5 Day Maasai Mara, Lake Nakuru, and Lake Naivasha Budget Safari in Kenya

Facilities

Day 1 - Nairobi - Maasai Mara

Absolute Holiday Safaris will arrange your pick up either from the airport or your Nairobi hotel and transfer you to the office, where you will be introduced to the driver guide and other group members. At around 8:30 or 8:45 a.m. depart for Maasai Mara with the first stop at the view point for the view of the Great Rift Valley escarpment wall. Later, descend the escarpment and travel on it to Narok town for an early lunch. You will arrive at Miti Mingi Eco Camp at around 3 p.m. Check-in followed by an evening game drive till sunset. Return to the camp for Dinner and overnight.

Day 2 - Maasai Mara Game Reserve

Breakfast will be served at the camp then before 8 a.m leave the camp with packed lunch for extensive 8 hours game viewing. Maasai Mara game reserve has the highest number of different wildlife species and you will be lucky to see hundreds of them. A game drive to Mara River is compulsory. If it is during the great migration period, from July to October, you will witness the same, otherwise, you will see crocodiles and hippopotamus at the river.

You will have a picnic lunch inside the park and then continue with the game drive till 1700hrs. Leave the park for at least 2 hours optional activity. You may decide to relax at the camp, Take a nature walk with Maasai warriors or visit the Maasai village, later dinner and overnight at the camp.

Day 3 - Maasai Mara - Lake Nakuru

Early morning game drive from 6:30 to 8:30 a.m. and back to the camp by 9 a.m. for a full breakfast. Check out and leave Maasai Mara region for Lake Nakuru with lunch enrourte, view of Mount Longonot, and optional activity at Lake Naivasha if interested. You will arrive Nakuru Town in the evening and proceed to check into the hotel for dinner and overnight.

Day 4 - Lake Nakuru - Lake Naivasha

After breakfast at the hotel, drive to lake Nakuru, famous for the endangered Rhinos and the flamingos. Sometimes, the flamingos are very few but you are guaranteed to see the Rhinos among other Big Five. Lake Nakuru is not a big park and within 4 hours you will have seen enough. Later, leave the park with lunch enroute and drive back to Lake Naivasha. Upon arrival, you will be dropped off at Naivasha Hotel. The evening will be spent at leisure either with a visit to Naivasha floral farms or to the lake shore for an optional activity.

Day 5 - Naivasha (hell's gate) - Nairobi

After breakfast at the hotel, drive to hell’s gate for a game drive. Here is the only place one can walk inside the park as there are no predators. You will decide whether you want do the game drive with the safari vehicle or hire a bicycle to cycle the 11 kilometers down to the gorge. At the gorge, you will get a guide so he can share information about the rock layers. Late drive or cycle back to the gate. Leave Naivasha with lunch enroute back to Nairobi. You will be dropped off at your Nairobi hotel or be transferred to the airport to catch a flight home or another destination.

Your safari holiday will take place in three different locations in Kenya, namely Maasai Mara National Reserve, Lake Nakuru National Park, and Lake Naivasha.

Food is always served as per the clients' request. We request the clients specification before departure and the same information is shared with the guide and the chef.

• A boat ride over Lake Naivasha
• A visit to Maasai village

• Transport on a customized safari van
• Entrance fees
• Game drives
• Complimentary pick up and drop off
• Services of professional and knowledgeable driver guide
• 2 nights accommodation at the camp and 2 nights at a budget hotel
• 2 liters of mineral water each day
• Daily meals

• Items of personal nature
• Additional alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages
• Tips for the crew
• Any optional activity.

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• A reservation requires a deposit of 16% of the total price.
• The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
• The rest of the payment should be paid on arrival.