4-Day Tsavo East and Tsavo West Safari from Nairobi

After an early pick-up from your Nairobi hotel, the drive south on the Nairobi-Mombasa highway leads into Tsavo West National Park, with a first game drive en route to the lodge. You arrive in time for lunch, then head out for an afternoon game drive across the park’s volcanic landscape.

Distance: Approximately 240 km, 4 to 5 hours driving

Activity: Drive to Tsavo West, afternoon game drive

Accommodation: Lodge in Tsavo West National Park

Meals: Lunch and Dinner

A full day of game drives covers Mzima Springs, which produces over 95 million gallons of water daily and offers an underwater observation tank for viewing hippo and crocodile, alongside the Shetani lava field, a dramatic black rock landscape from a relatively recent volcanic eruption. Game includes elephant, lion, leopard, buffalo, giraffe and the endangered black rhino in the park’s rhino sanctuary.

Distance: Game drives within Tsavo West National Park

Activity: Morning and afternoon game drives, Mzima Springs visit

Accommodation: Lodge in Tsavo West National Park (second night)

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

After breakfast, the drive crosses to Tsavo East National Park, with game viewing continuing along the way. Tsavo East’s open plains and the Galana River support some of Kenya’s largest elephant herds, distinctively red from dust-bathing in the park’s volcanic soil. An afternoon game drive follows on arrival.

Distance: Road transfer between Tsavo West and Tsavo East

Activity: Travel day with game viewing en route, afternoon game drive

Accommodation: Lodge in Tsavo East National Park

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

A final morning game drive along the Galana River covers any remaining priority sightings before the drive returns to Nairobi, arriving in the late afternoon.

Distance: Morning game drive, then approximately 330 km, 5 to 6 hours driving back to Nairobi

Activity: Final game drive, then return drive to Nairobi

Accommodation: N/A, end of safari

Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

Extend your trip

Want Amboseli added to this route? See the existing 4-Day Safari to Tsavo West, Amboseli and Tsavo East. Want to continue to the coast after this safari? Ask us about a Mombasa or Diani Beach extension.