Day 1: Nairobi – Drive to Amboseli National Park (233kms- 4hrs 30 mins drive)
Rise early to enjoy a delicious breakfast at your hotel and then depart by road to Amboseli National Park. There you will experience your first ‘Bush eyes’ game drive en-route to your lodge. The Park shelters more than 420 species of birds and has enormous Elephant population and other big game attracted to the area by underground springs fed from the melting snows of Mount Kilimanjaro. Lunch is served at the lodge, before departing for an afternoon game drive. Return to the lodge and enjoy a delicious dinner.
Accommodation Options
Luxury Accommodation: Sand River Maasai Mara, Spirit of the Maasai Mara, Mara Engai Wilderness Lodge
Midrange Accommodation: Mara Sopa Lodge, Sentrim Mara, Mara Serena Safari Lodge, Ashnil Mara Camp
Budget Accommodation: Oldarpoi Mara Camp, Rhino Camp
Overnight at MaraSopa lodge or similar
Meal Plan {Lunch & Dinner}
Day 2: Discover Amboseli
This morning we rise early and take a tea or coffee before setting off for a game drive. On a clear morning, it is possible to get a good view of the snow-capped Mount Kilimanjaro before clouds build up over the summit. Amboseli is an excellent place to view a multitude of wildlife, including everything from Wildebeest to Giraffes to Baboons. A visit to a Maasai village is planned after breakfast. Midday finds us at our lodge for lunch and afternoon rest, followed by another ‘Bush Eyes’games drive. Amboseli is home to the legendary Maasai tribesmen. Maasai warriors are famous and are proud nomadic tribe whose legendary prowess in battle and single-handed acts of bravery in fights with the wild animals are known across the world.
Meal Plan {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}
Day 3: Amboseli –Nakuru National Park (385kms – 7hrs drive)
Depart in the morning and drive to the floor of the Rift Valley –to Lake Nakuru National Park making a brief stop at Nyahururu Thomson Falls. Arrive at Lake Nakuru Lodge or Sarova Lion Hill in time for lunch. In the afternoon, proceed on a game drive. The Lake is famous for flamingos as well as over 400 other species of birds. In addition, many species of game can be found in the Park including the introduced Rothschild’s giraffe, black and White Rhino, Waterbuck, Reed buck, Lion, Buffalo, Leopard, Baboon and many species of plains game.
Accommodation Options
Luxury Accommodation: Lake Nakuru Lodge, Sarova Lion Hill Game Lodge, Mbweha Camp
Midrange Accommodation: Sarova Woodlands, Ziwa Bush Lodge
Budget Accommodation: Eagle Palace Hotel, Hillcourt Resort & Spa
Meal Plan {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}
Day 4: Lake Nakuru – Drive to Maasai Mara Game Reserve (350kms- 7hrs drive)
Enjoy an early breakfast, check out of the hotel and proceed on a ‘Bush Eyes’ drive en– route to Maasai Mara. Enjoy a pleasant drive across the dramatic Great Rift Valley and enjoy the view of the picturesque SuswaHills and the beautiful landscape bringing you to Narok Township a Maasai business centre. After a short stop over continue to Maasai Mara Game Reserve. This enormous Reserve is actually part of the vast Serengeti plains is famously known for its spectacular great wildebeest migration and is home to the big Five -Lion, Elephant, Rhino, Cape Buffalo and Leopard. You will then embark on a game drive and enjoy the beautiful Mara plains that are well endowed with wildlife and beautiful savannah grasslands.
Accommodation Options
Luxury Accommodation:Sand River Maasai Mara, Spirit of the Maasai Mara, Mara Engai Wilderness Lodge
Midrange Accommodation: Mara Sopa Lodge, Sentrim Mara, Mara Serena Safari Lodge, Ashnil Mara Camp
Budget Accommodation: Oldarpoi Mara Camp, Rhino Camp
Meal Plan {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}
Day 5 & Day 6: Explore Maasai Mara National Reserve
We spend the next two days in the Maasai Mara – one of the greatest wildernesses of the world on morning and afternoon game drives. Large mammals are varied, abundant and easy to see. Residents among the Park’s Mammals are; Maasai Giraffe, Eland, Tope and thousands of plain Game including Impala, Zebra, both Thomson and Grant’s Gazelles. Optional Hot Air Balloon rides and a trip to Lake Victoria for fishing are available at an additional cost while in the Mara.
Meal Plan {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}
Day 7: Maasai Mara – Nairobi (303kms- 6hrs 30mins)
Today you have an early morning game drive followed by a sumptuous breakfast then depart by road to Nairobi arriving in early afternoon.
