Kenya · Safari

6-Day Kenya Safari to Lake Nakuru, Naivasha and Masai Mara

6 Days Round trip from Nairobi Easy pace

The journey

Trip highlights
  • 01 Explore Lake Nakuru National Park, renowned for over 400 bird species
  • 02 Travel through the dramatic Great Rift Valley with views of majestic Mt. Longonot
  • 03 Visit freshwater Lake Naivasha and take an optional boat ride to Crescent Island
  • 04 Search for the Big Five in the wildlife-rich Masai Mara Game Reserve

Explore the flora and fauna of Lake Nakuru National Park, Lake Naivasha, and the Masai Mara Game Reserve on this 6-day safari. Enjoy game drives with experienced safari driver-guides as you travel through the Great Rift Valley and spot abundant birdlife, waterbucks, warthogs, impalas, hippos, and the famous Big Five. The tour also includes time by freshwater Lake Naivasha and wildlife-rich landscapes in some of Kenya's most celebrated safari destinations.

Lake Nakuru's birdlife is world-renowned and includes over 400 species of both aquatic and terrestrial birds.

From the itinerary

At a glance

What this trip includes

Duration 6 Days
Tour type Shared
Activity level Easy
Accommodation Included · Luxury
Transport Included
Wheelchair access Yes
Cities Naivasha, Nairobi, Masai Mara, Lake Nakuru National Park, Mount Longonot
Languages English

Day by day

The itinerary

1
Day 01

Arrival in Nairobi

  • Our representatives will meet you at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and transfer you to Panafric Hotel in Nairobi for your overnight stay. Depending on your arrival time, our team will be on hand to arrange an optional Nairobi City Tour or a game drive in Nairobi National Park.

Accommodation: Eka Hotel

Meal Plan: Breakfast

2
Day 02

Nairobi to Lake Nakuru National Park

  • Depart Nairobi after breakfast for Lake Nakuru National Park, with a brief stop at the Rift Valley viewpoint for a morning view of majestic Mt. Longonot and the breathtaking scenery of the Rift Valley.
  • Arrive at Lake Nakuru National Park and proceed مباشرة on a game drive before lunch.
  • After lunch, continue on another optional game drive. Lake Nakuru's birdlife is world-renowned and includes over 400 species of both aquatic and terrestrial birds.
  • Lake Nakuru's wildlife includes black and white rhino, buffalo, leopard, lion, Rothschild's giraffe, white and black colobus monkey, eland, steenbok, impala, Chandlers reedbuck, dik-dik, rock hyrax, klipspringer, hippo, and clawless otter.
  • Return to your accommodation in Lake Nakuru National Park.

Accommodation: Lake Nakuru Sopa Lodge

Meal Plan: {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}

3
Day 03

Lake Nakuru National Park to Lake Naivasha

  • After an early morning game drive, return to the lodge or camp for breakfast. Depart by road for Lake Naivasha, where your accommodation is located right by this freshwater lake.
  • Visit Elsamere - the former home of the late Joy Adamson, who, together with her husband George, became world-famous for their pioneering conservation work and relationship with the lioness Elsa, as told in her best-selling book and subsequent film, Born Free. Lunch will be served at the lodge.
  • Take an optional boat ride to Crescent Island. Many different types of animals are found on the island, and you will enjoy a walk with the expert resident naturalist. Giraffes, waterbucks, wildebeest, gazelles, impala, and dik-diks can be seen during the walk.
  • Later, retire to your cosy accommodation in Naivasha.

Accommodation: Sawela Lodge

Meal Plan: {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}

4
Day 04

Lake Naivasha to Masai Mara Game Reserve

  • Depart the hotel after breakfast and drive through the dramatic Great Rift Valley to the Masai Mara Game Reserve. This enormous reserve is part of the vast Serengeti plains and is famously known for its spectacular great wildebeest migration. It is home to the Big Five: lion, elephant, leopard, buffalo, and rhino.
  • Enjoy lunch at the lodge and relax before departing for the afternoon game drive. The Mara Game Reserve is one of the greatest wildernesses in the world, and its large mammals are varied and easy to see. Residents of the park include Masai giraffe, buffalo, eland, and thousands of plains game, including impala, zebra, topi, and both Thomson's and Grant's gazelles.

Dinner and overnight at the lodge.

