6 Days Nature tour itinerary for Masai Mara & Nairobi: Savour The Splendour Of The Great Rift Valley

• Depart Nairobi in the morning and drive to the floor of the Rift Valley with a brief stop at the Rift Valley viewpoint to take the most eye-catching view of the escarpment.

• Proceed to Lake Nakuru National Park with the African guide/driver. Enjoy game viewing en route to the lodge

• Check-in and eat lunch at the lodge.

• Embark on an afternoon game viewing drive. Besides the flamingos that the lake is famous for, there are approximately 400 other species of birds visiting the lake. Also, many species of game can be found in the park including the introduced Rothschild’s giraffe, black and white rhino, waterbuck, reedbuck, lion, buffalo, leopard, baboon and many species of plains game.

Dinner and overnight at the lodge

• After breakfast, leave Lake Nakuru for Lake Naivasha. 

• Check-in at the lodge, where you may take an optional boat ride in Lake Naivasha to see hippos. 

• Have lunch after the boat ride and then depart for Hell's Gate National Park. The park is located on the south of Lake Naivasha. 

• Set out to explore the park and walk through the gorge with its high cliffs. The gorge starts as a normal path and gradually steepens into a trough than a valley with branching off cracks as the waters that ran through it created. The park provides a variety of wildlife such as buffalo, gazelles, zebras, some giraffes and you can get the chance to spot a leopard, unusual flora and many species of birds. It is one of the two only Kenyan parks where climbing, walking and biking are allowed. 

• Return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

• After breakfast, leave Naivasha for Masai Mara Game Reserve arriving in time for lunch at the lodge.

• Head for the afternoon game drive after lunch. You will easily spot the big five; well over 450 species of animals have been recorded here. Although July, August and September are the months when the Mara plains are filled with migrating wildebeest and zebra, there is also resident wildlife year round. The famous Masai tribesmen live within the dispersal area of the game reserve.

Dinner and overnight at the lodge. 

• Set out on a day of full of game drives. The famous Mara is renowned for its great herds of plain game, black-manned lions, leopard and cheetah but also contains numerous elephant and virtually every type of wildlife to be found in Kenya. 

• Eat lunch served in the park at the Mara River. 

• After lunch, continue with your game drive covering the park into sections. 

• Return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

• Take to the skies for the ultimate Maasai Mara wildlife adventure, soaring in a hot air balloon over herds of game to the inner reaches of the Mara. You’ll ascend in the early morning when winds are calm. (Optional)

• After your incredible flight, it’s time to come back down to the ground for breakfast. Sip on champagne and dig into a splendid breakfast of sizzling bacon, eggs, sausage, home-made bread, fresh tropical fruit and steaming cups of Kenyan coffee or tea.

• Alternatively, you will wake up in the morning for a game drive in the park.

• Go back to the park for your breakfast and then go back for a mid-morning game drive.

• Come back to the lodge for your lunch and then later leave for the afternoon game drive.

• Return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

• Eat breakfast, check-out and depart for Nairobi.