6 Days, 5 Nights - AMboseli National Park, Lake Naivasha, Lake Nakuru & Masai Mara National Reserve
SEE THE BEST OF KENYA IN 6 DAYS
Six days gives us plenty of time to really experience these very popular parks and all the wildlife wonders they hold. Amboseli and Masai Mara are known for their great numbers of large and small game offering lots of sightings in these two busy reserves. At Lake Naivasha and nearby parks, you’ll have the fun of sailing, walking, and bicycling safaris to get near the animals. This medium-length safari will have you exploring five wonderful destinations and all the natural wildlife that are waiting for your discovery.
SAFARI ITINERARY
Day 1 – Nairobi – Amboseli National Park (250 KM – App 3.5 – 4 hrs)
Meal Plan: Lunch, Dinner
Your driver/guide will pick you up from your Nairobi area hotel, Nairobi airport or Nairobi area residence. We’ll head out for Amboseli National Park on the Nairobi – Mombasa Highway
Our journey begins travelling over the African savannah with its local farms. You may spot Masai herdsmen in their colourful wraps tending their cattle.
We’ll enjoy lunch at our Amboseli accommodation, with time to freshen up and relax.
As promised, the imposing form of Mt. Kilimanjaro dominates the scenery of this small park, where wildlife are often spotted through the sparse scrub.
The afternoon will see us on game drives, and we’re sure to see, Amboseli’s famous elephants marching to or from a favourite watering hole.
OVERNIGHT – We’ll spend the night at a safari lodge or tented camp of your choice.
Choose from Budget, economy, comfort, or luxury accommodations, depending on your budget, style, and taste.
Amboseli National Park – Lake Naivasha Attractions: (340km – Approx. 6hrs)
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.
We’ll be up early for a final game drive and bid farewell to our many elephant friends as we leave the park and journey through the Great Rift Valley. Seeing this exciting landscape with its dramatic escarpment will inspire us to stop and enjoy the views.
We should arrive at freshwater Lake Naivasha in time for lunch.
Then it’s time for a bicycle safari (or hiking if you prefer) to nearby Hell’s Gate National Park to explore its imposing cliffs and canyons. We’ll be biking (or hiking) past the park’s impala, eland, gazelle, and buffalo.
OVERNIGHT – We’ll spend the night at a safari lodge or tented camp of your choice.
Choose from economy, comfort, or luxury accommodations, depending on your budget, style, and taste.
Lake Naivasha – Lake Nakuru: (80km – Approx. 1 hr)
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.
We’ll be up early for a final game drive and bid farewell to our many elephant friends as we leave the park and journey through the Great Rift Valley. Seeing this exciting landscape with its dramatic escarpment will inspire us to stop and enjoy the views.
We should arrive at freshwater Lake Naivasha in time for lunch.
Then it’s time for a bicycle safari (or hiking if you prefer) to nearby Hell’s Gate National Park to explore its imposing cliffs and canyons. We’ll be biking (or hiking) past the park’s impala, eland, gazelle, and buffalo.
OVERNIGHT – We’ll spend the night at a safari lodge or tented camp of your choice.
Choose from economy, comfort, or luxury accommodations, depending on your budget, style, and taste.
DAY 4 – LAKE NAKURU – MASAI MARA (300 km – Approx. 6 hrs.)
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.
Let’s rise for an early boat safari across Lake Naivasha, with the morning sun breaking upon the lake as we float by awakening hippos and exotic birds. This is Africa at its most serene.
We’ll follow that with a pleasant sojourn, a guided walking safari to Crescent Island Game Sanctuary – a jewel of a reserve that quietly shows off rich flocks of birds and grazing animals such as waterbuck, zebra, and gazelle.
How lucky to find ourselves in such a heavenly sanctuary!
And now we’re off to the Masai Mara National Reserve, the most popular park in the country. You’ll soon see why.
Your first views of the park will be of its rolling, open spaces, delightful acacia trees and perhaps some early wildlife sightings.
The Mara is known to possess the greatest concentration of wildlife in the region. So, let’s start looking for those Big Five, plus giraffe, zebra, ostrich, and so many others.
OVERNIGHT – We’ll spend the night at a safari lodge or tented camp of your choice.
