The Tro-Peaks Adventures Kenyan safari experience will offer you a chance to explore the African wilderness in open-sided
safari vehicles. A holiday in Kenya on a safari tour provides a safe way of enjoying the beauty of Africa escorted by a
professional, English-speaking safari guide.
We provide personalized safari arrangements for clients who prefer a more individual safari holiday avoiding the mass-market tourist lodges and staying in smaller safari camps and eco-lodges. Most of our safaris involve transfers by air from Nairobi direct to the parks, to cut out long journeys across country and to give more time to viewing wildlife. We use 4x4 safari vehicles for game drives in preference to minibuses.
See the park descriptions below for details and a link to the most requested itineraries. We will gladly customize any itinerary or create one to suit your interests and time frame.
MASAI MARA
This is the best destination in Kenya for viewing all the big cats, especially lion. Wildebeest migration takes place from late
June to early October when these animals move into the Mara from the Serengeti in big numbers. The timing of their migration into the Mara
varies according to weather conditions, but the Maasai mara is a great destination for safaris any time of the year.
AMBOSELI NATIONAL PARK
The best place to see herds of elephants at close range. Lions and cheetahs are also present and this area is very good for
birdwatchers.
TSAVO NATIONAL PARK
This Park is good for elephants but not as easily approachable as within Amboseli. Tsavo is also home to a number of lions and
the elusive black rhino.
SELENKAY
Lions and cheetahs are present but not always seen. It is a good park for giraffes and for less commonly seen animals like
caracal, serval cat and African wild cat. Also the park hosts lesser kudu, gerenuk, oryx which are not found in the Mara.
To have an itinerary that includes this park, contact us.
LAKE NAKURU NATIONAL PARK
White rhino are commonly seen with black rhino present but in lesser numbers. Good possibilty for seeing leopard in the early
morning game drives. Lake Nakuru is home to a million flamingos and a wide variety of other birdlife as well as many animals
including lion, buffalo, waterbuck, giraffe, impala and warthog.
SAMBURU NATIONAL PARK
Good viewing of elephant in this park. Lion and cheetah are also present and leopard seen quite often. The less common
reticulated giraffe and Grevy's zebra also frequent this park.
RIFT VALLEY
Rift Valley is an area formed with two lakes; Lake Naivasha and Lake Nakuru. Lake Naivasha being an area of captivating
views with a large species of birds whereas Lake Nakuru is famous for its masses of flamingoes and is often referred to as
the Pink Lake.
The below are just a sample of the most commonly requested safari itineraries to Kenyan destinations. We are happy to work with you in creating your own bespoke itinerary if you want options besides what are shown below.
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Day 1: Nairobi – Amboseli National Park
According to this program can depart from the airport or from your Nairobi hotel. This national park is at the foot of the snow capped Mt. Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest mountain. Lunch at a lodge. Afternoon game drive. Dinner and overnight at a luxury lodge or budget camp where includes is F/B.
Day 2: Amboseli National Park
Today you will have a full day in this photogenic park then dinner and overnight at overnight at Amboseli sopa or kibo safari camp Amboseli National Park is one of the most popular wildlife sanctuaries in Kenya. It is situated close to Kenya. It is situated close to Kenya- Tanzania border, The park lies at the foot of Mt. Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa (5,896m) whose snow-capped summit presents a splendid view on clear days. Amboseli National Park is often referred to as “The home of elephants some of the largest elephant herds are found here. Then dinner and overnight at a luxury lodge or luxury tented includes is F/B.
Day 3: Amboseli – Lake Nakuru National Park
After your early morning breakfast leave amboseli for Nairobi and proceed to Lake Nakuru National Park, picnic lunch en-route. We recommend that you relax within the hotel and proceed for a game viewing in Lake Nakuru on Day 4 as this will give you much time in Lake Nakuru when you have more energy. This is because Lake Nakuru does not accept re-entry to the park since the accommodation is located outside the park. At your accommodation includes is F/B
Meal plan: breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Day 4: Lake Nakuru- Masai Mara.
