Solo safari in Kenya: join group departures to the Masai Mara and Amboseli, avoid single supplements, stay safe and meet other travellers. Tips and packages.
For a solo safari in Kenya, a group joining tour is the best value. You share the vehicle and guide with other travellers, which cuts the cost a lot compared with a private safari for one. Ask for a single tent or room, or a shared room to avoid the single supplement.
The 3-day Masai Mara group joining safari departs daily, and the 7-day budget safari and 10-day Kenya–Tanzania camping safari are sociable longer options. Day trips such as Hell's Gate are good first outings.
Yes, on an organised tour. You are with a professional guide and other travellers all day, and camps have staff and security at night. In Nairobi, use registered taxis or our transfers, and keep valuables out of sight.
Choose camps with single tents, travel in the green season (January–June, outside holidays), or agree to share a room with another solo traveller of the same gender if the departure has one.
An Amboseli day trip from Nairobi is a long 13–14 hour tour, leaving at 05:00, that gives you 4–5 hours of game driving among Amboseli's big-tusked elephant herds with Mount Kilimanjaro as the backdrop.
The 2-day Amboseli safari from Nairobi gives you an afternoon and a morning game drive in Amboseli National Park, staying one night in a budget tented camp.
The 3-day Masai Mara group joining safari is the most affordable way to see the Mara: you share a pop-up roof vehicle with up to 6 other travellers, leave Nairobi daily, stay two nights in a budget tented camp and get a full day of game driving in search of the Big Five.
The 3-day Masai Mara camping safari by 4x4 Land Cruiser includes two Masai Mara park entries, two nights in an en-suite tented camp, all meals and game drives.
The 4-day Masai Mara budget safari gives you two full days in the reserve instead of one, which doubles your chances of seeing leopard, cheetah and a Mara River crossing in migration season.
The 3-day Samburu safari takes you to northern Kenya to see the 'Samburu Special Five': Grevy's zebra, reticulated giraffe, Somali ostrich, gerenuk and Beisa oryx.
The 4-day Masai Mara and Lake Nakuru classic safari combines Kenya's most famous reserve for big cats and the migration with Lake Nakuru's rhino sanctuary, so you can complete the Big Five in a short trip from Nairobi.
The 6-day Masai Mara, Lake Nakuru and Amboseli safari covers Kenya's three most popular parks: big cats in the Mara, rhinos at Nakuru and elephants under Kilimanjaro at Amboseli, on a budget group itinerary that starts and ends in Nairobi.
The 7-day Kenya budget safari is a complete first-timer's circuit from Nairobi: two nights in the Masai Mara, Lake Nakuru's rhinos, a Lake Naivasha boat ride and two nights in Amboseli, staying in budget camps with all meals included.
| Package | Days | From | Style | Park fees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amboseli Day Trip from Nairobi | 1 | USD 133 per person | Budget | not included |
| 2 Days Amboseli Safari from Nairobi | 2 | USD 211 per person | Budget | not included |
| 3 Days Masai Mara Group Joining Safari (Budget) | 3 | USD 308 per person | Budget | not included |
| 3 Days Masai Mara Camping Safari by 4x4 Land Cruiser | 3 | USD 451 per person | Budget | included (2 entries) |
| 4 Days Masai Mara Budget Safari | 4 | USD 475 per person | Budget | not included |
| 3 Days Samburu Safari | 3 | USD 465 per person | Budget | not included |
| 4 Days Masai Mara & Lake Nakuru Classic Safari | 4 | USD 736 per person | Budget | not included |
| 6 Days Masai Mara, Lake Nakuru & Amboseli Safari | 6 | USD 712 per person | Budget | not included |
| 7 Days Kenya Budget Safari | 7 | USD 788 per person | Budget | not included |
| 10 Days Kenya & Tanzania Budget Camping Safari | 10 | USD 2,357 per person | Budget | not included |
| Tsavo East Day Trip from Mombasa or Diani | 1 | USD 152 per person | Budget | not included |
| Wasini Island Dolphin & Snorkelling Tour | 1 | USD 95 per person | Budget | not included |
On a group joining tour, about the same per person as for couples, plus a single supplement if you want your own room. A private safari for one costs much more, because you pay for the whole vehicle.
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