4-Day Maasai Mara and Lake Naivasha Safari with Crescent Island

• Pick-up: Morning pick-up from your hotel, residence, or Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi.

• Meet your guide: Meet your driver-guide before departing west towards the Maasai Mara.

• Stop: Pause at the Great Rift Valley Viewpoint to enjoy panoramic views and capture memorable photographs.

• Drive: Continue through Narok Town and the scenic Maasai countryside.

• Arrival: Arrive at your safari lodge or tented camp in time for lunch.

• Check-in: Check in and enjoy a short rest.

• Game drive: Head out for your first afternoon game drive inside the Maasai Mara National Reserve.

• Wildlife: Look out for elephants, lions, giraffes, buffaloes, zebras, antelopes, cheetahs, and many other wildlife species.

• Dinner: Return to your accommodation for dinner.

Route: Nairobi - Maasai Mara

Distance: Approximately 265 km

Driving Time: Around 5-6 hours

Meals: Lunch and Dinner

• Breakfast: Enjoy an early breakfast.

• Safari: Spend the entire day exploring the vast plains of the Maasai Mara.

• Wildlife: The reserve offers some of the best wildlife viewing anywhere in Africa and is home to the famous Big Five.

• More wildlife: You may also encounter cheetahs, hyenas, jackals, giraffes, hippos, crocodiles, wildebeest, zebras, impalas, gazelles, and numerous bird species.

• Migration: If travelling between July and October, your guide may take you to the Mara River to witness the incredible Great Wildebeest Migration, depending on the movement of the herds.

• Lunch: Enjoy a picnic lunch inside the reserve.

• Game drives: Continue your afternoon game drives.

• Dinner: Return to your lodge or camp for dinner and another overnight stay.

Activity: Full-day private game drive

Meals: Breakfast, Picnic Lunch and Dinner

• Breakfast: After breakfast, begin the day at a relaxed pace.

• Check-out: Check out and begin your journey to beautiful Lake Naivasha.

• Drive: Travel through the scenic Great Rift Valley, enjoying spectacular landscapes and the rural Kenyan countryside.

• Arrival: Upon arrival, check in to your lodge and enjoy lunch.

• Boat ride: In the afternoon, take a boat ride on Lake Naivasha, where you'll cruise past pods of hippos while observing fish eagles, cormorants, pelicans, kingfishers, and many other bird species.

• Visit: Visit Crescent Island Game Sanctuary for a guided walking safari.

• Walking safari: Walk safely among giraffes, zebras, wildebeest, impalas, waterbucks, and other herbivores without the presence of predators.

• Dinner: Return to your lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.

Route: Maasai Mara - Lake Naivasha

Driving Time: Around 5 hours

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

• Breakfast: Enjoy a relaxed breakfast overlooking the lake.

• Check-out: Check out of your lodge.

• Drive: Begin the drive back to Nairobi.

• Drop-off: Arrive in the afternoon, where your driver-guide will drop you off at your hotel, residence, or Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.

Route: Lake Naivasha - Nairobi

Distance: Approximately 95 km

Driving Time: Around 1-2 hours

Meals: Breakfast