4-Day Lake Naivasha & Maasai Mara Safari

• You'll be collected from the airport.
• Accommodation before the tour starts can be arranged for an extra cost.

A Boat Safari in the Great Rift Valley

Depart Nairobi for Lake Naivasha (1.5 hours), where you’ll be staying at the Sopa Resort. The lodge is located on the lake shore, with beautiful gardens and often has wildlife wandering around, such as bushbuck, zebra and giraffe. There is a restaurant and a lovely lounge/bar area with leather sofas and fireplaces for the cool Naivasha evenings. The rooms are spacious, Swahili-style chalets either with a balcony or a glass-fronted lounge area for relaxing and wildlife viewing.

After lunch, you’ll head out on a boat safari across the lake where you may see hippos and many bird species, including fish eagles and pelicans. Towards the end of your boat safari, you will stop at Crescent Island for a guided bush walk where you can get up close to plains mammals such as giraffe and wildebeest.

After your bush walk, you’ll retire to the lodge for the evening, have dinner and watch the hippos come up from the lake to graze.

Main Destination:

Lake Naivasha (Naivasha)

Accommodation:

Lake Naivasha Sopa Resort

• Mid-range hotel located at Lake Naivasha (Naivasha)

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Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Track Down the Big Five in the Maasai Mara

After breakfast, you’ll depart Naivasha for the open grassland of the Maasai Mara (5 hours). Rich in biodiversity and home to a large variety of wildlife, this savannah reserve offers great game viewing. It is regarded as the jewel of Kenya’s wildlife reserves, which is also home to the annual wildebeest migration, and visitors will rarely miss seeing all the Big Five!

You’ll arrive in time for lunch at Basecamp, a small-tented camp located on the banks of the Talek River. Each tent has an en-suite bathroom, a solar-heated hot water shower and a private terrace area overlooking the river. After lunch, you’ll head out for a game drive in the reserve. The next day will be spent on a full-day game drive to explore the savannahs of the Maasai Mara and track down the Big Five!

Main Destination:

Masai Mara National Reserve

Best Time To Visit June to October (For general wildlife viewing) and August to October (For wildebeest migration)

High Season June to October and December to March

Best Weather June to October (Sunny, but not too hot)

Wildlife in Masai Mara NR

ElephantCommon

GiraffeCommon

LionCommon

CheetahCommon

ZebraAbundant

WildebeestAbundant

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BuffaloCommon

HippoCommon

HyenaCommon

LeopardOccasional

Black RhinoRare

Wild DogVery Rare

White RhinoNone

Accommodation:

Basecamp Masai Mara

• Mid-range tented bush camp located just outside Masai Mara NR

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Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Transfer to Nairobi

After a late breakfast, you’ll depart Basecamp for Nairobi (5 hours), stopping for lunch along the way. Upon arrival in Nairobi, you’ll be dropped off at your preferred location.

Main Destination:

No major destination visited

Accommodation:

No accommodation (End of tour)

Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

• Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.
• You'll be dropped off at the airport.