After breakfast depart for Masai Mara – the land of vast migrating animals. Arrival will be in time for late lunch. After lunch embark on a game drive. Dinner and overnight at a luxury lodge or luxury tented camp includes is F/B.
Day 5: Masai Mara- Full day game drives
Today you will have a full day game drive in Maasai Mara you will exploring Masai Mara in search of the Big 5. Morning and afternoon game drives are offered. Optional hot air balloon safari can be arranged at an extra cost of US$ 450 per person. Dinner and overnight a luxury lodge or luxury tented camp includes is F/B.
The Mara offers wildlife in such variety and abundance that it is difficult to believe: over 450 species of animals have been recorded here. You will easily see lions, rhinos, hippos, crocodiles, giraffes, wildebeests, zebras, buffaloes, warthogs, hyenas, jackals, wild dogs, leopards, many kinds of antelopes and elephants. It is in the Mara that perhaps the most spectacular event of the natural world takes place. This is the annual migration of millions of wildebeest and zebra from the Serengeti (Tanzania) in search of water and pasture. Following on their heels are the predators of the savanna - lion, cheetah, wild dog, jackal, hyena and vultures
Day 6: Masai Mara -Nairobi
Today after breakfast then with your lunch you will start early game drives then continue to Nairobi where the safari ends you will stay in the hotel in Nairobi includes is B/B.
Day 1: Nairobi – Masai Mara
Our safari starts with a pick-up by one of our drivers at your hotel, residential house, guest house, apartment or airport. Kindly advise pick up point. Pickup is as early as 0730am depending on the location of your hotel. You will have a short safari briefing as you get to know your guide. There after depart for Masai Mara with the first stop at the Great Rift Valley View Point. This is a perfect place to be in the early morning and evening. You will watch enthralling Rift Valley with its vast vegetation and the sun rays kissing the far and wide stretching mountains in the surrounding.
The Great Rift Valley has been reckoned as a wonder of the world stretching from the Middle East passing through Africa and has a great and vast chunk in East African part and ends in Mozambique in the South. After about 15-20 min of getting history you will proceed to Narok. Narok is a town west of Nairobi that supports Kenya’s economy in south-west of the country, along the Great Rift Valley.
Narok is the district capital of the Narok County and stands as the major center of commerce in the district. Narok has a population of around 40,000 people, mostly Masai. The Masai, natives of Narok District, refer to Narok as Enkare Narok (meaning black water or dark water) named after, Enkare Narok, the river flowing through Narok town. The elevation of Narok is 1827 meters (5,997 feet) in altitude.
You will have a brief stop here for car refueling; there after proceed to Masai Mara, on arrival you will be received by our Masai Mara staff who will then assist you to check in the camp or lodge. Hot lunch will be served, leave for the late afternoon wildlife viewing as well as Africa Sunset around 1830 hrs, your driver will then drive you back to the camp or lodge where you will be served with African / English menu in the camp buffet style or lodge included is F/B
Day 2: Masai Mara Game Reserve Full Day
Masai Mara is situated in south-west Kenya and is one of Africa’s greatest wildlife reserves. Together with the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania it forms Africa’s most diverse, incredible and most spectacular eco-systems and possibly the world’s top safari big game viewing eco-system. I am sure you have heard the wildebeest migration is nothing short of amazing. It is one of the things you have to add to your bucket list.
Balloon ride is highly recommended in Masai Mara very early in the morning in search of Africa’s Big Five and the plethora of other wildlife inhabiting this vast Kenyan game reserve. On clear days, the Mara offers fantastic orange-tinged rise and sunsets that one can make for spectacular photos. Much game are coming at your door step when you in the park leaving you with only option of counting your blessings that nature holds for you as you view them in their natural habitat using a birds eye view.
This will be the full day explore the Masai Mara, breakfast will be served as early as 0730 am, then our cook will pack for you fresh picnic lunch since the whole day will be exploring the Masai Mara famous 7th wonders of the World.
