Day 1: Nairobi - Maasai Mara
At 8:00 a.m., you will be picked up from your Nairobi Hotel and commence the drive to Maasai Mara. You will pass via the Great Rift Valley view point where you will have a stopover of 10 to 15 minutes to view the rift valley. Lunch will be at the camp in Maasai Mara. In the afternoon after you check in depart for a sunset evening game-viewing drive in the Mara Reserve (4:00 to 6:00 p.m.) Return back to the lodge for buffet dinner ending with a good time for resting.
The rooms have toilets, showers, beds, linens, and mosquito nets. Electricity is provided from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. and from 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. Masai Mara Reserve is the most popular tourism destination in Kenya. Located in the Great Rift Valley in primarily open grassland. Wildlife is most concentrated on the reserve’s western escarpment. It is regarded as the jewel of Kenya’s wildlife viewing areas.
- Accommodation: Jambo Mara Safari Lodge or similar
Day 2: Full-day game drive in Masai Mara Reserve
At around 7:00 a.m. after breakfast, you will leave for a full day exploring Masai Mara in search of the Big Five. At midday, you will have picnic lunch in the park which is provided by Perfect Safaris. You will visit the site of the yearly wildebeest migration and see the resident crocodiles and hippos situated at the banks of Mara River.
It is in the Mara that perhaps the most spectacular event of the natural world takes place; the phenomenal seventh wonder of the world. The wildebeest migration where over 1,500,000 animals migrate annually from the Serengeti (in Tanzania) in search of water and pastures. Following on their heels are the predators of the savanna - lions, cheetahs, jackals, hyenas and vultures.
- Accommodation Jambo Mara Safari Lodge or similar
Day 3: Maasai Mara - Nakuru
Early breakfast then depart for your drive to Lake Nakuru with a brief stop at Maasai Village for the cultural encounter. Learn about the Masai community and interact with the local Masai people as you en route out of Maasai Mara. Thereafter, commence the drive to Nakuru. You will arrive early at the hotel where you can take some time to relax at the pool, Wi-Fi, or a stroll in the compound. Dinner and overnight.
- Accommodation Sarova Woodland Hotel or similar
Day 4: Nakuru - Nairobi
You will have an early breakfast then checkout and depart by 7:00 a.m. to straight to the park. It is 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 three hours, after which you depart on a three-hour drive back. Lunch will be on the way in a traveler's motel. You will be dropped to your hotel within Nairobi. This marks the end of the tour.
About the safari
This is a group safari whereby you join other travelers in a van with a pop-up roof for easy game viewing. Perfect Safaris offers complimentary airport pick-up for all guests arriving by flight on the morning of day one. The pick-up time will be at 6:00 a.m. from the airport to the departure point in Nairobi City. They are happy to announce that they are the only company with a guaranteed daily group departure for this tour since they own the cars and the camps in Maasai Mara.
They use professional experienced safari guides and they are very friendly. They use nicely maintained vehicles. Their mobile phone line is available on a 24-hour basis. You are free to call, text, or use WhatsApp in case of any questions. They use a customized safari jeep with a pop-up roof for game viewing and photography.