10-Days Tsavo West, Tsavo East, Amboseli, Lake Nakuru & Masai Mara Superb Luxury Safari
This 10-day luxury safari explores Kenya’s top wildlife destinations, including Tsavo East, Tsavo West, Amboseli, Lake Nakuru, and the world-famous Masai Mara. Travelers enjoy diverse landscapes, from red-elephant country and volcanic plains to the shadow of Mount Kilimanjaro and the wildlife-rich Mara plains. The trip combines exceptional big-game viewing, luxury lodges located inside the parks, and unique experiences such as visiting baby elephants, feeding giraffes, and exploring Mzima Springs. With multiple full-day game drives, scenic environments, and high chances of witnessing the Great Migration, this safari delivers a premium “Out of Africa” experience.
Trip Highlights
- Visit Nairobi baby elephants and hand-feed giraffes
- Game drives in Tsavo East with red-dusted elephants
- Explore Mzima Springs with hippos, crocodiles, and lush oasis views
- Scenic views of Mount Kilimanjaro in Amboseli
- Spot large herds of elephants and diverse wildlife in Amboseli
- Birdwatching and rhino sightings at Lake Nakuru
- Multiple game drives in Masai Mara with Big 5 sightings
- Chance to witness the Great Wildebeest Migration
- Luxury lodges located inside or near major parks
- Optional boat ride and walking experience at Lake Naivasha
Itinerary
Upon arrival at the Jomo Kenyatta international airport Nairobi, You will be met and welcomed by our airport representative, followed by a short briefing about the trip just too double confirm the itinerary.
We will later follow by a transfer to your Nairobi Hotel {Share the Hotel with us}.
Freshen up and later set out for a visit to Nairobi baby elephants and Giraffe Centre.
Upon arrival at the Jomo Kenyatta international airport Nairobi, You will be met and welcomed by our airport representative, followed by a short briefing about the trip just too double confirm the itinerary.
We will later follow by a transfer to your Nairobi Hotel {Share the Hotel with us}.
Freshen up and later set out for a visit to Nairobi baby elephants and Giraffe Centre.
Excursion Highlights:
- Encounter baby elephants up close
- Optional Lunch at Carnivore Restaurant.
- Hand feed a giraffe
- Learn more about the animal conservation programs of Nairobi
- Mamba village visit and off back to the Hotel.
Full description:
Following early morning pick-up from your hotel in Nairobi, journey for approximately 45 minutes to an animal orphanage in a secluded area of Nairobi National Park.
Upon arrival, meet the orphaned baby elephants and other animals that are taken care of by a dedicated team of conservationists.
At 11:00, the baby animals are brought from the national park for a mud bath at the orphanage. Get up close to them and benefit from the chance to touch them.
You can even watch the handlers feed them during a 1-hour session (advance booking required). Then, listen to a talk about the elephants from the handlers.
Exit and head to Carnivore Restaurant for Lunch. Drinks are not included.
Later on, proceed to the Giraffe Centre in the Lang'ata suburb of Nairobi, and get up close to the animals.
Learn about the work of the sanctuary, and hand feed the giraffes from a raised observation platform. We will exit and visit the Mamba Village before the return journey to Nairobi Hotel at around 15:00.
Meal plan:Breakfast, lunch, dinner
6.00AM: Your driver/guide will pick up from your Nairobi area hotel, Nairobi airport or Nairobi area residence for the drive to Tsavo East National Park.
We’ll head out in your 4 x 4 Jeep on the Nairobi/Mombasa highway, stopping to stretch and get refreshments along the way.
We’ll enter the park at the southern entrance and take in the rugged landscape – this is where we should make our first animal sightings.
Look for giraffe, impala, and maybe some of the big cats, like lion or cheetah.
We’ll break for lunch, freshen up and journey out for more safari discoveries, perhaps some of the park’s red-dusted elephants.
On our afternoon game drive, you may see your first glorious African sunset in the wild. Not a bad way to finish up our first day on safari.
Tonight, we’ll stay in Tsavo East, at your choice of safari lodge or tented camp.
- Accommodation: Tsavo East Ashnil Aruba safari lodge (https://www.ashnilhotels.com/aruba/) - Luxury lodge located inside Tsavo East Np.
- Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included)
- Drinking water is also included in the package
Meal plan:Breakfast,lunch,dinner
We’re on safari time and that means we’re up before the sun, ready to catch its bright orange rays bursting upon the plains and the just awakening wildlife.
We’ll hop in our 4 x 4 for an early game drive and appreciate the new day all around us expectant with possibilities. Let’s see who we can add to our wildlife checklist!
Breakfast will be at our accommodation and then another game drive as we depart the park for the quick trip over to Tsavo West.
The colours of this park are different with green rolling hills and magnificent baobab trees. Tsavo West hosts all of Africa’s Big Five including rhinos.
We’ll look for these amazing but endangered creatures in the park’s protected rhino sanctuary.
We’ll spend our second safari night at Tsavo West at your choice of lodge or tented camp.
- Accommodation: Kilaguni Serena Safari Lodge { https://www.serenahotels.com/kilaguni} - Luxury lodge located inside Tsavo West Np.
- Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included)
- Drinking water is also included in the package
Meal plan:Breakfast,lunch,dinner
We’ll be up before the birds as we journey in our 4 x 4. It’s another new day on the savannah and a perfect time for photos in the morning’s soft light.
Tsavo West has lots of surprises and one of them is Mzima Springs, a lush oasis in the middle of this rugged terrain.
We’ll stop here and walk amongst the greenery of this verdant spring, fed by thousands of gallons of fresh, clear water.
There’s hippo, crocodile, fish and lots of birdlife in this unexpected habitat. Thirsty citizens of the reserve like elephant and zebra also frequent this spot for its life-giving waters.