This game reserve is Kenya’s finest wildlife sanctuary. Including migrants, well over 450 species of animals have been recorded here. Mara plains are filled with migrating wildebeest and zebra, there is also resident wildlife year round. The Mara’s gentle fertile climate bounded by The Rift, offers perhaps the richest stocked reserve set within some 1672 sq km – an unlimited spectacle of wildlife. Located 268 km west of Nairobi, the emphasis here is on game. Herds of immense elephants, browse among lion, buffalo, Thompson gazelle, zebra and topi. You may occasionally sight black rhino. In the Mara River hippos play and bask on the banks.. After exploring the park return to the camp or luxury lodge for dinner and overnight includes is F/B.
Day 3: Masai Mara – Lake Nakuru National Park
Today you will have a wakeup call as early as 0600 am, you will have hot African coffee or tea and then proceed for an early morning game drive from 06:30hrs until 0930hrs, then our driver will drive you back to the camp or lodge where you will be served with full breakfast as you check out for Lake Nakuru. If willing on this day you can as well visit a Masai village for one hour and learn more of the Masai culture (company to pay), lunch will be in Narok town or (Mai Mahiu) hot water after lunch proceed to Lake Nakuru and arriving early evening we recommend checking in at your budget accommodation and relax after a long drive.
Game viewing in Nakuru will be done on day 4 in the morning till lunch time. This is so because Lake Nakuru does not allow re-entry to the park and if we get to the park on this day we shall only have a few hours before its closing time than getting to the park in the morning and spend good time exploring the park on Day 4 (this will be possible if you opt for http://kranhotels.com/ as this budget accommodation is outside the park ) otherwise for the lodge option you will have both evening and morning game viewing in Lake Nakuru since lodge facilities are located inside Lake Nakuru National Park and one can take advantage of the lodge location for more game viewing. Includes is F/B.
Day 4: Lake Nakuru – Back To Nairobi.
The Bird watchers’ paradise the lake is on the floor of the Great Rift Valley, surrounded by wooded and bushy grassland, lies the beautiful Lake Nakuru National Park. Visitors can enjoy the wide ecological diversity and varied habitats that range from Lake Nakuru itself to the surrounding escarpment and picturesque ridges. Lake Nakuru National Park is ideal for bird watching, hiking, picnic and game drives. Breakfast will be served at around 0730 am there after proceed for the game drive, you will have a chance to visit a unique sanctuary catering for a sizable number of the endangered white and black rhinos as well as Rothschild giraffe. waterbucks, predators such as the lion and leopard are common at the park.
Also to be seen is a myriad different variety of bird life in and around the lake. Flamingos are also found at the lake though not as plentifull as in the past few years due to rise in water level. Leave for Nairobi late afternoon arriving in Nairobi in the early evening followed by a drop off to the hotel of your choice or back to the airport to catch up with your flight for the next destination. This will then mark the end of a 3 nights 4 days private trip safari. If you stay in Nairobi hotel then includes is B/B
Day 1: Nairobi Airport Hotel to Maasai Mara Game Reserve
Pick up from your Nairobi hotel by 06:30 am followed by a departure for Maasai Mara Game Reserve. Your first break shall be at the viewpoint of The Great Rift Valley whose view of the valley below is a breathtaking panoramic and a stop Narok town for a break for refueling the safari vehicle for a final stretch to Masai Mara Game Reserve, typically arriving in the mid-morning at approximately10:30 to 11:30 hrs at the lodge. I recommend that you check in and relax by the swimming pool as you wait for an early hot lunch. After lunch at around 15:00 hrs set off together with your well dressed, knowledgeable English speaking driver guide for afternoon game viewing until 18:30 hrs when the park closes. The rest of the evening will be at Mara Sopa Lodge where dinner will be served enjoyed. You are welcome to recharge your phones and cameras at no extra cost. Dinner and overnight at luxury lodge or budget camping includes is F/B.
