Kenya · Safari

4-Day Maasai Mara and Lake Nakuru Safari with Big Five Game Drives

4 Days Round trip from Ngiro-are Road Easy pace

The journey

Trip highlights
  • 01 Stay in the heart of Maasai Mara National Reserve and Lake Nakuru
  • 02 Experience Maasai culture and tradition
  • 03 Enjoy thrilling game drives in the parks
  • 04 Spot herds of elephants as well as lions, hippos, giraffes, and gazelles
  • 05 View flamingos at Lake Nakuru

Spend 4 days exploring two of Kenya's incredible highlights, with a glimpse of culture, nature, and wildlife. Admire the landscape of Maasai Mara, with its grassy plains and rolling hills crossed by the Mara and Talek rivers. Enjoy Lake Nakuru, one of the Rift Valley soda lakes south of Nakuru, protected within Lake Nakuru National Park. The lake's abundance of algae attracts vast numbers of flamingos that famously line the shore.

The lake's abundance of algae attracts vast numbers of flamingos that famously line the shore.

From the itinerary

At a glance

What this trip includes

Duration 4 Days
Tour type Private
Activity level Easy
Accommodation Included · Standard
Transport Included
Wheelchair access Not applicable
Cities Nairobi, Masai Mara, Lake Nakuru National Park
Languages English

Day by day

The itinerary

1
Day 01

Nairobi to Maasai Mara National Reserve

  • Meet an expert naturalist and drive through the dramatic Great Rift Valley to the Maasai Mara National Reserve. This enormous reserve is part of the vast Serengeti plains, famously known for the spectacular great wildebeest migration. It is home to Africa's Big Five: lion, elephant, leopard, buffalo, and rhino.
  • Have lunch at the lodge and relax before departing for the afternoon game drive in the Mara Game Reserve - one of the world's greatest wildernesses.
  • Spot Maasai giraffe, buffalo, eland, and thousands of other animals, including impala, zebra, topi, and gazelles, during game drives in the park.

Overnight at Olodare Mara Camp.

2
Day 02

Full-Day Game Drives in Maasai Mara

  • Continue the search for great predators and perhaps even cubs today during extensive game drives.
  • Drive through the plains, which have enormous herds of grazing animals and elusive cheetah and leopard hiding amidst acacia boughs.
  • Enjoy the scenic appeal of the tree-studded savannah; its modest temperatures and diversity of wild game species make the reserve a one-stop shop for game viewing.
  • Have your mid-day meal either at a picnic site or at camp.
  • Return to the lodge before dark for a delicious dinner and some rest.

Overnight at Olodare Mara Camp.

3
Day 03

Maasai Mara to Lake Nakuru National Park

  • Today, travel to the exotic Lake Nakuru National Park located in the Great Rift Valley.
  • After lunch, go for an exciting game drive in the park, home to stunning flocks of lesser and greater flamingos, which turn the lakeshores into a magnificent pink stretch.
  • Spot the world-renowned birdlife here, with over 400 bird species, including white pelicans, plovers, egrets, and marabou stork.
  • Witness the white rhino and rare Rothschild giraffe, which are rarely found in Africa.

Overnight at Punda Milia Camp or equivalent.

4
Day 04

Lake Nakuru to Nairobi

  • Start your day with an early breakfast followed by a game drive.
  • View pelicans and hundreds of other bird species. It is possible to see both the black and white rhino, lions, warthogs, antelopes, baboons, and many other animals.
  • Return to the hotel, freshen up, enjoy lunch, check out from the lodge or camp, and depart for Nairobi by road.
  • Take a leisurely scenic 2-hour drive that brings you to Nairobi, arriving late afternoon between 1700 hours and 1800 hours.

Transfer to your hotel or residence. Your tour comes to an end.

Masai Mara grassy plains, Great Rift Valley escarpments, Lake Nakuru National Park shores

Where this trip takes you

Masai Mara grassy plains, Great Rift Valley escarpments, Lake Nakuru National Park shores

The route

Where you'll travel

Tour route map
Round trip from Ngiro-are Road 3 cities · 4 Days

The fine print

Trip details

What's Included

  • Extensive game drives
  • Pre-tour itinerary document
  • Park entrance fees
  • Guaranteed window seating with an open-top
  • Safari vehicles carry cold drinks and mineral water
  • Guaranteed departures for one or more guests booking this safari
  • Accommodations in Maasai Mara and Lake Nakuru National Park
  • All meals included while on safari
  • Multi-lingual professional safari guide/driver
  • Round-trip transport from Nairobi to Maasai Mara and Lake Nakuru National Park and back to Nairobi
  • Accommodation in Nairobi

What's Not Included

  • International airfare
  • Visit to Maasai Village
  • Cost of obtaining passport and visas
  • Tips and gratuities
  • Sundowner bush cocktails and bush dinner
  • Christmas, New Year, and Easter supplement
  • Membership in Flying Doctors Society - emergency air rescue
  • Optional hot air ballooning, nature walks, etc.
  • Personal expenses such as travel insurance, excess baggage fees, communication charges including laundry, emails, faxes, and phone calls, beverages including luxury champagne, luxury spirits, beer, and wines during meals, or meals not indicated in the itinerary

What to bring

  • Personal essentials
  • National ID/passport
  • Comfortable shoes
  • Warm clothes
  • Torch

Know before you go

  • Professional Safari Escort is available upon request.

Logistics

Meeting & route

Meeting point
Nairobi, Kenya
Tour start
Ngiro-are Road, Kenya
Tour ends at the same location as the start point.
End of the journey

Your 4 days finish where they began, in Ngiro-are Road.

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