Top Kenya Day Trips

Hike your way up Mt. Longonot on a private day trip from Nairobi, and admire the national park’s volcanic terrain of bubbling geysers and soaring rift valley cliffs. After your climb to the crater’s rim, you’ll relax with a lakeside lunch, then hop on a boat for a cruise around Lake Naivasha, looking for hippos and eagles as you go. The full climb and descent takes up to four hours, and a good general standard of fitness is needed.

Visit a Maasai village and Amboseli National Park in just one day, without having to sleep in a tented camp, with this private excursion from Nairobi. Your driver picks you up at your hotel and takes you to the park, where you can spot wildlife and take in views of Mount Kilimanjaro in the distance. You also have the option to visit a Maasai community before returning to your Nairobi hotel.

This private tour gives you the opportunity to go to one of the largest black rhino reserves in East Africa—Ol Pejeta Conservancy. Don’t worry about booking a taxi, as hotel pickup is included from Nairobi. Ride with ease towards the equator crossing point, then enjoy multiple game drives once inside the wildlife reserve.

Visit Kenya's former capital city of Mombasa on this private day tour, which includes round-trip transportation from your hotel in Diani Beach. You'll visit the Fort Jesus Museum, take a stroll on the Bamburi Nature Trail, spend time in local markets, and have the chance to dine on an included lunch of Swahili cuisine.

Make the most of your time at shore when you book this full-day private sightseeing tour of Mombasa’s highlights. Alongside a private guide, visit the top attractions including Fort Jesus Historical Museum, the old town, and the Mombasa Tusks. Enjoy a cultural experience with a walk through a local market and shopping at a handicrafts store. Hotel and cruise port pickup and drop-off are included for convenience.

Spend the day 56 miles outside of Nairobi at the iconic Lake Naivasha. Your tour departs after breakfast and includes a stop at the Great Rift Valley Floor. It's the perfect way to escape the city and enjoy some of the African wild.

This tour involves a deep into rural Kenyan life. Leaving Diani location UKUNDA village. The first stop is Ukunda market where you will be able to see a lot of people buying and selling different things to enhance them daily living. Second stop in public primary school if the school are open it is a nice idea to bring small gifts of books, pens or sweets after school. Tour continues to a village community of simple homesteads. A visit to the local Mganga (The Swahili name for a witch doctor) but these days they deal in healing and herbal treatments, not casting spells.

Spend an afternoon with some of Africa's most iconic animals on this day tour from Nairobi that gives access to giant elephants and towering giraffes. TThen stop at the Giraffe Center, where you'll find Rothschild giraffes wandering the grounds. This memorable experience includes a tour of the Kazuri beads women factory

Discover Kenya's rich cultural diversity on this half-day tour from Nairobi to Bomas of Kenya, a village representing Kenya's 42 ethnic groups. Tour the village with a guide before enjoying traditional dance, music, and storytelling performances to gain a greater appreciation of Kenyan life. Hotel pickup and drop-off are included for your convenience.

Take a one-day safari through Tsavo East Park with this tour. Your driver will pick you up from your hotel bright and early, with plenty of time to get to the park for a morning game drive. You'll then break for lunch before going on to a second game drive, returning back to Mombasa at night.

Go on safari at Amboseli National Park where you’ll be riding in a tour van with a pop-up roof for the best views of elephant herds and plenty more animals on your game drive. You’ll have great views of Mount Kilimanjaro from Observation Hill, if the weather is clear. You’ll be keeping costs down with this group tour, but still have an excellent day out spotting wildlife in Amboseli.

Kenyan tea is renowned around the world and the Kiambethu Tea Farm is among the country’s oldest, dating back to 1910. This private full-day tour from Nairobi includes a tour of the tea plantation, a delicious 3-course lunch, and an expert-led tea tasting. Hotel pickup and drop-off is included.

Ride a bike and hike through Hell’s Gate National Park on a full-day, private tour from Nairobi to the wildlife reserve and Lake Naivasha that includes entrance fees, bikes, and round trip-transport from Nairobi. This customizable tour offers the rare chance to see wildlife outside of a safari vehicle while exploring a scenic part of the Great Rift Valley.

Get a chance to observe many of Kenya’s most iconic wildlife species—cheetahs, lions, zebras, elephants, and more—during this full-day shared excursion to Amboseli National Park. Door-to-door transportation from Nairobi and drinking water are provided. Explore the park from a pop-up van during a safari ride through the park before setting back for your Nairobi hotel. Visits to a local Masaai community can be arranged at an additional cost.