Now it’s time for the relatively short drive to Amboseli Park, arriving late morning. Look for the tall summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro standing over the park.
We’ll have lunch, relax and head out for an afternoon safari. The game spotting is rich and active in Amboseli so we should soon see the park’s famous herds of elephants marching before Kilimanjaro. Have your camera ready.
At this time of day, the clouds often obscuring the mountain’s snowy peak may burn off revealing one of Africa’s most magnificent sights.
The Amboseli National Park has often been referred to as "The Home of Elephants” as some of the largest elephant herds is found here.
Amboseli also contains vast groups of zebras, wildebeests, giraffes, buffalos, hippos and antelope. Also found are lions, leopards, cheetahs, rhinos and many species of plain game.
- You will take part in morning and afternoon game drives and have your meals and overnight at Amboseli Serena Safari lodge { https://www.serenahotels.com/serenaamboseli/en/default.html}. Or Amboseli Ol Tukai Lodge { http://www.oltukailodge.com/} – Luxury lodge located in or near Amboseli NP
Meal Plan: {Lunch & Dinner}.
- Main Destination: Amboseli National Park
- Accommodation: Amboseli Serena Safari Lodge {https://www.serenahotels.com/serenaamboseli/en/default.html} - Luxury lodge located inside Amboseli NP or
- Ol Tukai Lodge { http://www.oltukailodge.com/} – Luxury lodge located in or near Amboseli NP
- All Meals & Drinking Water included (Other drinks not included)
Full day spent in the Amboseli national park with game drives. Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain in Africa and is snow-capped at the peak.
The majesty of this tropical mountain makes Amboseli an ideal photographer’s haven by offering a spectacular back ground for wildlife and scenic photography.
Herds of elephants inhabit this swampy park together with lions, cheetah, buffalo, warthog, rhino and different species of antelopes.
The park is also a home of interesting bird species. All meals and overnight at the lodge.
Meal Plan: {Lunch & Dinner}.
- Main Destination: Amboseli National Park
- Accommodation: Amboseli Serena Safari Lodge {https://www.serenahotels.com/serenaamboseli/en/default.html} - Luxury lodge located inside Amboseli NP or
- Ol Tukai Lodge { http://www.oltukailodge.com/} – Luxury lodge located in or near Amboseli NP
- All Meals & Drinking Water included (Other drinks not included)
Wake up to early morning breakfast as you enjoy a clear view of Mount Kilimanjaro to capture the warm sunrise over the roof of.
We later exit the park with game en-route and proceed to 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.
You will have lunch en route followed by a late afternoon game drive.
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)
- Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.
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 at Mara keekroko Lodge { https://sunafricahotels.com/st_hotel/keekorok-lodge/} or Mara Sarova Game Lodge (https://www.sarovahotels.com/maracamp-masai-mara/) — A supper Luxury Tented Lodge Located Right at the heart of the park for Dinner and overnight
Meal Plan: {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}.
- Main Destination: Masai Mara National Reserve
- Accommodation: Keekorok Lodge Mara keekroko Lodge {https://sunafricahotels.com/st_hotel/keekorok-lodge/} - Mid-range lodge located inside Masai Mara NR or
- Mara Sarova Game Lodge (https://www.sarovahotels.com/maracamp-masai-mara/) — A supper Luxury Tented Lodge Located Right at the heart of the park
- All Meals & 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 at Mara keekroko Lodge { https://sunafricahotels.com/st_hotel/keekorok-lodge/} or Mara Sarova Game Lodge (https://www.sarovahotels.com/maracamp-masai-mara/) — A supper Luxury Tented Lodge Located Right at the heart of the park for Dinner and overnight
Meal Plan: {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}.
- Main Destination: Masai Mara National Reserve
- Accommodation: Keekorok Lodge Mara keekroko Lodge {https://sunafricahotels.com/st_hotel/keekorok-lodge/} - Mid-range lodge located inside Masai Mara NR or
- Mara Sarova Game Lodge (https://www.sarovahotels.com/maracamp-masai-mara/) — A supper Luxury Tented Lodge Located Right at the heart of the park
- All Meals & 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 at Mara keekroko Lodge { https://sunafricahotels.com/st_hotel/keekorok-lodge/} or Mara Sarova Game Lodge (https://www.sarovahotels.com/maracamp-masai-mara/) — A supper Luxury Tented Lodge Located Right at the heart of the park for Dinner and overnight
Meal Plan: {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}.
- Main Destination: Masai Mara National Reserve
- Accommodation: Keekorok Lodge Mara keekroko Lodge {https://sunafricahotels.com/st_hotel/keekorok-lodge/} - Mid-range lodge located inside Masai Mara NR or
- Mara Sarova Game Lodge (https://www.sarovahotels.com/maracamp-masai-mara/) — A supper Luxury Tented Lodge Located Right at the heart of the park
- 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 sunrise 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
- Accommodation: No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks: Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included)- Drinks not included
Includes/Excludes
Cost Includes
- - Accommodation as outlined above.
- - All meals 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 guaranteed a window seat.
- - Your driver/guide speaks English and has in-depth knowledge of the flora, fauna, landscape, culture.
- - A 4x 4 Safari Land cruiser outfitted with two-way, long-range high-frequency radio communications equipment in Kenya.
- - Each safari Vehicle carries safari accessories including wildlife books, binocular for the guide, a first-aid kit, and a fire extinguisher.
- - Flying doctors (AMREF) insurance cover each client doing a safari with us just for emergencies
- - Park entrance fees and game drives as noted in the itinerary.
- - All government taxes, levies, 2 liters of bottled water during safari
- - Pick up from your beach hotel and drop off in Mombasa airport in good time for your outbound flight after the trip.
Cost Excludes
- - Domestic and international airfares and departures 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
