This five-day safari tour combines two exquisite parks in Kenya with abundant wildlife. The world-famous Masai Mara is home to the Great Migration and a plethora of big cats. With postcard views of Mt. Kilimanjaro and big 5, magnificent herds of elephants, Amboseli national park is a photographer’s dream. These five days will be full of sights and memories that will last a lifetime
The highlight of 5 days safari Kenya tour
Day 1: Transfer from Nairobi city to Masai Mara national reserve
Day 2: Full-day game drive at Masai mara game reserve
Day 3: Transfer from Masai Mara game reserve to Amboseli National park
Day 4: Full-day game drive at Amboseli National park
Day 5: Drive from Amboseli National park to Nairobi for departure flight
Detailed Itinerary of 5 days Kenya tour
Day 1: Transfer from Nairobi city to Masai Mara national reserve and afternoon game drive
After breakfast, your 5 Days Kenya safari vacation begins with a pick-up from the lodge and a safari briefing by our driver or guide. The journey to the famous Masai Mara Game Reserve is around 265 km long and takes 5 hours, passing through the lovely savannah grasslands and plains of the Great Rift Valley with amazing views of Mountain Suswa, Mountain Margaret, and Mountain Longonot. You shall arrive on time for lunch, check in at your lodge for some relaxation.
The Masai Mara game reserve is one of the world’s nine natural wonders and a popular tourist attraction in Kenya, noted for its migration of wildebeest along the Mara River. Crocodiles and hippos can be found in the river as it flows through the Mara. The area is teeming with animals, including a pride of lions resting or circling in the beautiful woodland savannah grassland, as well as the big five. Hyenas, antelopes, topis, dik-dik, and zebras are among other animals expected to spot.
In the late afternoon, you will go for the game evening game drive where you will able to spot the big five and other various wildlife animals such as Lion, Leopard & Cheetah to Rhino, Elephant and Wildebeest, after the game drive you will return to your lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch and dinner
Day 2: Full-day game drive at Masai mara game reserve
After breakfast at the lodge, you will explore the park’s incredibly dense game population. A full day of wildlife drives with a picnic lunch along the Mara River while admiring the scenery of crocodiles relaxing on the brown-muddy river banks creates unforgettable African safari memories. The Maasai Mara’s rolling grasslands provide excellent game viewing and picture possibilities, and the plains of grass are broken up by rocky outcrops that serve as favoured midday resting spots for Lions.
In an annual dramatic occurrence, millions of wildebeest cross the Mara River from the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania to the Maasai Mara Game Reserve in Kenya. This makes the Mara a hub of “wildlife activities,” drawing thousands of pastoral game and predators with them.
In the evening you can opt to visit or tour the Masai local community, you’ll learn about their customs and herding lifestyle, as well as possibly purchase some of their beaded artistry. Then you return to your lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.
Meal Plan: All meals are included
Day 3: Transfer from Masai Mara game reserve to Amboseli National park
After an early breakfast, you will head for Amboseli National Park, a 520 km drive that will take about more than 9 hours. You’ll travel through farms and farmland, stopping along the way to soak up Kenya’s beautiful splendour and taking a lunch break to stretch and unwind. The majestic form of Kilimanjaro, the highest peak in Africa, looms at the park’s southern edge, a continuous presence gazing over the great array of species all around the smaller park. While the high-altitude layer of clouds burns off, the mountain’s snow-capped summit can possibly be seen, providing a spectacular picture of one of Africa’s most inspiring vistas. Upon your arrival, you will check in at the hotel for dinner, relaxation, and an overnight stay.
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch and dinner
Day 4: Full-day game drive at Amboseli National park
After an early breakfast on the fourth day of your five-day safari in Kenya, spend the whole day on a safari in Amboseli National Park. You will explore in your 4×4 safari vehicle between your morning and afternoon wildlife excursions before heading back to the hotel or camp for lunch. The Maasai word “Empusel,” which roughly translates as “salty, dusty place,” is the origin of the name Amboseli, and indicates why elephants like this park. Additionally, the park is home to some 1,500 elephants, some of which are the biggest in Africa. Numerous elephant herds and bulls have participated in the longest-running field research on elephant behaviour.
Amboseli is well renowned for its vast herds of large-tusked elephants and stunning surroundings. It’s the spot to go if you want to see elephants in front of Africa’s tallest mountain, the snow-capped Mount Kilimanjaro. There are animals in the parks such as lions, leopards, cheetahs, hyenas, buffalos, giraffes, gazelles, gerenuks, fringe-eared Oryxes, bat-eared foxes, yellow baboons, Blue wildebeests, black-backed jackals, hippos, Impalas, waterbucks, pelicans, martial eagles, blue-cheeked bee-eaters, secretary birds, Ostriches and others. After your game drive, you’ll return to your lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.
Meal Plan: All meals are included
Day 5: Drive from Amboseli National park to Nairobi for departure flight
On the final day of this incredible journey, you will have a quiet breakfast before being picked up by your guide or driver and transferred to Nairobi, finally to the airport for your departure flight depending on the time of your flight.