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Signature Kenya & the Reef

Amboseli National Park · Diani Beach · Masai Mara National Reserve · Nairobi · Samburu National Reserve
Duration
11 Days · 10 Nights
The route
Amboseli National Park · Diani Beach · Masai Mara National Reserve · Nairobi · Samburu National Reserve
Style
Premium Kenya
Best season
Year-round · crossings Jul–Oct
The route

10 nights, 4 distinct landscapes — premium kenya.

From the first transfer to the final morning, every stop earns its place — elephants under Kilimanjaro; the dry-north specials and leopard; big cats and the migration; reef, sand and downtime.

Add a night in Nairobi before or after — a relaxed arrival or a buffer before your flight home. Just ask.

Round trip · returns to Amboseli

AmboseliDiani BeachMasai MaraNairobiSamburu
What you're tracking

What you'll see

Lion
Lion
Mara prides, often with cubs in the grass.
Elephant
Elephant
Big-tusked herds on the Amboseli pans.
Leopard
Leopard
Draped along an acacia branch at dusk.
Rhino
Rhino
Black and white rhino on Nakuru's lakeshore.
Buffalo
Buffalo
Herds grazing the floodplains in number.
Day by day

The journey, one day at a time

01Nairobi → Amboseli

South to Kilimanjaro's foot

The mountain shows itself by late afternoon.

Drive from Nairobi to Amboseli beneath Kilimanjaro, then take a first drive as the big-tusked herds move down to the swamps.

02Amboseli

A day among the herds

Tuskers on the pan, the peak behind.

Morning and evening drives for Amboseli's elephants, with the mountain as a backdrop whenever the cloud lifts.

03Amboseli → Samburu

North to the Ewaso Nyiro

Dry country, a different cast.

Continue by road into Samburu's arid north and drive the river line for the special species found only up here.

04Samburu

The northern specials

Grevy's zebra, gerenuk, reticulated giraffe.

Full days tracking Samburu's dry-country specials along the doum-palmed river, with strong odds on leopard.

05Samburu → Mara

Into the Mara

The plains open and don't stop.

Continue by road into the Maasai Mara and head out on a first game drive as the light softens — plains game, elephant and the first cats on the way to camp.

06Mara

Full day on the plains

Cats before the heat, a sundowner to close.

Morning and afternoon drives with a Maasai guide, routed by where the predators are moving, with the long midday hours to rest at camp.

07Mara

Deeper into the reserve

A different corner, a different cast.

A full day further afield — river lines, kopjes and open grassland — with a picnic lunch out in the bush.

08Mara

Dawn from the air

A balloon at first light, breakfast in the grass.

Lift off over the waking plains and land to a bush breakfast, then an afternoon drive once the heat eases.

09Mara → Diani

Down to the coast

Warm water, white sand, the bush behind you.

Fly down to the coast into Diani on the Indian Ocean — the rest of the day is for the beach, the reef and doing very little.

10Diani

A day on the sand

Reef in the morning, hammock by noon.

Snorkel the marine park, swim, or simply move between sea and shade — the unwound close to a safari.

11Diani → home

Homeward from the coast

Salt on your skin, the bush behind you.

Transfer to Moi International in Mombasa for your flight home — or onward to the next chapter.

When to travel

The season changes what you see.

Jul – Oct

The migration window

The wildebeest are in the Mara and the river crossings are on — the headline months, and the busiest. Book well ahead.

Nov – Jun

Resident game, green plains

The Big Five never leave. Fewer vehicles, lower rates, newborns in the grass and clean light for photography.

Wildlife you may see
Elephants Leopard Lion Rhinos

Make it yours.

Add nights, swap a park, extend to the coast — this route is a starting point, not a fixed menu. Tell us how you travel and we'll route the rest.

Field notes, now and then.

Where to go · When to go · Wildlife in season

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