Kenya classic safari combined with beach holiday. Explore Masai Mara, Lake Nakuru, Lake Naivasha, Amboseli, Tsavo East and end the magical trip in Diani beach. You will get the chance to visit exciting top Kenya national parks and game reserves. And finally conclude the tour in beautiful Diani Beach.
| DEPARTURE/RETURN LOCATION |
Agreed Hotel or Airport |
| DEPARTURE TIME |
7:00 am |
| INCLUDED |
| Transport using a 4*4 Land Cruiser Jeep with a pop up roof |
Accommodation in lodge/Beach resort |
| Park Fee |
Professional guide/driver |
| All meals on full board basis |
Airport transfers |
| Drinking water for the tour |
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| NOT INCLUDED |
International flights
Personal items
Tips
Alcohol and beverages
Maasai village
Balloon rides
Personal and luggage insurance |
Day 1 – Nairobi to Maasai Mara Game Reserve
At 7:30 a.m., you will be picked up from your Nairobi hotel or Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO). You will proceed to the Maasai Mara Game Reserve. The drive to the Mara is via Kenya urban and rural settings that contrast dramatically as you progress towards the Great Rift Valley escarpment. The journey will be from four to five hours with a distance of 265 kilometers.
Most of the drive to Maasai Mara Game Reserve shall be on the floors of the Great Rift Valley and through Maasai country. During the afternoon, you will explore the Maasai Mara on your first game viewing drive of safari. Overnight at your lodge.
Day 2 – Maasai Mara Game Reserve Full Day
Today, there will be a game viewing extravaganza! Maasai Mara Game Reserve remains the most exciting wildlife ecosystem. It is host to the highest and most varied concentration of wild animals than any other wildlife park in the region. The scenic appeal of the tree-studded savannah plains, the moderate climate, and the diversity of wild game species make it a one-stop-shop for game viewing activities.
You shall traverse the Maasai Mara Reserve on a full day of unlimited game viewing encountering the big five and more of the lesser game. Picnic lunch shall be by the Mara River as you watch hippos and crocodiles or maybe the great migration (July to October). Overnight shall be at your lodge.
Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Day 3 – Maasai Mara to Lake Nakuru
A short morning game viewing drive may be scheduled for the early morning. Later, you will depart for the Lake Nakuru National Park. On the route to Lake Nakuru National Park, there shall be stops at scenic points. There will also be an afternoon bird, game viewing drives around Lake Nakuru, and an opportunity to visit the rhino sanctuary. Overnight at your lodge.
What you may see at Lake Nakuru National Park are flamingos (Greater and Lesser), White rhinos, Black rhinos, waterbucks, unique vegetation of about 550 species, and the Makalia Waterfalls.
Day 4 – Lake Nakuru National Park to Lake Naivasha
There will be bird watching and game viewing drives at Lake Nakuru. You will head to the nearby Lake Naivasha on a relaxed drive. Early afternoon shall be spent enjoying a boat ride where you will spot small games in idyllic settings. There is also an optional visit to Hell’s Gate National Park where you ride and trek as you watch small games. Overnight at a Lake Naivasha resort.
At Lake Naivasha, you may take a boat ride, a bicycle tour, and join a Hell’s Gate National Park tour.
Day 5 – Lake Naivasha to Amboseli
A long and easy drive to the Amboseli awaits you today. There shall be stops to view the Great Rift Valley along the Naivasha to Nairobi highway. There will be a short game viewing drive with possible views of the Mount Kilimanjaro peaks if the weather permits.
Overnight at your lodge.
At the Amboseli National Park, you may see elephant, cheetah, wild dog, buffalo, giraffe, zebra, lion, mongoose, hyrax, dik-dik, Lesser kudu, and nocturnal porcupine.
Day 6 – Amboseli National Park
There will be an early pre-breakfast game viewing drive at the Amboseli National Park. Weather permitting, the clouds will shear off, leaving you mesmerized by the majesty of the Kilimanjaro and its gleaming snow-capped peaks. Today shall be spent exploring the Amboseli National Park on unlimited game viewing drives. Overnight shall be at your lodge.
Day 7 – Amboseli to Tsavo East
A short morning game viewing drive is scheduled at the Amboseli this morning. The park is open and relatively small. Game viewing drives are concentrated and wildlife is easy to spot. Mount Kilimanjaro mass provides a wonderful background for photographic moments. Later, the safari tour proceeds to Tsavo East National Park.
At Tsavo East National Park, you may see vast herds of Dust-red elephants, Black rhinos, buffalos, lions, leopards, pods of hippos, waterbucks, Lesser kudu, gerenuk, and hirola.
Day 8 – Tsavo East /Diani Beach
After breakfast then check out from the hotel and drives towards the most famous Diani Beach in Mombasa. The town is at the coast of Kenya and has some of the best world sun kissed coastlines and white sandy beaches. Arriving late in the afternoon, drop off at your Beach hotel. Dinner and overnight at the beach hotel.
Day 9 – Diani Beach
After early breakfast, spend the whole day exploring the white sandy beach. Dinner and overnight at the Hotel.
Day 10 – Diani /Nairobi
After early breakfast drive towards Nairobi, arrive in the late afternoon and be dropped in your hotel or at the airport.
