1 Day Amboseli National Park Safari from Nairobi

1 Day Amboseli National Park Safari Itinerary

 

Explore the 1 day Amboseli national park safari from Nairobi hotel. The 1 day Amboseli tour is a full 1-day safari to see Mt Kilimanjaro and the largest herds of elephants. Amboseli full day tour starts early from any one of the Nairobi hotels. This one-day trip safari to Kilimanjaro includes park fees, transport in a van, full day game drives and lunch in one of the lodges. Here is a full day itinerary for an Amboseli from Nairobi day trip.

Nairobi to Amboseli 1 Day Safari Itinerary

To discover the 1 day Amboseli national park safari, you will need to start early and follow these timings to make it on time.

05:00am: The 1 Day Amboseli national park safari departs from any one of Nairobi hotels

07:00am: Drive through the Kapiti plains and see the Masai homesteads and the occasional zebra, giraffe and gazelles by the roadside. The scenery on your 1 Day Amboseli trip is exciting as you watch rural Kenya come to life.

09:00am: Arrive in Amboseli national park and start your game drive in the park. Majestic views of Mt Kilimanjaro peak with its snow-capped kibo. The 1 day Nairobi to Amboseli trip game drive starts a little late than when you have spent a night here. It’s sometimes advisable to stay overnight in Amboseli to maximize your game drives and views of Kilimanjaro at dawn and dusk.

11:00am: Continue with your 1 day Amboseli game drive in the park to see the lions, elephants, hippos, giraffes, gazelles, wildebeests, buffalos, cheetahs, leopards, hyenas, baboons, zebras, jackals, impalas, and many more. Amboseli 1 day trip is particularly loved for the great and close up viewing of the large herds of elephants.

1:00pm: Go for a buffet lunch in one of the many lodges in Amboseli. The buffet lunch and cool drinks are a refreshing experience on their own. The lodges are also a marvel to be in and make for great pictures against the backdrop of Kilimanjaro mountain.

2:00pm: A further 1-hour game drive in Amboseli to look out for the elusive leopards and lions.

3:00pm: Depart the Amboseli with an enroute game drive through Kimana or Erimito gate. This is after a delightful 1 day Amboseli game safari Drive against the shadow of the highest mountain in Africa-the Kilimanjaro.

6:00pm: Your driver will drop you off in your Nairobi hotel after the day trip.

End of 1 day Amboseli elephant safari.

Elephants of Amboseli

This is by far the biggest attraction to the Amboseli national park. There are more than 1500 elephants in Amboseli. All of these elephants have been a focuses of a 40yr old study and each elephant is identified and probably given a name already.

Elephants in Amboseli are accustomed to tour vans and will usually come very close to the vehicle. You at most times can see the hairs on their skin or the amber coloured eyes. It’s sometimes very dramatic when you are so close to 2 bulls spurring.

The elephants love to wallow in the fresh parts of the swamps as they eat the water grass. Most of them feed while half submerged in the water. It is quite an exciting feeling that you get in Amboseli when at times, you have over 20 elephants surrounding your car without giving you a second look. As if you don’t exist to them.

The Kilimanjaro Mountain

Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain in Africa standing at 5895m asl. This mountain is aka as the roof of Africa and attracts droves of climbers every year to try and summit its peak and reach point uhuru.

The best views of its ice-capped peak kibo is from the Kenyan side inside the Amboseli national park. The huge mountain overlooks everything else in Amboseli and its quite a sight to behold. As you drive to Amboseli, you will start seeing its snow-capped peak from miles away as it gets larger and larger the closer you get to Amboseli.

Kilimanjaro is simply the lifeline of Amboseli national park as its feeds the park with a year -long supply of fresh cool waters from its melted ice caps. The melted ice caps of Amboseli drips its waters into underground rivers through millions of lava tubes which filters the water into crystal clear and cool streams. These streams emerge from the ground inside Amboseli national park feeding it with a permanent source of water. Most animals migrate into Amboseli during the dry seasons as it’s the only source of water for miles around.

The best part of having this mountain close to the Amboseli national park is that you are able to take stunning pictures of wildlife with the Kilimanjaro forming your background of ice and rock. For hundreds of years, Amboseli has been epitomized as the symbol of an authentic African safari. One of the signature poster pictures of African adventure, is that of herds of elephants, taken as they graze in front of the awe inspiring Kilimanjaro ice caps in the back ground. It’s just a magical moment to capture.

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