6 days, 5 nights · From USD 712 per person · Budget
The 6-day Masai Mara, Lake Nakuru and Amboseli safari covers Kenya's three most popular parks: big cats in the Mara, rhinos at Nakuru and elephants under Kilimanjaro at Amboseli, on a budget group itinerary that starts and ends in Nairobi.
Drive to the Mara, afternoon game drive.
Full-day game drive.
Morning drive, transfer to Nakuru.
Morning game drive in Nakuru, continue towards Nairobi/Amboseli.
Drive to Amboseli, afternoon game drive.
Sunrise game drive with Kilimanjaro views, return to Nairobi.
June–October and January–February.
Masai Mara park fees for non-resident adults are USD 100/day (Jan–Jun) and USD 200/day (Jul–Dec). See our Masai Mara park fees guide.
Masai Mara for big cats and the migration, Lake Nakuru for rhinos and Amboseli for elephants and Kilimanjaro views. This route gives the widest variety in under a week.
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A Lake Nakuru day trip from Nairobi is a 10–11 hour private tour that drives 160 km into the Great Rift Valley for a game drive in Lake Nakuru National Park, a protected rhino sanctuary known for white and black rhino, Rothschild's giraffe, lions and flamingos.
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 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.
