5 days Masai Mara, Lake Naivasha, and Lake Nakuru Safari
5 days Masai Mara, lake Naivasha, and Lake Nakuru safari is a combined combo offering encounter and sights of wildlife, birdlife, and beautiful landscape. This safari package offers tourists a visit to three amazing tourist sites that is Masai Mara, lake Naivasha, and Lake Nakuru.
Highlights of the 5 days Masai Mara, lake Naivasha and Lake Nakuru safari
- Day 1: Transfer from Nairobi to Masai Mara
- Day 2: Full day in Masai Mara
- Day 3: Transfer from Masai Mara to Lake Naivasha
- Day 4: Transfer from Lake Naivasha to Lake Nakuru
- Day 5: Depart back to Nairobi
Detailed itinerary
Day 1: Transfer from Nairobi to Masai Mara
- Transfer from Nairobi to Masai Mara: On the 1st day of the safari you will depart from Nairobi for Masai Mara national reserve, after early morning at your hotel you will be picked by your safari driver and set off for a 6 hours drive to Masai Mara national reserve. On your way you will pass through the cultivated green highlands and through the escarpment of the Great Rift Valley where you will have a stopover for scenic views, on the floor of the rift valley you will enjoy the views of mountain Longonot which stands at the altitude of 2,200 meters above the sea above the sea level. Another stopover will be made at Narok town for a grab and then proceed to the park, upon arrival you will check into your lodge for lunch and in the afternoon you will go for a walk around the your lodge. In the evening you will have dinner and stay overnight.
- Accommodation is got from: Luxury: Sarova Mara game camp, Midrange: Ashnil Mara camp, and Budget: Talek bush camp
- Meal plan: half board (breakfast and lunch)
Day 2: full day in Masai Mara
- On the 2nd of the safari you will early morning breakfast and drive to the reserve for an adventurous full in Masai Mara together with your packed lunch, Masai Mara national reserve is a popular destination in Kenya and a great game sanctuary as it is a home to many wildlife species including the big five that is lions, leopards, elephants, buffaloes and rhinos. spending a full day in Masai Mara offers ample time of touring the park and enjoying sights of many animals such as lions, cheetahs, buffaloes, wildebeests, hartebeests, zebras, elephants and enjoying the amazing landscape dominated by various vegetation types. you will have lunch at a picnic spot along the banks of Mara river and in the afternoon you will go for another game drive. In the evening you will drive back to your lodge, have dinner and stay overnight at your lodge.
- Meal plan: full board (breakfast, lunch and dinner)
Day 3: transfer from Masai Mara to Lake Naivasha
- On the 3rd day of the safari you will have morning breakfast and the set off for on a journey of 5-6 hours to Lake Naivasha arriving in time for lunch, lake Naivasha is a fresh water lake situated northwest of Nairobi in the town of Naivasha in Nakuru County covering a surface area of 139 square kilometers. Lake Naivasha is a habitat for a variety of wildlife species with a huge population of hippos and a huge population of birds with over 400 species. You will have lunch at your lodge after checking in and in the afternoon you will go on a tour on a lake through a boat ride, on the boat ride you will spot many hippo and birds such as great cormorants, fish eagles, pelican, king fishers, grey-backed fiscal and many more. In the evening you will have dinner and stay overnight.
- Accommodation is got from: Luxury: Sopa lodge Naivasha, Midrange: Burch resort Naivasha, and Budget: sleepway cottages
- Meal plan: full board (breakfast, lunch and dinner)
Day 4: transfer from Lake Naivasha to Lake Nakuru
- On the 4th day of the 5 days Masai Mara, lake Naivasha and Lake Nakuru safari you will have morning breakfast, checkout of your lodge and leave Lake Naivasha and head to Lake Nakuru which is a drive of 1-2 hours, lake Nakuru is a rift valley freshwater lake situated in the southern region of Nakuru and protected by lake Nakuru national park. Lake Nakuru covering a surface area of 45 square kilometers and is famous for hosting a various species of birds including thousands of flamingoes which are attracted to the lake because of the algae. When you reach on the lake you will go on a visit to the lake where you will enjoy the sights of huge population flamingos, pelicans, herons, shoes bills and animals such as warthogs, eastern black rhinos, southern white rhinos and many more as they come to the lake to drink water. At lunch you will drive to your lodge for a delicious meal, in the afternoon you will go on a game drive in the plains of lake Nakuru national park enjoying sights of many animals zebras, antelopes, elands, warthogs, lions, rhinos, cheetahs, waterbucks and many more. In the evening you have dinner and stay overnight at your lodge.
- Accommodation is got from: Luxury: Sarova lion hill game lodge, Midrange: Lake Nakuru lodge, and Budget: Ziwa bush lodge
- Meal plan: full board (breakfast, lunch and dinner)
Day 5: Depart back to Nairobi
- Depart back to Nairobi: On the 5th and last day of the safari, you will have breakfast, checkout of your lodge and depart for Nairobi. Depending on the time at hand you may have a short city tour and then be dropped off either at your hotel or at the airport for your departure flight after lunch.
- Meal plan: half board (breakfast and lunch)
End of 5 Days Masai Mara, lake Naivasha and Lake Nakuru safari
Safari inclusions
- Accommodation as detailed in the itinerary
- All meals as indicted on the itinerary
- Transportation in a tourist van fitted with a pop-up roof the purpose for game-viewing and photography.
- Your driver/guide speaks English and has in-depth knowledge of the flora, fauna, landscape, and Kenyan culture.
- A private minivan outfitted with two-way, long range high frequency radio communications equipment.
- Each minivan carries safari accessories including wildlife books, beanbags to support cameras on car doors and window sills, binoculars, a first-aid kit, an ice-chest, and a fire extinguisher.
- Bottled mineral water during game drives.
- Park entrance fees and game drives as noted in the itinerary.
- All government taxes, levies, and fees
- All arrival and departure transfer fees between airports, hotels, parks, etc.
Safari exclusions
- Domestic and international airfares
- Personal communications charges for telephone calls, faxes, email, etc.
- Tips and gratuities for hotel, lodge and camp staff and for your driver/guide.
- Alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages.
- Laundry services.
- optional activities not listed by the included in your itinerary
- extra accommodation before and after the safari
