5-Day Lake Naivasha, Lake Nakuru and Masai Mara Safari

Pickup from the airport or your hotel, with a 20-30 minute stop at the Great Rift Valley escarpment along the way. Continue with a stop at Hell’s Gate National Park, a savannah ecosystem home to a wide range of birdlife including vulture, Verreaux’s eagle and augur buzzard, alongside African buffalo, zebra, eland, hartebeest, Thomson’s gazelle, baboon and the localised klipspringer antelope. In the evening, an optional boat ride on Lake Naivasha is available.

Distance: Road transfer from Nairobi to Lake Naivasha, approx. 2 hours, with stops

Activity: Rift Valley viewpoint and Hell's Gate National Park visit

Accommodation: Lodge near Lake Naivasha

Meals: All meals included, drinking water provided

After breakfast, drive to Lake Nakuru National Park, regarded by birders as one of the great ornithological spectacles on Earth, famous for the flamingo flocks lining its shores. The park is also a sanctuary for black rhino, white rhino and Rothschild’s giraffe, with birdlife including lesser and greater flamingo, African fish eagle, tawny eagle and great white pelican. Arrive in time for lunch and check in to your lodge, then head out for an afternoon game drive through this densely populated park.

Distance: Road transfer, then afternoon game drive

Activity: Lake Nakuru afternoon game drive

Accommodation: Lodge near Lake Nakuru National Park

Meals: All meals included, drinking water provided

After breakfast, depart for the Masai Mara, a landscape of grassy plains and rolling hills crossed by the Mara and Talek rivers, one of the few places left on Earth where wildlife still roams in something close to its historical numbers. Expect lion, cheetah, elephant, zebra and hippo, with wildebeest crossing the plains during their annual migration, season permitting. Arrive in time for lunch, followed by an afternoon game drive.

Distance: Road transfer, then afternoon game drive

Activity: Masai Mara afternoon game drive

Accommodation: Lodge or tented camp in the Masai Mara

Meals: All meals included, drinking water provided

A full day of game drives across the reserve in search of the Big Five, with over 450 species of animal recorded here, lion, rhino, hippo, crocodile, giraffe, wildebeest, zebra, buffalo, warthog, hyena, jackal, African wild dog, leopard and elephant among them. The Mara is also home to one of the natural world’s most spectacular events, the annual migration of millions of wildebeest and zebra from the Serengeti in Tanzania in search of water and grazing, with predators including lion, cheetah, wild dog, jackal and hyena following close behind. An optional hot air balloon safari over the plains can be arranged at an additional cost.

Distance: Full-day unlimited game drives

Activity: Game drives, optional hot air balloon safari

Accommodation: Lodge or tented camp in the Masai Mara (second night)

Meals: All meals included, drinking water provided

A further extended morning game drive before returning to camp for a late breakfast. Depart the Mara for the return journey to Nairobi, with lunch en route, arriving at approximately 4:30pm for drop-off at your hotel or the airport.

Distance: Morning game drive, then road transfer back to Nairobi

Activity: Final game drive and travel day

Accommodation: N/A, end of safari

Meals: Breakfast & Lunch