2 days, 1 night · From USD 211 per person · Budget
The 2-day Amboseli safari from Nairobi gives you an afternoon and a morning game drive in Amboseli National Park, staying one night in a budget tented camp. It is the best short safari for elephants and Kilimanjaro views, and is less rushed than a day trip.
Morning departure, arrive for lunch at camp, afternoon game drive until sunset.
Early game drive for the clearest Kilimanjaro views, breakfast, drive back to Nairobi, arriving mid to late afternoon.
June–October and January–February.
Yes. Two days gives you the two best wildlife windows, late afternoon and early morning, which is enough to see elephants, buffalo, hippo and often lions and cheetah.
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An Amboseli day trip from Nairobi is a long 13–14 hour tour, leaving at 05:00, that gives you 4–5 hours of game driving among Amboseli's big-tusked elephant herds with Mount Kilimanjaro as the backdrop.
The 3-day Samburu safari takes you to northern Kenya to see the 'Samburu Special Five': Grevy's zebra, reticulated giraffe, Somali ostrich, gerenuk and Beisa oryx.
The 4-day Masai Mara and Lake Nakuru classic safari combines Kenya's most famous reserve for big cats and the migration with Lake Nakuru's rhino sanctuary, so you can complete the Big Five in a short trip from Nairobi.
