6 Days Nairobi Amboseli Tsavo West and Taita Hills

On arrival at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, complete immigration and collect your luggage before meeting your local representative in the arrivals area. Transfer to your Nairobi hotel, where you can check in and settle into your room after your journey.

The rest of the day is free to rest at the hotel. Enjoy a quiet afternoon in the lounge or gardens, or use the hotel facilities if you arrive early enough. Your safari briefing introduces the route, the next morning’s departure and the places you will visit with your guide.

In the evening, have dinner at the hotel or choose a nearby restaurant, depending on your arrival time. Settle in for an overnight stay in Nairobi before the wildlife journey begins.

Meal plan: Breakfast only where included in the confirmed arrival-night booking; lunch and dinner at own expense unless quoted.

After breakfast, depart for Amboseli National Park. Travel across changing countryside toward the plains below Mount Kilimanjaro, with a comfort stop along the way. As you approach the park, the landscape opens into dry grassland, acacia woodland and wetlands.

Arrive at your lodge or camp, have lunch and take a short rest. In the afternoon, set out on a game drive through the park’s open plains and marsh areas, where elephant families often gather to feed and drink.

Look for buffaloes, zebras, wildebeest and giraffes, as well as hippos and waterbirds around the wetter areas. Your guide will stop for wildlife photographs and, when the clouds clear, views of Kilimanjaro rising beyond the park.

Return to your accommodation before evening for dinner and an overnight stay.

Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Begin with an early game drive, when the air is cool and Kilimanjaro may be visible above the plains. Watch elephant families walking toward the marshes and look for lions or hyenas before they settle into shade. Return to the lodge for breakfast if you set out before eating.

Continue exploring Amboseli’s contrasting habitats, from dusty open ground to green wetlands fed by underground water from the mountain. Watch buffaloes and hippos around the marshes, and look for crowned cranes, herons and other waterbirds beside the pools.

Return to your lodge for lunch and a break during the warmest part of the day. Later, head out for another game drive, allowing time to stop beside elephant herds and observe the interactions between adults and calves.

As the afternoon light softens, enjoy the park’s broad landscapes and any clear mountain views. Return to the lodge for dinner and another overnight stay in the Amboseli area.

Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch and dinner.

After breakfast, leave for Tsavo West National Park. Travel into a landscape of volcanic hills, dark lava outcrops and thick bush, with game viewing along the park roads as you make your way toward your accommodation.

Visit Mzima Springs, where clear water creates a green oasis in the surrounding dry country. Follow the designated walking path with the local guidance required on the day, looking for hippos in the water, crocodiles along the banks and birds among the trees. Stop at the viewing points to appreciate the springs and their importance to the park’s wildlife.

Have lunch at your lodge or enjoy a packed lunch along the route. Continue with an afternoon game drive, looking for elephants, buffaloes, giraffes, zebras and antelopes among the wooded slopes and clearings. The thicker vegetation makes patient observation part of the experience.

Reach your lodge before evening, settle into your room and enjoy dinner and an overnight stay.

Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch and dinner.

After breakfast, depart for the Taita Hills and LUMO wildlife area. Travel inland through towns and rural countryside before reaching open plains backed by the Taita Hills.

Arrive at your selected lodge for lunch, check in and take a short rest. In the afternoon, explore the sanctuary or conservancy attached to your booked accommodation, looking for elephants, buffaloes, giraffes, zebras and antelopes.

Your guide will search the grasslands and patches of woodland for lions and other predators, stopping at water points and good viewing areas along the way. The hills provide a striking backdrop for wildlife photographs as the light softens.

Return to the lodge before darkness for dinner. Where the lodge overlooks a waterhole, spend part of the evening watching for animals coming to drink before settling in for the night.

Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch and dinner.

After breakfast at the Taita Hills area, meet your guide and begin the road journey back to Nairobi. Enjoy a final view of the surrounding landscape as you leave the safari region, with a comfort stop along the route.

This is a long road-transfer day. Depart promptly after breakfast and travel with a packed lunch when required; any flight should be scheduled late enough to allow for the drive and airport formalities.

Continue through rural towns and farmland toward the capital. Your guide will arrange the journey around your confirmed drop-off and flight time, with a lunch stop or packed meal where included in the booking.

On reaching Nairobi, transfer to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport for your onward flight, or to the city drop-off point stated in your arrangements. Say farewell to your guide at the end of your Kenya safari.

Meal plan: Breakfast; lunch where included in the confirmed safari package. Dinner is not included unless quoted.