4-Day Masai Mara and Lake Nakuru safari from Nairobi, Nairobi

Discover the Masai Mara National Reserve and Lake Nakuru National Park on a 4-day tour from Nairobi with transfers from the city’s hotels and airports. Go deep into the African plains and set out on daily game drives across the park. All the Big Five are here with many mammals and birds in this Masai Mara plain. Watch for the animals that emerge at dusk, see hippos and crocodiles along the banks of the Mara River, see the park’s stunning ‘Great Migration'. Feast your eyes with sightings of flamingos and White Rhinos in Lake Nakuru.

• Safari is all inclusive, joining a small group (max. 6 pax) • Accommodation with meals based on tour option chosen at time of booking • Accommodation includes big bed, linen, towels, toilet and bathroom inside. Hot water and electricity are available on schedule

Inclusions & Exclusions

✔ Transport in a modified-safari vehicle, inclusive of hotel/airport pickup and drop-off.

✔ Lunch

✔ All park entrance fees, and full board accommodation in the chosen option.

✔ Dinner

✔ Breakfast

✖ Boat Ride ($20 p/p), Cultural village visit ($20 p/p)

✖ Tips & Gratuities, and holiday supplements in the lodge/camp.

Departure & Return

Departure: ,

The Bencia office is located in the building.

Return: End right where it started.

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Itinerary

Nairobi - Masai Mara

1

Nairobi National Park Pick up from your place in Nairobi at 08:00am (you are briefed on your exact pick up time once you confirm where you are staying in the city) then be transferred to meet the group and later depart to Masai Mara Game Reserve at 8:30am via the view-point of the western Great Rift Valley.

2

short stop for pictures

Duration: 15 minutes

3

Mount Longonot National Park On your way you will get a chance to spot Mt. Longonot, which used to be active but now is dormant. Your lunch is served at Narok town at 12pm.

Duration: 15 minutes

4

Maasai Mara National Reserve Your journey deepens into the Masai plains, arriving at around 3pm for check-in at the tented camp / lodge. You will start the first introduction game drive in the afternoon tracking various animal species and birds which inhabit here. Your guide will spot wildlife and give you a close up look and details of their behavior and way of life. Back to the camp / lodge at 06:30pm. Hot shower, dinner and overnight at the tented camp / lodge.

Duration: 9 hours

Masai Mara

1

Maasai Mara National Reserve Your day starts with the breakfast at the camp / lodge and by 8am you'll leave with picnic lunches for extensive game drive. Today we will try to find all the Big 5 (lion, leopard, buffalo, rhino and elephant). The landscape here is scenic savannah grassland on rolling hills. The reserve is the best park for game in Kenya as it has an extensive road and track network which allows for close range viewing and photography. Hot shower, dinner and overnight at the tented camp / lodge.

Duration: 1 day

2

Mara Triangle Spot the Big Five if you are lucky

3

Mara River A game drive to Mara river which is point of Migration and point to spot the crocodiles and hippopotamus is always emphasized by our guides. Break for your picnic lunch after viewing the hippos and crocodiles at 1pm.

Duration: 2 hours

4

You have an option to visit the Maasai village before we leave to Nairobi. Note gratuities are given to maasai people when you visit their village (approx 15 USD p/p).

Duration: 60 minutes

Masai Mara - Lake Nakuru

1

Maasai Mara National Reserve After breakfast, check out of your camp / lodge and depart to Lake Nakuru with lunch en-route. You will arrive in the afternoon. Check in and proceed for an afternoon game drive .

Duration: 9 hours

2

Lake Nakuru In case you booked the option with the hotel inside the park, you will have the introduction game drive at Lake Nakuru while we drive for check-in. Dinner and overnight.

Duration: 7 hours

Lake Nakuru - Nairobi

1

Lake Nakuru After the breakfast you will enjoy the full game drive in Lake Nakuru N.P. and feast your eyes with sightings of flamingos, often referred to as the “Pink Lake”. Other animals that can be sighted in the park including the Rothschild’s Giraffe, Black and White Rhino, Waterbuck, Reedbuck, Lion, Buffalo, Leopard, Baboon and several other species of plains game. After the lunch we will proceed to Nairobi and arrive back at around 5pm where you can be dropped off at your hotel or Nairobi accommodation.

Duration: 10 hours

Additional info

• Public transportation options are available nearby

• Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap

• Suitable for all physical fitness levels

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