Main Info
This 6 days safari Starts From/Returns to Mombasa, Diani, Watamu, Bamburi & North Coast beach areas.For six days we’ll track Africa’s famous wildlife – everything from lion and leopard to rhino and flamingo. This medium-length safari will impress with its joyful variety of dramatic landscapes and wild animals.We’ll start out at the largest reserve of them all, Tsavo East National Park, a place of rugged plains and red-dust soil. All the large game is here including the big cats. For guaranteed sightings of elephants, we’ll travel next to Amboseli National Park under the shadow of majestic Mt. Kilimanjaro. This is a picture postcard of a park.
You’ll be entertained by the birdlife at Lake Nakuru National Park – it is varied, omnipresent and quite colorful – with pelicans, storks and flamingos, among many others gathered by the lake. Wrapping up our tour is the famous Masai Mara National Reserve, the king of Kenya’s parks. Home to the “Big Five”, it’s also the site of the Great Migration, the largest spectacle of animals on the planet.
Then, we’ll head to Nairobi where you’ll take an easy and scenic one-hour flight back to Mombasa and the coast. Should you have a special need, request or wish, do let us know so we can plan your safari exactly to your liking..
Tour Highlights:
Tsavo East National Park
- Herds of dust-red elephant wallowing, rolling or simply foraging
- The beautiful man made Aruba dam located on the north bank of the seasonal Voi River, is visited by thousands of animals and is a great game viewing destination.
Amboseli National park
- Mount Kilimanjaro, highest mountain in Africa
Lake Nakuru national park
- Safari is both by Flight & Road
- Lake Nakuru National Park
- Bird watching
- Rhino sanctuary
- The Great Rift valley escarpment – awesome scenery
Masai Mara game reserve
- Tree studded typical savannah terrain and a multitude of Wild animal species.
- Colorful Masai tribesmen
| Departure | Mombasa island, Mombasa port, Bamburi resorts, Galu resorts, Diani resorts, Nyali resorts, Shanzu resorts, Tiwi resorts |
| Departure Time | Please arrive by 05:00 AM |
| Return Time | Approximately 8:30 PM |
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Visual Itinerary
Meal Plan: Lunch, Dinner
The safari begins with a pickup at your beach hotel or at the Mombasa port. We’ll take the Mombasa – Nairobi Highway to Tsavo East.You’ll take in the sights of fields, homesteads and the people of Kenya on your journey to Tsavo East National Park. Entering the park, our game drives will begin as we scan the grasslands for lion, leopard, buffalo, elephant and rhino.
We’ll enjoy some big advantages in our game spotting as we head to the attractive Aruba Dam, a man-made structure that has created a vibrant reservoir. Great populations of the park’s wildlife come here for the life-sustaining water. Also, at the Kanderi marsh area, we’ll be looking for the pride of lions that reside near this green oasis. Other species such as elephants and giraffe seek nourishment here.
As we depart the reserve for nearby Tsavo West National Park, we’ll keep our eyes out for more big game and over 500 species of birds that fill the reserve. Soon we’ll come upon the massive savannah at Tsavo West, accented with volcanic remnants and lush green areas.We’ll head to the Ngulia Rhino Sanctuary and carefully explore the area, looking for the shy elusive rhino
We will spend one night in the park at your lodge or tented camp.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
We’ll be greeted by the vast, almost limitless horizon of Tsavo East, as we enter the park. This is a rugged place of sparse grassland, punctuated by active watering holes. We’ll be on our first game drive, looking for elephant, lion, buffalo and impala. Afterwards, we’ll freshen up at our accommodation and enjoy lunch amongst the vastness of the park.Then we’re off on another game drive, perhaps to the Aruba Dam, a favorite spot for nourishment for the park’s many thirsty inhabitants. Your expert driver/guide will point out the different species and will always be present for any questions or requests you
We will spend one night in the park at your lodge or tented camp.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
We’ve got a big journey today, so we’ll head out early to begin our scenic drive. You’ll have plenty of stops to admire the timeless drama of the Rift Valley escarpment with its awesome rises and deep gorges. Adding yet more facets to our road trip will be stops at the Rift Valley lakes of Naivasha and Elementaita with their active birdlife. Lake Nakuru Park is up next. It’s a versatile refuge with its avian life by the lake, large game inland and special sanctuary for black rhinos. Arriving here, we’ll take a drive around the alkaline lake looking for pelican, kingfisher, ostrich and flamingo brightening up its shore. And if we’re lucky, we may spot a rhino in the protected sanctuary.
We’ll settle in for the night here at your choice of accommodation.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
We’ll catch more of the park’s delightful animals and birdlife this morning before heading out on our drive to the Masai Mara Reserve.
We’ll arrive at the park around mid-afternoon with plenty of time for an introductory game drive. You’ll quickly see why this reserve is Kenya’s most popular and known throughout the world. There is a concentration of wildlife in the Mara that is found nowhere else. No other park surpasses its density of lions – so be on the lookout for the great felines.The park itself is a pleasing mix of golden savannah and rolling hills seemingly decorated with the unique acacia trees.
We’ll spend the first of two nights in the park at the accommodation of your choice.
This will be an active day of unlimited game drives throughout this world-famous park. The Mara is an exciting experience any time of the year with its bounty of wildlife. However, during the Great Migration from July to October, the reserve practically explodes with an invasion of millions of wildebeest and zebra pouring in over the Mara River, searching for ever fresher grasses on which to sustain themselves.
Part of this endless cycle of nature is the predators waiting for these hordes of grazers. At the Mara River, lion, leopard, cheetah, and crocodile complete this circle of life. If you’d like to witness this yearly influx of wildlife from above or just admire the beautiful landscape of the Mara, take an optional early morning hot air balloon ride over the park. You can also add to your experience of the park with an optional visit to one of the local Masai villages and get to meet these indigenous people. Your driver/guide can make all the arrangements.
Meal Plan: Breakfast
After a leisurely breakfast at your lodge/camp, your dedicated driver guide will assist you with the checkout process and proceed to Nairobi – Kenya’s colorful capital city. On the way, your guide will point out the Longonot extinct volcano which is a strato volcano located southeast of Lake Naivasha in the Great Rift Valley of Kenya. It is thought to have last erupted in the 1860s and its name is derived from the Maasai word Oloonong’ot, meaning “mountains of many spurs” or “steep ridges “. You can opt to drive via Naivasha for lunch/excursions at an extra cost or drive straight to Nairobi and pass by Kiambethu farm for the tea farm tour inclusive of a three-course buffet lunch (at an extra cost) OR drive straight back to the capital and later transfer to Jomo Kenyatta International airport for your back home.
