This safari starts on the coast and heads inland to three of southern Kenya’s great parks. Tsavo East is known for elephants coloured red by the soil, Amboseli for its herds under Kilimanjaro, and Tsavo West for volcanic hills and Mzima Springs.
It suits travellers on a beach holiday who want a short, varied safari.
Duration: 5 days / 4 nights
Route: Mombasa, Tsavo East, Amboseli, Tsavo West
Price: on request, quoted for your dates, group size and lodges.
We collect you early from your beach hotel or Moi International Airport and drive to Tsavo East, one of Kenya’s oldest and largest parks.
After lunch and a rest, your first game drive crosses open plains below the Yatta Plateau, one of the world’s longest lava flows. Look for lions, elephants, giraffes and gazelles.
Stay: Ashnil Aruba Lodge or Satao Camp
Meals: Lunch, dinner
After breakfast, drive through rugged country to Amboseli and check in for lunch.
The afternoon game drive looks for Amboseli’s large elephant herds, plus lions, cheetahs, zebras and wildebeest, with Kilimanjaro behind on clear days.
Stay: Sentrim Amboseli or similar
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Head west to Tsavo West, a landscape of forest, volcanic cones and old lava flows. In the afternoon visit Mzima Springs, fed by water from Kilimanjaro, where an underwater hide lets you watch hippos and crocodiles.
The next day continues with game drives through the hills, looking for leopards, elephants and rhinos.
Stay: Kilaguni Serena Lodge or Severin Safari Camp
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner
An early game drive, then breakfast and the drive back to Mombasa or Nairobi, with lunch on the way. We drop you at your hotel or the airport.
Meals: Breakfast, lunch
Lodges and timings are a guide. We confirm availability and can swap camps or adjust the pace to suit you.
Treat this itinerary as a starting point. Tell us your dates, interests and budget and we will adjust the route, lodges and pace, then send a free quote with no obligation.