed to your lodge for dinner and a relaxing evening.
Main Destination:
Lake Nakuru National Park
Start the day with an extended game drive in Lake Nakuru National Park. The park’s lake and surrounding habitats attract a wide variety of birdlife, while the surrounding grasslands and wooded areas provide opportunities to spot mammals. From elevated viewpoints, you may see wildlife such as lions, rhinos, waterbucks, reedbucks, warthogs, and buffaloes.
After exploring Lake Nakuru, leave the park and continue to Lake Naivasha, a scenic freshwater lake in Kenya’s Great Rift Valley. The lake is surrounded by lush vegetation and supports a diverse range of wildlife. Giraffes can often be seen around acacia trees, buffaloes frequent the wetlands, and monkeys inhabit the surrounding woodland. Hippos are also associated with the lake and can commonly be seen resting in shallow water during the day.
An optional afternoon boat safari can be arranged at an additional cost. A boat ride provides an opportunity to observe hippos and waterbirds while enjoying the peaceful scenery of the freshwater lake. Depending on available time, you may also proceed to Hell’s Gate National Park for additional sightseeing and wildlife activities.
Later, return to your accommodation for dinner and an overnight stay.
Main Destination:
Lake Naivasha, Naivasha
Accommodation:
Lake Naivasha Resort
After breakfast, depart Lake Naivasha early in the morning and travel south towards Amboseli National Park. The journey takes you through changing landscapes and communities before arriving in the Amboseli region. Lunch will be enjoyed en route.
Later, begin an afternoon game drive in Amboseli National Park. The park is particularly renowned for its large elephant herds and spectacular views of Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest mountain. When weather conditions are clear, the mountain provides an impressive backdrop to the surrounding plains and wildlife.
During your game drive, keep an eye out for elephants, giraffes, buffaloes, zebras, wildebeest, and other wildlife. Amboseli’s combination of open plains, wetlands, and views of Kilimanjaro makes it a distinctive destination within your Kenya Wildlife Safari.
As the afternoon comes to an end, return to your lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.
Main Destination:
Amboseli National Park
After breakfast, head into Amboseli National Park for a full day of wildlife viewing. The park offers spectacular scenery, expansive savannahs, seasonal wetlands, and opportunities to see large herds of elephants against the backdrop of Mount Kilimanjaro.
During the game drives, look for elephants moving across the plains, buffaloes gathering around wetland areas, giraffes feeding among the trees, and zebras and wildebeest grazing across the open landscape. With patience and the guidance of your professional driver-guide, you may also encounter lions, warthogs, and other species.
A picnic lunch will be enjoyed during the day’s exploration, allowing you to spend more time in the park before continuing with your game drive. As afternoon progresses, the changing light can create beautiful views across the Amboseli landscape. When clouds clear around Mount Kilimanjaro, the snow-capped summit may become visible above the plains.
Amboseli is especially well known for elephant viewing, making today an important highlight of your Kenya Wildlife Safari. After the day’s activities, return to Sentrim Amboseli Lodge for dinner and your final night in the safari circuit.
Main Destination:
Amboseli National Park
Accommodation:
Sentrim Amboseli Lodge
Wake up early for your final game drive in Amboseli National Park. The early morning provides another opportunity to observe wildlife while the temperatures are cooler and the landscape is illuminated by soft morning light. Weather permitting, you may also enjoy one last view of Mount Kilimanjaro.
After the game drive, return to the lodge for breakfast before checking out. You will then begin your road transfer back to Nairobi, marking the end of your Kenya Wildlife Safari.
Upon arrival in Nairobi, you will be transferred to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport for your onward flight or dropped off at your Nairobi hotel, depending on your travel arrangements.
Main Destination:
Nairobi City
Accommodation:
No accommodation