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Ultimate Kenya Explorer: Maasai Mara to Tsavo
Overview
About this trip
Duration10 Days / 9 Nights
DestinationsNairobi · Maasai Mara · Lake Nakuru · Lake Naivasha · Amboseli · Taita Hills · Tsavo East
Best time to visitJuly–October (Great Migration) and January–March
Ideal forWildlife lovers and photographers
Travellers1–15 guests
Tour typePackage tour
This is the trip for travellers who want to see as much of Kenya as possible. In ten days you move from the open plains of the Maasai Mara to the Rift Valley lakes, Amboseli, the Taita Hills and the vast red-earth wilderness of Tsavo East.
Why go
Every stop is different: big cats in the Mara, rhino and flamingos at Nakuru, hippos at Naivasha, elephants under Kilimanjaro in Amboseli, a floodlit waterhole at Salt Lick Lodge and Tsavo's famous red-dusted elephants.
How the trip runs
Day 1: airport pickup, hotel, briefing and dinner in Nairobi.
Days 2–3: two days of game drives in the Maasai Mara, with an optional Maasai village visit.
Day 4: Lake Nakuru for rhino, flamingos and Rothschild's giraffe.
Day 5: Lake Naivasha for a boat ride and an optional Crescent Island walk.
Day 6: the drive to Amboseli and a late-afternoon game drive.
Day 7: a morning drive, then Salt Lick Lodge in the Taita Hills, built on stilts over a floodlit waterhole.
Days 8–9: Tsavo East, including Aruba Dam, Mudanda Rock and the Yatta Plateau.
Day 10: a morning game drive on the way to Nairobi or Mombasa for departure.
Good to know
Includes a 4×4 Land Cruiser with pop-up roof and driver-guide, park fees, accommodation, the meals listed and airport transfers. Some drives between parks are long.
Experiences
Things to do
- Maasai Mara game drivesLion, leopard, cheetah and the Great Migration
- Lake NakuruRhino, flamingos and Rothschild's giraffe
- Lake Naivasha boat rideHippos and birdlife up close
- AmboseliElephant herds with Kilimanjaro views
- Salt Lick LodgeWatch animals at a floodlit waterhole after dark
- Tsavo EastRed elephants, Mudanda Rock and the Yatta Plateau
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