Description
Highlights
Explore the Masai Mara and spot the Big Five
Witness the great wildebeest migration
Visit a Maasai village for a cultural encounter
Enjoy a boat ride on Lake Naivasha
Cycle through Hell’s Gate National Park
Introduction
This is a 5 days safari with full of adenture in three National parks and Boat ride on Lake Naivasha.
MAASAI MARA GAME RESERVE
Maasai Mara National Reserve is an area of preserved savannah wilderness in southwestern Kenya, along the Tanzanian border. Its animals include lions, cheetahs, elephants, zebras and hippos. Wildebeest traverse its plains during their annual migration. The landscape has grassy plains and rolling hills, and is crossed by the Mara and Talek rivers. The area nearby is dotted with villages (enkangs) of Maasai people.
LAKE NAKURU NATIONAL PARK
Lake Nakuru National Park is one of Kenya’s 23 National Parks and one of two in the Premium category, along with Amboseli National Park. It can be found in Central Kenya, about 90 miles (140km) northwest of Nairobi, in the Nakuru district of the Rift Valley Province. The ecosystem is comprised of the lake, surrounded by wooded and bushy grasslands. The park supports a wide ecological diversity including Flamingos (Greater and Lesser) and other water birds, and the Black and White Rhinoceros which are the major attractions of the area.
HELL’S GATE NATIONAL PARK
Named for the intense geothermal activity within its boundaries, the 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. Hell’s Gate is an ideal venue for a day trip from Nairobi where, in addition to the bio-diversity that includes raptors, visitors can enjoy mountain biking, rock climbing and a natural spa.
Itinerary
Day 1 Nairobi to Masai Mara
At 8 o’clock you will be picked up from your Nairobi Hotel to join a group and commence the drive to Masai Mara via the Great Rift Valley point, where you will have a breaking view of the floor of the rift valley. Arrive in time for lunch. In the afternoon, after checking in, you will start off with a game drive at Mara. Return back to the camp for a sumptuous buffet dinner, ending with good time for resting at MitinMingi Tourist camp https://mitimingiecocamp.com / or Rhino camp https://rhinotouristcamp.com/.
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. It’s 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 spotting the big five. The phenomenal wildebeest migration, which is a spectacular event only seen in Masai Mara, is the wonder of the world.
Day 2 Full day to Masai Mara
Spend the full day exploring Masai Mara in search of the Big Five. You will have picnic lunch under croton tree shade in the Reserve as you scale the Mara beauty sited at the banks of Mara River.
Optional: 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.
Day 3 Masai Mara to Lake Nakuru
Early breakfast then depart for your drive to Lake Nakuru with a brief stop at Maasai Village for cultural encounter- Learn about the Masai community and interact with the local Masai people as you en route out of Maasai Mara. Thereafter commence drive to Nakuru. Upon arrival at 6pm you will spend the night at the your hotel and have dinner there.
Dinner and oernight stay will be at Lanet Matfam (http://lanetmatfamresort.co.ke/)
Day 4 Lake Nakuru to Lake Naivasha
You will have an early breakfast and depart by 7am straight to the park. It’s 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 1-hour drive back to Naivasha to arrive in time for lunch. You will later go for an hour boat ride on Lake Naivasha for bird watching and hippo viewing.
You will be dropped at Taphe hotel for overnight stay Astorian Grand Hotel (https://astorianhotels.com/).
Day 5 Lake Naivasha to Nairobi
Breakfast and start of the biking tour for 2 hours. Hell’s Gate is one of Kenya’s smaller national parks, which can be explored on foot. This is followed by a bicycle ride amid gracefully grazing gazelles, larger antelopes, Zebras and Giraffe is a delightful experience. We will provide simple complimentary snack lunch on the way. Thereafter drive back to Nairobi.
What’s Included
Accommodation
4 nights’ accommodation
In Maasai Mara accommodation is at Miti Mingi/ Rhino Camp Miti mingi https://mitimingiecocamp.com/ rhino tourist camp https://rhinotouristcamp.com/
In Nakuru is at Lanet Matfam (http://lanetmatfamresort.co.ke/)
In Naivasha is at Astorian Grand Hotel (https://astorianhotels.com/).
Guide
Professional Driver/Guide is provided
Meals
All meals as per itinerary is provided
(Breakfast, lunch and dinner)
This tour offers Vegetarian, Vegan and Halal food options on request. Simply let Perfect Safari Africa tours and safaris know the food option that you prefer.
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