A lodge inside Amboseli National Park, with rooms and balconies looking over the plains, Maasai-inspired décor and family rooms.
Amboseli Serena Safari Lodge stands inside Amboseli National Park, close to the swamps where elephants gather.
The lodge has around 90 rooms with private balconies, Maasai-inspired décor and murals, as well as interconnecting rooms and family rooms with two bedrooms.
Families and first-time visitors.
Amboseli is about four to five hours by road from Nairobi via Emali or Namanga. Light-aircraft flights from Wilson Airport take under an hour.
Amboseli is famous for its elephants and its views of Mount Kilimanjaro across the border in Tanzania. The Amboseli Trust for Elephants has studied its elephants since 1972, and the population was about 2,000 at the end of 2025. Swamps fed by Kilimanjaro’s groundwater attract wildlife all year. Read elephants beneath Kilimanjaro.
The park fee is US$90 per adult per day. Clear views of the mountain are most likely at dawn and in the late afternoon, and community conservancies around the park offer walks and quieter drives. See the Amboseli guide.
Amboseli is dry and dusty for much of the year, and the swamps are where the action is: elephants wade in to feed, while hippos, buffalo and many water birds share the green marshes. The drier months, June to October and January to February, are best for game viewing, and the short rains in November rarely stop drives. Amboseli pairs well with the Masai Mara for a classic Kenya circuit. See our elephant safaris and the Kenya guide for ideas on combining parks.
Two nights give several drives and a good chance of clear mountain views. See our 3-day Amboseli safari.
Signature 12 daysThe great migration ecosystem from both sides: Lake Nakuru and the Masai Mara in Kenya, Amboseli beneath Kilimanjaro, then the Serengeti, the Ngorongoro Crater and Tarangire in Tanzania.
Signature 15 daysSafari and beach across East Africa: the Masai Mara and Amboseli, the Serengeti and the Ngorongoro Crater, then a flight to Zanzibar for Stone Town and the beach.
Signature 10 daysTwo great safari countries in ten days: the Masai Mara and Amboseli in Kenya, then across the border to Tarangire, the Serengeti and the Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania.
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