Overview
With the snowy peaks of Mount Kilimanjaro as a backdrop, Amboseli makes the perfect location for a short safari. Here one can always expect to see herds of elephant, prolific bird life, Cape buffalo, giraffe, many varieties of plains game as well as a few predators.
Day 1
Nairobi/Amboseli: (250 km Approx 4 hrs)
Early morning pick-up from your hotel and depart for Amboseli National Park. Afternoon game drive. All meals and overnight at your camp or lodge
Amboseli National Park is the second most popular park after Maasai Mara, is 260 km (160 miles) from Nairobi, on the border with the neighboring country of Tanzania. Its magnificent location is at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest free-standing mountain in the world. Combined with its excellent opportunities to view Kenya’s animals, it is one of the most-visited safari parks in Kenya.
Day 2
At Amboseli: Full Day with Game Drives
Experience the majestic view of Kilimanjaro with morning and afternoon game drives, lunch, dinner and overnight at your lodge/Camp
Amboseli is best known for its great herds of elephants. You’ll often find many of them standing knee-deep in the water, spraying, eating and at the same time bathing in the swamps to cool off. The park is a relatively small park, hence animal spotting is easy and fast. The game is plentiful; you will see cheetah, buffalo, giraffe, different types of gazelle and other plains game, prolific bird life up to approximately 425 species and it’s all set against the amazing backdrop of majestic Mount Kilimanjaro. Other attractions of the park include opportunities to meet the Maasai people to experience their traditional way of life and dances.
Weather permitting you shall get a view of the magnificent Mount Kilimanjaro with its snow capped peaks where its background offers a good photographic scenery coupled with wild animals on the ground.
Day 3
Amboseli/Nairobi (250 km Approx 4 hrs)
On this morning, you will have breakfast at your camp followed by your last game drive and check out. You will then drive back to Nairobi. On arrival in Nairobi, transfer to JKIA for your flight back home or you will be dropped off at your pickup hotel.