7 Days Maasai Mara-Amboseli Budget Safari (Daily Departure+24h Customer Service)

A 7 days-long tour combining travel to Amboseli National Park at the base of Mount Kilimanjaro and famous for the largest herds of elephants. We will traverse the Great Rift Valley on the shores of Lake Naivasha for a scenic sunset boat ride. The tour climaxes with the visit to Masai Mara National Reserve which perhaps is most famous for its wildebeest migration and large prides of lions and all “Big Five”, and may be visit a Maasai village.

A 7 days-long tour combining travel to Amboseli National Park at the base of Mount Kilimanjaro and famous for the largest herds of elephants. We will traverse the Great Rift Valley on the shores of Lake Naivasha for a scenic sunset boat ride. The tour climaxes with the visit to Masai Mara National Reserve which perhaps is most famous for its wildebeest migration and large prides of lions and all “Big Five”, and may be visit a Maasai village.

Itinerary

Day 1: Nairobi – Maasai Mara National Reserve

Stop At: Maasai Mara National Reserve, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Rift Valley Province
You shall be picked from your hotel in Nairobi early morning and depart to Maasai Mara game reserve through the Great Rift Valley. There will be a brief stopover at the View Point of the Rift valley whose view of the valley below is a spectacular view of the Rift valley floor and its beautiful landscape and at Narok town for a break and refueling. Arrive in time for lunch; take lunch at the Camp as you relax before proceeding to the afternoon game drive. Proceed with the afternoon game drive thereafter through the park in search animals popularly known for the wildebeest migration from Serengeti in Tanzania in July –October. Be keen to spot the wildebeests, zebras, lion, cheetah, elephant, and buffalo, Thompson’s gazelle, hyena, black-backed and side-striped jackals, impala, bat-eared foxes, baboons, warthog, Thompson’s gazelle, Grant’s gazelle, waterbuck, reed-buck, hippo, crocodile and elands.

Dinner and overnight at the camp
Duration: 2 hours

Meals included:
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight at Miti Mingi Eco Camp.

Day 2: Maasai Mara: Full Day Game Drives

Stop At: Maasai Mara National Reserve, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Rift Valley Province
Full day games viewing as you explore this spectacular Park. The Mara is the land of African legend: Lion are abundant throughout the park, as are the elephants, giraffes, and a variety of gazelle species and zebra. Cheetah and leopard are also regularly seen and, less commonly, rhino. The annual wildebeest migration, one of nature’s few remaining wildlife spectacles, occurs in the Mara from July to September where the big animals and their predators are to be present in abundance during the time frame of this trip. Several species of Bee-Eater, the flying rainbow that heads the list of the Mara’s birds, occur in the reserve.

Dinner and overnight at the camp.All meals and overnight at the Miti Mingi Eco Camp.
Duration: 8 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight at Miti Mingi Eco Camp.

Day 3: Full Day Masai Mara

Stop At: Maasai Mara National Reserve, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Rift Valley Province
After breakfast leave the camp with packed picnic lunch for both the morning and evening game drive in this reserve which is essentially the Northern extension of Tanzanians Serengeti National park. Visit the river Mara and River Talek cutting through the park and the source of water for the animals. Here you will have a chance to see the hippos and crocodile. The annual wildebeest and zebras migration happens along the river Mara. You may be lucky to witness the crossing and the struggle for survival as the animals avoid the hungry crocodiles and hippos waiting to feed on them. The Masai Mara is also home to many members of the colorful Masai tribe who may be seen around the borders of the park – Moran’s (warriors) loping across the plains, young boys herding goats, or elders grouped under a tree discussing matters of the day .

A visit to a Masai boma (homestead) reveals this outstanding culture and customs. (Optional)

Dinner and overnight at the camp.
Duration: 8 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight at Miti Mingi Eco Camp.

Day 4: Masai Mara – Lake Nakuru National Park

Stop At: Maasai Mara National Reserve, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Rift Valley Province
Take early morning breakfast and go for a final morning game drive. Enjoy the cool morning game drive round the park with better chances of spotting the animals as they graze or hunt before the sunrises.
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Lake Nakuru National Park, Lake Nakuru National Park, Rift Valley Province
After the game drive, check out of the camp and also from the parks gate and depart for Nakuru taking lunch enroute. Upon arrival, check in at camp and proceed with the afternoon game drive to see one of the largest ornithological spots, millions of the greater and the lesser flamingos and over 450 bird species. You will have an opportunity to encounter with a variety of wildlife: the endangered white rhino and black rhino found in this park, Columbus monkeys, Leopards, Giraffes, and a variety of plain antelope

Dinner and overnight at camp.
Duration: 2 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight at Hotel Citymax.

Day 5: Lake Nakuru – Amboseli

Stop At: Lake Nakuru National Park, Lake Nakuru National Park, Rift Valley Province
After your breakfast you will have a morning game viewing session in Lake Nakuru national park to view flamingos that are famous in the park and other water birds like pelicans plains game like the Cape buffalo giraffe and baboons.
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Amboseli National Park, Amboseli National Park, Amboseli Eco-system, Rift Valley Province
After the game drive, check out of the camp and depart for Amboseli taking lunch enroute. You will arrive at Amboseli late in the evening have an enroute game drive on your way to your camp for dinner and overnight.

Amboseli National park offers unparalleled views of Mount Kilimanjaro – Africa’s tallest mountain as it’s strategically located at its foot. The different natural setting gives the park a spectacular view and home for the wild. This setting range from the acacia woodlands, plains, swamps, marshes, rocky thorn woods and the dried up lake. The park is also a home to large herds of African elephants as well as lions, leopards, cheetahs, buffalo, and more, this overnight visit allows you both afternoon and morning game drives in the park.

Dinner and overnight at the camp.
Duration: 1 hour

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight at Kimana Amboseli Camp.

Day 6: Full Day: Amboseli National Park

Stop At: Amboseli National Park, Amboseli National Park, Amboseli Eco-system, Rift Valley Province
After an early morning breakfast, leave your camp with packed lunch and depart for the morning and evening game drive .During the morning game drive, you are likely to see a clear view of the peak of Mt. Kilimanjaro. You will have a chance to spot the big five and other plains game like wildebeest’s giraffe and the antelopes search also for hippos mostly alongside the semi-permanent lakes and swamps like Longinya. The landscape is mostly dominated by open plains extensive stands of yellow bucked acacia woodland lava strewn thorny bush country and deep valley mountains like Namanga, Lameboti and Elemborashe. Birdlife at the park are the Masai ostrich, the aquatic little grapes, long tailed cormorants, African data pelicans, goliath purple heroin among others.

Dinner and overnight at the camp
Duration: 8 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight at Kimana Amboseli Camp.

Day 7: Amboseli National Park – Nairobi

Stop At: Amboseli National Park, Amboseli National Park, Amboseli Eco-system, Rift Valley Province
Take an early breakfast and spend the morning for a final game drive exploring the park. The morning drive will give you a better chance to observe the animals as they graze before the sun gets hot. You may be lucky to witness hunting. Visit the observation hill from where you will be able to see Mount Kilimanjaro from a far as well as the vast park and the animals as they graze from a top spot. After the game drive, check out of the camp and the parks gate and leave for Nairobi. You shall be dropped- off at the airport or your hotel.
Duration: 2 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.