Nairobi - Masai Mara National Reserve
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Nairobi
Pick up from your place either airport or your hotel at 07:30am and after a short briefing and all the formalities depart (260km) to Masai Mara via the view-point of the western Great Rift Valley
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short stop for pictures
Duration: 15 minutes
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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
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Maasai Mara National Reserve
Your journey deepens into the Masai plains, arriving for check-in and lunch at the camp / lodge at 2:00pm. You will start the first introduction game drive at 4pm tracking various animal species and birds which inhabit here. Your guide will spot wildlife and provide details of their behavior and way of life. Back to the camp / lodge at 06:30pm. Hot shower, dinner and overnight at the camp / lodge.
Duration: 9 hours
Masai Mara National Reserve
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This day you have an option to start with hot air balloon ride. A great opportunity to explore Masai Mara from a bird's eye view. Pickup time for this activity is 5:30am from your camp / lodge in Masai Mara. The cost is 425 USD p/p. The ride lasts 1 hr, your guide comes to meet you after the ride and you continue with game drive in the park.
Duration: 60 minutes
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Maasai Mara National Reserve
In case you are not going for balloon ride your day starts with the breakfast at the camp / lodge and by 7:00am you'll leave for extensive game drive. Today you we will try to see 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 viewing and photography. Hot shower, dinner and overnight at the camp / lodge.
Duration: 1 day
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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 lunch and rest at the river
Duration: 2 hours
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Mara Triangle
We will try spot all the Big Five
Masai Mara - Lake Naivasha
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Maasai Mara National Reserve
Early breakfast and check out from the camp / lodge at 07:00am with game drive en route while we exit the park (in case you stayed in the park). Your lunch is served in Narok town at 12pm. There will be the store where you can buy some souvenirs to remind you of a great holiday in Mara.
Duration: 9 hours
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You have an option to visit the Maasai village before we leave to Lake Naivasha. Note gratuities are given to maasai people when you visit their village (approx 15 USD p/p).
Duration: 60 minutes
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Lake Naivasha
You will visit the hell's gate national park where you can walk or decide to cycle(bicycle hire at own cost)
Duration: 9 hours
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Crescent Island Game Park
You have an option to walk on Crescent Island while you have a boat ride at Lake Naivasha. Note gratuities are given to the boat drivers when you visit the island (~ 30 USD p/p).
Duration: 60 minutes
Lake Nakuru - Nairobi
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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 the airport, your hotel or airbnb.
Duration: 4 hours
