9 Days Maasai Mara, Nakuru, Naivasha, Amboseli & Tsavo East

Maasai Mara, Nakuru, Naivasha, Amboseli, Tsavo East, Kenya
Starting from
$2,150 / person

Overview

A complete Kenya circuit covering the Great Rift Valley's greatest hits — Maasai Mara, Lake Nakuru's famous flamingos, Naivasha and Hell's Gate, Amboseli with Mount Kilimanjaro views, and Tsavo East with its dust-red elephants and Yatta Plateau.

Itinerary

Day 1:Nairobi to Maasai Mara National Reserve
The representative of Kenya bush expedition’s tours and travels will be ready to pick you from the Airport or Hotel to join the group and later depart for the Maasai Mara Game Reserve, via the view-point of the Great Rift Valley and Narok town for lunch. On arrival proceed for afternoon game drives, tracking various animal species and birds with your driver/guide. 
Dinner and overnight at the Lenchada tented camp
Main Destination: Masai Mara National Reserve 
Accommodation: 
Lenchada tented camp
⦁    Budget tented camp located just outside Maasai Mara Meals & Drinks: 
⦁    Lunch & dinner (Breakfast not included)
⦁    Drinks not included
 

Day 2: Maasai Mara National park
After breakfast proceed on a full day of game viewing within the reserve. The landscape here is scenic savannah grassland on rolling hills. The reserve is the best park for game in Kenya as it has an extensive road and track network which allows for close range viewing and photography. Break for your picnic lunch at the hippo pool, looking out for hippos and crocodile after game drive you will be taken to maasai village you dance with maasai people and interact with them. Dinner and overnight at the lenchada tented camp
Main Destination: Masai Mara National Reserve 
Accommodation: Lenchada tented camp

Meals & Drinks: 
⦁    All meals included
⦁    Drinks not included

Day 3: Maasai Mara to Nakuru
Early morning pre-breakfast game drive. After breakfast, depart the Mara region for Nakuru, lunch enroute, with scenic views of Mt. Longmont, Lake Naivasha, and Lake Elementaita from afar on the main highway. You will arrive in Nakuru town in the evening. Dinner and overnight are at a budget hotel.
Main Destination: Lake Nakuru National Park
Accommodation: 
Buraha Zenoni Hotel or Equivalent 

Budget hotel located outside Lake Nakuru NP 


Meals & Drinks: 
⦁    All meals included
⦁    Drinks not included
 

Day 4: After breakfast you will proceed on a game drive in Lake Nakuru Park, known for its prolific bird-life including flamingos. The park contains a sanctuary for the conservation of the white rhino while species like Cape Buffalo and Water buck can be seen near the shoreline–enjoy a hot lunch and drive to Naivasha
Dinner and overnight at a budget hotel.
Main Destination: Lake Nakuru National Park 
Accommodation: 
Chambai hotel Naivasha or equivalent 
Meals & Drinks: 
⦁    All meals included
⦁    Drinks not included

Day 5: Hells gate National park then Amboseli park
After breakfast have a nature walk in the Hell’s Gate National Park. You may hire bicycles to cycle in this only. There are over 100 species of birds in the park, including vultures, Verreaux's Eagles, Augur Buzzard, and Swifts. African Buffalo, Zebra, Eland, Hartebeest, Thomson's gazelle, and Baboons are also common. The park is also home to Klipspringer Antelope and Chanler's Mountain Reedbuck the park has attractions like the Olkaria and Hobley's, two extinct volcanoes and the obsidian forms from the cool molten lava. Within Hell's Gate is the Hells Gate Gorge, lined with red cliffs which contains two volcanic plugs later Drive to Amboseli national park. Dinner and overnight at the campsite.
Main Destination: 
Hell's Gate National Park 
Accommodation: 
Nyati Tented Camp
⦁    Budget tented camp located just outside Hell's Gate NP 
Meals & Drinks: 
⦁    All meals included
⦁    Drinks not included

Day 6: Amboseli national park
A day of game drives in this park which contains swamp grounds in which elephants and hippos bathe in abundance. A variety of plains game, antelopes and birds can also be seen and Mt. Kilimanjaro’s peak too if weather conditions permit. We will cater for a picnic lunches return to overnight at the campsite.
Main Destination: 
Amboseli National Park 
Accommodation: 
Nyati Tented Camp
⦁    Budget tented camp located just outside Amboseli NP 
Meals & Drinks: 
⦁    All meals included
⦁    Drinks not included

Day 7: Amboseli to Tsavo east
Enjoy your breakfast and check out. Proceed to Tsavo east national park. Enjoy hot lunch on the way. Arrival at your lodge, check inn. Later enjoy afternoon game drives till 6pm. 
Dinner and overnight stay.
Main Destination: 
Tsavo East National Park 
Accommodation: 
Boma Simba Lodge 
Mid range Lodge

Day 8: 

Enjoy early morning breakfast, proceed for early morning game drives while the animals are active. The sight of dust-red elephant wallowing, rolling and spraying each other with the midnight blue waters of palm-shaded Galana River is one of the most evocative images in Africa. This, along with the 300 kilometer long Yatta Plateau, the longest lava flow in the world, make for an adventure unlike any other in the Tsavo East. The park forms the largest protected area in Kenya and is home to most of the larger mammals, vast herds of dust –red elephant, Rhino, buffalo, lion, leopard, pods of hippo, crocodile, waterbucks, lesser Kudu, gerenuk and the prolific bird life features 500 recorded species. Later return for dinner and overnight stay.

Boma Simba Lodge 
⦁    Mid-range lodge located in Tsavo East NP 

Meals & Drinks: 
⦁    All meals included
⦁    Drinks not included

Day 9: Tsavo East to Mombasa or Diani 
Depart after breakfast and drive to Mombasa via morning game drives. Enjoy your hot lunch on the way. Later, drop off at your beach resort or international airport. Then tour can end either in Nairobi or Mombasa.
Meals & Drinks: 
⦁    Breakfas 
⦁    Drinks not included
located just outside Amboseli NP 
Meals & Drinks: 
⦁    All meals included
⦁    Drinks not included

What's Included & Excluded

Included
  • Self-contained accommodation
  • All meals as per itinerary
  • Transport in luxurious 4x4 safari jeep
  • Park entrance fees
  • Game drives
  • English-speaking driver/guide
  • Mineral water
Excluded
  • Tips to driver and hotel staff
  • Drinks of leisure
  • Hot air ballooning ($450 pp)
  • Maasai village visits ($25 pp)
  • High-season park surcharge (Jul–Dec): $200 pp
Price per person
$2,150 / adult
$1,505 / child