5 Days safari to Maasai Mara ,Lake Nakuru and Hell’s gate national park

This is a five day four nights safari that gives one an opportunity to experience nature ,the wild and a biking chance at the hells gate .
The Mara is known as one of the finest wildlife destinations in the world, with an excellent chance of seeing the big five, cheetah, serval, hyena, bat-eared foxes, black-backed and side-striped jackals, hippo, crocodile, baboons, warthog, topi, eland, Thompson’s gazelle, Grant’s gazelle, impala, waterbuck, oribi, reed-buck and zebra.
Nakuru is the Home to the endangered Rhinos, while at Hells gate you will be able to see the geysers and geothermal activity.

This is a five day four nights safari that gives one an opportunity to experience nature ,the wild and a biking chance at the hells gate .
The Mara is known as one of the finest wildlife destinations in the world, with an excellent chance of seeing the big five, cheetah, serval, hyena, bat-eared foxes, black-backed and side-striped jackals, hippo, crocodile, baboons, warthog, topi, eland, Thompson’s gazelle, Grant’s gazelle, impala, waterbuck, oribi, reed-buck and zebra.
Nakuru is the Home to the endangered Rhinos, while at Hells gate you will be able to see the geysers and geothermal activity.

Itinerary

Day 1: Nairobi to Maasai Mara

Stop At: Maasai Mara National Reserve, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Rift Valley Province
At 8 o’clock you will be picked up from your hotel/airport and commence the drive to  Mara via the great rift valley view point where you will have a breathtaking view of the floor of the rift valley. Lunch will be picnic on the way. In the afternoon after you check in depart for a game viewing drive in the Mara Reserve. Return back to the camp for dinner at Lenchada Tourist Camp.
Duration: 11 hours

Stop At: Mai Mahiu, Kenya
You will have a stop over at the Great Rift Valley point, Mai Mahiu Road, where you will have a breaking view of the floor of the rift valley. The rift valley system was formed 5 million years ago and the rift runs from the red sea through Ethiopia and Kenya and Tanzania. The rift valley is an active volcanic area and has some of the most interesting features including more than 8 lakes, dormant and active volcanic mountains and hotsprings and geysers like the Olkaria geothermal wells and Lake Bogoria geysers.

You can actually see the volcanic Mt Suswa and Mt Longonot from this high place with their evergreen craters and the undulating green rift valley floor. The view from here is just amazing. Make sure to take as many photos from here as you can.
Duration: 30 minutes

Meals included:
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight at the Lenchada tourist camp/ Similar, with flushing toilets and bathroom, linen and mosquito nets.

Day 2: Full game drive day in Maasai Mara

Stop At: Maasai Mara National Reserve, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Rift Valley Province
Spend the full day exploring  Mara in search of the Big Five. You will have picnic lunches in the Reserve as you scale the Mara beauty sited at the banks of Mara river.

Optional: In the evening, Visit the  Maasai village for a Maasai cultural tour at USD 20. Learn about the Masai community and interact with the local Maasai people. A overnight at the Masai village can be organized upon request.

A balloon safari at USD380 per person can be organized early morning on this day then proceed with the normal program. It is in the Mara that perhaps the most spectacular event of the natural world takes place: the great migration.
Duration: 8 hours

Stop At: Mara River, Maasai Mara National Reserve 00200 Kenya
The Mara River is a river in Narok County (Kenya) and in Mara Region (Tanzania), and lies across the migration path of ungulates in the Maasai Mara/Serengeti game reserves. This is the site where the wilderbeest migration takes place. There are alot of resident Hippos and crodiles
Duration: 2 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch: Picnic lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight at the Lenchada tourist camp/ Similar, with flushing toilets and bathroom, linen and mosquito nets.

Day 3: Depart from Maasai Mara to lake Nakuru

Stop At: Lake Nakuru National Park, Lake Nakuru National Park, Rift Valley Province
You will enjoy the last early morning game drive in Mara Reserve followed by breakfast. Thereafter commence the drive to Nakuru.
Duration: 6 hours

Stop At: Makalia Falls Viewpoint, G35J+78G, Nakuru, Kenya
The modest Makalia Falls, at the extreme southern end of the park, swell after the rains when they’re at their best.
Duration: 30 minutes

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight at Lanet Matfam Guest Resort

Day 4: Nakuru to Naivasha

Stop At: Lake Nakuru National Park, Lake Nakuru National Park, Rift Valley Province
You will have an early breakfast and depart by 7am to straight to the park. Its a small park with magnificent, rare white rhinos which form part of the Big five animals. There is also a possibility to see the pink flamingos . The game drive lasts 3 hours, after which you depart on a 3-hour drive to Naivasha to arrive in time for lunch.

Duration: 4 hours

Stop At: Lake Naivasha, Kenya
In the afternoon, go for an hour boat ride on Lake Naivasha for bird watching and hippo viewing. Later depart for dinner and overnight.
Duration: 1 hour

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Overnight at the Dove Nest Lodge / Taphe Hotel

Day 5: Naivasha to Nairobi

Stop At: Hell’s Gate National Park, Lake Road South South of Lake Naivasha, Naivasha 20117 Kenya
Depart in the morning after breakfast and head to Hell”s Gate National Park.Here is the only place in Kenya where you can have a biking safari in the park. you also have the option of using the car. while here you will see the pride rock where the theme of the lion king movie was derived. Later depart to Nairobi with drop off to your hotel or airport.

Duration: 4 hours

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