Itinerary

1. Day 1: Nairobi - Naivasha - Hells Gate National Park

   • Pick up from the Nairobi airport and drive to Lake Naivasha with a stop by at the Hell's Gate with your Kenya tour guide. The park, which mainly comprises the savannah wildlife. 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.

   • Dinner and overnight. Possibility to upgrade to more luxurious accommodation (at an extra cost).

2. Day 2: Lake Nakuru National Park

   • Get an early morning pick up and then drive to Lake Nakuru National Park, across the equator, southwards of Bogoria, lies the rift valleys most famous lake Nakuru. Known worldwide for its flamingos, it's alkaline and is recognized as being one of the world's natural wonders. Lake Nakuru is now a rhino sanctuary, harbouring a population of over 40 black and over 60 white rhinos, but the flamingoes, of course, have always been the main attraction. At times there may be almost 2 million flamingoes in residence, forming a stunningly beautiful deep pink band around the edge of the lakeshore. 

   • Arrive in time for lunch and then have an afternoon game drive.

   • Dinner and overnight. Possibility to upgrade to more luxurious accommodation (at an extra cost).

3. Day 3: Lake Nakuru - Maasai Mara

   • Enjoy an early morning drive to Masai Mara National Reserve, one of the few places left on earth where wildlife still lives comparatively undisturbed in the numbers that once roamed the plains and forests of Africa. As the northern tip of the vast Serengeti ecosystem, the Mara hosts the spectacular seasonal migration of many thousands of wildebeest, zebras and attendant predators.

   • Arrive in time for lunch, then, have an afternoon game drive.

   • Dinner and overnight. Possibility to upgrade to more luxurious accommodation (at an extra cost).

4. Day 4: Game drive at Maasai Mara

   • After breakfast, have a full day dame drive, with packed lunch provided. The reserve is well known for its black-manned lion, as well as its abundant resident wildlife. It is one of the few places where you can find the big five during a morning's game drive. Many of the cheetahs are so tame they seek shelter from the hot sun under one's vehicle, and several even climb onto the roof to get a better view of prospective prey. For the bird enthusiast, almost 500 species have been recorded: among these 16 species of eagle, many hawks and falcons, 6 species of vultures, 8 species of storks, 4 of bustard (including the Kori bustard, the world's heaviest flying bird), and 9 species of sunbirds.

   • Dinner and overnight. Possibility to upgrade to more luxurious accommodation (at an extra cost).

5. Day 5: Maasai Mara - Nairobi

   • Wake up at 6 am for a sunrise game drive. 

   • At 9 am, drive back to the accommodation for brunch.

   • Then, depart for Nairobi. 

   • Lunch en-route and arrival in Nairobi in the late afternoon.