Accommodation: Mara Sarova Camp

Meal Plan: {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}

5
Day 05

Full-Day Safari in the Masai Mara

  • Spend a full day in the Masai Mara Game Reserve searching for the big cats of the Masai Mara and enjoying spectacular views of the famous migration. All of the Big Five animals - elephants, lions, leopards, rhinos, and buffalo - can be spotted here. Herds of plains zebras are found throughout the park. Other animals include giraffes, jackals, gnus, warthogs, gazelles, hartebeests, hyenas, bat-eared foxes, topi antelope, hippos, and crocodiles in the Mara River. For bird lovers, the Mara's birds come in every colour and size, with more than 400 species already recorded, including birds of prey.
  • You can enjoy colourful sightings of birds such as vultures, ostriches, long-crested eagles, pygmy falcons, secretary birds, marabous, red-winged Schalow's turacos, and many others.

Accommodation: Mara Sarova Camp

Meal Plan: {Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner}

6
Day 06

Masai Mara Game Reserve to Nairobi

  • If you are not participating in the optional hot air balloon ride, enjoy morning tea, coffee, or hot chocolate followed by a morning game drive. On the plains are enormous herds of grazing animals, plus the elusive cheetah and leopard hiding among the acacia trees.
  • Return to the lodge for breakfast.
  • Enjoy an optional visit to an authentic Masai village, at an extra cost, to witness the singing and dancing that form part of daily life and sacred rituals.
  • Depart the Mara by road back to Nairobi, arriving in the late afternoon, with lunch en route.

Meal Plan: {Breakfast, lunch}

Masai Mara, Lake Nakuru National Park, Crescent Island

Where this trip takes you

Masai Mara, Lake Nakuru National Park, Crescent Island

The route

Where you'll travel

Tour route map
Round trip from Nairobi 5 cities · 6 Days

The fine print

Trip details

What's Included

  • Airport transfers
  • Round-trip transport
  • Accommodation while on safari
  • All park entry fees
  • All government taxes
  • Three meals per day
  • Bottled mineral water while on safari
  • Luxury lodge accommodation while on this safari

What's Not Included

  • Items of a personal nature
  • Gratuities/tips
  • Accommodation in Nairobi

What to bring

  • Items of a personal nature
  • Camera
  • Clothes for warm and cold weather

Know before you go

  • Malaria and Yellow Fever vaccinations should be done before this trip.
  • COVID-19 vaccination is mandatory.
  • Note: The world needs trees more than ever. We introduce you to how to plant some on your travels. For every guest who travels with our company in Kenya, we plant a tree in their name. Since 2015, we have planted roughly 5,000 trees and counting. Though small, these reforestation efforts can raise awareness of the need to increase tree cover to reduce carbon emissions and have the potential to make a tangible, sustained impact.
  • Our safari begins with a journey to Lake Nakuru National Park - renowned as a bird sanctuary with over 400 bird species. It is an excellent park for wildlife spotting and is home to many water-loving animals such as hippos and waterbucks. Other animals present in the park include waterbucks, warthogs, impalas, buffalo, Rothschild giraffes, elands, endangered black rhinos, white rhinos, and occasionally leopards. Lake Naivasha is a freshwater lake and is part of the Great Rift Valley. The name derives from the local Masai name Nai'posha, meaning "rough water" because of the sudden storms that can arise. The lake is home to a variety of wildlife, and over 400 different species of bird have been reported. This freshwater lake is a birding paradise, and there is a sizeable population of hippos in the lake. The Masai Mara provides the best view of the famous wildebeest migration as the animals cross the Mara River between July and August. The Mara is also home to the richest concentration of wildlife, including the Big Five (elephants, lions, leopards, rhinos, and buffalo), zebras, antelope, gnus, oribis, hyenas, giraffes, warthogs, gazelles, hartebeests, hippos, crocodiles, and others. The park has the largest concentration of African lions, including the black-maned lion. Birdlife is as plentiful as wildlife at the Masai Mara, which boasts over 400 different bird species.

Logistics

Meeting & route

Meeting point
Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, NBO (NBO), Embakasi, Nairobi, Kenya
Tour start
Nairobi, Kenya
Tour ends at the same location as the start point.
End of the journey

Your 6 days finish where they began, in Nairobi.

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