This safari visits Kenya’s first established game park - Amboseli with its majestic backdrop of Mt Kilimanjaro, the world famous Bird Sanctuaries of the Great Rift Valley Lake Nakuru, then South over the Mau Escarpment to Kenya’s greatest concentration of game - the Masai Mara. Kenya’s rift valley escarpments offer some of the most breath taking views.
Day 1 - Amboseli
We depart Nairobi in the morning and drive south through Masai country to the plains below Mt. Kilimanjaro where Amboseli is situated. After a stopover lunch at the lodge we proceed into the scenic Amboseli National Park for a game drive returning to the lodge in the evening for a sun downer.
With the majestic backdrop of Mt. Kilimanjaro, spectacular displays of wildlife - lion, elephant, leopard, rhino, cheetah, buffalo and various plains' game, postcard perfect pictures are almost always guaranteed.
Day 2 - Amboseli
After a dawn game drive, we return to the lodge for breakfast. The rest of the morning is spent at leisure or by the swimming pool. Lunch and final game drive in the late afternoon beneath the snow capped peak of Mt. Kilimanjaro. Dinner and overnight at the lodge.
The waters from Mt. Kilimanjaro drain under lava flows and surface in Amboseli, creating a green belt of swampland amidst dusty plains. At 329 sq km Amboseli is a small park and lacks the profusion of animal species found in the Mara, but the landscape provides limited cover so we have better chances of seeing some of the larger predators. Buffaloes, lions, gazelles, cheetahs, wildebeest, hyenas, jackals, warthogs, Masai Giraffes, zebra, baboon, and waterbuck are all present in the park.
Day 3 – Amboseli / Rift Valley / Lake Nakuru
After an early breakfast, we drive down the Escarpment to the floor of the Great Rift Valley, to Lake Nakuru National Park with lunch en route for an afternoon game drive.
The park covers 180 sq km and is home to warthogs, waterbuck, buffaloes, reedbucks, and the occasional leopard. White and black rhinos were introduced to the park some years ago and the park has also retained its reputation as an ornithologists’ delight with more than 400 species of bird found here. We spend the night at the lodge.
Day 4 – Masai Mara
We depart for the Masai Mara Game Reserve after an early breakfast. Lunch at the lodge and an afternoon game viewing in the reserve that borders the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania. We return from our game drive in time for a refreshing and relaxing sun downer with dinner at the lodge.
The Mara reserve is 1510 sq km of incredible wide-open landscapes and fertile riverine woodland. One glimpse is enough to explain its appeal; it is typical savannah, with a mass of amazing wildlife. Wherever you go in the Mara you will see a frequent amount of wildlife such as Masai giraffe, baboons, warthogs, bat eared foxes, grey jackals, spotted hyena, topis, impala, hartebeests, wildebeest. Elephants, buffaloes, zebras and hippos also exist in great numbers. It is also common to see lions either basking after a heavy meal, or surveying the plains for their next meal. Cheetahs and leopards are harder to spot but are still reasonably common.
Day 5 – Masai Mara
The following day will be spent here, enjoying the luxuries of the lodge, game viewing and absorbing the amazing sceneries. Dinner and overnight at the lodge.
The The ultimate action here is without doubt the annual wildebeest exodus in July and August when millions of these grass eaters move north from the Serengeti in search of lusher grass before turning south again in October.
Balloon trips are an entirely outstanding way of seeing the savannah plains and the wildlife after which you come back down for a beautiful champagne breakfast and these trips safari can be arranged at our office upon booking.
Day 6 - Nairobi
We drive back to Nairobi after breakfast arriving by afternoon with lunch en route.
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