5 Days Masai Mara Migration & Lake Nakuru Safari
Included in Tour Price:
- Transport in a 4X4 Land Cruiser jeep with a pop up roof for easy game viewing and photography
- English speaking Driver/guide
- Game drives
- Accommodation in lodge/camp
- Meals on Full Board Basis while on Safari
- All Park Entrance Fees
- Pickup and drop off to your hotel or airport
- Drinking water
Excluded:
- International Flight
- Personal Insurance
- Tips and Gratuities
- Entrance to the Masai village
- Extras/Optional activities like Balloon Ride
- First Night accommodation Upon arrival
Day 1: Nairobi – Masai Mara Game Reserve
Pick up from your Nairobi hotel/Airport in the morning. Safari briefing session with our tour guide then drive to the Maasai Mara Game Reserve as you enjoy the scenic views of the Great Rift Valley – Masai Mara game reserve is the northern part of the Serengeti, one of Kenya’s most favored game-viewing areas. The reserve covers 700 square miles of magnificent wilderness. It is the Africa of the imagination; endless reaches of acacia-dotted grasslands studded with hazy hills. Afternoon game drive to see the sundowner as you trail the Big 5 i.e. Lions in large prides, Elephants, buffalos, zebras and numerous plain game.
Dinner and overnight stay at lodge/camp. Meal plan: {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}
Day 2- 3: Masai Mara Game Reserve Wildebeest Migration Trailing
Full days spent exploring the park in search of the big 5/ trailing the wildebeest migration and predators. Optional hot air balloon safari can be arranged at an extra cost of US$ 450 per person. The Mara offers wildlife in such variety and abundance that it is difficult to believe: over 450 species of animals have been recorded here.
You will easily see lions, rhinos, hippos, crocodiles, giraffe, wildebeests, zebras, buffalo, warthogs, hyenas, jackals, wild dogs, buffalo, leopard, many kinds of antelopes and elephant. It is in the Mara that perhaps the most spectacular event of the natural world takes place. This is the annual migration of millions of wildebeest and zebra from the Serengeti (Tanzania) in search of water and pasture. Following on their heels are the predators of the savanna- lion, cheetah, wild dog, jackal, hyena and vultures
Dinner and overnight stay at lodge/camp. Meal plan: {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}
Day 4: Masai Mara – Lake Nakuru National park
Breakfast then drive Lake Nakuru National park- to arrive in good time for lunch at lodge/hotel. Afternoon game drives a the scenic park famed for numerous species of bird life especially the pink flamingoes Lake Nakuru, a shallow alkaline lake in the Rift Valley, renowned for its spectacular flamingo population as one of the world’s greatest ornithological spectacles.
Although Lake Nakuru is primarily a bird sanctuary, there are a considerable number of animals to be encountered, such as many large game animals such as zebras, elephants and gazelles, this is one of our best chances of seeing rhinos. Lake Nakuru National Park was the first place in Kenya selected as a rhino reserve. Here is one of the few places where we can see Rothschild’s giraffes.
Dinner and overnight stay at hotel/lodge. Meal plan: {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}
Day 5: Lake Nakuru – Nairobi
After breakfast, drive back to Nairobi with an en route stop for panoramic views of the Great Rift Valley at the view point to arrive Nairobi at approximately 1pm.
Meal plan: {Breakfast, Lunch }