5 days Masai Mara, Lake Nakuru and Naivasha safari is a perfectly tailored Kenya safari to offer some of the spectacular views in Kenya, this safari of 5 days takes you on a visit to Maasai Mara national reserve the most popular wildlife safari destination in Kenya, Lake Nakuru national park a birder’s haven and a home for the critically endangered black and white rhinos and Lake Naivasha.
This safari starts from Nairobi and ends in Nairobi.
Highlights of 5 days Masai Mara, Lake Nakuru and Naivasha safari
- Day 1 Nairobi-Maasai Mara
- Day 2 Full day Maasai Mara
- Day 3 Maasai Mara-Lake Nakuru
- Day 4 Lake Nakuru-Lake Naivasha
- Day 5: Lake Naivasha -Nairobi
Detailed itinerary of 5 days Masai Mara, Lake Nakuru and Naivasha safari
Day 1 Nairobi-Maasai Mara
To start your safari, you will be picked from your hotel in Nairobi and depart for Maasai Mara national reserve, along the way you will have a stopover at the View – Point of the Great Rift Valley and proceed to the reserve arriving in time for lunch and afternoon game drive. Return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
Return to the lodge for lunch and in the afternoon you will checkout and embark on a journey to Lake Naivasha arriving in evening, check into your lodge and stay overnight.
Accommodation: Sweet waters Lake Resort
Meal plan: breakfast, lunch and dinner
Day 5: Lake Naivasha -Nairobi
After breakfast, you will proceed to the lake for an excursion to the Crescent Island private game sanctuary by boat. The island hosts abundance of wildlife including giraffes, defassa waterbucks, wildebeests, Thompsons gazelles, Burchells zebras, impalas among others. After the experience you will return to the lodge for lunch, exit the park and embark on a journey back to Nairobi for a drop off either at you’re your hotel or at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport for departure flight back home.
Included in Quotation
- 4 Nights’ accommodation as per itinerary
- Game drives as per itinerary
- Services of professional tour guide/driver
- Pick up in Nairobi and drop off in Nairobi
- Transport in an open roof tour van (4*4 safari vehicle)
- National parks entry fees
Excluded on your Quotation
- Flight air tickets
- Drinks (Juices, alcohol)
- Tips for waiters and drivers.
- Optional activities such as Hot air balloon and Masai visit
- Expenses of personal nature like laundry, emails, airtime etc.
Accommodation: AA Mara Lodge
Meal plan: lunch and dinner
Day 2 Full day Maasai Mara
Wake up early for a cup of coffee and head to the reserve for an early morning game drive, the early morning game drive is a perfect time to watch many animals before going into the hiding and predators such as cheetahs, leopards, lions and Africa wild dogs as they return from hunting expeditions. After the game drive you will return to the lodge for late breakfast as you wait for lunch, in the afternoon you will return to the reserve for another game drive on which you will enjoy sightings of rhinos, buffaloes, elephants, rhinos, wildebeests, elands, gazelles among others. Return to your lodge for dinner and overnight.
Meal plan: breakfast, lunch and dinner
Day 3 Maasai Mara-Lake Nakuru
After breakfast, you will depart from Masai Mara to Lake Nakuru national park with en-route lunch and along the way you will enjoy views of Lake Naivasha and Mount Longonot from a far. Arrive in the park in the late evening and with en-route game drive you will proceed to the lodge, check in and have dinner.
Accommodation: Ziwa Bush Lodge
Meal plan: breakfast, lunch and dinner
Day 4 Lake Nakuru-Lake Naivasha
Wake up early and head to the park for an early morning game drive enjoying sightings of various animals such as lions, giraffes, rhinos and many birds such as white pelicans, Marabu stork, famingoes among others. You will also visit the Baboon Cliff offering scenic panorama of the lake below surrounded by a vast tract of euphorbia and acacia forest, also visit Makalia falls.
