7-Day Amboseli, Nakuru, Maasai Mara and Naivasha Safari

Your private guide meets your party in Nairobi and takes you to Amboseli, the first destination on the circuit. The arrival-day game viewing introduces the open plains and wetland landscape, looking for elephants and other wildlife encountered along the permitted park routes.

The drive provides time to observe animals in their surroundings and appreciate the contrast between the plains and marsh habitat. The programme then returns from the first wildlife session before the following full day in Amboseli.

The full day in Amboseli focuses on vehicle-based wildlife observation across the park’s plains and wetland edges. Your guide looks for elephants, grazing animals, predators and birds, choosing viewing stops around the animals present.

Time at sightings allows observation and photography rather than a fixed species checklist. The day continues within Amboseli, giving a second perspective on the landscape without a move to another destination.

The safari leaves Amboseli and continues to Lake Nakuru. The arrival-day vehicle exploration introduces the lake, woodland and grassland habitats, looking for wildlife along authorised park roads.

The guide selects viewing areas for the wildlife and birds encountered. The lake environment provides a different setting from Amboseli before the circuit continues to the Maasai Mara.

The programme moves from Lake Nakuru to the Maasai Mara. The first Mara game-viewing session explores suitable routes through open grassland and wooded margins, looking for grazing herds and predators.

The drive introduces the savannah landscape and provides time to observe wildlife before the following full day in the Mara. The experience follows the animals encountered rather than a promised list of sightings.

The day is devoted to exploring the Maasai Mara by safari vehicle. Your guide follows suitable reserve routes, pausing to observe wildlife behaviour and look for animals across the grassland and wooded habitats.

An optional Maasai village visit can be separately arranged and paid for. It is additional to the included game-viewing programme, which continues in the Mara before the following day’s move to Lake Naivasha.

The safari leaves the Mara for Lake Naivasha, the final destination on the circuit. The included boat ride explores the freshwater lake, providing opportunities to observe hippos and waterbirds from the boat operator’s route.

The included Crescent Island walk follows the sanctuary’s open paths through grazing habitat beside the lake. The boat and walking activities give a different perspective from the preceding park drives before the final Naivasha overnight.

The final morning brings the Lake Naivasha stay to a close before the return to Nairobi. The boat ride and Crescent Island walk belong to the previous day’s programme; the final stage completes the road circuit at the agreed Nairobi drop-off point.