Even if you only have a day free in Nairobi, escape the city and discover some spectacular birds and wildlife on this door-to-door private guided tour. First, drive to Lake Nakuru, where hundreds of thousands of flamingos can often be seen. Next, travel to Lake Naivasha and enjoy a boat ride as you watch hippos and feed eagles. Please note: Entrance fees and boat fare are at your own expense.

Embark on a private day trip to Tsavo East National Park and spend hours immersed in the stunning wildlife and landscapes. Enjoy a morning game drive where you visit the Aruba Dam, a watering hole for many animal species. After a delicious lunch in a park lodge, head on another game drive to spot even more animals—from red elephants to varied bird species.

Open sandstone expanses await visitors to Hell’s Gate National Park from Nairobi. After hotel pickup, head to Hell’s Gate National Park for your choice of a safari drive or bike ride, followed by a hike, visit to Maasai community, and optional boat ride on Lake Naivasha. Tour concludes with drop-off at your Nairobi lodging.

Discover Nairobi’s art and cultural scene without deciding which museums and galleries to prioritize on your own. This private half-day tour brings together three of the city’s leading institutions for a broader look at Kenya’s heritage, from historical collections to modern and contemporary African art. Travel between stops with ease while gaining added context and insight throughout the experience.

Tea fans visiting Kenya—this is the tour for you. Enjoy the rare opportunity to visit a farm and learn first-hand how specialty teas—such as purple tea—are hand-picked and processed. This intimate small-group experience includes an experiential nature walk, a three-course lunch, and the chance to try a variety of local teas—including purple, green, oolong, hibiscus, and golden tips.

Escape the busy streets of Mombasa for a safari adventure in Tsavo East National Park, one of the oldest national parks in Kenya. This private, full-day package takes care of all the details, from round-trip transport, a tour of the park, plus lunch and bottled water. Keep your eyes peeled for herds of elephants, lions, cheetahs, zebras, and giraffes—all from your seat in a comfortable safari vehicle, with a pop-up roof for easy game viewing.

This 1-day private safari will take you to the famous "Tsavo East National Park", an epitome of East Africa's beauty. In Tsavo East, due to its sparse vegetation and drought, you can see very far into the distance and therefore also see many herds of animals on their way to water holes. A special feature are the many red, almost man-high anthills. All the big and well-known animals are represented in Tsavo East: lions, elephants, leopards, cheetahs, zebras, hyenas, buffaloes, ostriches, monkeys, various species of monkeys, orynx and impalas. Many hippos live in the Galana River. In addition to the numerous animals, photographers will find a fantastic landscape: the Mudanda Rock, the view of the Yatta Plateau - the longest cooled lava flow on earth - or the Lugards Falls with their bizarre rock formations are just a few of the breathtaking motifs. If you pick up in Mombasa, a later time will be agreed!

This is a full day excursion that takes you on a Safari adventure outside Nairobi visiting four attractions withing the Great Rift valley. Lake Nakuru gives you the opportunity to observe the world renowned flamingos as well search for other wildlife such as buffaloes, rhino, giraffes and baboons. Lake Nakuru is world famous also as a sanctuary for both black and white rhino. Besides that, more than 400 species of birds can be seen in the park. Between the lake and the cliffs in the west, large pythons inhabit the dense woodland, and can often be seen crossing the roads or dangling from trees. visit to Lake Naivasha for a boat safari in search for birds and hippos and finally nature walk at the crescent sanctuary which lets you get up close to animals. Naivasha boat & crescent sanctuary walk are optional activity and is not included as a standard part of the itinerary. Guests who wish to participate need to inform their guide during pickup

Enjoy a stunning and varied trek along the Sirimon Route during this private, full-day hiking excursion to Mt. Kenya. Walk through forested landscapes filled with bamboo and rosewood and heather meadows. Experience stunning panoramas along the trail, including two of the mountain’s highest peaks, Nelion and Batian. Admission fees and round-trip transfers from Nairobi are included.

See the world’s only remaining white rhinos—only with endangered black rhinos and chimpanzees—during this private, full-day excursion to Ol Pejeta Conservancy from Nairobi. Travel comfortably from the capital with your own driver and guide, with pickup and drop-off from your hotel accommodation included. Enjoy a safari drive in a vehicle with a pop-up roof as you observe wildlife at their waterhole.