6-Day Kenya Safari Tours (from Nairobi): Amboseli National Park, Lake Naivasha Area Attractions & Masai Mara Game Reserve

Amboseli National Park – full day

Meal Plan:  Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Early morning is a very special time for a game drive. You’ll see the park come alive with the first stirrings of wildlife as the gentle early light plays upon the trees and plains.

We’ll have breakfast and then we’re off in our 4 x 4 on another drive looking for lion, cheetah and smaller game like hyena, fox, baboon, and monkey.

Amboseli enjoys a rich palette of birdlife as well – crake, egret, heron, falcon, and eagle have all been spotted at the park’s marshes and lakes.

We can also spot wildlife from the lookout vantage of Observation Hill where we may see buffalo, hippo, pelican and still more avian life below.

As evening approaches, look to Mt. Kilimanjaro as its snowy peak may appear through the breaking clouds.

We’ll spend your final night at Amboseli at your safari lodge or tented camp.

Amboseli – Lake Naivasha (340 km: Approx. 6 hrs)

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.

We’ll be up early for a final game drive and bid farewell to our many elephant friends as we leave the park and journey through the Great Rift Valley. Seeing this exciting landscape with its dramatic escarpment will inspire us to stop and enjoy the views.

We should arrive at freshwater Lake Naivasha in time for lunch.

Then it’s time for a bicycle safari (or hiking if you prefer) to nearby Hell’s Gate National Park to explore its imposing cliffs and canyons. We’ll be biking (or hiking) past the park’s impala, eland, gazelle, and buffalo.

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We’ll spend the night at the Lake Naivasha safari lodge or tented camp of your choice.

Lake Naivasha – Masai Mara (240Km – Approx. 5 hours)

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.

Let’s rise for an early boat safari across Lake Naivasha, with the morning sun breaking upon the lake as we float by awakening hippos and exotic birds. This is Africa at its most serene.

We’ll follow that with a pleasant sojourn, a guided walking safari to Crescent Island Game Sanctuary – a jewel of a reserve that quietly shows off rich flocks of birds and grazing animals such as waterbuck, zebra, and gazelle.

How lucky to find ourselves in such a heavenly sanctuary!

And now we’re off to the Masai Mara National Reserve, the most popular park in the country. You’ll soon see why.

Your first views of the park will be of its rolling, open spaces, delightful acacia trees and perhaps some early wildlife sightings.

The Mara is known to possess the greatest concentration of wildlife in the region. So, let’s start looking for those Big Five, plus giraffe, zebra, ostrich, and so many others.

We’ll spend the next two nights at the Masai Mara at your safari lodge or tented camp.

Full Day at the Masai Mara

Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.

Your day will be filled with unlimited game drives and we’ll begin early in our 4 x 4, traversing these golden savannahs in search of the large game like lion, leopard, cheetah, and the smaller hyena and jackal.

Sightings are common in this park so you’re sure to be active and engaged throughout our drives.

If you’re here from July through October, you’ll witness a stunning influx of wildlife into the park during the Great Migration – the season when gazelle, wildebeest, and zebra flood into the park over the Mara River in a timeless cycle of birth, death and renewal.

We’ll take a picnic lunch by the Mara River where we may see hippo and also crocodile awaiting the influx of wildlife.

We have provided still more optional activities for you in the park. We can arrange for a visit to the local Maasai people, to see their village and learn about their culture and lifestyle. This would be a good opportunity to pick up some of their colourful beaded handiwork.

Ever safari in a hot air balloon? We offer a pre-dawn adventure, sailing over the park, watching the wildlife darting about the plains below. You’ll not soon forget this unique adventure. Your driver/guide will be happy to make all the arrangements.

Our final night at the Masai Mara will be at the safari lodge or tented camp of your choice.

MASAI MARA – NAIROBI (265 km – Approx. 5 hrs)

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.

We will bring you to your Nairobi hotel, residence or the airport.

From elephants and Mt. Kilimanjaro to sailing and biking safaris to the great wash of wildlife at the Masai Mara, this has been a very full African safari. We hope you took lots of pictures and collected a rich treasure of memories to revisit and share.

We, at Natural World Kenya Safaris are grateful for the trust you have placed in us and we thank you for letting us show you so much of Africa.