Choose from economy, comfort, or luxury accommodations, depending on your budget, style, and taste.
DAY 5 – FULL DAY AT THE MASAI MARA
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.
Your day will be filled with unlimited game drives and we’ll begin early, traversing these golden savannahs in search of the large game like lion, leopard, cheetah, and the smaller hyena and jackal.
Sightings are common in this park so you’re sure to be active and engaged throughout our drives.
If you’re here from July through October, you’ll witness a stunning influx of wildlife into the park during the Great Migration – the season when gazelle, wildebeest, and zebra flood into the park over the Mara River in a timeless cycle of birth, death and renewal.
We’ll take a picnic lunch by the Mara River where we may see hippo and also crocodile awaiting the influx of wildlife.
We have provided still more optional activities for you in the park. We can arrange for a visit to the local Maasai people, to see their village and learn about their culture and lifestyle. This would be a good opportunity to pick up some of their colourful beaded handiwork.
Ever safari in a hot air balloon? We offer a pre-dawn adventure, sailing over the park, watching the wildlife darting about the plains below. You’ll not soon forget this unique adventure. Your
Our final night at the Masai Mara will be at the safari lodge or tented camp of your choice.driver/guide will be happy to make all the arrangements.
OVERNIGHT – We’ll spend the night at a safari lodge or tented camp of your choice.
Choose from economy, comfort, or luxury accommodations, depending on your budget, style, and taste.
DAY 6 – MASAI MARA – NAIROBI (265 KMS – 6 HRS)
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch.
After our final safari breakfast, we’ll enjoy our drive as we head back to Nairobi.
We should arrive at about 16:00 hrs. (4:00 pm).
We will bring you to your Nairobi hotel, residence or the airport.
From elephants and Mt. Kilimanjaro to sailing and biking safaris to the great wash of wildlife at the Masai Mara, this has been a very full African safari.
We hope you took lots of pictures and collected a rich treasure of memories to revisit and share
DROP-OFF – We should arrive back in Nairobi toward the early evening and will bring you to your hotel, residence, or the airport
On behalf of the entire team at Homeland Adventures Kenya, a big thanks for letting us host your safari. Hope to see you soon!
TOUR HIGHLIGHTS
- 1 night Amboseli National park
– Views of snow-capped Mt. Kilimanjaro – highest peak in Africa
– Observation Hill – view marshes with herds of elephants, buffalo, hippo & many waterfowl such as pelicans and Egyptian goose
– Possible lion, cheetah and hyena sightings
-Experience local villages and culture - 1 night Lake Naivasha
– Discovery boat safari – view wildlife on the shore
– Glide by hippos
– Walking safari on Crescent Island amongst the giraffes, zebras & more
– Extensive bird species - 1 night Lake Nakuru National Park
– Rhino sanctuary – guaranteed viewings of black and white rhinos
– View the magnificent expanse of the Great Rift Valley
– Rothchild’s giraffes
– Flamingos and other birdlife - 2 nights Masai Mara Game Reserve
– Iconic world-famous game park – unlimited game viewing drives
– The Big Five
– Immense herds of wildlife
– Unforgettable savannah vistas
– Maasai people and culture
- Masai village visit at Masai Mara-arrange with your tour guide/driver ($ 20 per person to Masai village chief) – Optional
- Hot air balloon flight option =$ 420 per person – Optional
SAFARI COST IS DETERMINED BY SEASON, NUMBER OF PERSONS & ACCOMODATION OPTION
- Tour in our Standard Customized Pop-top roofed Safari Vehicle.
- Services of an experienced driver/ guide
- Stay in your preffered accommodation choice
- Game viewing drives
- Park entrance fees
- All meals on safari
- Bottled drinking water in safari vehicle.
- Pick up/drop off at Nairobi hotel or residence.
- Government taxes and local levies
- International flights.
- Airport Transfers (Unless mentioned otherwise).
- Government imposed increase of Taxes and or Park Fees.
- Personal Items (Souvenirs, Travel Insurance, Visa Fees, etc.)
- Any activities not mentioned in the itinerary.
- Bottled & Soft Drinks.
- Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour (Unless mentioned otherwise).
Tips and Gratuities.