This 8 Days Kenya Flying Safari to Amboseli, Meru, and the Masai Mara hops between reserves by light aircraft, letting you cover a large area in a short time — and spend longer actually on safari in each destination. Enjoy morning and afternoon game drives in Amboseli, walking safaris and bush breakfasts, sundowners in Meru, and dinners beneath the stars in the Masai Mara.
Flying rather than driving also gives you the rare pleasure of seeing this spectacular terrain from above — vast herds, rocky outcrops, and winding rivers — with a flexible schedule and more time at each stunning camp and lodge along the way.
After a warm welcome at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, you are driven to the magnificent Hemingways Nairobi in the leafy Karen neighbourhood, where a personal butler sees to every detail. If time permits, visit the Karen Blixen Museum, the Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage, or the Giraffe Centre with its endangered Rothschild’s giraffes — or squeeze in a first game drive through Nairobi National Park, where plains game roams against a backdrop of skyscrapers.
After breakfast, transfer to Wilson Airport for the short flight to Amboseli National Park, home to some of the best views of snow-capped Mount Kilimanjaro. Arrive at Tortilis Camp — fully solar-powered — for an Italian-inspired lunch, then head out on an afternoon game drive through the park’s 30,000-acre private reserve. The next morning brings breakfast on a game drive, and the afternoon an action-packed walking safari with an armed ranger, capped by sundowners in a picturesque spot.
After a final morning game drive and breakfast, fly to Meru National Park, arriving in time for lunch at Elsa’s Kopje — named after Elsa the lioness of Born Free fame and built organically into Mughwango Hill. The reserve shelters around 1,000 elephants, a sizeable rhino sanctuary, and some 600 bird species. Choose between a soothing massage or afternoon game drives, with bush breakfasts and sundowners setting the daily rhythm.
An early nature walk and breakfast precede your flight from Meru to Keekorok Airstrip in the Mara. Settle into Sand River Masai Mara, a riverside camp inspired by the classic safaris of the 1920s. The next day is a full-day game drive — lions, elephants, and whatever else you and your guide set out to find — with a picnic lunch in the bush and a visit to a traditional Maasai manyatta, before a sundowner and dinner beneath the Milky Way.
Enjoy a final breakfast at Sand River, an optional last game drive, and the short flight back to Wilson Airport. A farewell meal in Nairobi precedes check-in at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport for your journey home.