Private 6 Days Rift Valley Lakes and Masai Mara Safari

Over the 6 days, you will have an opportunity to explore some of the best Lakes in kenya and have an amazing bird watching safari then end it with the beauty of Masai mara where you get a lifetime experience to see the Big 5 and many other animals such as zebras, hyenas, hipos and many more. You also get to have an awesome time at the lodges with relaxing moments at the pools and fantastic buffet meals.

Over the 6 days, you will have an opportunity to explore some of the best Lakes in kenya and have an amazing bird watching safari then end it with the beauty of Masai mara where you get a lifetime experience to see the Big 5 and many other animals such as zebras, hyenas, hipos and many more. You also get to have an awesome time at the lodges with relaxing moments at the pools and fantastic buffet meals.

Itinerary

Day 1: Nairobi – Lake Bogoria

Stop At: Lake Bogoria, Kenya
Our driver guide will pick you from your place of residence or hotel and depart Nairobi in the morning for Lake Bogoria with a stopover at the viewpoint of the Great Rift Valley. On the way carry picnic lunch at Lanet Matfam then proceed to Lake Bogoria . After lunch have an afternoon game drive and walk to Lake Bogoria hot springs, see flamingos, diverse forest inhabitants and birdlife are waiting for you. Later dinner and overnight at the lodge
Duration: 6 hours

Meals included:
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Lake Nakuru lodge or similar

Day 2: Lake Bogoria – Lake Nakuru National Park

Stop At: Lake Nakuru National Park, Lake Nakuru National Park, Rift Valley Province
After breakfast, depart to Lake Nakuru for an early morning game drive. The Lake is renowned as a bird sanctuary with over 400 bird species at times, there can be up to two million greater and lesser flamingos and tens of thousands of other birds hence the park is referred to as the ‘Birds Paradise’. It’s a rhino sanctuary with excellent wildlife viewing. Game viewing will start immediately you enter the park gates arriving at the lodge in time for lunch. An afternoon game viewing has been scheduled for you departing at 16:00 hrs. Large animals strive in the dry land surrounding the lake such as the endangered Rothschild giraffe, cape buffaloes, waterbucks, gazelles, leopard, and several species of primates can be spotted as well in the park. Later dinner and overnight at the lodge.
Duration: 6 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Lake Nakuru lodge or similar

Day 3: Lake Nakuru – Lake Naivasha

Stop At: Lake Naivasha, Naivasha Road Nakuru County Kenya
After breakfast, you will then depart to Hell’s Gate National Park . Once at the Park, you have the option of a game drive in a Safari vehicle or take bikes into the Park. Cycling in the Park is a great adventure as you get to ride the bikes for 7 Kilometers before resting at a ranger’s post. After a brief stop at the rangers post you leave the bike and start a walking safari. Enjoy the spectacular views of the gorge. The walking trip or safari takes 3 hours. The park provides a variety of wildlife, unusual flora and many species of birds and is one of the only two Kenyan Parks where climbing, walking and biking are allowed. Animals seen here include Bushbucks, Dik Dik, Gazelles, Gnus, Hartebeests, Impalas, Klipspringers, Buffaloes, Hyraxes, Zebras, Hyenas, Jackals, Mongooses, Baboons, Monkeys and Porcupines amongst others.
Duration: 6 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Lake Naivasha sopa lodge or similar

Day 4: Lake Naivasha – Masai Mara National Reserve

Stop At: Maasai Mara National Reserve, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Rift Valley Province
On this day, you will have breakfast and then depart to Masai mara through Narok road. You will arrive in time for lunch. After lunch you will relax or have a swim then have an evening game drive where you will have an opportunity to see the Big 5 and many other animals. Later have dinner and overnight at the lodge.
Duration: 8 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Masai Mara Sopa lodge or similar

Day 5: Full day Masai Mara National Reserve

Stop At: Maasai Mara National Reserve, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Rift Valley Province
Enjoy a full day game viewing in the rolling grass of Mara with endless plains where more than two million wild beast gnu’s are migrating from Serengeti in Tanzania with their calves. Visit the banks of Mara river to try and spot the hippos.Get to see lions, elephants, giraffes, leopards, zebras, and many more. You will have an optional visit to a Maasai village to learn their unchanged culture
Duration: 10 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Masai Mara Sopa Lodge or similar

Day 6: Masai Mara – Nairobi

Stop At: Nairobi, Nairobi
Have a morning drive to try and search for what you have not spotted before returning to the camp for lunch and checkouts. Say ‘kwaheri’, a Swahili word for good-bye to the pastoral Maasai as you depart for Nairobi to catch a flight at the airport on your way back home
Duration: 8 hours

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.