8 days – Luxury Fly in Kenya Safari – Giraffe Manor – Amboseli – Mara

Welcome in Kenya! The adventure begins with your arrival at the airport and transfer to the renowned Giraffe Manor for check-in. Our representative will meet you in person at NBO airport.

Today you fly to Amboseli National Park where you can join the wildlife activities offered by the lodge.

Elephant Gorge, situated in the Amboseli region of Kenya, is a captivating destination renowned for its breathtaking scenery and abundant wildlife. Here’s what makes it unique:

Spectacular Views: Elephant Gorge offers stunning panoramic views, including vistas of Mount Kilimanjaro, providing a majestic backdrop for your safari experience.

Intimate Wildlife Encounters: The area is home to diverse wildlife, including elephants, buffalo, African wild dogs, hyenas, zebras, lions, and cheetahs. The camp’s design allows for close encounters with these animals in their natural habitat.

Exclusive Accommodations: Elephant Gorge Camp provides luxurious and uniquely themed residences, ensuring a tranquil and personalized experience.

Cultural Experiences: Engage with the local Maasai community through cultural visits, offering insights into their traditions and way of life.

Activities and Adventures: A range of activities are available, including game drives, guided bush walks, bush dining, sundowners, night game drives, and nature treks, allowing you to explore the natural wonders of the area.

Unfenced Camp: The camp is unfenced, providing guests with a thrilling and intimate wildlife experience, enhanced by 24-hour personalized security.

Elephant Gorge offers a unique blend of luxury, adventure, and cultural immersion, set amidst stunning landscapes and abundant wildlife, making it an unforgettable safari destination.

Days 3 and 4 will be dedicated to exploring Amboseli National Park with extensive game drives. Amboseli is renowned for its large elephant herds, often seen with the majestic Mount Kilimanjaro in the background.

During these game drives, you can expect to see a variety of wildlife, including:

Large Mammals: Elephants, buffalo, zebras, giraffes, wildebeest.

Predators: Lions, cheetahs, hyenas, and possibly leopards.

Other Notable Species: African wild dogs.

Amboseli’s diverse landscapes, ranging from swamps to open plains, provide a rich habitat for these animals, offering excellent game-viewing opportunities.

Today you will leave Amboseli and fly to Sala’s Camp, located in the southern part of the Masai Mara National Reserve.

Sala’s Camp offers an exclusive safari experience with luxurious tented accommodations and stunning views. The camp is strategically located to provide excellent game-viewing opportunities, particularly for the Great Migration.

You can expect to see a variety of wildlife, including:

Elephants

Lions

Leopards

Cheetahs

Buffalo

Wildebeest (during the migration)

Zebras

Giraffes

Many different bird species

The camp provides activities (all included) such as game drives, nature walks, and cultural visits, allowing you to fully immerse yourself in the Masai Mara’s natural beauty and wildlife.

The next 2 days offer a chance to experience the Masai Mara. You can expect a blend of wildlife viewing and cultural immersion, with opportunities to see a variety of animals, including elephants, lions, and wildebeest (during the migration). Sala’s Camp is committed to sustainable tourism, employing eco-conscious practices such as solar power, community involvement, and support for conservation efforts.

The Masai Mara, together with Tanzania’s Serengeti, forms Africa’s most famous wildlife park. The image of acacia trees on an endless grass plain epitomises Africa for many, combined with a Maasai warrior and some cattle.

The annual wildebeest migration through the Serengeti and the Masai Mara is the largest mass movement of land mammals on the planet, with more than a million animals following the rains. Large prides of lions, elephants, and giraffes roam the grasslands, and gazelles and eland are also abundant. Aside from traditional vehicle safaris, hot-air ballooning over the Mara plains and horseback safaris are popular activities.

Great Migration The most dramatic spectacle of the area is the migration of zebra and wildebeest. In May every year, they leave the dry south in herds of thousands and head west and then north to the greener grasses. Lion, cheetah, hyena, and wild dog follow the wildebeest and zebra. In November, when the grazing is finished in the north, this army of animals surges back to the now green pastures of the south where they calve and mate before starting the entire cycle again. You will also be likely to spot the ‘Big 5’ here – buffalo, elephant, rhino, lion and leopard. The term originally referred to the 5 large animals that proved the most challenging to early colonial hunters. Nowadays visitors prefer to ‘shoot’ the animals with cameras rather than guns. The park also has very healthy populations of cheetah, zebra, giraffe, hippo, hyena, jackal, eland, crocodile and a wide variety of birds.

Several sub-tribes of the Masai people live within the Mara area. These are a proud semi-nomadic, non-hunting people who live and raise their cattle in harmony with the surrounding wildlife. Despite the growth of modern civilization, the Masai have largely managed to maintain their traditional ways.

Best time to visit the Masai Mara
You can view animals in the Masai Mara throughout the year, however, the annual wildebeest migration usually reaches the Masai Mara in July and ends around October, when they move back to the Serengeti in Tanzania.

Wildlife The Masai Mara is mainly famous for its cat sightings, but there are many animals that can be found here, such as all of the big 5 (Lion, Leopard, Elephant, Buffalo and Rhino), Cheetah, giraffe, hippo, zebra, gazelle, hartebeest, and many more.

Sala’s Camp is committed to sustainable tourism, employing eco-conscious practices such as solar power, community involvement, and support for conservation efforts.

This morning, you’ll take a flight to Nairobi. From there, we’ll ensure you get to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in good time for your flight back home. We trust you’ve had a wonderful safari and are taking home some truly unforgettable moments.