“Enjoy a safari at the most famous Kenyan parks!”
7 Day Budget Group Safari to Maasai Mara, Lake Nakuru, Naivasha, and Amboseli Parks in Kenya
Ekajiang Mara Camp, Ololaimutiek, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
Kenyan Safari Experience
Catch amazing scenaries, enjoy the Kenyan landscape, see the Rift Valley and Amboseli, and if the weather is suitable, you will be able to view Mt. Kilimanjaro, the tallest mountain in Africa, from afar. This safari is ideal for travelers seeking to save costs and thereby explore the Kenyan safari on a budget. The vehicle carries a maximum of eight pax.
Key information
- Private or group safari
- Maximum group size of 30 participants
- Children policy: Children below 11 years old must be accompanied by an adult
- Starting point and ending point: Nairobi
- English-speaking guide
- All park entrance fees in the Mara, Nakuru, Hell’s Gate, and Amboseli included
Highlights
- Enjoy a full-day game drive at the parks with a high possibility of seeing the Big Five
- Visit the famous Mara River and see the Nile crocodiles and hippo families
- See herds of elephants in Amboseli
- Witness the breathtaking views of the Great Rift Valley and its dormant volcanoes
- Breathtaking views of Mt. Kilimanjaro in the background
- Shared transport and game drives in a proper safari vehicle with a pop-up roof
- 6 nights accommodation with meals and airport transfers included
- All park entrance fees in the Mara, Nakuru, Hell’s Gate, and Amboseli included
Styles
7 activity days
Group size: Maximum of 30 participants
Airport transfer available:
Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (US$ 30 per person)
Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (US$ 30 per person)
Accommodation
During this safari, you will be staying at various accommodations such as Enkajiang Mara Camp, City Max Hotel, Chambai Safari Hotel, and Nyati Camp.
Enkajiang Mara Camp (2 nights)
Enkajiang Camp is a budget safari camp just outside the gates of the Maasai Mara National Reserve, regarded as one of the wildlife jewels in Kenya. The camp is built with all the comforts of home, including solar-heated showers, bed with pillows, sheets, blankets, and mosquito nets.
Additionally, as a backup, a standby generator that supplies lights and refrigeration for the dining area allows cell phones and digital cameras to be recharged.
Enkajiang is surrounded by a natural environment. Experience waking up to birds twittering, lions roaring, and hyena and monkey’s drama in the bush around. The camp charms guests with its warm welcome and rests along a stream valley, overlooking picturesque hills and the rolling plains of Oloolaimutia in Maasai Mara National Reserve.
- Accommodation level: Budget
Facilities
- Spa
City Max Hotel (1 night)
City Max Hotel is nestled within a serene environment in the heart of Nakuru. It is an ultra-modern edifice, set in a pristine idyllic setting, with an ambiance of discreet privacy. The hotel’s environment is aesthetically appealing and suggests extreme elegance. It is ideal for business travelers and individuals looking for a tranquil retreat.
The resort's rooms are designed for comfort and offer ensuite bathrooms and DStv. There are also a lounge and a dining area, and the well-manicured garden features a children’s play area as well as a lapa. Nakuru offers many attractions such as the Lake Nakuru National Park.
- Accommodation level: Budget
Chambai Safari Hotel (1 night)
Chambai Hotel features a barbecue and views of the lake. Guests can also enjoy the onsite bar. Free private parking is available on-site.
All rooms include a flat-screen television with cable channels and a private bathroom. Some units include a seating area where you can relax. Extras include slippers and free toiletries.
- Accommodation level: Budget
Nyati Camp (2 nights)
Nyati is a budget-friendly accommoodation overlooking Mount Kilimanjaro, right by Kimana gate, in Amboseli National Park. There, you will get bush-like setting with friendly service and comfort.
It is an affordable and friendly choice where you can rest in their spacious tents and stone rooms, as well as enjoy tasty meals at their restaurant with a generous view of Mount Kilimanjaro. Nyati Safari Camp is your ultimate gateway for wildlife and nature adventures in Amboseli National Park.
- Accommodation level: Budget
Program
Day 1: Nairobi to Maasai Mara
You will pass via the Great Rift Valley viewpoint, where you will have a stopover of 10 to 15 minutes to view the Rift Valley. Lunch will be at the camp in Maasai Mara. In the afternoon, after you check in, depart for a sunset evening game viewing drive in the Mara Reserve (16:00 to 18:00).
