5 Days Maasai Mara, Lake Nakuru and Naivasha Kenya Safari

BOA 15: 5 Days Maasai Mara, Lake Nakuru and Naivasha Kenya Safari.

Maasai Mara Game Reserve, the area is a favorite for elephants coming to drink from the Talek River. The camp has been designed to combine the old traditional safari style with a modern and fresh feel. Ilkeliani camp offers only 17 tents and each commanding views of the plains and wildlife action throughout the day. The ethos is to leave a minimum foot print on nature. Each well-equipped tents are stylish with en suite bathroom. This trip will make you feel that you are out in the wilderness.

Day 1: Nairobi to maasai mara game reserve Ilkeliani
Pick up from airport or hotel for maasai mara game reserve stopping at the view point of the Rift valley whose view of the valley below is splendingly panoramic and Narok town for refueling. Arrive in time for lunch at mara sopa lodge, after your lunch break; proceed for a late afternoon game viewing until sunset.

Dinner and overnight at Ilkelieni camp nestled in a river glade, camp is a favorite for elephants coming to drink from the Talek River. it has been designed to combine the old traditional safari style with a modern and fresh feel. It is a permanent camp designed along eco friendly principles. The ethos is to leave a minimum foot print on nature. The tents are sited under its own cluster of shady indigenous trees and you do feel that you are out in the wilderness. The interiors are spacious and comfortable featuring a front verandah with a day bed and canvas safari chairs. Home cooked meals combined with personal service contribute to an unforgettable safari experience.

• Main destination: Masai Mara National Reserve
• Accommodation: Mara Sopa Lodge
• Meals & drinks: Lunch & dinner (Breakfast not included), Drinking water (Other drinks not included).

Day 2: Nairobi – Maasai Mara game reserve viewing wildlife
A full day game viewing in Kenya's finest wildlife park in search of Africa's Big Five and the plethora of other wildlife inhabiting this park. Mara offers fantastic orange-tinged sunsets that make for spectacular photos.

Much game are coming at your door step in the park leaving you with only option of counting your blessings that nature holds for you. Following the looping meanders of the Mara and Talek rivers in southwest Kenya. One glimpse is enough to explain its appeal it is typical open savannah with a mass of amazing wildlife. It is also common to see lions either basking after a heavy meal. Cheetahs and leopards are harder to spot, but reasonably common.

The ultimate action here is without a doubt the annual wildebeest exodus in July and August when millions of these grazers move north from the Serengeti in search of lusher grass before turning south again in October for the new life circle to begin after a life threatening move across mara river and talek river.

• Main destination: Masai Mara National Reserve
• Accommodation: Mara Sopa Lodge
• Meals & drinks: Lunch & dinner (Breakfast not included), Drinking water (Other drinks not included).

Day 3: Maasi mara game reserve to floor of great rift valley lake nakuru national park
Early morning sun rise breakfast game viewing in the park to increase your chances to view the sunrise within the Mara and to view the lionesses and their cubs having breakfast as a family after a night hunting. Return to the camp for breakfast and final preparation to Nakuru national park. Lunch will be served on the way to Nakuru, the journey shall continue to Nakuru only to arrive in the evening around 16:00 hrs. Where I would recommend relaxation within the selected accommodation as you prepare for a 4 to 5 hrs game viewing in Lake Nakuru national park in this park as you are right in side the park.

• Main destination: Lake Nakuru National Park
• Accommodation: Flamingo Hill Tented Camp
• Meals & drinks: All meals included, Drinking water (Other drinks not included).

Day 4: Lake nakuru national park then drive to Lake Naivasha.
After your breakfast you will have a morning game viewing session in lake Nakuru national park to view flamingoes that are famous in the park apart from black and white rhinos and other water birds like pelicans plains game like the cape buffalo giraffe and baboons set off for hell’s gate national park (Naivasha) after lunch. The drive from Lake Nakuru to Naivasha national park is shorter as it is approximated to be an hour drive.

Afternoon at relaxation or visit Hells gate National Reserve, the only reserve in Kenya where you can enjoy game viewing while on a Bicycle or by walking in the park between the wildlife (grass eating animals). If time allows and you are interested, take an optional activities such boat ride in this fresh water lake. It will grant you a chance to view the aquatic life such hippos and other bird’s species that has been recorded in this natural habitat. The rest of the evening will end at your preferred accommodation here is booked on full board basis.

• Main destination: Lake Naivasha
• Accommodation: Naivahsa Sopa Lodge
• Meals & drinks: : All meals included, Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 5: Naivasha drive back to Nairobi.
After breakfast have a nature walk in the Hell’s Gate National Park (that is if on day 4 you did not visit the hell’s gate National park). Otherwise there are optional activities like horse ride if you are a fan, there are over 100 species of birds in the park, including vultures, Verreaux's Eagles, Augur Buzzard, and Swifts. African Buffalo, Zebra, Eland, Hartebeest, Thomson's gazelle, and Baboons are also common. The park is also home to Klipspringer Antelope and Chanler's Mountain Reedbuck–enjoy hot or picnic lunches and later drive back to Nairobi arriving in the afternoon. Drop back to Nairobi hotel or Airport for your next destination.

• Main destination: Nairobi
• Accommodation: No accommodation (End of tour)
• Meals & drinks: : Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included), Drinking water (Other drinks not included)