7 Day Kenya Safari to Maasai Mara, Lake Nakuru & Amboseli

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

Day 1
Nairobi to Masai Mara
2 stops
1
Rift Valley Province
At 8 o'clock you will be picked up from your hotel/airport and commence the drive to Mara via the great rift valley view point where you will have a breathtaking view of the floor of the rift valley. The astounding view, as you approach from Nairobi, Kenya is quite unbelievable. To show you just how expansive the rift is, the ground unexpectedly disappears from under you, extending thousands of kilometers in either direction
6 hours • Admission ticket free
2
Maasai Mara National Reserve
You will have lunch at a travellers Motel. On arrival at the Camp, check in and rest and later proceed for a Sunset Game drive at 4 pm depart for a game viewing drive in the Mara Reserve. Return back to the camp for dinner at the Camp or Lodge
2 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 2
Full Day Game Drive in Masai Mara
2 stops
3
Maasai Mara National Reserve
Spend the full day exploring Mara in search of the Big Five. You will have picnic lunches in the Reserve under a croton shade tree as you scale the Mara beauty sited at the banks of Mara river. Optional: In the evening, Visit the Maasai village for a Maasai cultural tour at US 20. Learn about the Masai community and interact with the local Maasai people. A overnight at the Masai village can be organized upon request. A balloon safari at USD380 per person can be organized early morning on this day then proceed with the normal program. It is in the Mara that perhaps the most spectacular event of the natural world takes place: the great migration
6 hours • Admission ticket free
4
Mara River
On the full day tour you will be able to go all the way to the mara river. Lots of resident hippos and crocodiles basking on the banks of the river. Mara River where the great migration happens, the annual wildebeest’s migration involves over 1.5 million animals arriving in July and departing in November. The phenomenal wildebeest migration is a spectacular event only seen in Maasai mara is the seventh wonder of the world. We will visit the site of the yearly wildebeest migration and see the resident crocodiles and hippos sited at the banks of Mara River. You will have a guided tour by the rangers to see the Nile crocodiles and hippo families and to top it off at midday you will have a picnic lunch which is provided by us under a tree in the park overlooking the vast landscapes. Then continue with the game drive and explore the beauty of the mara reserve until evening
3 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 3
Depart Maasai Mara to Nakuru
2 stops
5
Ololaimutiek Village
You will have breakfast at the camp then check out from 8:00am. On this day, you have an optional visit to Masai Village in Masai Mara in the morning before leaving. The village cost USD 20 per person (paid in cash at the village). Here you will get to see the lifestyle of the Local tribe and learn more about their culture.
30 minutes • Admission ticket free
6
After the Village visit, we embark on the drive to Nakuru. We will offer Lunch on the way in a traveler’s motel. Arrive Nakuru, check in at your hotel and rest. We will not have a game drive on this day so you will relax and either have a swim at the Pool or take a walk around your hotel.
6 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 4
Day 4: Lake Nakuru to Lake Naivasha
3 stops
7
Lake Nakuru
Early breakfast and depart by 7am to straight to the park. Its a small park with magnificent, rare white rhinos which form part of the Big five animals. There is also a possibility to see the pink flamingos .The game drive lasts 3 hours, after which you depart for Naivasha. Arrive in time for lunch. After lunch, you will go on an hour boat ride on Lake Naivasha for bird watching and hippo viewing.
4 hours • Admission ticket included
8
Makalia Waterfalls
This is a Waterfal in the lake Nakuru National Park, It is also a good view point to view the lake Nakuru, enjoy the breeze as you watch monkeys climb trees. Later start the drive to Naivasha for a boat ride.
30 minutes • Admission ticket free
9
Lake Naivasha
Arrive in time for lunch. After lunch, you will go on an hour boat ride on Lake Naivasha for bird watching and hippo viewing. While on the boat ride, enjoy bird watching, eagle feeding, see the pelicans and hippo viewing. Once your boat ride comes to an end, return to the dock. On this day, you can opt to add a visit to Crescent Island at an extra cost of @ USD 35 per person or 2 Hours Horse riding at Sanctuary Farm at an extra cost of @ USD 70 per person. Later you will be dropped off at Astorian Grand Hotel or Chambai Hotel for Dinner and overnight stay.
2 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 5
Naivasha through Hell's Gate then to Amboseli
2 stops
10
Hell's Gate National Park
Early breakfast and check out of the hotel by 7:00am to proceed to Hells Gate where you will start the biking Safari. Experience a Guided Tour as you watch different Animals Species like Zebras, Buffalos, Giraffes, Antelopes among others as you bike. Have a guided walk in the gorge where you will visit the gorges inside the park. Gorges are small thin depressions of land mass where you can walk underneath. Some areas have formed caves where you can walk through. Finish the tours and bring the bikes back at the gate. If you can not bike -you have the option of exploring the Park by foot or by using the car. Hell's Gate National Park is a remarkable quarter of the Great Rift Valley. Spectacular scenery including the towering cliffs, water-gouged gorges, stark rock towers, scrub clad volcanoes and belching plumes of geothermal steam make it one of the most atmospheric Parks in Africa.
3 hours • Admission ticket included
11
Amboseli Eco-system
After lunch start the drive to Amboseli. We will not have a game drive this day because of late arrival. So the game drive will be early next day. Amboseli is famous for its scenery with a backdrop of snow-capped Mount Kilimanjaro, which dominates the landscape, and open plains. No game drive because of late arrival. Check in at the camp in Amboseli have lunch and a short rest.
4 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 6
Amboseli Full day Game drives
2 stops
12
Amboseli National Park
Early morning game drive can be taken in Amboseli when Mt. Kilimanjaro usually appears from its mantle of clouds, the game Proceeds to the area of Lake Amboseli, which is a wide salt pan, consisting of permanent swamps. This area has much game, large and small, high concentration of Elephant, rhino, buffalo, Burchell’s zebra, eland, Masai giraffe and small species of the antelope family, the common water buck, klipspringer, Grant’s gazelle, impala, topi. It also has a dry Pleistocene lake basin that houses a temporary lake, Lake Amboseli, after the rains. The waters from Mt. Kilimanjaro drain down the mountain under lava flows and surface in Amboseli, creating a green belt of swampland amidst dusty plains. Amboseli lacks the profusion of animal species found in the Mara, but the landscape provides limited cover so we have better chances of seeing some of the larger predators.
4 hours • Admission ticket included
13
Observation Hill
This is a beautiful overlook of Amboseli park. You can sit and watch elephants play in the marsh below. Watch elephants bathe in a swamp from the summit of Observation Hill, a pyramid-shaped volcanic hill rising over the predominantly flat Amboseli National Park. Admire a view of the plains and swamps against the backdrop of Kilimanjaro. One of the best places to see elephants, the observation point draws lots of tourists, both local and international. In addition to large mammals gathering here to drink, you can also see flocks of pink flamingos. Bring binoculars and a powerful lens for good pictures
4 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 7
Amboseli to Nairobi
1 stop
14
Amboseli National Park
Early morning viewing Of Mount Kilimanjaro. Enjoy the early morning Game drive then later come back to the Camp for breakfast. After breakfast check out and start the drive to Nairobi. A complimentray lunch wil be served on the way at a travellers Motel. When you arrive you will be dropped to your hotel or the Airport. This marks the end of the tour.
3 hours • Admission ticket free

Additional info

• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Specialized infant seats are available
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels

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