While on a Kenya safari masai mara expect the best of what an African safari can ever offer. Kenya has one of the world’s highest concentrations of wild game in its game parks guarantying some of the best wild safari sceneries for example Africa’s big 5, Africa’s ugly 5, unique experiences for example hot air balloon tours, horse riding tours and so on.
Arrival and departure: Nairobi- / Mombasa
Day 1- arrival and transfer to Nairobi city
Day 2- Nairobi park game drives
Day 3- Lake Nakuru, flamingos and birding
Day 4- Masai Mara wildebeest migration
Day 5- Masai Mara to Amboseli
Day 6- Amboseli mount Kilimanjaro sceneries and African elephants
Day 7- Amboseli to Diani
Day 8- Diani resorts white sand beaches
Day 9- Diani and Shimba hills national reserve
Day 10- departure at Nairobi/ Mombasa
Detailed Kenya safari masai mara itinerary
On arrival, you will be picked up by our guide from the airport and head to your booked accommodation in the heart of Nairobi city where you will have a tour around the city’s metropolitan area, administrative structures, nature parks, museums, historical monuments, hotels and restaurants, handmade art and craft shops, lounges, market places and engaging with various local people in Nairobi. A chance too to taste local foods and cuisines like mchomo and other street foods. Later in the evening, a nightlife in the lounges and clubs in Nairobi will be waiting for you along with various cocktails and beverages on your Kenya safari masai mara.
Accommodation: Radisson blu hotel (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast | lunch| Dinner
The second day on your Kenya safari masai mara will get you heading out through Nairobi city to Nairobi national park which is just 7km outside the city. Similarly like other game parks, there are numerous bird and mammal species such as lions, leopards, giraffes, hippos, ostriches, rhinos, hartebeests, waterbucks, hyenas, buffaloes, kobs, reptiles among others. This park will give you a unique scenery of the existing interdependency of nature and its wild with modernity. The later afternoon hours will get heading out of the park to lake Nakuru national park.
Accommodation: Argyle grand hotel (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast | lunch| Dinner
Lake Nakuru which one of the world’s highest bird concentrated areas with more than a million flamingos, pelicans, storks, geese, ducks among others residing at this shallow lake is a no miss on a Kenya safari masai mara. Its the shallowness of lake Nakuru easily exposes algae which acts as food to the lesser and greater flamingos and other water birds thus making it a favorite place for them to stay. Along the birds are mammals for example Africa’s big 5, kobs, water bucks, antelopes, giraffes, baboons, monkeys, reptiles among others. Towards evening time, you will drive out of Nakuru getting closer to the masai mara.
Accommodation: Lake Nakuru lodge (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast | lunch| Dinner
Masai mara reserve offers different safari experiences on a Kenya safari masai mara trip for example air balloon safaris, game drives, horse riding safaris and walking safaris with the masai people. This park is a vast green grassland anchored by woodland, swamps, forest species, acacia and the mara river that have maintained an effective eco-system that is a habitat to huge number of wild game. High concentration of wild game in this park will give non-stop action packed safari drives all throughout of Africa’s big 5 game; lions, leopards, cheetahs, elephants, buffaloes, and also with rhinos, kobs, hyenas, hartebeests, wildebeests, zebras, giraffes, waterbucks, reptiles, warthogs, monkeys, baboons, crocodiles, hippos, wild dogs, ostriches and numerous bird species all over the park.
Accommodation: Mara river lodge (or a similar lodge)
Meals: Breakfast | Lunch| Dinner
Amboseli national park which is found at the feet of mountain Kilimanjaro and also at the border of Kenya and Tanzania; known for its large elephant herds and also referred to as home of the African elephant. The park will guarantee you the best sights of Africa’s highest snowcapped peak and tallest free standing mountain- Kilimanjaro. Vast green plains also harbor giraffes, zebras, leopards, buffaloes, waterbucks, warthogs, kobs, lions, rhinos and numerous bird species make a Kenya wildlife safari trip worth the visit Towards the end of the second day in the park, you will head out of the park to Diani beach at Mombasa.
Accommodation: Amboseli Sopa lodge (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast | lunch| Dinner
On this day you will be woken up by a beautiful sunrise from the horizon of the Indian ocean and set out onto the shiny white sands of Mombasa coastal line at Diani beach; one of the most-white sands and cleanest beaches in the world. You will be able to engage in various activities during your stay there such as; scuba diving, swimming, kite rafting, horse riding, nature walks, sea creature viewing like sea turtles, dolphins, corals among others, spot fishing, enjoying sea food cuisines and coconut cocktails, beach sports, camp fires among others, have a view rare species for example yellow baboon, Angolan colobus, Sykes monkey, bush babies and bird species for example; african barred owlet, malachite kingfisher, house crow, mosque swallow, pied kingfisher, gray heron among others.
Accommodation: Lux Marijani (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast | lunch| Dinner
Day 10 Departure
Last day of the safari, you will either set out to Mombasa or back to Nairobi for departure according to your booked departure flight.
Accommodation: N/A
Meals: Breakfast | lunch
Inclusions
- Park entry fees
- Driver & guide
- All activities indicated on itinerary
- Refreshments ( drinking water)
- Airport transfers
- Transport 4×4 safari landcruiser
- Government taxes
- Laundry
Exclusions
- Travel insurance
- International flights
- Visa fees & processing
- Extra activities & meals
- Extra luggage on domestic flights
- Tipping & gratitude
- Souvenirs & snacks
- Accommodation after end of trip
- Any changes in itinerary
- Anything not mentioned
Your safari route map:
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