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4-day Safari At The Mara & Lake Nakuru National Park
  • Tour Category

    Private Tour

  • Tour Types

    Nature, Safari, Wildlife

  • Duration

    4 Days

  • Activity Level

    Easy

  • Language

    English

Description

Head to Maasai Mara and go on exciting game drives to spot the Big Five and other numerous animals. If you time your tour right,  you will also get a chance to witness the Great Annual migration of wildebeest and zebras. Also, spot various birds species and animals in the Lake Nakuru region and explore the option to visit a local Maasai village.

Highlights
  • Spot the 'African Big 5' at Masaai Mara
  • Meet the flamingos at Lake Nakuru National park
  • Make an optional visit to the Maasai village
  • Day 1: Nairobi - Maasai Mara National Reserve expand_more
    • You will be picked up from your hotel in Nairobi or visit our offices for safari briefing.

    • Go for the scenic drive towards Maasai Mara National Reserve. The topography changes as you enter the vast grassy plains of the reserve, the jewel of Kenya’s game park, located in the northern section of the great Serengeti plains. This is home to the big five: elephant, lion, leopard, buffalo and rhino, as well as thousands of the greater and lesser plains game. Everything seems to be magnified here.

    • Make a stop at the Great Rift Valley to see this great depression with the Kenyan tour guide.  

    • Stop at Narok town for lunch and then proceed to Maasai Mara arriving in good time at the park.

    • Check-in, freshen up then go for an introductory evening game drive. 

    • Dinner and overnight at Maasai Mara. 

  • Day 2: Maasai Mara expand_more
    • After breakfast, enjoy a full day game drive exploring the park in search of the big five. 

    • Enjoy a picnic lunch after which you will have the option of visiting the Maasai Village.

    • Dinner and overnight at Maasai Mara. 

  • Day 3: Maasai Mara- Lake Nakuru National Park expand_more
    • After breakfast, depart with an en-route game drive as you leave Mara region. You will have a chance of viewing the leopard, cheater, lions and other cuts hunting. This is the best time to spot the cats family when making a kill for their breakfast/lunch as the sun rises up. 

    • Take a break for lunch (either in Mai Mahiu or Narok) and proceed to Lake Nakuru National Park with the Kenyan tour guide.

    • Dinner and overnight stay at a hotel.

  • Day 4: Lake Nakuru – Nairobi expand_more
    • Enjoy a game drive with a packed lunch after breakfast, then, drive back to Nairobi.

What's Included
  • The services of our knowledgeable Kenyan English-speaking driver

  • Full board accommodation on the safari+ Meals on Safari (B.L.D)

  • Picnic-lunch as mentioned in the itinerary

  • All park entrance fees

  • 3 nights/ 4 days staying in the Masai Mara/Nakuru

  • Transport in a safari Micro-Toyota 4x4 wheel-drive with a pop-up-roof for wildlife viewing

  • Game viewing-drives as per safari program

  • All applicable taxes & government tolls

What's Excluded
  • Soft drinks, juices, alcoholic and other beverages taken with lunch/dinner

  • International flights

  • The optional visit to tribal villages e.g. visits to a Maasai village Ksh 2000 per person, balloon safari in the Mara $450 per person, bookable before departure

  • Tip to driver/guide

Know before you go
  • Camera to capture the moments
  • A spare memory card or batteries or battery pack

  • Warm sweater for the night

  • Day pack

  • Insect or mosquito repellent

  • Pocket money

  • Flashlight

  • Identification card/passport for gate entry to the park

  • A gift for the Maasai Mara cultural visit (optional)

  • Binoculars

  • Pain Killers

  • Comfortable clothing and shoes

  • Personal Items such as toiletries, mobile airtime, sunscreen or sun hat, phone charger, towels, shower cap, and shower slippers

  • The Masai Mara Game Reserve is arguably Kenya's most popular game sanctuary. It is the most famous and most visited game reserve in Kenya. The film Out of Africa was made to a great extent in this reserve. Virtually every type of wildlife can be seen at the Mara. A spectacle worth seeing is the annual migration of millions of wildebeest, zebra and gazelle from Serengeti plains across the Tanzania border and the Mara River to reach Masai Mara grazing fields from late June. The dramatic crossing of the river and the preying on the migrants by predators can be viewed from early July to mid-October. The reserve abounds with bird life close to about 452 species have been recorded. 

Meeting Point

Nairobi, Kenya

Cancellation Policy

For cancellations upto 2 days before the tour -

Refund of 80% of the tour price.
Price Details
Standard
1 To 2 USD 420 Per Person

This is a private tour

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USD 420 / person