7 Day Budget Kenya Safari to Maasai Mara, Lake Naivasha, and Amboseli National Park
Kenya Safari
This seven-day safari gives travelers an opportunity to see the best of Kenya's scenic sites and different landscapes.
Key information
- Group safari
- Group size: 2 - 7 participants
- Children of any age are allowed to participate under the supervision of a parent or guardian
- Starting and ending points: Nairobi
- English speaking guide
- All park fees are not included
Highlights
- 10 exciting game drives
- Chance to see big five, wildebeests, oryx, and birds
- Transport in 8-seater pop-up-roof minivans
- Visit Maasai Mara, Lake Nakuru, and Amboseli National Parks
- Professional English-speaking safari guide
- 6 nights accommodation
- Daily meals
Styles
Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (US$ 25 per person)
Accommodation
During the safari, you will spend all nights at various camps in Maasai Mara Reserve, Lake Naivasha, and Amboseli National Park.
Program
Itinerary
Day 1: Nairobi - Masai Mara Game Reserve
Drive in from Nairobi in the morning through the dramatic Great Rift Valley with a stopover at View Point and Narok town for lunch to the Masai Mara National Reserve to begin your seven-day cheap budget camping tour. On arrival, you will enjoy an evening game drive. Dinner and overnight at the campsite.
- Meal plan: Lunch and dinner
Day 2: Discover Masai Mara Game Reserve
A full day is spent in Masai Mara with morning and afternoon game drives. This game will be in search of great predators and perhaps even cubs. On the plains are enormous herds of grazing animals plus the elusive cheetah and leopard hiding amidst Acacia boughs. Dinner and overnight at the campsite.
- Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch, and dinner
Day 3: Explore Masai Mara Game Reserve
Another day will be spent in Maasai Mara with morning and afternoon game drives. During your stay, you also have an optional opportunity to visit a village of the Masai people or an early hot air balloon. Overnight at the campsite.
- Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch, and dinner
Day 4: Maasai Mara - Lake Naivasha (Great Rift Valley)
After breakfast, you will depart to Lake Naivasha where you will arrive in time for lunch at your accommodation. You take an optional boat ride. Alternatively, a nature walk at Crescent Island is an excellent way to see wild animals while on foot, Overnight at the campsite.
- Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch, and dinner
Day 5: Lake Naivasha - Amboseli National Park
Depart in the morning after breakfast passing through the scenic Athi Plains and into the bush country of Amboseli National Park to continue your budget tour, home to the legendary Maasai tribesmen and famous for huge herds of Elephants. Lunch on arrival followed by an evening game drive. In addition to antelopes, zebras, wildebeests, buffaloes, and the rare and elusive leopard, nearly every vista within the park is framed by the majestic Mount Kilimanjaro in the distance. Dinner and overnight at the campsite.
- Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch, and dinner
Day 6: Explore Amboseli
Rising early for good views of Mount Kilimanjaro before clouds build up over the summit, you set off for another stimulating game drive in search of the herds of jumbo elephants, wildebeests, giraffes, and baboons. An optional visit to a Maasai village is planned after breakfast. Midday finds you at your camp for lunch and afternoon rest, followed by another extensive game drive in the evening. Overnight at the campsite.
- Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch, and dinner
Day 7: Amboseli National Park - Nairobi
After breakfast in the morning, you depart by road to Nairobi to end your budget tour.
- Meal plan: Breakfast
About the safari
From Nairobi city, the capital of Kenya with its tall buildings, businesses, and cosmopolitan nature, to the central part of Kenya, rich in Agricultural activities, and Mount Kenya to the semi-arid northern part of the country which harbors Samburus and the game reserve with its unique species of animals like the gravy zebra, reticulated giraffe, oryx, and the generuk antelope.
You will descend down the floor of the Great Rift Valley to view the alkaline Lake Nakuru with its multi-million lesser flamingos and pelicans. The tour will also take you to the dry Maasai Country with some parts of the rolling savannah grassland which sustains the ecosystem in Maasai Mara Game Reserve, the home of the big five with many plain game animals not forgetting the Mara River which is the gateway of annual migration of wildebeests and zebras.
Location
The safari will take place in Kenya.
Masai Mara Game Reserve
This enormous reserve is actually part of the vast Serengeti plains famously known for its spectacular great wildebeest migration and is home to the big five: lion, elephant, leopard, buffalo, and rhino.
Lake Naivasha
Lake Naivasha is one of the freshwater lakes of the Great Rift Valley.
Crescent Island
The Island is a private game sanctuary, which is home to zebras, wildebeests, gazelles, vervet monkeys, hares, genet cats, waterbucks, and giraffes.
Amboseli National Park
In addition to antelopes, zebras, wildebeests, buffaloes, and the rare and elusive leopards, nearly every vista within the park is framed by the majestic Mount Kilimanjaro in the distance.
Food
You will be served daily meals and bottled mineral water included in the price. In addition to a wide food range, Great Horizon Trails also takes into consideration other special dietary concerns.
The following meals are included:
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Drinks
The following drinks are included:
- Water
- Coffee
- Tea
The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:
- Vegetarian
- Vegan
- Gluten Free
- Regular (typically includes meat and fish)
- Pescatarian
- Hallal
- Other dietary requirements on request
What's included
- Extensive game drives
- 6 nights accommodation
- All meals
- Bottled mineral water in the minivan while on game drives
- Professional English-speaking safari guide or driver
- Guaranteed departures for 2 or more passengers booking this safari
- Transport in a safari van with an open rooftop
- Pre-tour itinerary document
What's not included
- All applicable game park entrance fees
- Airfares
- Airport transfers
- Departures taxes
- Personal communications charges for telephone calls, faxes, email, etc.
- Tips and gratuities for your driver or guide
- Alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages
- Laundry services
- Between-meal snacks, parks, attractions, and events not included in the itinerary
- Professional safari escort
How to get there
Recommended Airports
Jomo Kenyatta International Airport
11 km
Transfer not provided
Arrival by airplane
Please book your flight to arrive at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO). Transfer from and to this airport is available upon request at an additional cost of 25 USD per transfer by saloon car.
Cancellation Policy
- A reservation requires a deposit of 20% of the total price.
- The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
- The rest of the payment should be paid on arrival.
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