7 days, 6 nights · From USD 788 per person · Budget
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.
Drive to the Mara, afternoon game drive.
Full-day game drive.
Morning drive, transfer to Nakuru.
Nakuru game drive, afternoon at Naivasha with optional boat ride.
Drive to Amboseli, evening game drive.
Full day of game drives.
Morning drive, return to Nairobi.
June–October and January–February.
Masai Mara park fees for non-resident adults are USD 100/day (Jan–Jun) and USD 200/day (Jul–Dec). See our Masai Mara park fees guide.
Yes. Seven days covers the Masai Mara, Lake Nakuru, Lake Naivasha and Amboseli without rushing, and is the most popular safari length for first-time visitors.
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A Lake Nakuru day trip from Nairobi is a 10–11 hour private tour that drives 160 km into the Great Rift Valley for a game drive in Lake Nakuru National Park, a protected rhino sanctuary known for white and black rhino, Rothschild's giraffe, lions and flamingos.
The Hell's Gate and Lake Naivasha day tour is a 10-hour trip from Nairobi where you cycle or hike among zebra and giraffe in Hell's Gate National Park, walk the Ol Njorowa Gorge with a ranger, and can add a boat ride to see hippos on Lake Naivasha.
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.
