Unique budget adventure safari takes you through Kenya’s best game reserves – Masai Mara National Reserve for 2 nights, down the great rift-valley to Lake Nakuru National Park a home for the rare white rhino species and a birds paradise with the famous flamingos among the many birds on site. Then Lake Naivasha for hippos watching, boat ride. Conclude the tour with walking and biking safari in hells gate national park.
Tour Highlights:
Lake Nakuru National Park
- Bird watching
- Views of the great Rift Valley with its forests and lakes
- Both black and white rhinos
Masai Mara Game Reserve
- Unlimited game viewing drives
- Experience the Big Five
- World-famous Mara – rolling grassland, acacia trees & immense herds of zebras and wildebeest
- Exciting and colourful Maasai culture
| DEPARTURE/RETURN LOCATION |
Nairobi – JKIA Airport or Nairobi hotel |
| DEPARTURE TIME |
Early Morning |
| INCLUDED |
Transport in a safari van customized for game viewing
English speaking Driver/guide
Game drives
Accommodation in Camp/budget hotel
Meals on Full Board Basis while on Safari
Mineral water
All Park Entrance Fees |
| NOT INCLUDED |
Soft & alcoholic drinks
Things of personal nature
International Airfares, Visa Fees
Optional activities unless specified as included
Tips and other gratitude |
OPTIONAL ACTIVITIES
1. Hot Air Balloon Ride at $450 per person.
2. Masai Village Visit at $20 per person
Day 1: Nairobi to Masai mara
Pick up from your hotel or airport and commence the drive to Masai Mara via the great rift valley view point where you will have a breathtaking view of the floor of the rift valley. You will arrive in time for lunch and In the afternoon after you check in depart for a game viewing drive in the Mara Reserve. Return back to the camp for a sumptuous buffet dinner ending with good time for resting.
Masai Mara Reserve is the most popular tourism destination in Kenya. Located in the Great Rift Valley in primarily open grassland. Wildlife is most concentrated on the reserve’s western escarpment. Its regarded as the jewel of Kenya’s wildlife Viewing areas. The annual wildebeest’s migration alone involves over 1.5 million animals arriving in July and departing in November. Hardly can a visitor miss to spot the big five. The phenomenal wildebeest migration which is a spectacular event only seen in Masai mara is the the wonder of the world.
Dinner and Overnight at the Camp:
Day 2: Full Day Game Drive in Masai Mara Reserve
Have breakfast at 6:30 am and at 7 pm, leave for a full day game viewing in the park. On this day, spend the full day exploring Masai Mara in search of the big five, hippos and Nile crocodile. Thereafter, go for picnic lunch in park under a croton tree shade overlooking the vast landscape of the park.
Optional: In the evening, Visit the local Masai village for a Masai cultural tour at USD 20. Learn about the Masai community and interact with the local Masai people. An overnight at the Masai village can be organized upon request.
A balloon safari at USD 380 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. This is the annual migration of millions of wildebeest and zebra from the Serengeti (in Tanzania) in search of water and pasture. Following on their heels are the predators of the savanna – lions, cheetahs, jackals, hyenas and vultures.
Dinner and Overnight at the Camp:
Day 3: Depart Maasai Mara to Nakuru
You will enjoy the last early morning game drive in Mara Reserve followed by breakfast. Thereafter commence the drive to Nakuru.
Dinner and Overnight at budget hotel
Day 4: Nakuru to Lake Naivasha
You will have an 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 on a 3-hour drive back to Naivasha to arrive in time for lunch.
In the afternoon, go for an hour boat ride on Lake Naivasha for bird watching and hippo viewing.
Dinner and Overnight at budget camp/hotel
Day 5: Hell’s Gate to Nairobi
Breakfast at the resort and at 7 am, drive to Hell’s Gate for biking tour and visit to the gorges.
At around 11 am, drive to hotel for lunch and thereafter drive back to Nairobi with drop off at your hotel or airport
