7Days: Amboseli-Naivasha-Nakuru-Mara (Mid-Range)

You’ll rise up early for good views of Mount Kilimanjaro before clouds build up over the summit with packed lunch provided. An optional visit to a Masai village can be planned after breakfast. The visit reveals the singing and dancing that are part of their daily lives and sacred rituals. A glimpse into their homes and social structure is a poignant experience. Despite its changing habitat, Amboseli National Park is possibly the best wildlife area in the whole of Africa to experience elephants at close range. Left unharassed by poachers, elephants feeding and bathing in the swamps must form the highlights of any safari.

Dinner and your overnight stay will be at the campsite or lodge.

Destination: Amboseli National Park
Accommodation: Midrange Hotel
Meals: all meals provided
Drinks: Drinking water (Other drinks not Included)

An early morning drive to Lake Naivasha, it is the highest and the most beautiful of the Rif Valley lakes. At 1910m (6200f), the water is fresh and the lake is fringed with dense clumps of papyrus (ancient Egyptian once used this to make paper). Kingfishers use the papyrus as a perch, herons hide in it while searching for food.

Naivasha is yet another area popular for bird watching (over 400species have been recorded). It is also a favorite weekend retreat for Nairobi residents, who come here to sail, water ski, and fish. There are no crocodiles in the lake as the water is too cold for them, due to altitude but there are a number of hippos. Along the lakeshore, vineyards produce grapes for the country’s fledgling wine industry.

Destination: Lake Naivasha
Accommodation: Midrange Hotel
Meals: Lunch & Dinner (Breakfast not Included)
Drinks: Drinking water (Other drinks not Included)

Early morning pick up, then drive to Lake Nakuru National Park. Known all over the world for its flamingoes, it’s alkaline and is recognized as being one of the natural wonders of the world. Lake Nakuru is now a rhino sanctuary, harboring a population of over 40 black and over 60 white rhinos, but the flamingoes, of course, have always been the main attraction. At times there may be almost 2 million flamingoes in the residence, forming a stunningly beautiful deep pink band around the edge of the lakeshore. Arrive in time for lunch, then have an afternoon game drive.

Dinner and overnight will be at the campsite or lodge.

Destination: Nakuru National Park
Accommodation: Midrange Hotel in Nakuru
Meals: All Meals included
Drinks: Drinking water (other drinks not Included)

Depart early in the morning to Maasai Mara National Reserve. It holds on as one of the few places left on earth where wildlife still lives relatively undisturbed, in the numbers that once roamed the plains and forests of Africa. As the northern tip of the vast Serengeti ecosystem, the Mara hosts the spectacular seasonal migration of many thousands of wildebeest, zebras, and attendant predators. Arrive in time for lunch, then have an afternoon game drive.

Dinner and overnight will be at campsite or lodge.no, white rhino, buffalo, Rothschild’s giraffe, zebra, impala and waterbuck.

Destination: Masai Mara
Accommodation: Mid-range hotel Mara
Meals: all meal included
Drinks: Drinking water (Other drinks not Included)

After breakfast, we have a full day dame drive, with a packed lunch provided. The reserve is well known for its black-manned lion, as well as its abundant resident wildlife, and it’s one of the few places where it’s possible to see the Big Five during a morning game drive. Many of the cheetahs are so tame they seek shelter from the hot sun under one’s vehicle and several even climb onto the roof to get a better view of prospective prey.

For the bird enthusiast, almost 500 species have been recorded: among these 16 species of eagle, plus many hawks and falcons, 6 species of vultures, 8 species of storks 4 of bustard (including the Kori bustard, the world’s heaviest flying bird), and 9 species of sunbirds.

Destination: Nairobi
Accommodation: Mid-range hotel Mara
Meals: All meals provided
Drinks: Drinking water (Other drinks not Included)

On this day after breakfast you get to visit the Maasai village for enthusiastic dances and songs which will leave you excited. An awesome day, right? Thereafter you’ll go back to your accommodation for brunch then depart for Nairobi. Have lunch en-route and arrive in Nairobi late in the afternoon. You will be dropped off at your location of agreement.

Destination: Nairobi
Accommodation: No accommodation (End of Tour)
Meals: Breakfast & Lunch (Dinner not included)