Grand Safari, 7 days: Masai Mara, Nakuru, Amboseli & Tsavo

Day-by-day itinerary

1. Day1

   Nairobi → Masai Mara

   Pick-up at your hotel or straight from the airport. Lunch stop in Narok, then into the reserve with a game drive to camp. Check-in, dinner and overnight — you can see the river's hippos from the camp veranda.

2. Day2

   Masai Mara, full day

   Game drive from 7 am, picnic lunch by the Mara River or back at camp depending on where the animals take us. A short rest and out again until sunset. Dinner and overnight.

3. Day3

   Masai Mara → Lake Nakuru

   After breakfast we reach Lake Nakuru for lunch. Afternoon photo safari: flamingos, pelicans, white rhino and, with luck, the shy black rhino and tree-climbing lions. Dinner and overnight at Lake Nakuru Lodge.

4. Day4

   Lake Nakuru → Amboseli

   Early start for Amboseli. Game drive from the gate: lion, gazelle, giraffe, elephant, buffalo, zebra and hyena. Camp at the foot of Kilimanjaro and a drive to Lake Amboseli until sunset. After dinner, by the fire, a Maasai welcome performance.

5. Day5

   Amboseli → Tsavo West

   Early game drive towards Tsavo West. Stop at the Shetani Lava Flow, an 8 km river of black lava, then a short walk to Mzima Springs to watch hippos and crocodiles in crystal-clear water. Lunch at the lodge with elephant and buffalo at the waterhole. Afternoon drive to the Ngulia hills and the black rhino sanctuary. After dinner, with luck, the leopard.

6. Day6

   Tsavo West → Tsavo East

   Off at 6:30 with a game drive to the exit, then along the Nairobi–Mombasa road to Tsavo East, towards Mudanda Rock and the Galana River. Lodge around 1 pm, lunch and time watching the waterhole, then a drive from 3:30 pm until sunset.

7. Day7

   Tsavo East → Watamu

   Last sunrise game drive, then we leave the park and arrive at your resort in Watamu.