Kenya Savanna Big 5 Wildlife Safari

This 6 Day Kenya Savanna Big 5 Wildlife Safari Adventure will take you through Amboseli National Park, Kenya’s premier wildlife experiences as you get close to free-ranging elephants. Meet the nomadic Masai tribes people, visit pristine Lake Naivasha and also venture into Masai Mara savanna plains for the best African savanna game viewing in the entire world. This a custom made all-inclusive family safari.

TRIP HIGHLIGHTS

  • You’ll be visiting Kenya
  • Destinations include: Amboseli NP, Lake Nakuru, Masai Mara NS
  • Family 4×4 safari game drives and nature walks
  • Encounter the great wildebeest migration
  • Stay is modern African safari camps

Detailed Itinerary

Day 1: Transfer to Amboseli National Park

You will be picked up from the Airport by our trusted Kenya Savanna Big 5 Wildlife Safari driver & guide and transfered to Amboseli National Park. This part of the journey may take up-to 4 hours drive.

The big game; elephants, lions and cheetahs are the main attractions and for its great scenery beauty. Amboseli embodies a dry lake-bed – Lake Amboseli, open plains; extensive stands of yellow-barked acacia woodland; rocky, lava-strewn thorn-bush country; swamps and marshes.

After a late lunch, enjoy your afternoon game drive at Amboseli National Park.

Accommodation Options
Luxury: Ol Tukai Lodge
Midrange: Amboseli Serena Lodge
Budget: Kibo Safari Camp

Day 2: Safari Game Drive in Amboseli National Park

Enjoy your morning and afternoon African savanna game drives in Amboseli National Park on your Big Five, Lake Nakuru and Masai Mara Adventure. Your Kenya Savanna Big 5 Wildlife Safari guide will take you on a visit to the local Masai village and for a walking safari within the park. Full board accommodation is included in the tour price.

Accommodation Options
Luxury: Ol Tukai Lodge
Midrange: Amboseli Serena Lodge
Budget: Kibo Safari Camp

Day 3: Transfer to Lake Nakuru

After an early breakfast, drive to Lake Nakuru, home to warthogs, waterbuck, buffaloes, reedbucks, and the occasional leopard. White and black rhinos were introduced into the park and you may find white rhino at the southern end with a delight of over 400 species of bird found here. After a late lunch, enjoy another African savanna game drive at Nakuru National Park.

Accommodation Options
Luxury: Kiboko Luxury Camp
Midrange: Flamingo Hill Camp
Budget: Burch’s resort

Day 4: Transfer to Masai Mara Game Reserve

After an early morning breakfast, your Kenya Savanna Big 5 Wildlife Safari guide will drive you to Masai Mara Game Reserve. On clear days, the Mara offers fantastic orange tinted sunsets and you will definitely want to capture this moment while sipping on a sun-downer back at your lodge.

Wherever you go in the Mara you will see a frequent amount of wildlife such as Masai giraffe, baboons, warthogs, bat eared foxes, grey jackals, spotted hyena, topis, impala, wildebeest. Elephants, buffaloes, zebras and hippos and lions basking or surveying the plains for their next meal.

Accommodation Options
Luxury: &Beyond Kichwa Tembo Tented Camp
Midrange: Mara Leisure Camp
Budget: Karen Blixen

Day 5: Game drives in Masai Mara

The annual wildebeest exodus is the ultimate action here in July and August when millions of wildebeests and zebras move north from the Serengeti in search of lusher grass before turning south again in October. Balloon trips are an entirely outstanding way of seeing the Savannah plains and the wildlife after which you come back down for a beautiful champagne breakfast.

Accommodation Options
Luxury: &Beyond Kichwa Tembo Tented Camp
Midrange: Mara Leisure Camp
Budget: Karen Blixen

Day 6: Transfer to Masai Mara

Enjoy your early morning safari Game Drive in Masai Mara and depart to Nairobi arriving in time for your outbound flight back home.

End of the 6 Day Kenya Savanna Big 5 Wildlife Safari

Route Map

Inclusions

WHAT IS INCLUDED

  • Airport transfers on first and last day,
  • Transport in a 4×4 safari vehicle
  • Services of an English speaking driver guide
  • Fuel for the whole trip
  • Accommodation and meal plan as per the itinerary
  • All park entrance fees
  • Drinking water while in the vehicle

WHAT IS EXCLUDED

  • Pre and post tour accommodation
  • International airfares
  • Visa (USD100 which can be paid on arrival at the Airport
  • Personal items for example  drinks and laundry
  • Tips and Gratuity

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