Return back to the camp for a buffet dinner, ending with a good time for resting at Enkajiang Camp / Rhino Tourist Camp / similar. The tents have a toilet, shower, bed, linen, and mosquito nets. Electricity is provided from 18:00 to 22:00 in the evening and from 06:00 to 08:00 in the morning.
Masai Mara Reserve is the most popular tourism destination in Kenya, located in the Great Rift Valley in primarily open grassland. Wildlife is most concentrated on the reserve’s western escarpment. It’s regarded as the jewel of Kenya’s wildlife viewing areas.
- Dinner and overnight stay at Enkajiang Camp
Day 2: Full day game drive in Masai Mara Reserve
At around 07:00 after breakfast, you will leave for a full day, exploring Masai Mara in search of the Big Five and the annual wildebeest migration, which alone involves over 1.5 million animals arriving in July and departing in November.
Hardly can a visitor miss to spot the Big Five. The phenomenal wildebeest migration, which is a spectacular event only seen in Maasai Mara, is the seventh wonder of the world.
At midday, you will have a picnic lunch in the park provided by Perfect Wilderness Tours and Safaris. You will also visit the site of the yearly wildebeest migration and see the resident crocodiles and hippos that can be sighted at the banks of the Mara River. Then, continue with the game drive and explore the beauty of the Mara reserve until evening.
- Dinner and overnight stay at Enkajiang Camp
Day 3: Depart Maasai Mara to Nakuru
You will have breakfast at the camp / lodge then check out at 08:00, and thereafter drive to Nakuru. On this day, you will have an optional visit to Masai Village in Maasai Mara in the morning before leaving. The village trip costs 20 USD per person (paid in cash at the village). There, you will get to see the lifestyle of the local tribe and learn more about their culture.
Perfect Wilderness Tours and Safaris will offer lunch on the way at a traveler’s motel. Arrive in Nakuru, check in at your hotel, and rest. There won't be a game drive on this day so you can relax and either have a swim at the pool or take a walk around your hotel.
- Dinner and overnight stay at Hotel City Max
Day 4: Lake Nakuru to Lake Naivasha
You will have an early breakfast, check out, and depart by 07:00 straight to Lake Nakuru National Park for a game drive. It’s a small park with magnificent, rare white rhinos which form part of the Big Five animals. There will also be a possibility to see pink flamingos. The game drive will last three to four hours, after which you will enjoy game viewing on your way out.
The ecosystem is comprised of the lake, surrounded by wooded and bushy grasslands. The park supports a wide ecological diversity, including flamingos (greater and lesser) and other water birds, as well as the black and white rhinoceros, which are the major attractions of the area.
You will have lunch at a traveler’s motel in Naivasha. After the meals, you'll head to Lake Naivasha for a one-hour boat ride. While on the boat ride, enjoy bird watching, eagle feeding, and pelican and hippo viewing. Once your boat ride comes to an end, return to the dock.
On this day, you can opt to add a visit to Crescent Island at an extra cost of 35 USD per person, or two hours of horse riding at Sanctuary Farm at an extra cost of 70 USD per person.
- Dinner and overnight stay at Chambai Hotel
Day 5: Hell’s Gate National Park then to Amboseli National Park
Have an early breakfast and check out of the hotel by 07:00 to proceed to Hell's Gate National Park, where you will start the biking safari. Experience a guided tour as you watch different animal species like zebras, buffalos, giraffes, and antelopes, among others, as you bike.
You'll also have a guided walk in the gorge when you visit the gorges inside the park. Gorges are small thin depressions of land mass where you can walk underneath. Some areas have formed caves where you can walk through.
Finish the tours and bring the bikes back to the Gate. If you cannot bike, you will have the option of exploring the park by foot.
Hell's Gate National Park is a remarkable quarter of the Great Rift Valley. Spectacular scenery, including towering cliffs, water-gouged gorges, stark rock towers, scrub-clad volcanoes, and belching plumes of geothermal steam make it one of the most atmospheric parks in Africa.
Hell’s Gate is a unique attraction because of its biodiversity that includes raptors. Visitors can enjoy biking, rock climbing, and a natural spa famed for the intense geothermal activity within its boundaries.
Drive to Naivasha Kifaru restaurant or Mai Mahiu Hotel for lunch, then it will be the start of the drive to Amboseli to arrive in the evening. Check in to the lodge, swim, and relax. The game drive will be on the next day.
