You will be picked up from the airport or your hotel and driven to Amboseli National Park, passing through the Athi Plains, which were once home to free-roaming Burchell’s zebras, Masai giraffes, and smaller herbivores. Due to human encroachment, wildlife is now mostly found within game parks. You’ll arrive at your camp or lodge in time for lunch, followed by an afternoon game drive in the park at the base of Africa’s highest peak, Mount Kilimanjaro (19,340 ft).

In the late afternoon, you may witness a lion or cheetah making a kill, offering excellent photography opportunities with Mount Kilimanjaro as a stunning backdrop. You will then proceed to Lake Amboseli, a wide salt pan with permanent swamps teeming with wildlife, including a high concentration of elephants, rhinos, buffalos, Burchell’s zebras, elands, Masai giraffes, and various antelope species such as common waterbucks, klipspringers, Grant’s gazelles, impalas, and topis. Later in the evening, return to your camp or lodge for dinner and overnight stay.

Main Destination: Amboseli National Park | Activity: Afternoon game drive

Accommodation & Meals: Kimana Camp / AA Lodge / Amboseli Sopa Lodge / Amboseli Serena Safari Lodge / Oltukai Lodge or similar

Meal Plan: Lunch and Dinner | Drinks: Not Included | Drinking Water: Included

After breakfast, drive to Lake Nakuru National Park, arriving in time for lunch followed by an afternoon game drive. Enjoy the sight of pelicans bathing in the freshwater streams that flow into Lake Nakuru. The park is renowned for its diverse birdlife, including the Egyptian goose and various ducks that migrate from Europe for the winter, making it a paradise for bird watchers. It is also a sanctuary for the white rhino and other wildlife.

Lake Nakuru is one of Kenya’s premier national parks, featuring rocky escarpments, acacia forests, and at least one waterfall, making it stunning year-round. The park is home to black and white rhinos, lions, leopards, hippos, and the endangered Rothschild giraffe. In 2014, rising water levels caused the park’s famous flamingos to relocate, though some had returned by the time of this writing, leaving the lake eerily surrounded by drowned trees. Return to the hotel for dinner and overnight stay.

Main Destination: Lake Nakuru National Park | Activity: Afternoon game drive

Accommodation: Lake Nakuru Lodge, Sarova Lion Hill Game Lodge, Lake Nakuru Sopa Lodge, The Cliff, Mbweha Safari Camp, or similar.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner (Drinks not included, drinking water included).

After breakfast, check out and drive to the Masai Mara via Narok town, traveling through the plains to arrive at your camp/lodge in time for lunch. An afternoon game drive will follow. The Masai Mara National Reserve, one of Africa’s premier tourist destinations, is located in the Great Rift Valley, characterized by open savannah grasslands. Wildlife is especially concentrated on the reserve’s western escarpment. The Masai Mara is renowned as Kenya’s prime wildlife viewing area, notably for the annual wildebeest migration involving over 1.5 million animals, typically arriving in July and departing around October.

The reserve boasts approximately 95 species of mammals, amphibians, and reptiles, and over 400 bird species have been recorded. The abundance of wildlife in the Masai Mara is unparalleled in Africa, ensuring visitors often spot the Big Five: buffaloes, elephants, leopards, lions, and rhinos. In the evening, return to the camp/lodge for dinner and overnight stay.

Main Destination: Masai Mara National Reserve
Activity: Afternoon game drive

Accommodation & Meals: Manyatta Camp, Enkorok Camp, Mara Sopa Lodge, Mara Serena Safari Lodge, PrideInn Mara Camp, Julia’s River Camp, Kilima Camp, Keekorok Lodge, Ilkeliani Lodge, Governor’s Camp, Mahali Mzuri Camp, Kempinski Olare Mara, or similar.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner (Drinks not included, Drinking water included)

After breakfast, spend the entire day in the Masai Mara Game Reserve, enjoying game viewing with a picnic lunch. The Masai Mara is renowned for its stunning scenery and abundant wildlife, offering a glimpse of the natural world as it was a century ago. This area, part of the Northern Serengeti Ecosystem, hosts the great wildebeest migration from July to October, where the savannah is teeming with animals. The sounds of grunts and territorial fights are common, adding to the vibrant atmosphere. The Masai Mara is recognized as one of the world’s premier wildlife destinations, providing an excellent opportunity to see the Big 5, cheetahs, servals, hyenas, bat-eared foxes, jackals, hippos, crocodiles, baboons, warthogs, and various species of antelope, zebras, and more.

An optional afternoon visit to a Masai village can be arranged before returning to the camp or lodge for dinner and overnight.

Main Destination: Masai Mara National Reserve | Activity: Full day game drive

Accommodation & Meals: Manyatta Camp, Enkorok Camp, Mara Sopa Lodge, Mara Serena Safari Lodge, Prideinn Mara Camp, Julia’s River Camp, Kilima Camp, Keekorok Lodge, Ilkeliani Lodge, Governor’s Camp, Mahali Mzuri Camp, Kempinski Olare Mara, or similar.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner | Drinks: Not Included | Drinking Water: Included