7 Days African Elephant Safari
Tour Code: TAS 35
[ Ashnil Aruba Lodge, Kilaguni Serena Safari Lodge, Amboseli Serena Safari Lodge, Lake Nakuru Lodge, Mara Serena Safari Lodge ]

At a glance

The African elephant (Loxodonta) is a genus comprising two living elephant species, the African bush elephant (L. Africana) and the smaller African forest elephant (L. cyclotis). Both are herbivores and live in groups. They have grey skin and differ in the size of their ears and tusks, and in the shape and size of their skulls. Both species are listed as vulnerable species on the IUCN Red List since 2004, and are threatened by habitat loss and fragmentation. Poaching for the illegal ivory trade is a threat in several range countries as well. Loxodonta is one of two existing genera of the family Elephantidae. The name refers to the lozenge-shaped enamel of their molar teeth. Fossil remains of Loxodonta species have been excavated in Africa, dating to the middle Pliocene.

While in Tsavo National Park you will see the red elephants of Tsavo are the ONLY red elephants in the world. Actually, they are really the same colour as every other elephant in the world, but they just appear red due to constantly dust-bathing with the Park’s fine red volcanic soil. Over 10,000 of them inhabit the Park, so the chances of seeing one are hopefully pretty high.



Detailed trip itinerary

Day 1: Tsavo East National Park, Ashnil Aruba Lodge (Fullboard)

You would be picked up from your hotel at 06:00 to Tsavo East National Park where you would arrive time for morning game drive until time for lunch in lodge. Afternoon from 15:30 would be spend in the savannah wilderness where you would roam tin various different parts of the park until time for dinner and overnight in the lodge from 18:30.

Aruba Lodge sits on a vantageous watering site overlooking the Aruba dam. The lodge is set amongst landscaped gardens, offers a swimming pool and children’s pool and wonderful viewing platforms in the heart of Tsavo East National Park in Kenya.

Day 2: Tsavo West National Park, Kilaguni Serena Safari Lodge (Fullboard)

This day you would have breakfast at 08:00 then depart to Tsavo West National Park were you would arrive in the game drive enroute to the lodge for lunch. From 15:30 afternoon you would have evening game drive which would take you to Rhino Sanctuary offering you a chance of seeing the black rhinos then revert with game drive until time for dinner and overnight in the lodge at 18:30.

Days 3: Amboseli National Park, Amboseli Serena Safari Lodge (Fullboard)

This day after breakfast at 08:00 you would depart to Amboseli National Park but first you visit the Mzima Spring. Mzima. The word means “alive.” Yet the life of Kenya’s Mzima Springs is largely born of ash and dung. In the neighbouring Chyulu Range stand porous peaks of volcanic ash, whose youngest cones formed about 500 years ago, rising 7,000 feet (2,000 meters) above an arid plain, these hills trap up to three feet (one meter) of rain each year from moisture-laden winds. All that rain soaks into the sponge-like ash and percolates down until it hits impervious bedrock and begins its underground journey to Mzima Springs some 25 miles (40 kilometers) away.

Later you would be driven to Amboseli National Park where you would arrive time for lunch in the lodge. The whole afternoon from 15:30 would have evening game drive until time for dinner and overnight in the lodge at 18:30.

Day 4: Lake Nakuru National Park, Lake Nakuru Lodge (Fullboard)

This day you would depart 07:00 after breakfast for to Nairobi City where you would arrive time for lunch in the famous Carnivore Restaurant. After lunch you would be driven to Lake Nakuru National Park stopping at Rift Valley View Point then proceed to arrive time for game drive enroute to the lodge for dinner and overnight at 18:30.

Day 5: Maasai Mara Game Reserve, Mara Serena Lodge (Fullboard)

This day you would depart to the park for game drive after tea and a coffee and a snack at 06:00 coming back to the lodge for full breakfast at 08:00 the depart to Masai Mara National Reserve lunch at Sarova Mara Game Camp then proceed on with game drive viewing from as early as 15:00 until time for dinner and overnight in the Mara Serena Safari Lodge at 18:30.

Day 6: Maasai Mara Game Reserve, Mara Serena Lodge (Fullboard)

This day you would depart to the reserve for game drive after tea or a coffee and a snack with packed full breakfast to be consumed in the wilderness of Masai Mara National Reserve reverting back in time for lunch in the lodge. There after depart at15:30 for another game drive that shall go until time for dinner and overnight at 18:30.

Day 7: Nairobi City

This day you would wake up for early morning game drive after taking tea or coffee and a snack at 06:30 coming back to the lodge for breakfast at 08:00. You shall depart to Nairobi City with packed lunch to be consumed at a designated place then carry with drive to arrive in Nairobi City in the evening and be dropped in a Nairobi city hotel or at the airport to proceed to your next destination.

Easter & Christmas Surcharges
A surcharge would be charged per person per night on Good Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Easter Monday and on 24th 25th, 26th, 31st December and 1st January. The Surcharge would be confirmed at the time of booking for clarity purposes.


For optimal enjoyment of your safari, we urge you to carry the following:
All weather firm shoe pair, short and dress to use during the day, trouser for use in the evenings with long sleeved shirt, sweater or jacket, hat, swimming costume, sunglass, camera, binocular, sun protection cream and insect repellent spray or cream.


Related Road Safaris from Kenya Coast ideas

Work with Top Africa Safaris

We create fully personalised trips from start to finish, working with you to pick locations, accommodation and guides that suit you.

24 hours turn around time that guarantees quick quotations and their respective itineraries

Value for money! We got a good rapport with service providers thus ensuring competetive pricing for all our products.