- Dinner and overnight stay at Nyati Safari camp
Day 6: Full day in Amboseli
You'll have an early morning game drive, then later return back to the lodge for breakfast. After breakfast, enjoy a full day spent in the park with a packed lunch, in search of its popular residents like the well-known predators and their opponents like the zebra, wildebeest, giraffe, and hippo with a view of Mt Kilimanjaro. Later, return to your lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.
Amboseli National Park is famous for its scenery, with a backdrop of snow-capped Mount Kilimanjaro, which dominates the landscape and open plains. You'll have a picnic lunch at an observation hill and several stops for bathroom break will be available during the game drives.
- Dinner and overnight at Nyati Safari camp
Day 7: Amboseli to Nairobi
You will have a last day early morning game drive, giving you higher chances of seeing the predators (strictly from 06:00 to 08:00). You'll then go back to the hotel for morning breakfast, check out with all your luggage, and start the drive back to Nairobi. When you arrive, you will be dropped off at your hotel or the airport. This marks the end of the tour.
Location
This safari will take place in Kenya, covering Maasai Mara National Reserve, Nakuru, Naivasha, Hell's Gate, and Amboseli National Park.
Kenya
Kenya is a country full of surprises, and many are amazed to know that besides safaris and wildlife, the country also has some of the best beaches in East Africa. The beauty of this land is that, besides the assortment of activities and sights it has to offer, it is also easy to enjoy a safari and a beach holiday combination.
Kenya’s coastline boasts brilliant blue water, lined with protective coral reefs, creating ideal conditions for swimming, snorkeling, sailing, and water sports.
Explore and adventure through the Maasai Mara or marvel over the herd of elephants that you will find in Amboseli. Reflect on the splendor of Amboseli National Park and Mount Kilimanjaro, and sort through your countless photographs of rare and glorious birds.
Amboseli National Park
Located about 250 kilometers from Nairobi and along the Tanzanian border, the park derives its name from the Maasai word ‘empusel’ which means salty, dusty place.
Declared a national park in 1974 to protect its unique and fragile ecosystem, the Amboseli National Park offers landscapes of remarkable contrasts, such as arid zones alongside lush oases of the swamps. The ecosystem of this low rainfall region depends on the water from Mount Kilimanjaro.
A particular feature of the Amboseli National Park is the possibility to take postcard photos of elephants against the backdrop of Kilimanjaro.
Covering an area of 392 square kilometers, the park is, in addition to elephants, home to numerous animals such as giraffes, wildebeests, antelopes, buffalos, lions, cheetahs, leopards, and hyenas, as well as over 400 species of birds such as pelicans, kingfishers, cranes, hamerkop, and 47 types of raptors that live alongside the Maasai villages.
This compact park is abundant with wildlife and allows for excellent game viewing. Its vegetation consists of a combination of sprawling grasslands, swampy springs, and dry dusty earth. From the observation hill, you will have a view of the entire park, especially the swamp areas where buffalos, elephants, hippos, and a diversity of water birds go to cool off and refresh themselves. Look out for the shy porcupine who only dares to emerge at sunset.
Crowned by Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest peak, the Amboseli National Park is one of Kenya’s most popular parks. The name “Amboseli” comes from a Maasai word meaning “salty dust,” and it is one of the best places in Africa to view large herds of elephants up close.
Nature lovers can explore five different habitats there, ranging from the dried-up bed of Lake Amboseli to the wetlands with sulphur springs, the savannah, and woodlands. They can also visit the local Maasai community who lives around the park and experience their authentic culture.
Maasai Mara National Reserve
Covering an area of 1,510 square kilometers, the Maasai Mara National Reserve is, in fact, the extension in Kenyan territory of the vast Serengeti Park in Tanzania. Together, they constitute a huge ecosystem in which animals move freely.
All large African animals are present, such as Thomson’s and Grant’s gazelles, the impala, Kirk’s dik-dik, the bushbuck, the topi, the buffalo, the ellipse waterbuck, the elands, and giraffes.
Famous for its rich wildlife, the Maasai Mara National Reserve is home to not only the Big Five (elephant, lion, buffalo, rhino, and leopard) but also to many birds. Over 500 species of birds have been recorded here. Along the rivers, crocodiles and hippos lie in wait.
Composed of vast rolling plains and hills, the Maasai Mara National Reserve is dotted with umbrella thorn acacias and thorny thickets. In the Maa language, ‘Mara’ means spotted and may refer to the colorful landscapes.
Maasai Mara National Reserve is an area of preserved savannah wilderness in southwestern Kenya, along the Tanzanian border. Its animals include lions, cheetahs, elephants, zebras, and hippos. Wildebeests traverse its plains during their annual migration.
