6-Days Best Kenya Safari Tour – Discover Amboseli, Naivasha, Nakuru & Masai Mara NR Tour
This 6-day Kenya safari explores four premier national parks and reserves: Amboseli, Lake Naivasha (Hell’s Gate), Lake Nakuru, and Masai Mara. Travelers will experience game drives, walking safaris, boat rides, and birdwatching, all while staying in luxury lodges and tented camps. The itinerary features diverse wildlife encounters, including the Big Five, large elephant herds, flamingos, and other iconic African species. Scenic views of Mount Kilimanjaro and the Great Rift Valley enhance the journey, offering a full safari adventure in comfort and style.
Trip Highlights
- Game drives in Amboseli with elephant herds and Mount Kilimanjaro views
- Walking safari on Crescent Island in Lake Naivasha
- Boat safari on Lake Naivasha observing hippos and birdlife
- Optional biking or hiking in Hell’s Gate National Park
- Flamingo and birdwatching at Lake Nakuru
- Big Five wildlife viewing in Masai Mara
- Optional visit to a Masai village to experience local culture
- Full-day game drives in Masai Mara and Amboseli
- Luxury lodge and tented camp accommodation
- Airport pickup and drop-off included
Itinerary
This trip starts with a pick up from the airport or from your Nairobi Giraffe Manor lodge by 09: 00 Hours after breakfast, we depart by road and drive through the scenic Athi Plains and into the bush country of Amboseli National Park.
The park is home to the legendary Masai tribesmen and famous for huge herds of Elephant. 1200 Hours: We will be arriving at a good time for lunch, later followed by relaxation sessions, swim, and enjoy the camps/lodge grounds.
1500 Hours: We have our afternoon tea/ coffee/ hot chocolate before setting out on the afternoon game drive till dusk.
Amboseli National Park is home to wild animals, which include the African elephant, buffalo, impala, lion, cheetah, hyena, giraffes, zebra, and wildebeest among other African animals.
The park also hosts a good number of birds. Your guide who is also a professional birder will help you identify a good number of birding species.
1830 Hours: Return to Amboseli Ol-tukai Luxury Safari lodge for dinner and overnight.
Meal Plan: {Lunch & Dinner}.
- Main Destination: Amboseli National Park
- Accommodation: Ol Tukai Lodge { http://www.oltukailodge.com/} – Luxury lodge located inside Amboseli NP
- Meals & Drinks: All meals included
- Drinking water Included (Other drinks not included)
Wake up for a clear view of Mount Kilimanjaro to capture the warm sunrise over the roof of Africa as you also enjoy your last day game drive in Amboseli National Park.
Drive back to the lodge for breakfast and later exit the park with game en-route and proceed to the Lake Naivasha at the floors of the Great Rift Valley.
Along the way, we make a brief stopover at the Rift Valley viewpoint for a Majestic Mt. Longonot and the breath-taking view of the Rift Valley.
Arrive at Lake Naivasha in time for lunch followed by an optional afternoon boat trip where you view exotic birdlife and hippos amid the serenity of this freshwater rift valley lake.
The boat ride takes you to Crescent Island where you will enjoy a guided walking safari mingling freely with the Animals.
Dinner and overnight back to the lodge.
- Main Destination: Lake Naivasha Hells Gate National Park.
- Accommodation: Lake Naivasha Country Club { https://sunafricahotels.com/lake-naivasha-country-club} – Mid-range hotel located in or near Lake Naivasha
- Meals & Drinks: All meals included
- Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Morning breakfast at the lodge, later exits to discover Lake Naivasha’s hidden treasure in Hells gate National park. We shall have an option of exploring the park on a game drive or choose to hire bikes and cycle in the Hell’s gate national park where you explore on foot/hike this canyon as you spot small games.
Later a short 1-hour drive will take us to the Lake Nakuru national park. Birdlife abounds with flamingoes seen in their thousands together with pelicans and other bird species.
The lake Nakuru national park is home to the black and white rhino species, warthogs, lions, zebras, giraffes, and many more. Kindly note that we may choose to visit Lake Bogoria instead if you are keener on flamingo viewing)
From a distance, this soda lake appears ringed in pink thanks to the thousands of flamingos and over 400 other species of birds that call it home.
Check in to the lodge, have lunch, catch a short rest followed by an afternoon game drive exploring the wildlife rich National Park.
Lake Nakuru has also earned a reputation as an important haven for endangered species – particularly the Rothschild Giraffe and the black and white rhinos, Lions, water bucks, buffalo and baboons are also residents here.
Your dinner and overnight stay will be at the Lake Nakuru Sarova lion Hill Lodge { https://www.sarovahotels.com/lionhill-nakuru/} or similar
- Main Destination: Lake Nakuru National Park
- Accommodation: Sarova Lion Hill Game Lodge { https://www.sarovahotels.com/lionhill-nakuru/} – Luxury lodge located inside Lake Nakuru NP
- All Meals & Drinking: Water included (Other drinks not included)
After breakfast, you will participate in a game drive before departing for Maasai Mara, the land of vast migrating animals. You will arrive in time for lunch before embarking on an afternoon game drive.
