6 Day Amboseli, Lakes & Masai Mara Safari - Kenya Adventure Tour
Discover the magic of an African bush safari in three of Kenya's best loved National Parks - Amboseli, Lake Nakuru and the Masai Mara.
Brief Itinerary
Days 1 & 2: Amboseli National Park Day 3: Lake Nakuru National Park Days 4 & 5: Masai Mara National Reserve Day 6: NairobiTour Highlights
- Amboseli National Park
- Lake Nakuru National Park
- Masai Mara National Reserve
Detailed Itinerary
Days 1 & 2: Nairobi to Amboseli National Park (Bx1 / Lx2 / Dx2)
This morning we leave the city behind and head south towards the Tanzanian border, travelling through Masailand to our camp in Amboseli National Park. We may well see our first wildlife as we enter the park but the following day is when we focus on game - viewing, driving out in the early morning and late afternoon to search for wildlife when it is usually at its most active. The park contains herds of grazing animals, as well as lion, cheetah, hyena and elephant. Watching these mighty giants crossing the plains under a wide, blue, African sky with Kilimanjaro towering above is a timeless image you're unlikely to ever forget. Indeed Amboseli's best views often are to the south towards the snow-capped Mt Kilimanjaro standing just across the border in Tanzania. At night we sleep under canvas, listening to the sounds of the African bush.
Day 3: Lake Nakuru National Park (B / L / D)
Today we take a final morning game drive in Amboseli before, backtracking slightly on our first day we head into the Rift Valley to Lake Nakuru National Park. We have a variety of scenery along the way, scrubland, plains, rift valley escarpment, is memorable. Lake Nakuru is most well known for its birdlife but is also an important sanctuary for rhino, including the endangered black rhino, and the endangered Rothschild giraffe as well as buffalo, antelope and predators such as leopard and lion. But the lake itself dominates the park and is renowned for the huge variety of birdlife, especially flamingos which are attracted by the algae-rich alkali waters. At times the birds gather in such numbers that they form a rippling pink fringe to the lake shore.
Days 4 & 5: Masai Mara National Reserve (Bx2 / Lx2 / Dx2)
After a night at Nakuru we drive across the Rift Valley to Kenya's best known park, the Masai Mara National Reserve. Home to the Masai people, whose traditional way of life, vibrant dress, elaborate jewellery and elegant manner are distinct features. Our camp is located just outside the Reserve (there are no fences, wildlife can wander around and through if it wishes!) under sheltering and shady bush. The Reserve itself with its undulating plains, riverine woodlands and distant open horizons, is the northern extension of the Serengeti plains (to the south in neighbouring Tanzania) has good stocks of most the major mammals and a wide variety of birdlife. We hope to see lion, cheetah, elephant, perhaps rhino and the elusive leopard, giraffe and most of the grazing 'plains game' (zebra, wildebeest, antelope). If you are travelling between July and September you may be lucky enough to see the annual 'migration' of the grazing animals which track north at that time from the Serengeti in search of fresh new grass following the April - June rains.
Day 5: Nairobi (B / L)
Our last morning, we leave rural Masailand behind and return to the Kenyan capital arriving in Nairobi, mid/late afternoon, where arrangements end.
