3-Day Safari: Nairobi to the Tsavo East & Tsavo West National Parks
3-Day Safari: Nairobi to Tsavo East & Tsavo West National Parks
Daily Private Safari Tour in 4×4 Jeep
Explore the wonders of Tsavo East & Tsavo West. Starts from/returns to Nairobi. Adventure In The Wild Safaris will pick you up from your hotel, airport, or residence.
Safari Experience
Enjoy this amazing safari in a customized pop-up roof Adventure In The Wild 4×4 Safari Jeep, equipped with:
- Portable fridge/Cooler Box
- 4 Binoculars
- Long-range high-frequency radio
- Sand bags
- 4G/LTE broadband WIFI connectivity
- Power Outlets AC 230V
- First Aid Kit
- Safari Guide Books
- Baby Seats Available on request
- Side steps
- Professional multi-lingual safari guide ensuring a memorable experience
Then finish your tour on a smooth train ride to the coast if desired.
About the Parks
The Tsavo sister parks are Kenya’s largest and oldest wildlife reserves. This private tour includes unlimited game drives across the great expanse of Tsavo East and the scenic hills and savannah of Tsavo West. Between the two parks, all of Africa’s Big Five roam freely. This 3-day safari is perfect for a quick getaway, and requires no advance planning.
Tsavo lions are famous for their maneless adult males and historic fierceness. We’ll seek them in Tsavo East along with other large and small predators. Tsavo West offers rolling green hills, volcanic lava beds, monkeys, giraffes, lions, and rhinos. Visits to Mzima Springs and the rhino sanctuary provide close encounters with hippos, crocodiles, and elusive rhinos.
All-Inclusive
Your 3-day Tsavo East/Tsavo West safari includes:
- Park entrance fees
- Game drives
- Accommodations
- Meals
Adventure In The Wild Safaris offers a choice of accommodations: economy, comfort, or luxury lodges and tented camps. Regardless of the level chosen, the safari adventure is conducted at the highest standards.
Your Guide & Transport
For this 3-day journey, you’ll be guided, hosted, and looked after by your experienced driver/guide. Transportation to the parks and game viewing will be in a private 4 x 4 Land Cruiser Jeep, providing elevated seating and rugged all-wheel drive for optimal safari experiences.
Customize Your Holiday
If you’d like to customize your safari or have special requests, Adventure In The Wild Safaris will tailor the trip to your preferences.
Tour Highlights
Tsavo East National Park
- Game viewing drives
- Lion, elephant, cheetah, giraffe, buffalo, antelope, warthog, ostrich, baboons, birds
- Herds of dust-red elephants wallowing and foraging
- Aruba Dam – man-made watering hole attracting thousands of animals
- Mudanda Rock – whale-backed rock above a natural dam, attracting elephants
Tsavo West National Park
- Scenic hills and valleys
- Game viewing drives
- Crocodiles, hippos, exotic fish, and migratory birds at Mzima Springs
- Africa’s limitless wild landscapes
- Lava flows and recent volcanic features
Tsavo East & Tsavo West 3 Day Safari Itinerary
Day 1: Nairobi – Tsavo East National Park
Distance: 320 km (Approx. 5 hours drive)
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
06:00 hrs – Your driver/guide from Adventure In The Wild Safaris will pick you up from your Nairobi hotel, residence, or Nairobi airport. We’ll head out in our 4 x 4 Jeep along the Nairobi-Mombasa Highway, also known as the early explorer’s route, for Tsavo East National Park.
Day 2: Tsavo East – Tsavo West
Distance: 60 km (Approx. 1 hour)
We rise with the birds before sunrise for an early morning game drive in Tsavo East. Enjoy the dawn as animals come to life. After breakfast at the lodge or tented camp, we head out for another game drive spotting buffalo, impala, eland, and some of the park’s 500 species of birds.
Later, we journey to Tsavo West, a park with more lush foliage and surprises like Mzima Springs. Here, we’ll look for hippos, crocodiles, exotic fish, and migratory birds. We’ll also visit the Ngulia Rhino Sanctuary, home to at least 80 endangered black rhinos, and hopefully spot some of these magnificent animals.
Day 3: Tsavo West National Park – Nairobi
Distance: 320 km (Approx. 5 hours drive)
Another early morning starts with a safari breakfast followed by a final game drive over Tsavo West’s striking plains. Keep an eye out for bushbaby, hartebeest, impala, and monkeys in the acacia trees. After the morning adventure, we exit the park and travel back to Nairobi, concluding your 3-day safari with Adventure In The Wild Safaris.
