This 5 day safari takes you from the coast to three of Kenya’s best parks. You cover Tsavo East, Tsavo West and Amboseli, with a real chance of seeing all of the Big Five along the way. The drive from Malindi to Tsavo East now runs on tarmac, so you spend more time on game drives and less time on the road. We pick you up from your hotel in Malindi, Watamu, Diani or Mombasa and bring you back at the end, so there is no need to fly to Nairobi first.
Pickup starts at 06:30 from your hotel in Malindi, Watamu, Mombasa or Diani. The drive to Tsavo East takes around three hours on tarmac road, and we enter the park through Sala Gate. From here you go straight into a game drive, watching for elephants, giraffes, buffalo, lion and the Yatta Plateau, the longest lava flow in the world. You arrive at your lodge around 13:00 for lunch and a short rest. At 16:00 you head back out for an evening game drive before dinner and an overnight stay in the park.
An early game drive starts at 06:30, before breakfast at the lodge. Around 09:00 you leave Tsavo East and cross into Tsavo West through Tsavo Gate near Manyani, with game viewing on the way. After lunch at your lodge, around 16:00 you set out for Ngulia Rhino Sanctuary, a fenced section of the park built to protect the black rhino, one of Africa’s most endangered animals. Dinner and overnight at your lodge or camp in Tsavo West.
After breakfast at 07:00, you stop at Mzima Springs, where clear spring water draws hippos, crocodiles and a wide range of fish and birds. From here the drive continues toward Amboseli, entering through Kimana Gate, with game viewing along the way. You reach your lodge for lunch around 13:00. In the afternoon you rest before a game drive from 16:00 to 18:30, when Amboseli’s light and the view of Mount Kilimanjaro are at their best. Dinner and overnight at your lodge.
The full day is spent in Amboseli. A morning game drive from 06:30 covers the swamps where elephant herds gather, with Mount Kilimanjaro often visible in the background if the sky is clear. After lunch and a rest, an afternoon game drive from 16:00 covers a different part of the park. Dinner and overnight at your lodge.
After breakfast at 07:00, there is a final game drive on the way out of the park, with an optional visit to a Maasai village at your own cost. The return drive to Malindi, Watamu or Diani takes most of the day, so we build in stops for lunch and rest along the way. You arrive back at your hotel in the evening.
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