5-Day Tour to Masai Mara, Lake Nakuru & Lake Naivasha/Hell’s Gate from Nairobi
Highlights
Nairobi, Masai Mara, Lake Nakuru National Park, Naivasha
Locations Covered
Nairobi, Masai Mara, Lake Nakuru National Park, Naivasha
boating, safari, Wildlife
Group Tour
5 Days
Easy
English
Description
Explore the Maasai Mara National Reserve and the Great Rift Valley lakes of Naivasha and Nakuru. The itinerary is perfect for travellers looking for an adventurous safari. Masai Mara is world-famous for its exceptional wildlife population and annual migration. Lake Nakuru attracts the vast quantity of flamingos that famously line the shore. Lake Naivasha offers attractions such as boat riding, bird watching, and a crater lake. Visit Hell’s Gate National Park, once a tributary of a prehistoric lake that fed early humans in the Rift Valley.
Itinerary
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Day 1: Nairobi to Masai Mara
- At 8 o’clock, you will be picked up from your hotel in the City Centre to join a group and commence the driver to Masaai Mara via the Great Rift Valley point. Arrive at Masai Mara for lunch.
- In the evening, start with a game drive at Mara. Return to the camp for a sumptuous buffet dinner, ending with a good time resting at the camp.
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Day 2: Full Day Game Drive in Masai Mara Reserve
- Spend the full day exploring Masai Mara in search of the Big Five. Have picnic lunches in the Reserve as you scale the banks of Mara River. Masai Mara Reserve is the most popular tourist destination in Kenya. Wildlife is most concentrated on the reserve’s western escarpment. It is regarded as the jewel of Kenya’s wildlife viewing areas. The annual wildebeest migration alone involves over 1.5 million animals arriving in July and departing in November. Hardly can a visitor miss to spot the big five. The phenomenal wildebeest migration, which is a spectacular event only seen in Masai Mara, is the wonder of the world.
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Day 3: Depart Masai Mara to Nakuru
- After breakfast, check out and then commence the drive to Nakuru. Dinner and overnight at Lanetmatfam Resort/similar.
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Day 4: Nakuru to Lake Naivasha/Hell’s Gate
- Take a private safari to Naivasha/ Hell’s Gate. Have an early breakfast and depart by 7 am to the park. It’s 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 3 hours.
- Depart on a 3-hour drive back to Naivasha.
- In the afternoon, go for an hour-long boat ride on Lake Naivasha for bird watching and hippo viewing. In the afternoon, go for an hour boat ride on Lake Naivasha for bird watching and hippo viewing and crescent Island Sanctuary for a unique walk with wildlife. The sanctuary is home to giraffes, water bucks, elands, wildebeests, zebras, impalas, and hippos, among other wildlife one is likely to find at the conservancy. Birds include the fish eagles, ospreys, lily-trotters and many more. Dinner and Overnight at Villa Grazia.
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Day 5: Naivasha to Nairobi
- After breakfast at the hotel, proceed to Hell’s Gate for a biking safari with a visit to the gorges.
- Later, drive back to Nairobi with a drop-off at your hotel or airport.
What's Included
What's Excluded
Meeting Point
Cancellation Policy
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For cancellations within 24 hours before the tour -
Refund of 50% of the tour price.