6 Days Kenya Luxury Wildlife Photography Journey from Maasai Mara to Amboseli

Our professional driver-guide will collect you from your Nairobi hotel, private residence or the airport before beginning the approximately 260–280-kilometre journey to the Maasai Mara. The road transfer normally takes five to six hours depending on traffic, weather, comfort stops and the location of your luxury lodge. The route passes Great Rift Valley viewpoints, productive highland farms, rural towns and traditional Maasai landscapes, with photography stops arranged at safe and authorised locations. After arrival, you will check in, enjoy lunch and prepare your equipment before starting an afternoon photography drive. Possible subjects include lions resting in golden grass, elephants crossing open plains, giraffes feeding near acacia trees, zebras, antelopes and the warm evening colours of the Mara landscape.

Destination:

MASAI MARA NATIONAL RESERVE

Overnight:

Basecamp Maasai Mara

  luxury 4 star lodge

Meals & Drinks:

Lunch, Dinner

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After breakfast, you will leave with a picnic lunch and explore approximately 60–100 kilometres of the Maasai Mara over seven to nine hours. Your guide will select routes according to current wildlife activity, road access, light direction and your photographic interests. Attractions may include lion-pride interactions, cheetahs using raised areas to scan for prey, elephants protecting their calves, giraffes moving through woodland and wildebeest or zebras spreading across the plains. River habitats may also provide hippos, crocodiles, kingfishers and other birds. The private vehicle allows patient observation and better use of natural light whenever reserve regulations and wildlife behaviour permit.

Destination:

MASAI MARA NATIONAL RESERVE

Overnight:

Basecamp Maasai Mara

  luxury 4 star lodge

Meals & Drinks:

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

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After breakfast and check-out, you will travel approximately 230–250 kilometres from the Maasai Mara to the Lake Nakuru region, a journey normally requiring four and a half to six hours. The route passes pastoral country, agricultural highlands, roadside settlements and changing Great Rift Valley scenery. Landscape and travel photographs may be taken at authorised stops along the way. After arriving at your selected luxury accommodation, you will check in, enjoy lunch or refreshments and use the remaining time to rest, charge batteries, organise memory cards and prepare for the following morning’s wildlife session.

Destination:

MASAI MARA NATIONAL RESERVE

Overnight:

The lake nakuru flamingo lodge

  luxury 4 star lodge

Meals & Drinks:

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

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Your day begins with a three-to-four-hour Lake Nakuru game drive covering approximately 25–50 kilometres through lakeshore, grassland and woodland habitats. Possible subjects include white or black rhinos, Rothschild’s giraffes, buffaloes, baboons, zebras, pelicans, cormorants and flamingos when water and seasonal conditions are favourable. After completing the morning session and enjoying an early lunch, you will begin the approximately 350–400-kilometre journey to Amboseli, normally requiring seven to eight hours depending on traffic, route conditions and stops. After arrival, you will check in at your luxury lodge or camp, enjoy dinner and prepare for the following day’s elephant and landscape photography.

Destination:

LAKE NAKURU NATIONAL PARK

Overnight:

Amboseli Serena Safari Lodge

  luxury 4 star lodge

Meals & Drinks:

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

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You will begin early when the light is soft and Mount Kilimanjaro may be clearer, although mountain visibility depends entirely on weather and cloud cover. The full-day Amboseli photography drive will cover approximately 50–90 kilometres over seven to nine hours through open plains, acacia woodland and seasonal wetland habitats. Possible subjects include large elephant families, zebras, giraffes, buffaloes, wildebeest, lions, hyenas and numerous waterbirds. Your guide will search for opportunities to photograph elephants against the mountain, natural interactions around water and wide environmental landscapes. A picnic lunch or lodge-based break will be arranged according to the confirmed programme before afternoon photography continues.

Destination:

AMBOSELI NATIONAL PARK

Overnight:

Amboseli Serena Safari Lodge

  luxury 4 star lodge

Meals & Drinks:

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

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After breakfast, you will check out and begin the approximately 215–240-kilometre journey to Nairobi, normally taking four to five hours depending on traffic and stops. Depending on lodge location, park-entry validity and the agreed departure schedule, the route out may provide final views of elephants, giraffes, zebras, wetlands or Mount Kilimanjaro. A suitable meal, refreshment and comfort stop will be arranged before drop-off at your Nairobi hotel, residence or airport.