Day 2: Maasai Mara Game Reserve
Today you will have a full day game viewing in Kenya’s finest wildlife destination, the Masai Mara Game Reserve. Big Five and the plethora of other wildlife inhabiting this vast Kenyan game reserve. On clear days, the Mara offers fantastic orange-tinged sunsets that make for spectacular photos. Remember, much game are coming your way when you are in the park leaving you with an option of counting your blessings that nature holds for you as you view them in their natural habitat.
The Mara Reserve covers 1,510km² of incredible wide-open landscapes and fertile riverine woodlands, following the looping meanders of the Mara and Talek rivers in southwest Kenya. One glimpse is enough to explain its appeal; it is typical open savannah, with a mass of amazing wildlife. Wherever you go in the vast Masai Mara you will see a frequent amount of wildlife such as Masai giraffe, baboons, warthogs, bat eared foxes, grey jackals, spotted hyenas, topis, impalas, hartebeests, wildebeest migration. Elephants, buffalos, zebras and hippos are also found in great numbers.
It is also common to see lions either basking after a heavy meal, or surveying the plains for their next meal. Cheetahs and leopards are harder to spot, but reasonably common. The ultimate action here is without a doubt the annual wildebeest exodus, the Great Migration, when millions of these grazers move north from the Serengeti in search of lusher grass before turning south again in October for the new life circle to begin after a life threatening move across the strong jaws and sharp canines of East Africa crocodile found within the Mara River and Talek River.
Hot-air balloon trips are an entirely outstanding way of seeing the savannah plains teeming with wildlife. These Masai Mara balloon trips can be arranged at extra cost 450 us dollars per person. Dinner and overnight at a luxury lodge or budget camping included is F/B.
Day 3: Nairobi Kenya
Today after breakfast you will check out and leisurely depart Maasai Mara for Nairobi where safari will end in the late afternoon at Nairobi airport or hotel for overnight and if hotel overight then includes will be B/B.
This tour take you through the northern Serengeti National Park which is Masai Mara Game Reserve on the Kenya side and without driving backwards, cross the boarder through Isebania Border and continue to the Serengeti National Park on the Tanzania side. The tour shall continue to the Ngorongoro Crater then finalize your trip with a visit to Lake Manyara National Park. The journey shall then end in Arusha between 12:00 hrs to 16:00 hrs let us know your flight details for us to calculate wisely the ending time in Arusha
Day 1: Nairobi to Masai Mara Game Reserve
This tour can start immediately upon arrival if you opt not to have a night in Nairobi. Upon arrival you will be met by our representative for a short safari briefing and after meet and greet your Kenya Tanzania combined safari will start, we will drive heading south west to Masai Mara Game Reserve arriving at the lodge in time for lunch. We spend the afternoon at leisure before embarking for our evening game drive across this beautiful dotted plains of the Mara in search of game that includes big cats, sopi, hartebeest, oribi, Grant’s and Thomson gazelle, buffalo, waterbuck, vervet monkey, olive baboon as well as many species of reptiles and amphibians. Have dinner and overnight stay at a luxury lodge or a luxury tented camp.
Day 2: Masai Mara Game Reserve
Wake before the dawn for the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to witness a Masai Mara sunrise. After a quick cup of coffee, you’ll head out into the park to watch as the sun sets fire to the savannah and the big cats take advantage of the morning cool to search for a meal.
Alternatively, you can take to the skies with a hot air balloon safari that will see you soar above all of the action before setting down on the plains for a champagne breakfast among the wildlife. Ask your safari expert about adding a hot air balloon adventure to your safari.
You’ll then return to your lodge for a late breakfast before packing a picnic lunch and heading back out into the park for a day-long exploration of the Maasai Mara. You may also opt to relax at your lodge in the morning, enjoy lunch on site, and then head out again in the afternoon once the weather has cooled off a bit. Have dinner and overnight stay at a luxury lodge or luxury tented cmp.
