6-Day Private Safari in Tsavo East, Taita Hills and Amboseli

Pick up from your Nairobi hotel at 0730 hrs for a safari briefing session with our tour consultant, then leave Kenya's capital city early in the morning and drive towards the Kenyan coast. We arrive at the camp or lodge for lunch.

Later in the afternoon, we head out to explore this semi-arid conservation area, covered in beautiful iron-rich red soils. The famous huge red elephants of Tsavo are found here, as well as lions, cheetahs, and leopards. We later return to Ashnil Aruba for dinner and overnight after chasing the ever-magical sunset in Africa.

Our flexible safari itinerary gives you the option of doing morning and evening game drives or crafting an ideal day program with our professional safari guide. Tsavo is the biggest conservation area in Kenya and offers not only the red-covered elephants but also the rare hirola antelope. Zebras, dik-diks, and a good variety of antelopes call this magnificent Tsavo East their home.

These dry plains have the Galana River snaking its way towards the Indian Ocean. Its waters roar over the rocks at Lugard's Falls as they sneak between the creeks, making it a stop worth visiting.

The 1.6 km inselberg of stratified rock acts as a water catchment that supplies a natural dam below, locally called Mudanda Rock. It is a refuge for animals during the dry season. After a day of exploration, we return to Ashnil Aruba for dinner and overnight.

After breakfast, we head to the Taita Hills Wildlife Conservancy, which gets its name from the surrounding hills. The conservancy covers an area of 28,000 acres of diverse habitat, where the plant physiognomy includes riverine forest, savanna woodland, and grassland. The vegetation formation is usually stratified, dense, and always dominated by Acacia/Commiphora trees.

Salt Lick Safari Lodge is raised and overlooks a waterhole where animals, including elephants, come to quench their thirst. You get fantastic views from the underground watch. We arrive in time for lunch.

Later in the afternoon, we head for a game drive in this wonderful sanctuary. Dinner and overnight are at Salt Lick Safari Lodge.

Leave early in the morning and head to Amboseli National Park. We arrive in time for lunch at Amboseli Serena Safari Lodge.

After relaxing from the 4-hour drive, we embark on our first game drive looking for elephants and any interesting creative setup. We end the evening with silhouette photography as the sun goes down, watching Mount Kilimanjaro with animals in the foreground.

Our itinerary is flexible, and we have the option of doing half-day game drives and then heading out again in the afternoon after a lunch break. The park is the best place to see big herds of elephant. The dusty plains also play host to cheetahs and lions among the big cats.

On early morning game drives, you have a higher chance of seeing the rarer mammals like the honey badger, African wildcat, and African civet, among others. Thus, we always recommend our guests leave camp or lodge at the earliest legal times with a packed breakfast to catch the morning serenity. The thought of the beautiful African sunrise in the open plains and breakfast in the wild with enchanting views should be motivation enough to make you jump out of bed early.

Amboseli also offers unmatched photography opportunities, with the golden light spiced with dust as the animals move into and out of the swamp in the morning and in the evening, which happens to be their daily migration routine. Dinner and overnight at the lodge.

After breakfast, we drive back to Nairobi and arrive by early evening. You will either be dropped at your hotel or at the airport.