08 Days Across Kenya Epic Safari

This morning you are transferred back to the Aberdare Country Club base to meet your safari guide and continue the journey to Lake Nakuru. Drive through the dramatic Great Rift Valley escarpment — one of Kenya's most spectacular scenic drives — and down into Lake Nakuru, arriving at the lodge in time for check-in and lunch.

At 3:00pm, enjoy a game drive in Lake Nakuru National Park — a UNESCO World Heritage Site and dedicated white rhino sanctuary. The park is famous for its flamingo flocks that turn the alkaline lakeshore pink, as well as resident lion, leopard, cape buffalo, waterbuck and giraffe. Dinner and overnight at Lake Nakuru Lodge on full board.

After an early breakfast, depart heading south towards the Maasai Mara game reserve, passing through the floor of the Great Rift Valley and across vast open savannah grasslands. Arrive at Olumara Camp in time for lunch.

The Maasai Mara remains one of the few places in the world where you can spot hundreds of different species of wild animals within a single ecosystem. Your first afternoon game drive delivers lion, elephant, cheetah, giraffe and the enormous resident wildebeest herds. Dinner and overnight at Olumara Camp on full board.

The whole day is spent exploring this vast open savannah — one of the world's most celebrated wildlife ecosystems. You can choose a morning and afternoon game drive with a lunch break at camp, or — to maximise your time — arrange with your guide to carry a picnic breakfast and lunch and spend the entire day searching for animals.

From July to October, the wildebeest migration brings over a million animals across the Mara River from the Serengeti — the river crossings are among Africa's most dramatic wildlife spectacles. The Mara's resident Big Five, cheetah families and hippo pools are extraordinary year-round. Dinner and overnight at the lodge on full board.

After breakfast, depart the Mara heading east through the Rift Valley floor and the rolling savannah back to Lake Naivasha — Kenya's largest freshwater lake, set at 1,890 metres above sea level in the highlands. Arrive in time for lunch and afternoon at leisure.

Lake Naivasha is renowned for its hippo pods, fish eagles, giraffes and abundant birdlife. An optional boat ride on the lake can be arranged at extra cost — drifting past hippos as the volcanic peaks of the Rift Valley rise in the distance. Dinner and overnight at the lodge.

After breakfast, a morning nature walk in Hell's Gate National Park — one of Kenya's most dramatic landscapes, with towering volcanic rock towers, deep gorges and hot springs. This is the only Kenyan park where you walk freely among wildlife — giraffe, zebra, buffalo and warthog roam alongside hikers in the gorge.

After the walk, depart south to Amboseli National Park — approximately 4 hours. Arrive in time for lunch, then start your evening game drive in this famous elephant park. As the sun lowers, Kilimanjaro's summit appears above the afternoon clouds in extraordinary clarity. Return to Kibo Safari Camp for dinner and overnight.

A full day exploring Amboseli — famous for its huge population of elephants and the towering Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest mountain. Dawn in Amboseli is extraordinary — before the clouds build, Kilimanjaro is revealed in stunning clarity with elephant silhouettes moving across the swamps below. One of Africa's most iconic photographic scenes.

Morning and afternoon game drives cover the swamp areas where enormous elephant bulls wade through the water hyacinth, and the open plains where lion, cheetah, buffalo and giraffe roam freely. Overnight in the lodge on full board.

Enjoy an early morning game drive in Amboseli before returning to the lodge for breakfast and check-out. Then head back to Nairobi — arriving in time for your onward international flight, or at your city hotel for day room use or an overnight stay if needed.

Eight extraordinary days across Kenya's most iconic landscapes — from highland forests and flamingo lakes to the world's greatest wildlife reserve and the foot of Africa's highest mountain. An epic journey from start to finish.