7-Day Family Safari: Nairobi, Mara, Nakuru and Amboseli

The Nairobi programme visits the Sheldrick Nairobi Nursery and Giraffe Centre. At the Nursery, visitors observe orphaned elephants with their keepers during the fixed 11:00-to-noon public session; only keepers feed and directly handle the elephants. Official advance confirmation is required and the visit does not operate on 25 December.

The Giraffe Centre introduces giraffes and their conservation, with any feeding supervised by its educators. These wildlife visits form the first day’s programme before the Nairobi overnight and departure for the Maasai Mara.

The journey from Nairobi includes the scheduled Rift Valley escarpment viewpoint stop before continuing to the Maasai Mara. The afternoon game drive introduces the reserve’s open grassland and woodland margins.

Your guide looks for wildlife along suitable routes and pauses to observe animals in their surroundings. The first Mara session gives the family an introduction to the savannah landscape explored during the following full day.

Morning and afternoon game drives explore the Maasai Mara’s grassland and riverine habitats. Your guide looks for grazing herds, elephants and predators, with time to watch behaviour and photograph wildlife from the safari vehicle.

The programme includes suitable river-viewing areas for opportunities to observe hippos, crocodiles and birds. The afternoon session continues the exploration of the reserve before returning from the day’s game viewing.

The safari leaves the Mara for Lake Nakuru National Park. The afternoon game drive introduces the lakeshore and adjoining habitats, looking for rhinos, waterbirds and other wildlife along permitted park routes.

The lake and surrounding woodland provide a different setting from the open Mara plains. Flamingo numbers and locations vary with lake conditions, so the guide chooses viewing stops around the birds and mammals present.

A full day in Lake Nakuru combines morning and afternoon game drives through grassland, lakeside and woodland habitats. Your guide searches for black and white rhinos, giraffes, buffalo and other wildlife from the park roads.

The afternoon also explores the scheduled viewpoints above the lake for wider landscape views. Time at sightings and viewing stops allows the family to observe the differences between the lake margins, woodland and surrounding escarpment.

The circuit continues from Lake Nakuru to Amboseli National Park. The afternoon game drive explores wetland edges and open plains, with opportunities to observe elephants and other wildlife moving through these habitats.

Your guide selects viewing stops around the animals encountered, providing time for observation and photographs. Kilimanjaro may form part of the wider landscape when cloud cover allows a view.

A final morning game drive provides one more Amboseli wildlife session before the return to Nairobi. Your guide follows suitable routes to observe the park’s plains and wetland wildlife in the morning light. The safari then leaves Amboseli and ends at the agreed Nairobi drop-off point.