6-Day Kenya Wildlife Safari to Aberdare Lake Nakuru and Masai Mara

• Pick up from the airport and transfer to Ibis Styles or a similar hotel on a bed and breakfast basis.

• Drive north into the forests of the Aberdare Mountain Range, arriving at Aberdare Country Club for lunch.

• Transfer to the Ark Lodge, a tree lodge set in a forest glade with a waterhole that attracts all sorts of wildlife during the day and night. The waterhole is floodlit, and there is also an underground viewing platform.

Stay overnight at the Ark Lodge on a full board basis.

• Head towards Nyahururu, then continue south to the spectacular Lake Nakuru.

• View game en route to the lodge.

• Have lunch and a siesta.

• Set out on an afternoon game drive and return to the lodge as the sun sets. The national park, known for its birdlife, offers the possibility of viewing flamingoes. It is also home to black and white rhinos, as well as the endangered Rothschild giraffe.

Overnight at Lake Nakuru Sarova Woodlands on a full board basis.

• Have an early morning breakfast and drive to Narok town via Mai-Mahiu, with a brief rest stop.

• Proceed to the Mara, arriving in time for lunch at the lodge.

• Enjoy lunch and depart for an afternoon game drive.

• Return to the lodge as the sun sets.

Overnight at AA Lodge on a full board basis.

• Go on both the morning and afternoon game drives at 0630 hours and 1600 hours, respectively.

• Explore the open rolling savannah grassland of the Mara, home to numerous wildlife species including elephant, rhino, lion, cheetah, leopard, hyena, jackal, buffalo, eland, topi, impala, gazelle, warthog, and zebra. From June to September, the annual wildebeest migration takes place, when thousands of these animals sweep across the plains in search of new grazing areas.

All meals and overnight at AA Mara Lodge.

• Depart from Masai Mara and head across acres of rolling wheat and barley farms to Narok, the district headquarters of this part of Maasailand.

• Cross the vast plains on the floor of the Rift Valley while keeping an eye out for herds of giraffe and gazelle before heading up the rift escarpment.

• Arrive in Kenya's bustling capital in the early afternoon.

• Drop off at the city centre for ongoing travel arrangements.