“Ten days, four parks, never once felt like we were being moved through a schedule. The Tsavo days at the end surprised us — quieter than the Mara but somehow wilder. Logistics were flawless from the moment we landed.”
About This Safari
The complete Kenya loop. Four parks, ten days, and a deliberate route through the country's best big-game habitat. Lion, leopard, elephant, buffalo, rhino.
Most travellers do one or two parks. This trip does four, in the right order, with internal flights connecting them so you spend your time in the parks instead of on the road. Mara for cats. Nakuru for rhino. Amboseli for elephants. Tsavo for the wild, dust-red end of the country.
Ten days. Luxury-tier camps and lodges throughout. Private guide and vehicle in each park (we hand you off between teams so the local specialist drives you in the place they know best). This is the trip we'd recommend to a serious wildlife traveller on their first or second visit to East Africa.
Highlights
What this trip is built around.
Four full parks, professionally connected — no wasted days on the road.
All five members of the Big Five, reliably.
Luxury-tier camps throughout — every one hand-selected.
Local specialist guide in each park, not a single rotating one.
Kilimanjaro from Amboseli; Lake Nakuru's rhinos; Tsavo's red elephants.
Itinerary
Day by day.
Airport pickup at JKIA. Transfer to a boutique hotel in Karen — a quiet, leafy suburb 20 minutes from the airport.
If you arrive in the morning we'll arrange a visit to the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust to see the orphan elephants, or to the Giraffe Centre. Otherwise: rest, eat, sleep.
Accommodation: Hemingways NairobiMeals: BLD
What's Included
Inclusions & exclusions.
Included
- All internal flights (Wilson–Mara, Mara–Wilson, Naivasha–Amboseli)
- Train fare Voi–Nairobi
- Private 4x4 game-viewers and local specialist guide in each park
- All park, reserve and conservancy fees
- Luxury accommodation on full-board basis
- Airport transfers in Nairobi
- Two-bottle daily water allowance, sundowners, beer & house wines included at most camps
Not included
- International flights
- Kenya visa ($50 per person)
- Premium spirits and cellar wines at camps
- Optional balloon safari ($450 per person)
- Tips and gratuities
- Personal travel insurance
Route
Where you'll go.
Route: Nairobi → Maasai Mara → Lake Nakuru → Amboseli → Tsavo
Gallery
A taste of what you'll see.
Good to Know
Frequently asked.
From the Guestbook
What travellers said about this safari
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