$1,760 to $1,947 pp (USD)
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Arrival
Day 1
Nairobi to Amboseli National Park
Nairobi to Amboseli National Park
Early morning pick up from your Nairobi Hotel or Airport for a relaxed morning drive to Amboseli National Park, with scheduled stops, we plan to arrive at our reserved camp in good time for lunch, after a brief relaxation and familiarization of our accommodation, we proceed on our first game drive in Amboseli visiting the numerous swamps dotting the park where big concentrations of elephants and hundreds of other grazing herbivores can be found, our game drive will be easy and unhurried searching for game opportunities and how to capture the best views of Mount Kilimanjaro that forms a beautiful backdrop of this beautiful park. Game drive lasts until sunset when we return to the camp for dinner and overnight.
Lunch, dinner and overnight at AA Lodge Amboseli.
- Main Destination:
- Amboseli National Park
- Accommodation:
- Aa Lodge Amboseli
Wildlife in Amboseli NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Amboseli National Park full exploration
Amboseli National Park full exploration
Early breakfast enjoying beautiful views of Mt. Kilimanjaro, then depart with packed lunch to spend an entire day inside the park. You are in the land of the gentle Giants! Enjoy great opportunities watching elephants and capturing their best photos against the backdrop of the snowcapped Kilimanjaro. Visit the numerous swamps where wildlife concentrate for forage and mud bathing. Amboseli is renowned for huge elephant herds but other wildlife including, Giraffes, buffalos, Eland, zebra, wildebeest, Lions, Hyenas and Cheetah can be seen roaming freely. You will also be excited by the abundance of birdlife found in this park's wetlands and woodlands including fish eagles, egrets, pelicans, flamingos and a good selection of birds of prey. Lunch is served at the observation hill, the highest point offering a 360 degrees view of the entire park. Return to camp on an en route game drive with an option of visiting a local traditional Masai village.
Dinner and overnight at AA Lodge Amboseli.
- Main Destination:
- Amboseli National Park
- Accommodation:
- Aa Lodge Amboseli
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Amboseli to Taita Hills and Salt Lick wildlife Sanctuary
Amboseli to Taita Hills and Salt Lick wildlife Sanctuary
Breakfast in Amboseli is complimented by a beautiful sunrise and a clear morning view of Mount Kilimanjaro. Depart Amboseli for a 4 hour drive to the Taita Hills game sanctuary. This is an interesting drive along the boundary of Kenya and Tanzania with superb views of Mount Kilimanjaro and scenic views of rural farms and villages. Arrive at the Taita hills lodge to a set buffet lunch. Embark on an en- route game drive through the sanctuary enjoying various wildlife sightings most commonly elephants, Zebras, hartebeest, Giraffes and Buffalo, a number of predators can also be spotted here including Lions, Hyenas, cheetah, and jackals. Check in at the Salt lick game lodge, a charming and luxurious accommodation with a unique elevated design to enable guests enjoy uninterrupted views of its several waterholes. A brief relaxation follows before proceeding for an afternoon game drive until sunset when we return to lodge for dinner and overnight.
- Main Destination:
- Taita Hills Wildlife Sanctuary
- Accommodation:
- Salt Lick Safari Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Taita Hills and Tsavo West full exploration
Taita Hills and Tsavo West full exploration
Wake up to the sounds of nature and a beautiful sunrise. After a continental breakfast, start your adventurous full day exploration of Tsavo west national park from Taita hills. With picnic lunch, access Tsavo west through Maktau gate and immediately embark on a game drive, this is a huge sprawling park with magnificent landscape, you will be visiting areas of bush shrubs, volcanic plateaus, riverine forests, and rocky cliffs. Look out for the “Red elephants” of Tsavo, Kudus, Giraffes, Gerenuk, Oryx, Zebras, buffalo and Gazelles. An opportunity to spot a pride of lions immortalised as the "Man eaters" of Tsavo, leopard or a wild dog may present itself. Enjoy lunch by Mzima springs; a clear sparkling natural spring fed by underground streams that formed underneath a porous volcanic plateau. Return to Taita hills and Salt Lick lodge in late afternoon, enjoy a swim or watch animals visit a waterhole through a specially designed underground observatory.
Dinner and overnight at Salt Lick.
- Main Destination:
- Tsavo West National Park
- Accommodation:
- Salt Lick Safari Lodge
Wildlife in Tsavo West NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5
Taita Hills to Tsavo East National Park
Taita Hills to Tsavo East National Park
Opt for an early morning game drive starting at around 06:30 hrs. Catch-up with the first rays of sunrise and witness predators out in the field hunting for prey. Watch the early morning grazers and browsers and listen to the beautiful sounds of birds. It shall be a 2 uninturrupted hours of an enticing game drive before returning to Salt Lick for proper breakfast and to prepare for our drive to Tsavo East National Park.
After breakfast, set out for a comfortable midmorning drive to the Tsavo East, embark on an en-route game drive immediately after accessing the Park. Later, check in at the camp in good time for lunch. After relaxation, proceed for an afternoon game drive visiting the numerous wildlife concentration areas of Aruba and Kandili, large herds of elephants and buffaloes are a common sighting in these areas. Enjoy a wide variety of animals and if lucky you can encounter the rare African hunting dog. Game drive runs until sunset when we return to camp for dinner and overnight.
- Main Destination:
- Tsavo East National Park
- Accommodation:
- Ashnil Aruba Lodge
Wildlife in Tsavo East NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 6
Tsavo East full exploration
Tsavo East full exploration
A new day dawns in Tsavo, start off with an early morning game drive in this fascinating park, early morning game drives presents great opportunities to see predators hunting or still feasting on a last night kill. Explore the park anticipating to see the Marauding Lions of Tsavo immortalized as the ‘Man Eaters of Tsavo’ for their stealth attack of railway Engineers and their crew in 1898. Return to the camp at 9:00 am for a full breakfast.
Midmorning will be at leisure as it gets very hot in Tsavo and animals tend to hide from the midday sun. A strategic water hole by the camp will keep you busy as you watch animals take turn for drink and a mud bath. Hot lunch is served before the next afternoon game drive commences, experience more great sightings of Elephants, Buffaloes and Zebras also a chance to spot some Lions or cheetahs. Enjoy the park’s 500 species of birds that include ostrich, buzzards, Rollers and the migratory Kestrel. Return to lodge by sunset for dinner and overnight.
- Main Destination:
- Tsavo East National Park
- Accommodation:
- Ashnil Aruba Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 7
Tsavo East to Mombasa
Tsavo East to Mombasa
Early breakfast in Tsavo, this is the last day on safari and we plan to make the best out of it. We shall load up shortly after breakfast and embark on an en-route game drive towards the exit of the park, this day also presents great sighting opportunities since there’s no dull moment in the wilderness. A 2 hours game drive will be the best way to complete your wilderness adventure. We exit the park to join the main highway to Mombasa. Enjoy a smooth drive through remote rural villages and take a scheduled stop for lunch and refreshments. You are then dropped off at your North or south coast beach resort in the afternoon to enjoy the rest of your holiday. This marks the end of our 7 days elephant encounter safari full of excitement and great memories.
- Main Destination:
- Mombasa Beaches
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks:
