6 Days, 4 National Parks, Nairobi to Kenya Beach Tour by 4×4 Land Cruiser jeep
Nairobi – Masai Mara Game Reserve – Lake Nakuru National Park – Amboseli National Park – Tsavo West National Park – Kenya Beach

Full Day – Masai Mara

Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner. 

The concentration of large animals here is superb, perhaps unrivaled anywhere. This is Kenya’s most popular park, and as you explore the rolling plains here with its population of the famous “Big Five” wildlife, you’ll soon see why.

Should you be here during the Great Migration (July – October), you’ll be treated to what’s considered the largest movement of wildlife on the planet. Millions of wildebeest, zebra and gazelle cross over the Mara River and into the reserve in a massive display of foraging and survival.

We’ll visit the river to take in this awesome spectacle, see the hippos there, and the crocodiles waiting to meet those invading hordes. We may also see other predators present for the hunt like lions, leopards and cheetahs.

If you’d like to witness this amazing phenomenon from above, we recommend taking the optional early morning balloon safari. You’ll drift over the plains to view rivers of wildlife wending onto the horizon – an unforgettable sight.

We also offer an optional visit to meet the local Maasai people, see their village and learn first-hand about their lives. Just ask your guide about either of these excursions.

Overnight at your Masai Mara safari lodge/ Tented camp

Masai Mara – Lake Nakuru (290 km – Approx. 6-7 Hrs)

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

We’ll depart early for Lake Nakuru, but we’ll have plenty of time to stop, stretch and enjoy scenic vistas along the way.

Lake Nakuru is a stunning park – you may view a few flamingos lining the lake. Please note that due to some progressive natural factors , the flamingo numbers have been reducing  but the park itself remains  stunning – one of Kenya’s finest. Great rocky escarpments tower over acacia forest, waterfalls, wooded hills and euphorbia trees dot the lake.

The few quantity of  flamingos is accompanied by other birdlife – pelicans, cormorants, kingfishers, ostriches, storks as well as herons and eagles. The scene here is bountiful, busy and full of color.

Then waterfalls, acacia forest and looming rocky escarpments overseeing it all. This is a wonderful place for wildlife watching but also to relax.

You’ll find rare Rothschild’s giraffe, zebra, hippo, waterbuck, hyena, monkey and baboon. But let’s get back to the flamingos – there are possibly as many as a million of the fuchsia birds filling the alkaline lake, feeding off its vast blooms of algae. This is only one of a few places in the world you can see this carpet of blazing pink birdlife.

And still more to come – we’ll visit the rhino sanctuary, home to one of Kenya’s largest populations of endangered black and white rhino. And, time permitting, a game drive in the park’s woodlands may get us a view of the infamous African rock python, perhaps hanging from a tree!

Lake Nakuru – Amboseli: (410 km – Approx.7-8 Hrs)

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.

Now we’re headed toward east Kenya and Amboseli Park. Again, we’ll break up the trip with stops to eat and to view the Great Rift Valley.

Let the largest mountain in Africa be your guide to Amboseli Park. You’ll see the massive scale of Mt. Kilimanjaro as it stands over the park. Indeed, Kilimanjaro is an ever-present feature here. This is the “Land of the Giants” – both the mountain and the unending train of great, ivory-tusked elephants that parade through this park.

We’ll visit Observation Hill, an excellent spot for viewing the park and the wildlife below, especially at the springs and marshes where we’ll see the always present elephant, plus buffalo, hippo, pelican and other birdlife.

We’ll spend the night here and take a final game drive before we depart for Tsavo West.

Amboseli – Tsavo West: (100 km – Approx. 2 Hrs.)

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner. 

It’s a fairly short drive to Tsavo West, so we can begin our exploration of the park with plenty of light and plenty of energy. Tsavo is a park with unexpected features – tucked amongst the sprawling savannah are lava beds from recent volcanoes, wild baobab trees and lush, sparkling oases.

Like at the Masai Mara, you can find the “Big Five” patrolling the plains here. The male lions at Tsavo are unique in that they have no manes. This park too has plenty of elephants along with rhino, Maasai giraffe, bushbaby and hartebeest.

We’ll also visit the life-giving waters at Mzima Springs, and the abundant wildlife attracted to its shores – gazelle, zebra, monkey, hippo and lurking further below, exotic fish and crocodile.

This is our last safari evening. Tomorrow we’ll take a final game drive, but the park viewing isn’t over yet

Overnight shall be at your Tsavo west safari  lodge or tented camp.