Upon arrival at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, you will be warmly welcomed by your private Sereti Wilderness Safaris representative and transferred to your selected midrange hotel in Nairobi city.

Because this is a personalized private safari, your lead guide will meet you for a one-on-one safari briefing, discussing the route, wildlife priorities, photography preferences, and daily travel rhythm. This private consultation allows the safari to feel more tailored from the very beginning. Dinner and overnight in Nairobi.

After breakfast, depart Nairobi in your private safari vehicle and drive south toward Amboseli National Park, Kenya’s famous elephant kingdom. The road journey gradually opens into broad dry plains with the magnificent silhouette of Mount Kilimanjaro rising in the distance.

Arrive in time for lunch followed by an afternoon game drive. Amboseli’s open landscape makes wildlife spotting remarkably easy; large elephant families, zebras, wildebeest, buffaloes, and lions may appear across the marshes and acacia sectors. Return to your lodge as the evening light settles over Kilimanjaro.

Today is dedicated to a full personalized safari experience. Since you are traveling privately, departure times can be adjusted for sunrise photography or extended wildlife tracking according to your interests. Morning drives focus on marsh sectors where giant tuskers gather beneath the snowy summit of Kilimanjaro.

Afternoon exploration continues toward Observation Hill and predator territories where cheetahs and lions are occasionally encountered. This full day allows guests to truly appreciate the rhythms of Amboseli rather than simply passing through it.

After breakfast, depart Amboseli and begin a scenic overland drive northward into the Great Rift Valley. The scenery changes dramatically from dry elephant plains to fertile central highlands and finally the escarpment-lined Rift Valley basin. Arrive at Lake Nakuru in the afternoon for an introductory game drive.

Lake Nakuru is one of Kenya’s premier rhino sanctuaries, offering a beautiful setting of acacia forests and shimmering alkaline waters. Evening sightings often include both black and white rhinos, Rothschild giraffes, flamingos, and pelicans.

Enjoy an early breakfast and a morning game drive in Lake Nakuru before departing for the legendary Masai Mara National Reserve. The drive takes you deeper into Maasai country where rolling grasslands begin replacing Rift Valley forests.

By afternoon, enter Masai Mara with an en route game drive as wildlife gradually fills the horizon. Masai Mara’s endless golden plains create the classic East African safari image, serving as the perfect introduction to the predator-rich savannah. Dinner and overnight at your midrange camp.

Spend a full sunrise-to-sunset private safari exploring the Mara. Because the vehicle is exclusively yours, your guide can spend longer at sightings or follow predator movement according to your interest. The reserve is home to exceptional populations of the Big Five and various plains game.

A picnic lunch is served inside the reserve so that maximum game viewing time is maintained. During migration season, the dramatic wildebeest herds may dominate the landscape. This is Kenya safari at its finest, most iconic, and most personalized.

After breakfast, enjoy a final morning game drive as you slowly exit Masai Mara and begin the return journey to Nairobi. This last drive often offers surprising final wildlife encounters and gives travelers time to absorb the scale of the adventure before re-entering city life.

Arrive in Nairobi in the afternoon for an airport drop-off or hotel extension depending on your onward travel arrangements. You leave carrying unforgettable memories of Kenya’s greatest wildlife landscapes.

Depending on your international departure timing, our Sereti Wilderness Safaris representative will transfer you to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. For guests wishing to continue with Tanzania safaris or Zanzibar beach escapes, our team can arrange seamless onward extensions.