4-Day Masai Mara and Lake Nakuru Safari Tour from Nairobi

Lake Nakuru and Masai Mara offer the best wildlife viewing. During the trip you will be on a guided safari at Lake Nakuru and in Masai Mara, where you can enjoy the rich and varied animal and bird-life, such as counts thousands of zebras, gnus and flamingos as well as lions, cheetahs, leopards, giraffes, hippos, jackals, elephants, rhinos, gazelles, impala, crocodiles, vultures, Marabou storks, baboons, hyenas, ostriches.

The list is almost infinite making this safari a unique experience.

Lake Nakuru and Masai Mara offer the best wildlife viewing. During the trip you will be on a guided safari at Lake Nakuru and in Masai Mara, where you can enjoy the rich and varied animal and bird-life, such as counts thousands of zebras, gnus and flamingos as well as lions, cheetahs, leopards, giraffes, hippos, jackals, elephants, rhinos, gazelles, impala, crocodiles, vultures, Marabou storks, baboons, hyenas, ostriches.

The list is almost infinite making this safari a unique experience.

Itinerary

Day 1: Drive to Masai Mara, 5~6hrs

Stop At: Nairobi, Nairobi
Pick up from your hotel in Nairobi at 7.30 am for briefing and a drive along the floor of the Rift Valley. En route stop at Narok Town.

Continue to Masai Mara arriving at the lodge in time for lunch. Proceed on a sundown introductory game viewing drive. Then take our first thrilling game drive in the Masai Mara game reserve, one of East Africa’s top safari destinations. The Mara reserve incorporates 1510 km² of incredible, wide-open landscapes and fertile riverine woodland following the looping meanders of the Mara and Talek rivers in Kenya. One glimpse is enough to explain its appeal; it is a typical open savannah, with a mass of amazing wildlife. Wherever you go in the vast Masai Mara you will see a frequent amount of wildlife such as Masai giraffe, baboons, warthogs, bat eared foxes, grey jackals, spotted hyena, topi, impala, hartebeests, wildebeest, elephants, buffaloes, zebras and hippos.

Return to Mara Sopa Lodge for dinner and overnight, L, D.

Meals included:
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight at Mara Sopa Lodge, 3 star

Day 2: Masai Mara Full Day

Stop At: Maasai Mara National Reserve, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Rift Valley Province
After breakfast, you will have a full day of morning and afternoon game drives in this Kenya’s most popular game sanctuary where you will have the best opportunity of spotting the Big Five (lion, buffalo, leopard, elephant, and rhino).

During the period July-October, you will have the chance to experience wildebeest migration. This will include a visit to the famous Mara River to see crocodiles and hippos. The Mara reserve incorporates 1510 km² of incredible, wide-open landscapes and fertile riverine woodland following the looping meanders of the Mara and Talek rivers in Kenya. One glimpse is enough to explain its appeal; it is typical open savannah, with a mass of amazing wildlife.

All meals and night at the lodge, B, L, D.

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight at Mara Sopa Lodge, 3 star

Day 3: Drive to Lake Nakuru National Park, 5~6hrs

Stop At: Lake Nakuru National Park, Lake Nakuru National Park, Rift Valley Province
Drive to Lake Nakuru (250 km – 5~6 hours). Enjoy game drives in Lake Nakuru National Park and lunch at your superb lodge. It is a shallow alkaline lake where visitors can enjoy the wide ecological diversity with varied habitats that range from Lake Nakuru itself to the surrounding escarpment and picturesque ridges. Game drive is the main activity at Lake Nakuru.

Foragers, grazers, hunters and scavengers all play their roles in the natural existence of Lake Nakuru. The park also has over 450 birds species including the flamingos. Lake Nakuru National Park is ideal for bird watching, hiking, picnic and game drives. The lake is famed as one of the world’s greatest ornithological spectacles. Lake Nakuru National Park is also home to zebras, gazelles, Rothschild giraffe, impala, black and white rhino sanctuary and other large mammals.

After lunch, enjoy siesta and then continue with an afternoon game drives. You now return for dinner and overnight stay at Lake Nakuru Lodge, B, L, D.

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight at Lake Nakuru Lodge, 3 star

Day 4: Return to Nairobi, 3hrs

Stop At: Lake Nakuru National Park, Lake Nakuru National Park, Rift Valley Province
This morning you start off early with a safari tour of Lake Nakuru National Park being the very best time to spot the cats and other wild animals of the park while they are still active. You will then enjoy lunch and on route safari drive as you drive back to Nairobi through the Great Rift Valley vantage point. You will arrive in Nairobi in the afternoon. Drop off at your hotel where the tour ends, B.
Duration: 30 minutes

Meals included:
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.