8-Days Amboseli, Lake Nakuru & Masai Mara Superb Luxury Safari
This 8-day luxury safari explores Kenya’s top wildlife destinations—Amboseli, Lake Nakuru, and the Masai Mara. Travelers enjoy iconic views of Mount Kilimanjaro, world-class game viewing, and premium lodges located inside the parks. The safari offers exceptional chances to witness the Big Five, flamingos, and the Great Wildebeest Migration. It combines scenic landscapes, abundant wildlife, cultural experiences, and high-end comfort throughout the journey.
Trip Highlights
- Close encounter with baby elephants
- Hand feeding giraffes
- Visit to Mamba Village
- Scenic views of Mount Kilimanjaro
- Morning and afternoon game drives
- Excellent elephant sightings in Amboseli
- Flamingo and rhino viewing at Lake Nakuru
- High chance of witnessing the Great Wildebeest Migration
- Full-day game drives in Masai Mara
- Optional Maasai village cultural visit
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 Meridian Hotel or any of similar.
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: Lunch, Dinner
Depart Nairobi in the morning after being picked up from your airport or hotel en route to Amboseli National Park, which sits at the foot of the Africa’s highest mountain – the snowcapped Mt. Kilimanjaro.
The drive takes you through the scenic Nairobi Mombasa Highway to arrive at Amboseli National Park by 11:00 hrs with game drive to your Serena Hotel, located right inside the park.
Spend the rest of the day exploring the photogenic Amboseli National Park. This is one of the most popular wildlife sanctuaries in Kenya.
Situated close to the Kenya - Tanzania border, Amobseli lies at the foot of Mt. Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa (5,896m), whose snow-capped summit presents a splendid view on clear days.
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
