4-Day Amboseli & Tsavo Lodge Safari

Expect the day to center on Kilimanjaro views and Giant elephant herds. Travel south to Amboseli National Park arriving by late morning. Settle into your lodge with panoramic views of Mount Kilimanjaro stretching across the horizon. After a buffet lunch on the lodge terrace, set off for an afternoon game drive among the park's famous elephant herds with Africa's highest peak as the backdrop. The marshes attract extraordinary birdlife and large mammals congregate around the permanent water sources. Head back to the lodge for drinks at the bar overlooking a floodlit waterhole where elephants and other animals come to drink at night — a memorable spectacle from the comfort of your lodge.

• Kilimanjaro views
• Giant elephant herds
• Floodlit waterhole

Day 2 is built around Sunrise Kilimanjaro photography and Mzima Springs underwater viewing. Sunrise game drive for the best Kilimanjaro photography — the mountain is clearest at dawn when the first rays of light paint the snow-capped peak pink and gold. Following breakfast, drive to Tsavo West National Park. Afternoon visit to Mzima Springs — crystal-clear pools fed by underground rivers from Kilimanjaro where you can watch hippos and crocodiles through an underwater viewing chamber. Discover the dramatic Shetani Lava Flows, a vast expanse of black volcanic rock formed just 200 years ago. Game drive searching for elephant, buffalo, lesser kudu, gerenuk, and the park's rich birdlife. Settle into your Tsavo lodge.

• Sunrise Kilimanjaro photography
• Mzima Springs underwater viewing
• Shetani Lava Flows

The focus today is Red elephants and Galana River. Morning drive to Tsavo East across the Tsavo River bridge. Tsavo East is famous for its open plains, the Galana River, and the legendary red elephants that dust-bathe in the park's distinctive laterite soil. Full-day game drive along the Galana River where crocodiles and hippos thrive. Stop at the striking Lugard Falls where the river forces through sculptured rock formations, and drive along the Yatta Plateau — the world's longest lava flow stretching 300 kilometers. Look for the famous red-dusted elephants, buffalo herds, giraffe, and diverse birdlife in this vast, uncrowded wilderness.

• Red elephants
• Galana River
• Lugard Falls
• Yatta Plateau

Today's route brings together Final morning game drive. Final morning game drive in Tsavo East for last wildlife sightings. Following breakfast, drive back to Nairobi arriving by late afternoon. Drop-off at hotel or airport.

• Final morning game drive