Your dinner and overnight will be at Mara Julia’s Luxury Safari Camp { http://www.juliasrivercamp.com/} for Dinner and overnight
Meal Plan: {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}.
- Meal Plan: {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}.
- Main Destination: Masai Mara National Reserve
- Accommodation: Keekorok Lodge { https://sunafricahotels.com/st_hotel/keekorok-lodge/} – Mid-range lodge located inside Masai Mara NR
- Meals & Drinks: All meals included
- Drinking water Included (Other drinks not included)
You will spend a full day in Maasai Mara in search of the “Big 5.” The Mara offers an abundance of wildlife, including over 450 species of animals.
You will easily see lions, rhinos, hippos, crocodiles, giraffe, wildebeests, zebras, buffalo, warthogs, hyenas, jackals, wild dogs, buffalo, leopards, elephants and many kinds of antelopes.
It is in the Mara that perhaps the most spectacular event of the natural world takes place: the annual migration of millions of wildebeest and zebra from the Serengeti (in Tanzania) in search of water and pasture.
Following on their heels are the predators of the savanna – lions, cheetahs, wild dogs, jackals, hyenas and vultures.
Your dinner and overnight will be at Mara keekroko Lodge { https://sunafricahotels.com/st_hotel/keekorok-lodge/} for Dinner and overnight
Meal Plan: {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}.
- Main Destination: Masai Mara National Reserve
- Accommodation: Keekorok Lodge/ Mara Julia’s Luxury Tented Camp – Mid-range lodge located inside Masai Mara NR
- Main Destination: Masai Mara National Reserve
- All Meals & Drinking Water included (Other drinks not included)
This will be our final day in Masai Mara game reserve. The day kicks off with an early morning game drive to catch the sun rise as you also get to bid bye to the hunting predators this morning.
Get back to the camp for full breakfast, later exit the camp, and drive to Nairobi with an optional Masai Village visit to study their culture and way of life.
Lunch will be served en-route to arrive in Nairobi by late afternoon where safari ends with airport drop off for your outbound flight departure.
- Main Destination: Nairobi (City)
- Accommodation: No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks:All meals included
- Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
End of tour:
- Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.
- You'll be dropped off at the airport.
Accommodation & Prices:
| Trip Summery | Mid-Range/Economic Tented Camp 3 *** | Mid-Range Tented Camp 4 **** | Luxury 5***** |
| D1&2: Nairobi – Amboseli | Amboseli AA Lodge | Amboseli Kibo | Amboseli Serena/Ol Tukai Lodge |
| D3: Amboseli – Lake Nakuru | Lake Nakuru Lodge | Lake Nakuru Sopa Lodge | Nakuru Sarova Lion Hill |
| D4&5: Lake Nakuru – Masai mara | Enkorok Luxury tented camp | Mara Sopa Lodge/ Mara Leisure / Mara Sekenani Camp/ | Mara Sarova Game Lodge/ Mara Keekorok |
| D6: Masai Mara - Nairobi | N/A | N/A | N/A |
6-Days Best Kenya Safari Tour – Discover Amboseli, Naivasha, Nakuru & Masai Mara NR Tour Prices:
| Tour Prices | Mid-Range/Economic Tented Camp 3 *** | Mid-Range Tented Camp 4 **** | Luxury 5***** |
| 4x4 Safari Van of Pop Roof | $1281 (USD) Pp | $1662 (USD) Pp | $1670 (USD) Pp |
| 4x4 Safari Land cruiser of Pop up Roof | $1551 (USD) | $1932 (USD) | $1940(USD) |
Includes/Excludes
Cost Includes
- - Accommodation as outlined above.
- - All meals are noted in the itinerary.
- - Each day generally includes Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner buffets consisting of both western and local dishes.
- - Transportation in standard game viewing safari vehicles complete with a pop-up roof for easy viewing and photography.
- - Every passenger is guaranteed a window seat.
- - Your driver/guide speaks English and has in-depth knowledge of the flora, fauna, landscape, and culture.
- - A 4x 4 Safari Van of pop-up roof outfitted with two-way, long-range high-frequency radio communications equipment in Kenya.
- - Each safari Vehicle carries safari accessories including wildlife books, binoculars for the guide, a first-aid kit, and a fire extinguisher.
- - Flying doctors (AMREF) insurance covers each client doing a safari with us just for emergencies
- - Park entrance fees and game drive as noted in the itinerary.
- - All government taxes, levies, 2 liters of bottled water during safari
- - Pick up from the airport/your hotel and drop off back to the hotel or airport in good time for your outbound flight after the trip.
Cost Excludes
- - Domestic and international airfares and departure taxes.
- - Personal communications charges for telephone calls, faxes, email, etc.
- - Tips and gratuities for your driver/guide.
- - Alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages.
- - Laundry services.
- - Between meal snacks, parks, attractions, and events not included in your itinerary
