Kenya Birthday Trip: Amboseli and Masai Mara Safari

Suggested Itinerary

Day 1
Welcome to Kenya! On arrival at the airport, meet your driver for a transfer to Wilson airport and your flight to Amboseli. Stay immersed in nature at Kiturua Plains Lodge, where its Maasai-inspired design melds seamlessly with the landscape, offering sweeping views of Mount Kilimanjaro from a 128-acre private concession. This intimate sanctuary not only promises wildlife-rich encounters, including privileged night drives, but also a peaceful plunge pool to unwind after safari adventures
Kiturua Plains Lodge

Day 2
Today, your safari adventure begins! Spend your day on safari game drives. Amboseli National Park offers unforgettable safari experiences, with daily game drives that bring you close to elephants, lions, cheetahs, and over 400 bird species against the iconic backdrop of Mount Kilimanjaro.
Kiturua Plains Lodge

Day 3
Today you will check out and transfer to airstrip for flight to Wilson and onward to Ol Pejeta Conservancy. Resting at the foothills of Mount Kenya and the Aberdare Mountain Range, in central Kenya’s Laikipia County, the Ol Pejeta Conservancy is the largest black rhino sanctuary in East Africa. Ol Pejeta works to protect wildlife and provide a sanctuary for rescued chimpanzees. The Conservancy is a popular safari destination and is home to the renowned ‘Big Five’ as well as a wide selection of other African animals including zebra, giraffe, hippo, cheetah, jackal, serval, hyena, vervet monkey, and many more. You will travel to Tambarare Camp, your home for the next few nights. The camp looks out across the award-winning Ol Pejeta Conservancy, which consists of 90,000 acres of unspoilt African landscape, where the Big Five roam, including the last two northern white rhinos on earth.
Tambarare Camp

Days 4-5
These are the days to enjoy activities from the camp. You can explore Ol Pejeta Conservancy with daily game drives, where expert guides enrich the experience. In addition to the Big Five and many other animals (from cheetahs and jackal to hippos and hyena), the conservancy is home to over 130 black rhinos.
Tambarare Camp

Day 6
You can’t leave Kenya without visiting the Masai Mara! Fly to the Mara today and enjoy a game drive to the intimate Olonanna Lodge. It is a hideaway of rare elegance and serenity, in a prime position on a private stretch of the Mara River – the very spot where Sanctuary began, a quarter of a century ago, in 1999. Olonana occupies a covetable position just north on the famous Mara Triangle, at the edge of the National Reserve – a marvellously secluded and leafy spot, between looming escarpment and fast-flowing river. Here the “Sanctuary” label seems especially apt. Yet all around, the ceaseless pageant of wildlife and wonder rolls on.
Olonana Lodge

Days 7-8
Spend 2 days exploring this majestic park with its large diversity of beautiful scenery, including meandering rivers, towering escarpments, and rolling grasslands that provide the perfect habitat for the abundance of game, including the Big 5: lion, leopard, buffalo, elephant, and black rhino. From the camp, game viewing starts. A pod of hippos lives permanently in the river just below camp, and many other species come to drink there. Sanctuary’s experienced guides take you to all the hidden spots, and our customised open safari vehicles offer all-round views, allowing for excellent photography opportunities. The Mara’s rich eco-system includes acacia-studded savannah, riparian forest, and woodland, which attract more than 300 bird species and a stunning variety of animal life all year round.
Olonana Lodge

Day 9
Embark on your final game drive this morning as you head to the airstrip for your flight back to Nairobi.Then, you will be transferred to the international airport to begin your journey home.