Kenya · Safari

4-Day Maasai Mara and Lake Naivasha Safari with Hell's Gate

4 Days Round trip from Nairobi Easy pace

Tourists Feeding The Giraffes At Hells Gate National Park

The journey

Trip highlights

01 Thrilling game drives in Maasai Mara National Reserve
02 Spot the Big Five and other wildlife across Kenya's savannah
03 Explore Lake Naivasha with boat trips and birdwatching
04 Walk on Crescent Island among wildebeests, zebras, and giraffes
05 Discover the landscapes and wildlife of Hell's Gate National Park

Travel from Nairobi to explore the Maasai Mara National Reserve, a preserved savannah wilderness in southwestern Kenya along the Tanzanian border, famous for its annual wildebeest migration. Enjoy thrilling game drives to spot the Big Five and other wildlife, then continue to Lake Naivasha to experience its rich ecosystem of wooded and bushy grasslands, water birds, and lakeside wildlife. Round out the journey with birdwatching, boat trips, and a visit to Hell's Gate National Park south of Lake Naivasha.

Walk through Crescent Island and look for wildebeests, zebras, and giraffes.

From the itinerary

At a glance

What this trip includes

Duration 4 Days

Tour type Shared

Activity level Easy

Accommodation Included · Luxury

Transport Included

Wheelchair access Yes

Cities Naivasha, Narok, Nairobi, Masai Mara, Hell's Gate National Park

Languages English

Day by day

The itinerary

Day 01

Nairobi to Maasai Mara via the Great Rift Valley

Pick up from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi and drive to Maasai Mara.
Pass through the Great African Rift Valley escarpment and the Maasai town of Narok.
Check in at Ashnil Mara Camp or Sarova Mara Game Camp and have lunch.
Enjoy an afternoon game drive through the park, searching for lions, cheetahs, elephants, buffalos, and other Big Five members.

Dinner and overnight stay at Ashnil Mara Camp or Sarova Mara Game Camp.

Day 02

Full-Day Game Drive in Maasai Mara

Enjoy a full-day game drive in the park.
Spot black-maned lions, savannah elephants, Cape buffalos, wildebeests, leopards, cheetahs, spotted and striped hyenas, rhinos, topis, Burchell's zebras, Maasai giraffes, and other animals.

Dinner and overnight stay at Ashnil Mara Camp or Sarova Mara Game Camp.

Day 03

Maasai Mara to Lake Naivasha

Drive to Kenya's highest lake at 1,880 m above sea level, Lake Naivasha.
Explore the beautiful freshwater lake, fringed by thick papyrus, with hippos lazing in the water and buffalos grazing on the shores.
Enjoy birdwatching and look for Grey-capped Warbler, Spectacled Weaver, Brimstone Canary, Red-billed Firefinch, and 350 other species.
Go on boat trips on the lake.
Walk through Crescent Island and look for wildebeests, zebras, and giraffes.

Dinner and overnight stay at the safari lodge.

Day 04

Hell's Gate National Park and Return to Nairobi

Pick up from the hotel and drive towards Hell's Gate National Park.
See over 100 species of birds in the park, including vultures, Verreaux's Eagles, Augur Buzzard, and swifts.
Look for African buffalos, zebras, elands, hartebeests, Thomson's gazelles, baboons, Klipspringer antelopes, and Chanler's Mountain reedbucks.
Enjoy a picnic lunch and drive to Nairobi.

End of the tour.