An eight-day safari with time to settle in. You start with two nights in Amboseli, spend a night at Lake Naivasha, then have four nights in the Maasai Mara.
On the last day we add a game drive in Nairobi National Park before your evening flight.
Duration: 8 days / 7 nights
Route: Nairobi, Amboseli, Lake Naivasha, Maasai Mara, Nairobi National Park
Price: on request, quoted for your dates, group size and lodges.
We collect you from your hotel or the airport and drive to Amboseli for lunch. The afternoon game drive looks for elephants, lions, cheetahs, zebras and giraffes below Kilimanjaro.
Stay: Sentrim Amboseli or Amboseli Sopa Lodge
Meals: Lunch, dinner
An early drive in the best light, breakfast and a rest at the lodge, then out again in the afternoon. The swamps draw elephants, hippos and buffaloes, and birdlife is plentiful.
Stay: Sentrim Amboseli or Amboseli Sopa Lodge
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Drive north to Lake Naivasha, a freshwater lake at about 1,900 metres. In the afternoon, a boat trip among hippos and water birds, then a walking safari on Crescent Island.
Stay: Lake Naivasha Simba Lodge
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Drive to the Maasai Mara, arriving for lunch. The afternoon game drive is your first chance to look for the Big Five on the savannah.
Stay: Talek Bush Camp, Sentrim Mara or Enkorok Camp
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Three full days in the Mara, with morning and afternoon drives or full days with a picnic lunch. From July to October the migration herds may be crossing the Mara River.
Optional extras include a sunrise balloon flight with champagne breakfast or a Maasai village visit.
Stay: Talek Bush Camp or Sentrim Mara
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Drive back to Nairobi for lunch at the Carnivore restaurant, then an afternoon game drive in Nairobi National Park. In the evening we transfer you to the airport.
Meals: Breakfast, lunch
Lodges and timings are a guide. We confirm availability and can swap camps or adjust the pace to suit you.
Treat this itinerary as a starting point. Tell us your dates, interests and budget and we will adjust the route, lodges and pace, then send a free quote with no obligation.
