Itinerary Briefing
The 5 Day Masai Mara and Lake Nakuru Safari takes you on a scenic journey through the beautiful Great Rift Valley of Kenya that will enable you to explore Kenya’s top national parks on this 5 day thrilling game drive.
Masai Mara is home to the spectacular Great Migration of Wildebeest, Thompson Gazelle and Zebra searching for fresh waters and grasses. Explore also Lake Nakuru National Park, a very important wildlife sanctuary that hosts large quantity of birds and varied wildlife species, including both white and black rhinos.
Itinerary Day Description
Day 1: Nairobi to Lake Nakuru – Kenya
You will leave from Nairobi in the morning, travelling north via the Great Rift Valley. We pass through beautiful scenery in the Rift Valley, as we make our way to Lake Nakuru National Park.
After lunch, we start an afternoon game viewing drive in Lake Nakuru Park, in exploring diverse wildlife and birds.
We have dinner and soak up the scenery from our comfortable lodge inside Lake Nakuru Park.
Day 2: Lake Nakuru to Masai Mara
We start with breakfast at our lodge/campsite then we make our way to our next game viewing destination in Kenya, the world-famous Masai Mara Game Reserve.
We travel via the floor of the scenic Great Rift Valley to the safari camp near Masai Mara in time for lunch. Then we continue our expedition into the Masai Mara Reserve on a thrilling afternoon to evening game drive.
After our game drive, we return to the camp
Day 3 and 4: Masai Mara Game Reserve
The next two days are set aside for game drive in Kenya’s finest wildlife park, the Masai Mara Game Reserve.
The Mara Reserve covers 1510km² of incredible wide-open landscapes and fertile riverine woodlands, following the looping meanders of the Mara and Talek rivers in southwest Kenya. One glimpse is enough to explain its appeal; it is typical open savannah, with a mass of amazing wildlife.
Wherever you go in the vast Masai Mara Park you will see a frequent amount of wildlife such as Masai giraffe, baboons, warthogs, bat eared foxes, grey jackals, spotted hyena, topis, impala, hartebeests, wildebeest. Elephants, buffalos, zebras and hippos are also found in great numbers. It is also common to see lions either basking after a heavy meal or surveying the plains for their next meal. Cheetahs and leopards are harder to spot but reasonably common.
The ultimate action here is without a doubt the annual wildebeest exodus, the Great Migration, in July and August when millions of these grazers move north from the Serengeti in search of lusher grass before turning south again in October.
Hot-air balloon trips are an entirely outstanding way of seeing the savannah plains teeming with wildlife. These Masai Mara balloon trips can be arranged at extra cost.
We stay overnight at the same safari camp
Day 5: Masai Mara to Nairobi
Early in the morning we head into the wilderness to do game drive in Masai Mara, before enjoying breakfast back at the camp.
We then return to Nairobi in the afternoon and our safari end here.
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