Nairobi: 6-Day Safari Amboseli, Lake Nakuru & Masai Mara

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Six Days Across Three Parks: Elephants at Kilimanjaro's Foot, Flamingos at Lake Nakuru, and the Mara's Big Cats

You're picked up in Nairobi and driven to three parks over six days — Amboseli, Lake Nakuru, and Masai Mara — with the same professional driver-guide throughout. You do game drives at dawn and dusk, stay in lodges and camps, and get picnic lunches on the full-day drives. All park entry fees are covered. The return journey includes a boat safari at Lake Naivasha before you're dropped back in the city.

Step-by-step itinerary

Day 1 — Nairobi to Amboseli National Park

Meet safari driver guide
Drive to Amboseli National Park
Arrive for lunch and check in
Relax and settle in
Afternoon game drive at 4pm
Return to camp before dusk

Day 2 — Full day game drive Amboseli

Breakfast at 7am
Depart for full day game drive
Enjoy picnic lunch in park
Explore park and view wildlife
Return to lodge

Day 3 — Amboseli to Lake Nakuru National Park

Breakfast
Drive to Lake Nakuru National Park
Arrive for lunch and check in
Relax and settle in
Afternoon game drive
Return to camp before dusk

Day 4 — Lake Nakuru to Maasai Mara Reserve

Breakfast at 7am
Drive to Maasai Mara National Reserve
Arrive for lunch and check in
Relax and settle in
Afternoon game drive at 4pm
Return to camp before dusk

Day 5 — Full day game drive Maasai Mara

Breakfast at 7am
Depart for full day game drive
Enjoy picnic lunch in reserve
Explore reserve and view wildlife
Return to camp

Day 6 — Maasai Mara to Nairobi via Naivasha

Breakfast at camp
Depart to Nairobi via Lake Naivasha
Boat safari on Lake Naivasha
Walk in wildlife sanctuary
Continue to Nairobi

The Experience

The driver picks you up at Nairobi airport or your hotel and heads southwest toward Amboseli. By lunchtime you're checking into Sentrim Lodge with Mount Kilimanjaro rising across the Tanzanian border, and by 4pm you're back in the vehicle for your first game drive. Amboseli sits at the mountain's foot, and the elephants here know it — they move through the park in long processions, dust trailing behind them. Your guide, who stays with you for all six days, reads the landscape like a map, spotting movement in the acacia scrub before you'd notice anything was there.

The second day is a full game drive with a picnic lunch box. You leave at 7am when the animals are still moving, and you don't return until late afternoon. Amboseli's special beauty, as the itinerary says, includes those elephant parades, the view of Kilimanjaro on clear mornings, and a steady stream of birds and smaller wildlife. The park is smaller than the Mara, which means you see more in less space. After two nights you drive north to Lake Nakuru, arriving for lunch and an afternoon game drive. The lake itself is the draw — flamingos still gather there in numbers, and the alkaline water reflects the sky in a way that makes the whole place feel unreal.

On day four, you head to Masai Mara National Reserve. The drive takes most of the morning. You arrive for lunch, rest, and then join your guide for an afternoon game drive before dusk. The Mara is vast — 1,500 square kilometers of open plains dotted with acacia trees and crossed by the Mara River. This is where the big cats hunt. Day five is another full day game drive starting at 7am with a picnic lunch, and you'll see a variety of animals moving across the magnificent park. The Mara is the one place where you might see a kill, or at least the aftermath, and your guide will explain what you're looking at without turning it into theater.

On the final morning, after breakfast at the camp, you and your guide drive back toward Nairobi. The route passes Lake Naivasha, where you stop for a boat safari and a walk in the wildlife sanctuary before heading into the city. The Maasai Market is mentioned as a stop, though the itinerary doesn't detail how long you spend there. By evening you're back in Nairobi. All park fees and taxes are included in the price, so there are no surprises at the gate.

What’s included

Your six days include hotel or airport pickup in Nairobi, transportation to and from all three parks with a professional driver-guide who stays with you throughout, all national park entry fees, accommodation at Sentrim Lodge (Amboseli), Eagle Palace Hotel (Lake Nakuru), and Mtito Safari Camp (Masai Mara), game drives at dawn and dusk on most days, picnic lunch boxes on full-day drives, a boat safari at Lake Naivasha on the return journey, and all fees and taxes. Meals at the lodges and camps are included, though the itinerary doesn't specify every meal detail.

Good to know

Moderate physical levelNot for pregnant travelersNot for heart conditionsNot for back problems

Operated by Dume Africa Trails Limited

Is this one for you?Book this if you want to see three of Kenya's most famous parks in one trip without arranging transport, park permits, or a guide yourself — the fixed itinerary and included driver mean you move through the parks on a rhythm that works, not on whatever you can negotiate at each gate.