9-Day Kenya Safari through Maasai Mara, Amboseli, Tsavo and Nakuru

• Pick up from your hotel in Nairobi after breakfast, then depart for Maasai Mara through the Great Rift Valley escarpment, where you will stop at the viewing point to admire the valley from the escarpment.
• After the stopover, continue your drive through the valley from the eastern wall to the western wall of the valley to the Maasai town of Narok, the administrative headquarters of the Maasai community, with a brief stop for refreshments.
• After that, continue your drive to Maasai Mara, arriving in time for lunch. Check in to your lodge, have lunch, and continue for an introductory game drive until sunset.

Dinner and overnight at Mara Sopa Lodge or a lodge of the same category.

Meal plan {Lunch and Dinner}

• After breakfast at 7:30 am, depart for a full-day game drive with packed lunch in search of its popular animals, including the well-known Big Five: Elephant, Leopard, Rhino, Buffalo, and Lion. Also look out for other predators such as Cheetah, Hyena, and Wild Dogs, as well as zebra, wildebeest, giraffe, hippo, and dangerous crocodiles, with a visit to the Mara River to see water animals and try your luck at spotting a crossing.
• After the game drive along the river, proceed to the picnic site where you will have lunch near the migration corridor usually used by the wildebeests as they migrate from Serengeti in Tanzania to Maasai Mara in Kenya. If you are lucky enough, you may see them getting ready to cross from a distance of between 500 metres and 800 metres from the picnic site. When the driver sees them regrouping on the other side of the river to start crossing, he will drive you back to the river to watch them cross.
• After lunch, drive back to your camp slowly while enjoying another game drive, arriving between 4:30 pm and 5:30 pm for dinner and overnight.

Meal plan {Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner}

• Enjoy an early morning game drive until 9:00 am in search of animals hunting, killing, and feeding. After the morning game drive, return to your lodge for a full breakfast.
• Then depart for Lake Nakuru with lunch en route.
• After lunch, continue with your journey, arriving at Lake Nakuru National Park in the evening with a game drive en route to your lodge.
• Check in for dinner and overnight at Nakuru Sopa Lodge.

Meal plan {Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner}

• After breakfast, depart for Amboseli with a game drive en route in the park to try and spot the elusive leopards that are frequently seen there.
• Take a further drive to seek out the two species of rhino found in the park. Lake Nakuru is also well known for its many species of birds and thousands of flamingos.
• Continue with your game drive until around 11:00 am, then leave the park for Amboseli via Nairobi with lunch en route, arriving in Amboseli in the late evening.
• Check in to your lodge for dinner and overnight. Dinner and overnight at Amboseli Sopa Lodge.

Meal plan {Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner}.

• After breakfast at 6:00 am, leave the lodge with packed lunch for a full-day game drive in the park. Amboseli National Park is famous for its scenery, with a backdrop of snow-capped Mount Kilimanjaro, the tallest mountain in Africa. It dominates the landscape and open plains.
• Spend the whole day in the park in search of its popular residents, including well-known predators, as well as zebra, wildebeest, giraffe, hippo, and the big elephants nicknamed {Jumbos of Amboseli}. You will also see many species of birds and thousands of flamingos that migrate from Lake Nakuru National Park {Kenya} and Lake Manyara National Park {Tanzania} to Lake Amboseli in Kenya and back, along with spectacular views of Mt. Kilimanjaro.
• Continue with your drive until lunchtime and be driven to Observation Hill for lunch.
• After lunch, continue with your game drive until evening, then be driven back to your lodge for dinner and overnight.

Dinner and overnight at Amboseli Sopa Lodge.

Meal plan {Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner}

• Go on an early morning game drive in the park, then return to your lodge for breakfast.
• After breakfast, leave Amboseli for Tsavo West with a game drive en route, arriving in time for lunch. Check in to your lodge and have lunch.
• After lunch, visit the rhino sanctuary. Take a further drive to try and see other wild animals.
• Later, return to your lodge for dinner and overnight. Dinner and overnight at Serena Kilaguni Lodge.

Meal plan {Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner}

• After an early morning breakfast, depart for a morning game drive with a visit to Mzima Springs. Take a further drive to see rhinos in the park and other wildlife such as lions, elephants, Greater Kudu, and many others found in the park.
• Later, depart for Tsavo East, which is renowned for its large numbers of elephants and the famous man-eating lions, with a game drive en route to your lodge. Check in and have lunch.
• After lunch, leave for another game drive in the park for the whole afternoon.
• Later, return to your lodge. Dinner and overnight at Ashnil Aruba Lodge.

Meal plan {Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner}

• After an early morning breakfast, depart for a full-day game drive.
• Explore Tsavo East National Park, including Aruba Dam, a drinking point for various wildlife species found in Tsavo East National Park such as waterbucks, zebras, warthogs, elephants, duikers, hartebeest, dik-dik, leopards, rhinos, giraffes, and buffalo, among others. It provides water for wildlife during the dry season and was built by the park authorities. Elephants are a keystone species in this arid ecosystem of Tsavo East and West and remain one of the critical wildlife conservation priorities for the continued survival of these species. Another distinctive species found in Tsavo is the Hirola and the fringe-eared Oryx. Tsavo East is also one of the premier birding locations in Kenya. Break for lunch.
• After lunch, if weather and road conditions permit, continue your exploration to Lugards Falls, a series of rapids on the Galana River remarkable for the shaped water-worn rocks. Accompanied by KWS wildlife rangers, you can walk down to the river on foot to get a good look at the rapids while trying to spot crocodiles, and follow the riverbed for a short while.
• Later, return for dinner and overnight at the lodge.

Meal plan: {breakfast, lunch & dinner}

• Have an early morning breakfast, then depart for a morning game drive until around 11:00 am in search of animals that you did not see on your first day, then return to your lodge for an early lunch.
• After lunch, check out and depart for Mombasa or Nairobi, arriving late in the evening.
• Drop off at your hotel or airport depending on your schedule.

Meal plans {Breakfast and Lunch}