4 Days Massai Mara & Lake Nakuru Tour
Day 1 Nairobi / Maasai Mara National Reserve
After breakfast at the hotel, you will be picked by the driver and head southwards to Maasai Mara National Reserve. Arrive in time for lunch, relax. Have and afternoon game drive in the reserve.
An exploratory drive around the game park with its low hills and savannah, rolling grasslands, gallery forest on the Mara River and its tributaries. Get introduced to the herbivores; elephant, rhino, buffalo, and the variety of antelopes, the masai giraffe and the Burchell zebra. The carnivores are the black mane lion, cheetah and leopard. Also to be seen are the largest bird, the Masai ostrich, the Secretary bird, the crested crane and saddle-bill stork. Crocodiles and hippos share the river. Return to your lodge by sunset Dinner and overnight at Jambo Mara Safari lodge or alternative accommodation (full board)
Day 2 Maasai Mara National Reserve
Optional Early Morning balloon safari ride optional across the Maasai Mara plains. Breakfast at the lodge then enjoy morning and afternoon game drives. Masai Mara is an extension of the Serengeti ecosystem to the south. Game abounds here; The Mara is noted for its abundance of lions – particularly the superb black maned males. See the great Migration where over 1.5 million wildebeest and other antelopes crossing the mighty Mara River. Experience the battle between survival and hunger. You are also likely to see lots of elephants here often in large herds, as well as – if you’re lucky leopard, cheetah and rhino. All of the Big Five are residents. You’re sure to see the African buffalo. Get the cameras ready, stock up on film/tapes and enjoy yourselves! In the evening visit Maasai village. Sunset.
Dinner and overnight at Mara Fisi camp or alternative accommodation (full board).
Day 3 Maasai Mara to Lake Nakuru National Park
Waken by marching elephant and sounds of birds. Have breakfast at your lodge. Check out and drive through the cool Rift Valley environment towards Nakuru. Drive through the park and arrive at your camp in time for lunch. Have an afternoon game drive at Lake Nakuru National Park.
Lake Nakuru is a small park with over 50% of its area covered by the Lake. Located in the middle of the Rift valley, L. Nakuru has a wide variety of animals which includes the Rothschild Giraffe, Lions, White and Black rhinos as well as the Leopard. All these can be spotted depending on your luck. The park is also considered by birdwatchers as an ornithological paradise! A myriad of both Greater and lesser flamingoes has made this lake their home.
Dinner and overnight at Lake Nakuru lodge or alternative accommodation (full board).
Day 4 Lake Nakuru National Park / Departure
Breakfast at the lodge, Relax and depart to Nairobi. Lunch today will be in Nairobi. Later you will be transferred to the airport for your home flight or continue to your next destination.
Includes
Meals as per the program on a full board basis.
2 nights in Massai Mara.
1 night in Lake Nakuru National Park
Park entry fees for the whole safaris as per program
Transport in 4×4 safari van in Kenya
Services of English-speaking tour guide/ driver
1 Liter of mineral bottled water per person per day
Game drives.
All airport transfers
Excludes
Visas, gratuities to guide/drivers based on a driver guide per vehicle.
Any service not detailed in the itinerary, Items of a personal nature: i.e. room service, laundry, telephone, alcoholic drinks. Comprehensive personal travel insurance for the journey and any extra activities not mention in itinerary