4 day safari to the Masai Mara
4 day safari to the Masai Mara. Home to the `big Five’ and the masses of plains game for which the Mara is famous. Noted also for the annual wildebeest migration.
Lake Nakuru national park found in the central Kenya is one of the Rift valley soda lakes, it is at an elevation of 1754 meters above the sea level, the park is famous for the big five and bird’s sanctuary, there are no the elephant in lake Nakuru national park. Explore Lake Nakuru National Park, an important wildlife sanctuary, hosting an abundance of birds and varied wildlife, including both white and black rhinos.
Itinerary:
Day 1
Leaving Nairobi you drive into and across the base of the Great Rift Valley, passing the extinct voncanoes of Mounts Longonot and Suswa. You drive trough the town of Narok, the central trading area of the Masai people, and out onto the Loita plains, before reaching your Camp in the the Masai Mara. Evening game drive.
Day 2
A full day spent game driving in the Masai Mara Reserve. Famous for the big cats and the annual migration of wildebeest from the Serengeti, the plains are also home to a vaste number of plains game, elephant, buffalo, rhino, the smaller cats and in the river are hippo and crocodile. The bird life is also prolific.
Day 3
A last game run in the picturesque Maasai Mara in the morning before breakfast. After breakfast depart for Nakuru. Lake Nakuru is a shallow alkaline lake in the Rift Valley, renowned for its spectacular flamingo population as one of the world’s greatest ornithological spectacles. Although Lake Nakuru is primarily a bird sanctuary, there are a considerable large number of animals to be seen, such as Zebras, buffalo and Gazelles. This is one of our best chances of seeing white and black Rhinos. Lake Nakuru National Park was the first place in Kenya selected as a rhino reserve. Here is one of the few places where we can also see endangered Rothschild’s Giraffes. Accommodation at hotel .
Day 4
Lake Nakuru – Nairobi. After breakfast, morning spent game viewing, watching and photographing birds and other big games at lake Nakuru national park. After lunch leave for Nairobi with la brief stop over at the Great Rift Valley for panoramic views of the escarpment. Arrive Nairobi late in the afternoon.