The landscape has grassy plains and rolling hills, and is crossed by the Mara and Talek rivers. The area nearby is dotted with villages (enkangs) of Maasai people.
Lake Nakuru
Lake Nakuru is one of the Rift Valley soda lakes at an elevation of 1,754 meters above sea level. It lies to the south of Nakuru, in the Rift Valley of Kenya and is protected by Lake Nakuru National Park.
The lake's abundance of algae used to attract a vast quantity of flamingos that famously lined the shore. Other birds also flourish in the area, as do warthogs, baboons, and other large mammals. Eastern black rhinos and southern white rhinos have also been introduced.
The lake's level dropped dramatically in the early 1990s but has since largely recovered. In 2013, the lake received an alarming increase in the water levels that led to the migration of flamingos to Lake Bogoria in search for food supply.
Nakuru means dust or dusty place in the Maasai language. Lake Nakuru National Park, close to Nakuru town, was established in 1961. It started off small, only encompassing the famous lake and the surrounding mountainous vicinity, but has since been extended to include a large part of the savannahs.
Lake Nakuru is protected under the Ramsar Convention on wetlands. Lake Nakuru National Park is one of Kenya’s 23 National Parks and one of two in the premium category, along with Amboseli National Park. It can be found in Central Kenya, about 90 miles (140 km) northwest of Nairobi, in the Nakuru district of the Rift Valley Province.
The ecosystem is comprised of the lake, surrounded by wooded and bushy grasslands. The park supports a wide ecological diversity, including flamingos (greater and lesser) and other water birds, and the black and white rhinoceros, which are the major attractions of the area.
Hell's Gate National Park
Known for the intense geothermal activity within its boundaries, the Hell’s Gate National Park is a remarkable quarter of the Great Rift Valley. Spectacular scenery, including the towering cliffs, water-gouged gorges, stark rock towers, scrub-clad volcanoes, and belching plumes of geothermal steam make it one of the most atmospheric parks in Africa.
Hell’s Gate is an ideal venue for a day trip from Nairobi, where, in addition to the biodiversity that includes raptors, visitors can enjoy mountain biking, rock climbing, and a natural spa.
Food
During this safari, you will be provided with three daily meals, including breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Bottled water will also be available. Perfect Wilderness Tours and Safaris can accommodate dietary restrictions such as vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, etc. If you have dietary requirements, please indicate it at the time of booking.
The following meals are included:
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Drinks
The following drinks are included:
- Water
The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:
- Vegetarian
- Vegan
- Gluten Free
- Regular (typically includes meat and fish)
- Other dietary requirements on request
If you have special dietary requirements it's a good idea to communicate it to the organiser when making a reservation
Things to do (optional)
You can also experience a balloon safari at 420 USD per person, which can be organized in the early morning on Day 2, then proceed with the normal program.
In the evening of Day 2, you will have optional activities that you can enjoy such as visiting the local Maasai village for a Masai cultural tour at 20 USD per person. You can learn about the Masai community and interact with the local Maasai people.
What's included
- Vehicle with a pop-up roof for easy game viewing and photography
- Shared transport (eight pax maximum) and game drives in a safari
- Perfect Wilderness Tours and Safaris' assistance at any point.
- Free airport pick up and drop off
- Pick up and drop off from your hotel in the Nairobi CBD
- 6 nights’ accommodation while on safari
- All meals as per itinerary
- All park entrance fees in Mara, Nakuru, Hell's Gate, and Amboseli
- Bottled water in the vehicle
What's not included
- Airfare
- Gratuities (optional)
- Drinks (e.g. alcohol)
- Maasai Village visit - 20 USD per person (optional)
- Balloon safari - USD 420 per person (optional - to be conducted on Day 2 early in the morning and then continue with the normal program)
- Pick up from airport / hotels not in Nairobi City center / Westland’s - 30 USD (one way)
How to get there
Recommended Airports
NBO
Jomo Kenyatta International Airport
174 km
Transfer available for additional US$ 30 per person
Arrival by airplane
Please book your flight to arrive at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO). Transfer from and to the airport is included. Perfect Wilderness Tours and Safaris will pick you up from the airport or from your hotel in Nairobi Central Business District.
Airport: Jomo Kenyatta International Airport
Airport transfer available:
Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (US$ 30 per person)
Additional charges may apply. You can request this in the next step.
Cancellation Policy
- A reservation requires a deposit of 16% 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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