Day 3: Masai Mara to Serengeti via Isebania Border
Bid farewell to the Masai Mara and Kenya after an early breakfast and a morning game drive as you cross the park viewing wildlife this morning. Exit the park through Oloolo Gate and onwards to Isebania Border where there shall be a brief stop over for immigration formalities and early picnic lunch.
After the immigration formalities are done, you’ll meet your new driver from the Tanzania side and continue on into the world-famous Serengeti National Park for late evening game drive en route to the lodge. Serengeti National Park is home to huge populations of wildebeest, zebras, and antelopes – the picturesque Serengeti is an excellent place to spot predators such as lions, leopards, and cheetahs as well as herbivores including elephants, hippos, and giraffes.
NOTE: This is a long day of driving from Maasai Mara to Serengeti National Park. Be prepared for a tiring day! Alternatively there is an option of taking a flight from Masai Mara to Seronera Airstrip which will save you much time and long drives. And you will be able to lunch at the selected lodge in Serengeti if you opt for a flight option. Dinner and overnight at a luxury lodge or a luxury tented camp.
Day 4: Serengeti National Park
You’ll wake before dawn for an unforgettable sunrise game drive. Marvel at how the sun sets fire to the savannah as you go in search of big cats on the hunt for their morning meal.
After breakfast, you’ll spend an entire day out on the plains of the Serengeti searching for the Big Five and (if the time is right) the movements of the famous Wildebeest Migration.
Weaving through kopjes upon which lions sun themselves, you’ll see some of the world’s most iconic wildlife against the open plains and big sky of Tanzania’s crown jewel. Dinner and overnight at a luxury lodge or a luxury tented camp. Included is F/B.
Day 5: Serengeti National Park to Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
After breakfast, we get right on the road back towards the Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
Our drive takes us through the Serengeti via a different route, offering plenty of opportunities to spot the animals that eluded you on day two. As far as the eye can see, you’ll spot thousands upon thousands of animals in herds; wildebeests and zebras migrating together, tall and graceful giraffes, jumping antelopes and gazelles, the powerful African elephant and the most respected group of animals: the predators.
You will have the chance to spot lean cheetahs and shy leopards, foraging hyenas, and last but not least, the king himself; the lion.
Dinner and overnight at a luxury lodge on the rim of the Ngorongoro Crater.
Day 6: Ngorongoro Crater to Lake Manyara
After an early breakfast, descend into this extraordinary volcanic crater for a spectacular full day game drive.
Had it not become the world’s sixth-largest unbroken caldera, then what is now known as the Ngorongoro Crater could have been a towering volcanic mountain as high as Kilimanjaro.
The crater is a large, unbroken, un-flooded volcanic caldera, formed when a giant volcano exploded and collapsed on itself some two to three million years ago. The Ngorongoro Crater sinks to a depth of 610 metres, with its floor covering 260 square kilometres; estimates of the height of the original volcano range from 4,500m to 5,800m.
Animal populations in the crater include almost every individual species of wildlife in East Africa (with an estimated 25,000 animals within the Crater), including the “Big Five” of rhinoceros, lion, leopard, elephant, and buffalo.
The Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA), measuring 8,300 square kilometres, is the only place on earth where mankind and wild animals co-exist in harmony. The NCA became a Man and Biosphere Reserve in 1971 and was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1979.
Dinner and overnight at a luxury lodge in Karatu town.
Day 7: Lake Manyara National Park for morning and early afternoon game viewing then we return to Moshi/Arusha/Kilimanjaro International Airport to end the itinerary.
After breakfast, you will then have a game drive to Lake Manyara where different species of wildlife will be observed.
Leopards, lions, elephants, baboons, blue monkeys, dik-dik, gazelles, hippos, giraffes, impalas, bushbucks, buffalos, wildebeests, zebras and more, inhabit Lake Manyara National Park.
The park is also home to more than 400 bird species and is known for the flamingos that inhabit the lake. During the wet season they populate the edges of the lake in flocks of thousands, however they are not so numerous during the dry season.
After game drive in this small park then you will drive back to Kilimanjaro Airport (JRO) or Moshi for overnight. B/B