4-Day Masai Mara and Lake Nakuru Safari from Nairobi

Pick up from your place in Nairobi at 08:00am (you are briefed on your exact pick up time once you confirm where you are staying in the city) then be transferred to meet the group and later depart to Masai Mara Game Reserve at 8:30am via the view-point of the western Great Rift Valley.

short stop for pictures

On your way you will get a chance to spot Mt. Longonot, which used to be active but now is dormant. Your lunch is served at Narok town at 12pm.

Your journey deepens into the Masai plains, arriving at around 3pm for check-in at the tented camp / lodge. You will start the first introduction game drive in the afternoon tracking various animal species and birds which inhabit here. Your guide will spot wildlife and give you a close up look and details of their behavior and way of life. Back to the camp / lodge at 06:30pm. Hot shower, dinner and overnight at the tented camp / lodge. 

Based on your chosen option at the time of booking.

Your day starts with the breakfast at the camp / lodge and by 8am you'll leave with picnic lunches for extensive game drive. Today we will try to find all the Big 5 (lion, leopard, buffalo, rhino and elephant). The landscape here is scenic savannah grassland on rolling hills. The reserve is the best park for game in Kenya as it has an extensive road and track network which allows for close range viewing and photography. Hot shower, dinner and overnight at the tented camp / lodge.

Spot the Big Five if you are lucky

A game drive to Mara river which is point of Migration and point to spot the crocodiles and hippopotamus is always emphasized by our guides. Break for your picnic lunch after viewing the hippos and crocodiles at 1pm.

You have an option to visit the Maasai village before we leave to Nairobi. Note gratuities are given to maasai people when you visit their village (approx 15 USD p/p).

Based on your chosen option at the time of booking.

After breakfast, check out of your camp / lodge and depart to Lake Nakuru with lunch en-route. You will arrive in the afternoon. Check in and proceed for an afternoon game drive .

In case you booked the option with the hotel inside the park, you will have the introduction game drive at Lake Nakuru while we drive for check-in. Dinner and overnight.

Based on your chosen option at the time of booking.

After the breakfast you will enjoy the full game drive in Lake Nakuru N.P. and feast your eyes with sightings of flamingos, often referred to as the “Pink Lake”. Other animals that can be sighted in the park including the Rothschild’s Giraffe, Black and White Rhino, Waterbuck, Reedbuck, Lion, Buffalo, Leopard, Baboon and several other species of plains game. After the lunch we will proceed to Nairobi and arrive back at around 5pm where you can be dropped off at your hotel or Nairobi accommodation.