6 Day Amboseli – Naivasha and Maasai Mara Tour

6 Day Amboseli – Naivasha and Maasai Mara Tour

This 6-Day Amboseli-Naivasha and Maasai Mara Tour takes you on an unforgettable journey through Kenya’s most spectacular wildlife destinations. Enjoy the breathtaking beauty of Amboseli National Park, famous for its magnificent views of Mount Kilimanjaro and large elephant herds. Take a relaxing hippo-views boat ride on Lake Naivasha, a little known but wonderful retreat with a load of birdlife. Proceed to the famous Maasai Mara, land of the Big Five and the great yearly wildebeest migration between July and October. It is one thing you can’t miss on your Kenyan safari holiday.

Safari Highlights:

Pickup from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport

Full-day of exploring Amboseli National Park

Boat Cruise and Relaxation at Lake Naivasha

Game Drives in Maasai Mara National Reserve

Transfer back to the Airport for Departure

A Detailed Itinerary:

Day 1: Airport Pickup and Transfer to Amboseli.

After early morning pickup, you will be driven by our senior safari guide-driver from Arcadia Safaris to Amboseli National Park. Then check into your accommodation and have lunch. Afterwards, enjoy an afternoon game drive. Located due south of Nairobi, this park borders Tanzania. In General, the park consists of a dry ancient lakebeds with fragile grassland sprinkled in a couple areas of acacia woodland, which also includes minor, rocky hills of volcanic in origin in a southern area, while in its north around marshes OlKenya, OLtukai an Enkong Narok a lush woodlands of yellow acacia and Doum palm is found.

Destination: Amboseli National Park
Accommodation Options:

• Meals Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
• Drinking Water, Fruits and Wi-Fi throughout the journey

Day 2: Full Day of Exploring Amboseli National Park.

Day 2: You will wake up early for better views of Mt. Kilimanjaro, before the clouds build up around the summit, and a packed lunch is provided. Optional Maasai Village visit after having your breakfast. It illustrates how singing and dancing play parts in their lives and sacred activities. A trip to their dwelling and ways of life takes your breath away. Despite its changing habitat, Amboseli National Park is arguably the best wildlife area in all of Africa for viewing elephants up close. Less hassled by poachers, elephants feeding and bathing in the swamps must form a highlight of any safari.

Destination: Amboseli National Park
Accommodation Options:

• Meals Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
• Drinking Water, Fruits and Wi-Fi throughout the journey

Day 3: Transfer to Lake Naivasha.

After your early morning breakfast, you will have an early morning drive to Lake Naivasha, highest and most beautiful of the Rif Valley lakes. At 1910m (6200f) the water is fresh and the lake is fringed with dense clumps of papyrus (ancient Egyptians once used this to make paper). Kingfishers use the papyrus as a perch, herons hide in it while searching for food.

Naivasha is yet another area popular for bird watching; over 400 species have been recorded. The area is a favorite weekend retreat for Nairobi residents who come to this area sailing, water ski and fish. There are no crocodiles in the lake since the water is too cold for them but at the altitude, there is a number of hippos. Vineyards have been set along the lakeshores, which grows grapes for the country’s developing wine industry.

Destination: Lake Naivasha
Accommodation Options:

• Meals Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
• Drinking Water, Fruits and Wi-Fi throughout the journey

Day 4: Transfer to Maasai Mara National Reserve.

On day 4 of your safari, after breakfast depart early in the morning to Maasai Mara National Reserve. On arrival, have lunch then an afternoon game drive. Mara holds on as one of the few places on earth where wildlife still lives comparatively undisturbed, in the numbers that once roamed the plains and forests of Africa. As the northern tip of the huge Serengeti ecosystem, the Mara hosts the spectacular seasonal migration of many thousands of wildebeest, zebras and attendant predators.

Destination: Maasai Mara National Reserve
Accommodation Options:

• Meals Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
• Drinking Water, Fruits and Wi-Fi throughout the journey

Day 5: Full Day of Game Drives in Maasai Mara.

You will have a full day game drive after breakfast, with packed lunch. The reserve is well known for its black-maned lion, as well as its abundant resident wildlife and its one of the few places where it’s possible to see the Big Five during a morning game drive; Many of the cheetahs are so tame that they seek shelter from the hot sun under one’s vehicle and several even climb onto the roof to get a better view of prospective prey. To the bird enthusiast, almost 500 species have been recorded: among these 16 species of eagle, many hawks and falcons, 6 species of vultures, 8 species of storks 4 of bustard (including the kori bustard, the world’s heaviest flying bird), and 9 species of sunbirds.

Destination: Masai Mara National Reserve
Accommodation Options:

• Meals Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
• Drinking Water, Fruits and Wi-Fi throughout the journey

Day 6: Transfer Back to the Airport for Departure.

On this last day of your safari, you will have a morning game drive in Maasai Mara and in the afternoon, you will transfer to Nairobi. Lunch will be en route and then after having your Lunch you will be driven to the Airport for your outbound flight back home. This shall be the end of our amazing 6 Day Amboseli – Naivasha and Maasai Mara Tour.

Destination: Jomo Kenyatta International Airport
Accommodation Option: No (Unless on request)

• Meals Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
• Drinking Water, Fruits and Wi-Fi throughout the journey

PRICE INCLUDES

• Round Trip Airport Transfers (pick-up and drop-off)
• Private Transportation in 4×4 Safari Cars
• Meals Specified on a Full Board basis
• Accommodation with Ensuite Facilities
• Applicable Park Entrance and Activities Fees
• English Speaking Professional Driver-Guide
• All Hotel and Lodge Pickups and Drop-off
• All Taxes
• Bottled drinking water and Fruits while on safari
• Activities as stipulated in the Itinerary (except those stated as “optional”)

PRICE EXCLUDES

• Activities not mentioned in the Itinerary
• International Flight Fares (unless requested)
• Country Entry Visa
• Personal Travel Insurance
• Telephone Charges
• Laundry
• Bar bills and all other kinds of drinks except water
• Government Imposed increase of taxes or park fees
• Souvenirs, Gifts and Tips
• Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
• Covid-19 and other related tests and vaccinations

RATES PER PERSON: (Tour Rates are Per Person and exclude International Flight from or to your home Country).

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