Day 1: Nairobi to Masai Mara
You will be picked up from your hotel at 8:00 a.m. and be transferred to the office to group and depart for the Masai Mara Game Reserve, via the view-point of the Great Rift Valley and Narok town for lunch. On arrival, you will proceed for a game drive, tracking various animal species and birds with your driver and guide. Dinner and overnight will be at the lodge.
Day 2: Masai Mara
After breakfast, you will proceed on a full day of game viewing within the reserve. 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. Break for your picnic lunch at the hippo pool, looking out for hippos and crocodile. Dinner and overnight will be at the lodge.
Day 3: Masai Mara to Nakuru
You will have an early morning pre-breakfast game drive. After breakfast, you will depart the Mara region for Nakuru, lunch enroute, with scenic views of Mt. Longmont and Lake Naivasha from afar on the main highway. Dinner and overnight will be at the lodge.
Day 4: Lake Nakuru to Lake Naivasha
After breakfast, you will proceed on a game drive in Lake Nakuru Park, known for its prolific birdlife including flamingoes. The park contains a sanctuary for the conservation of the white rhino while species like cape buffalo and waterbuck can be seen near the shoreline. You will enjoy a hot lunch and drive to Naivasha. You have an option to take a boat ride in this freshwater lake to go and see hippos and fish eagles at an extra cost. Dinner and overnight will be at a lodge.
Day 5: Naivasha to Nairobi
After breakfast, you will have a nature walk in Hell’s Gate National Park. You may hire bicycles to cycle in this park or have a game drive with the safari van. There are over 100 species of birds in the park, including vultures, Verreaux's eagles, augur buzzard, and swifts. African buffalo, zebra, eland, hartebeest, Thomson's gazelle, and baboons are also common. The park is also home to klipspringer antelope and Chanler's mountain reedbuck.
You will enjoy a hot lunch and later drive back to Nairobi, arriving in the afternoon.
