10 Days Classic Kenya Wildlife Safari

Arrive at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. After completing airport formalities, you will be welcomed by your guide and transferred to your accommodation for overnight.

Overnight: Hilton Gardens Inn
Meal Plan: Dinner

Today’s city tour includes a visit to b, where guests can see young elephants interacting with their keepers during feeding and mud baths.

You will also visit the Karen Blixen National Museum, linked to the famous film Out of Africa, before continuing to the nearby Jock Leslie-Melville Nature Education Centre, a sanctuary for Rothschild’s giraffes. Guests can feed giraffes from the central feeding platform and learn more about them.

Overnight: Hilton Gardens Inn
Meal Plan: Full board

Drive Time: Approximately 4 hours

After breakfast, drive to Amboseli National Park, your home for the next three nights. You may also choose to fly from Nairobi to the park.

Amboseli is one of Kenya’s top safari destinations and is well known for views of Mount Kilimanjaro, large elephant herds, and wildlife such as buffaloes, giraffes, zebras, lions, leopards, cheetahs, wildebeests, and antelopes.

Activities may include:

• Game drives
• Nature walks
• Hike to Observation Hill
• Birding
• Boat cruise on Lake Amboseli
• Visit to the Masai community

Overnight: Amboseli Sopa Lodge
Meal Plan: Full board

Begin with an early morning game drive after breakfast, exploring the open savannah woodland when the wildlife is active and the landscape is clearer.

After lunch, visit a local Masai community for insight into their culture, traditional dances, clothing, food, and way of life.

Overnight: Amboseli Sopa Lodge
Meal Plan: Full board

Start the day with an early morning hot air balloon safari over Amboseli, offering aerial views of the park, savannah, and wildlife below.

Later, enjoy a boat cruise on one of the park’s lakes or swamps, with opportunities to see birds and aquatic wildlife.

Overnight: Amboseli Sopa Lodge
Meal Plan: Full board

Drive Time: Approximately 5 hours

After breakfast, depart for Lake Naivasha, with a brief stop at the Great Rift Valley viewpoint.

Arrive in time for check-in and lunch. In the afternoon, enjoy a leisurely boat cruise to Crescent Island, a private island sanctuary often described as one of Naivasha’s best-kept secrets.

Lake Naivasha is part of the Great Rift Valley and is known for acacia trees, Mount Longonot, birdlife, hippos, giraffes, zebras, buffaloes, and other wildlife.

Overnight: Naivasha Sopa Lodge
Meal Plan: Full board

Drive Time: Approximately 4 hours

Depart for Masai Mara National Reserve and arrive in time for check-in and relaxation before an evening game drive.

Masai Mara is one of Africa’s most famous protected areas and is known for the Big Five: lion, leopard, buffalo, elephant, and rhino. It is also famous for the Wildebeest Migration, usually happening between June and November.

Overnight: Mara Sopa Lodge
Meal Plan: Full board

Start before dawn for a hot air balloon safari over the Masai Mara plains. The flight lasts about one hour, depending on weather conditions, and ends with a bush breakfast in the Mara.

After lunch, visit a Masai village to meet and interact with the local community, enjoy traditional dances, and learn more about their culture.

Overnight: Mara Sopa Lodge
Meal Plan: Full board

After breakfast, depart for a full-day game drive across the Masai Mara.

The reserve is home to large herds of herbivores, cheetahs, leopards, and many other species. It has over 400 recorded bird species and is one of the best places in Africa to see the Big Five.

Enjoy a picnic lunch at the Mara River migration point, followed by rest and a late afternoon game drive.

Accommodation: Mara Sopa Lodge
Meal Plan: Full board

Start with an early morning game drive before returning to the lodge for breakfast.

Check out and take a flight transfer to Nairobi. Upon landing, you will be driven to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport for your outbound flight.

Accommodation: No
Meal Plan: Breakfast & Lunch