8 Days 7 Nights Southern Kenya Safari

Pick up from Nairobi Hotel.

This morning we drive through the dramatic Great Rift Valley.

Stop at the Great Rift Valley View Point. The Great Rift Valley is a geographical and geological feature running north to south for around 6,400 kilometers, from northern Syria to central Mozambique. Astronauts say it is the most significant physical detail on the planet that is visible from space.

Arrive for lunch Masai Mara Sopa Lodge.

1500 hrs, depart for an afternoon game drive.

Explore Masai Mara, Kenya's finest and most outstanding wildlife sanctuary where gentle rolling grassland ensures animals are never out of sight.

The first sight of this Game Park is breathtaking. There is nowhere else on earth to compare with this wildlife marvel. The combination of a gentle climate, scenic splendor and untold numbers of wildlife makes the Masai Mara National Reserve Kenya's most popular inland destination.

Centuries of close association with the wildlife has resulted in an almost symbiotic relationship where wildlife and Masai people live in peace with one another. You can pay a visit to a Masai Village. (Entrance fee payable direct) 1800 hrs, return to the Camp for dinner and overnight.

Dinner & Overnight at Masai Mara Sopa Lodge or similar. (Full Board)

Day 2: Full Day Masai Mara

Depart for a full day game drive at 0830 hrs.

Enjoy about 6 hours of extensive game drives in the Mara.

This full day safari game drive will enable you to discover other areas of the Masai Mara game reserve at 1300 hrs, you enjoy a picnic in the vastness of the Mara.

Your will also make a few stops along the banks of the scenic Mara River to look out for hippos and crocodiles.

The reserve is famous for its exceptional population of game and the migration of the wildebeest, which occurs here every year in July and August.

Animals have no respect for boundaries, and hundreds of buffalo and wildebeest can be seen at certain times of the year, as part of the Mara lies across their migration route from the Serengeti in Tanzania. In the Masai Mara you really feel you are in the heart of Africa. It is fine country for lion, and you can hardly fail to see them. All the Big Five can be found - lion, leopard, elephant, buffalo and rhino, as well as nearly every other kind of animal found in all the other parks in Kenya such as plains zebra, giraffe, Coke's hartebeest, topi, impala, Thomson's and Grant's gazelle, Defassa waterbuck, buffalo and cheetah.

1500 hrs, return to the Camp for dinner and overnight.

Dinner & Overnight at Masai Mara Sopa Lodge or similar. (Full Board)

Day 3: Masai Mara - Naivasha

After Breakfast client check out of the Hotel.

Depart for Naivasha.

Lunch at Lake Naivasha Sopa Lodge.

Lake Naivasha is famous for its high populations of hippos and flamingos. There are over 1,500 hippos in the area, and you are almost guaranteed to see one.

The lake is a birder’s paradise as it is home to over 400 bird species. Lesser and greater flamingos flock to the lake, forming a wash of bright pink across the lake's surface.

Giraffes, zebras, impalas, and waterbucks can be sighted in the immediate vicinity of Lake Naivasha, around Crescent Island, Crater Lake Game Sanctuary, and

Longonot National Park. Lucky adventurers may even glimpse a leopard.

Optional activities boat ride at Lake Naivasha or visit to Crescent Island.

Dinner & Overnight at Lake Naivasha Sopa Lodge or similar. (Full Board)

Day 4: Naivasha – Amboseli

Breakfast at the hotel, check out and depart for Amboseli.

Drive through the scenic Athi Plains and into the bush country of Amboseli National Park, home to the legendary Maasai tribesmen and famous for huge herds of Elephant.

Check Inn and lunch at Amboseli Serena Safari Lodge.

Afternoon Game drive to the exotic Amboseli national park.

Amboseli national park the magical land of Kenya is lies in the North West direction of Mount Kilimanjaro on the border of Kenya and Tanzania, this park stretches over the area of 392 square kilometers which is dominated by acacia woodland, rocky thorny bush, swamps marshland and a Pleistocene lake. Amboseli national park is a home to a large concentration of wildlife estimated to be 80 different species including African elephant, African buffalo, impalas, lion, zebra, and wildebeest among other African animals, among the animals the park is more famous for habiting a large population of elephants. Amboseli park is also a home to a number of birds estimated to be 400 species which include African swamp hen, Common redshank, Dickinson’s kestrel, Eurasian thick-knee, Greater flamingo, Hartlaub’s bustard, Lesser flamingo, Long-toed lapwing, Pangani long claw, Rufous chatterer, Rufous-bellied heron, Spike-heeled lark, Steel-blue whydah, Taveta golden weaver, Von der Decken’s hornbill, Yellow-necked spurfowl and many more.

Dinner & overnight at Amboseli Serena Safari Lodge or similar. (Full Board)

Day 5. Amboseli

Rising early for good views of Mount Kilimanjaro before clouds build up over the summit, we set off for another stimulating early morning game drive.

Amboseli is an excellent place to view a multitude of wildlife, including everything from Wildebeest to Giraffes to Baboons.

After lunch depart for an afternoon game drive.

Dinner & overnight at Amboseli Serena Safari Lodge or Similar. (Full Board)

Day 6. Amboseli – Tsavo East

Breakfast at the hotel, check out and depart for Tsavo East.

Depart for Tsavo East National Park through the well-formed landscapes along the way.

Arrive for lunch at Ngutuni Lodge.

Afternoon game drive in Tsavo East National Park.

Tsavo east national park is characterized by semiarid grasslands and savannah where wildlife species can be seen. The man-eating lions in Tsavo national park came to be known as above when two maneless lions attacked construction workers during the construction of the railway passing through the national park. These lions are among the attractions that tourists visiting this national park are interested in seeing as they explore the destination.

During morning game drives, tourists can see different wildlife species which are active at this time of day. They are recommended for tourists to get an amazing wildlife viewing experience in Tsavo national park and to catch sight of wildlife species as they graze around the national park such as elephants, buffalos, baboons, warthogs, waterbucks, impalas, zebras, hyenas, giraffes, kudus, antelopes, leopards among others.

Dinner & Overnight at Ngutuni Lodge or Similar (Full Board)

Day 7. Tsavo East

Breakfast at the lodge.

Depart for morning game drive.

The sight of dust-red elephant wallowing, rolling and spraying each other with the midnight blue waters of palm-shaded Galana River is one of the most evocative images in Africa. This, along with the 300-kilometer long Yatta Plateau, the longest lava flow in the world, make for an adventure unlike any other in the Tsavo East. The park forms the largest protected area in Kenya and is home to most of the larger mammals, vast herds of dust –red elephant, Rhino, buffalo, lion, leopard, pods of hippo, crocodile, waterbucks, lesser Kudu, gerenuk and the prolific bird life features 500 recorded species.

Afternoon at leisure.

Dinner & Overnight at Ngutuni Lodge or Similar (Full Board)

Day 8: Tsavo East - Nairobi

After Breakfast client check out of the Hotel

Drive back to Nairobi and drop off at pick up point.

***End of the tour with great memories!***