5-Days Masai Mara Kenya Lake Nakuru Safari
5 Days Masai Mara & Lake Nakuru safari will surely give you the experience to see one of the largest national parks and the most famous in Kenya. It is located in southwestern Kenya. The locals call the place the mara. It is named after the local inhabitants, the Maasai. Masai Mara national reserve is the northern continuation of the Serengeti national park in Tanzania.
Masai mara is known for the big 5 for example lions, elephants, buffaloes, leopards, hippos, rhinos, Giraffes, wildebeests, zebras, warthogs, hyenas, jackals, wild dogs and many other kinds of antelopes also roam in plenty in Maasai mara. Secondly, Lake Nakuru national park, the main attraction there is flamingoes and the white rhino.
Tour Highlights
- Day 1: Transfer from Nairobi to Masai Mara & Lake Nakuru.
- Day 2: Full-day game drive in Maasai mara national reserve.
- Day 3: second-day full game drive in Maasai mara national reserve.
- Day 4: Transfer from Maasai Mara to Nakuru .
- Day 5: Transfers from Lake Nakuru to Nairobi.
Detailed 5-Days Masai Mara & Lake Nakuru Safari
Day 1: Transfer from Nairobi to Masai Mara & Lake Nakuru
After breakfast, a Tubale Safaris Driver-Guide will pick you up and drive straightaway to Maasai mara with a stopover at Great Rift Valley. We then continue driving on logout and subway and on to western walls with another stopover at Norak for re-fueling.
Have lunch before arriving in the mara in time for the evening game drive in the mara popular for the Big five (lions, elephants, leopards, buffalo, and Rhinos). The team returns in the evening just in time to have dinner and Overnight. Lastly, a campfire gathering under the clear Africa Sky follows after dinner and at the camp/lodge.
- Location: Masai Mara National Reserve.
- Accommodation: mara Simba lodge.
- Plan Meals: on full board.
- Drinking water and fruits throughout.
Day 2: Full-day game drive in Maasai mara national reserve
A full day is certainly spent at the Maasai mara game reserve. Driving across the plain to search for the big cats (black manned lions, cheetahs and leopards with picnic lunch served at the Mara River site. Furthermore, vast herds of wildebeest and zebra wander across the grasslands in huge numbers during this period of the annual migrations.
This takes place when millions of wildebeest, zebra, and gazelle traverse through the mara plains landscape to feed on the rich new grass from the Serengeti. You will also have a chance to see other plain games like the topi, heartbeat, and eland. Later return to the lodge for Dinner and Overnight.
- Location: Maasai Mara National Reserve.
- Accommodation: mara Simba lodge.
- Plan Meals: On full-board
- Drinking water and fruits throughout.
Day 3: second-day full game drive in Maasai mara national reserve
Pre-breakfast, you will then start your game drive in search of nocturnal animals and drive back to the back for breakfast. However, spend the rest of the day in leisure followed in the afternoon by an optional nature walk or a visit to the Maasai. Eventually, have dinner and Overnight at Camp/Lodge.
- Location: Masai Mara National Reserve
- Accommodation: mara Simba lodge.
- Plan Meals: on full-board
- Drinking water and fruits throughout
Day 4: Transfer from Maasai Mara to Nakuru
We will certainly have an early morning game drive. It will also be your final game drive in the Maasai mara before coming back for breakfast and packing for Nakuru. Lastly arrive and check in at Nakuru Hotel/Camp.
- Location: Lake Nakuru National Park.
- Accommodation: Lake Nakuru lodge.
- Plan Meals: on full-board
- Drinking water and fruits throughout.
Day 5 of 5-Days Masai Mara & Lake Nakuru Safari: Transfers from Lake Nakuru to Nairobi
In lake Nakuru national park, we proceed for an extensive game viewing in search of cats among the “yellow fever” acacia trees which are leopards’ favorite, and also in search of rhinos. “Nakuru is specifically a home to the white rhinos and has tens of black rhinos too” Lake Nakuru national park is also known for its millions of flamingoes and other water birds like pelicans and cormorants. Thus the end of our tour.
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- Location: Nairobi city
- Accommodation: No Accommodation.
- Plan Meals: on full board.
- Drinking water and fruits throughout.
End of 5-Days Masai Mara & Lake Nakuru Safari
5-Days Masai Mara & Lake Nakuru Safari Inclusions and Exclusions
Tour Includes:
- Park fees.
- All activities
- All accommodation
- A professional driver/guide.
- All transportation
- All Taxes/VAT
- Roundtrip airport transfer.
- Meals
- Drinking water
Tour Excludes:
- International flights(From/to home)
- Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour.
- Tips (Tipping guideline US$10.00 pp per day).
- Personal items
- (Souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.)
- The government imposed an increase in taxes and/or park fees.
The Best of Masai Mara & Lake Nakuru
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