Magnificent Kenya Safari

Experience the best of both worlds combining Maasai Mara National Reserve and Lake Nakuru National Park as you go on exciting game drives with your professional guide and driver. Expect to encounter various wildlife including the magnificent sighting of the great wildebeest migration. This is a budget safari whereby you will join other people in a van. This is a great offer for you who want to relish a wildlife adventure on a budget!

Key information

Group and private safari possible: rates will vary depending on this
Maximum group size is 8 persons per safari pop up roof minivan
Children policy: participating children need to be supervised under age 13
Park fees included
English speaking guide

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Highlights

4 game drives
Transport in a safari tour van with a pop up roof
Visit Maasai Mara National Reserve and Lake Nakuru National Park
Chances to see flamingos
Breakfasts, lunches, and dinners
3 nights' accommodation
Airport transfers

Styles

Birding Tours

4 activity days

Group size: Maximum of 8 participants

Airport transfer included: Jomo Kenyatta International Airport

Program

Day 1: Nairobi to Maasai Mara National Reserve

At 08:00 you will be picked up from your Nairobi hotel and commence the drive to Maasai Mara via the Great Rift Valley view point where you will have a breathtaking view of the floor of the rift valley. Lunch will be a picnic on the way. In the afternoon after you check in, you'll depart for a game viewing drive in the Maasai Mara National Reserve. You'll return back to the camp for a sumptuous buffet dinner ending with a good time for resting at Lenchada Tourist Camp.

Day 2: Full day game drive in Maasai Mara National Reserve

Today, spend the full day exploring Maasai Mara in search of the Big Five. You will have picnic lunches in the reserve as you scale the Mara beauty at the banks of Mara river. The great migration is the most spectacular event of the natural world that take place in the Mara. This is the annual migration where millions of wildebeest and zebra from the Serengeti (in Tanzania) are in search of water and pasture. Following on their heels are the predators of the savannah - lions, cheetahs, jackals, hyenas, and vultures. In this day, you can visit the local Masai village in the evening or join a balloon safari in the early morning, both with additional costs.

Day 3: Depart Maasai Mara National Reserve to Nakuru

Today, you will enjoy the last early morning game drive in Maasai Mara followed by breakfast. After that, you'll commence driving to Nakuru. Upon arrival at 18:00, you will spend the night at the Golden Palace Hotel and have dinner there.

Day 4: Lake Nakuru National Park to Nairobi

You will have an early breakfast and depart by 07:00 straight to the park. Lake Nakuru National Park 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 to Nairobi to arrive at around 15:00 where you will be dropped at your hotel in Nairobi.

Location

Your safari vacation will take place in Maasai Mara National Reserve and Lake Nakuru National Park, both located in Kenya. Masai Mara National Reserve is the most popular tourist destination in Kenya, which located in the Great Rift Valley in primarily open grassland. Wildlife is most concentrated on the reserve’s western escarpment. It's regarded as the jewel of Kenya’s wildlife viewing areas. Visitors can hardly miss spotting the Big Five.

The annual wildebeest’s migration alone involves over 1.5 million animals arriving in July and departing in November. The phenomenal wildebeest migration which is a spectacular event only seen in Maasai Mara is the wonder of the world.

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Things to do (optional)

Balloon safari (400 USD per person)

A balloon safari can be organized early morning on the second day before you then proceed with the normal program.

Maasai Village visit (10 USD per person)

In the second day, you'll have the chance to visit the local Maasai village for a Maasai cultural tour. You can learn about the Maasai community and interact with the local Maasai people. An overnight at the Masai village can be organized upon request.

How to get there

Recommended Airports

NBO

Jomo Kenyatta International Airport

174 km

Transfer included

Arrival by airplane

Please book your flight to arrive at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO). Transfer from and to the airport is included. Perfect Wilderness Tours and Safaris will pick you up from the airport.

Airport: Jomo Kenyatta International Airport Airport transfer included: Jomo Kenyatta International Airport No additional charges. You can request this in the next step.

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Day 1: Nairobi to Maasai Mara National Reserve

Day 2: Full day game drive in Maasai Mara National Reserve

Day 3: Depart Maasai Mara National Reserve to Nakuru

Day 4: Lake Nakuru National Park to Nairobi

The following meals are included: