5-Day Budget Safari to Masai Mara Lake Nakuru Naivasha

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

Nairobi to Masai Mara National Reserve

You will be met by our representative at the airport for tour briefing and pick up. This morning, you'll drive through the dramatic Great Rift Valley to the Masai Mara National Reserve. This enormous reserve is part of the vast Serengeti Plains, famously known for its spectacular great wildebeest migration, and is home of the Big Five: lions, elephants, leopards, buffalos, and rhinos. You'll have lunch at your lodge and relax before departing for the afternoon game run. The Masai Mara National Reserve is one of the greatest wildernesses of the world. Large mammals are varied and easy to see. Residents among the parks are: Masai giraffes, buffalos, elands, and thousand of plain game including impalas, zebras, topi, and both Thomson's and Grant's gazelles.

Main Destination:

Masai Mara National Reserve

Best Time To Visit June to October (For general wildlife viewing) and July or 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:

Lenchada Tourist Camp

• Budget tented camp located less than 1hr drive from Masai Mara NR

Meals & Drinks:

• Lunch & dinner (Breakfast not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Explore Masai Mara National Reserve

The search for great predators and perhaps even cubs continues today at different locations in the park. You'll spend the full day exploring Masai Mara in search of the Big Five. You will have picnic lunches in the reserve as you scale the Mara beauty.
You'll return to the lodge/camp before dusk for an overnight stay.

Optional activity 1: Early morning balloon ride. Balloon safaris are a romantic and evocative way of experiencing the wilderness of East Africa as you gracefully and silently fly over the plains, teeming with herds of wildlife in the early morning. The flight is followed by a champagne breakfast in the bush, with a well laid out seating arrangement and waiters on hand to give you a fitting final to your memorable flight in the wild. You will then start a game drive again with our driver-guide. The cost is USD480 per adult.

Optional activity 2: Visit a village of the Masai people. The cost is USD30 per adult.

Main Destination:

Masai Mara National Reserve

Accommodation:

Lenchada Tourist Camp

• Budget tented camp located less than 1hr drive from Masai Mara NR

Meals & Drinks:

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

Masai Mara to Lake Nakuru National Park

Early morning breakfast, you will check out, then depart for Lake Nakuru National Park. You'll arrive in Nakuru in time for lunch. After lunch, you will head out for an afternoon game drive in Lake Nakuru National Park. Nakuru's Southern white rhinos are a must-see in the park, as they are often located around the lake grazing on grass. Lions and Leopards are also animals that you must search for within the park. You'll return to the hotel before dusk for dinner and an overnight stay.

Main Destination:

Lake Nakuru National Park

Best Time To Visit June to February (Best for wildlife viewing; little rain)

High Season July to February (The park gets very busy)

Best Weather June to February (Little rainfall)

Wildlife in Lake Nakuru NP

GiraffeCommon

White RhinoCommon

BuffaloCommon

ZebraCommon

HippoCommon

Black RhinoOccasional

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LionOccasional

LeopardOccasional

HyenaOccasional

ElephantNone

CheetahNone

WildebeestNone

Wild DogNone

Accommodation:

Hotel CityMax

• Budget hotel located less than 1hr drive from Lake Nakuru NP

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Meals & Drinks:

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

Nakuru to Lake Naivasha

After breakfast, you will proceed for a game drive in the Rhino Sanctuary which is home to a colony of about 25 white and black rhinos. Predators are also resident in the park. Later, you will leave for Lake Naivasha. The afternoon is spent at leisure.

Optional activity: You may opt to explore the lake by taking a boat ride to Crescent Island for a fee of USD 50 per person.

Main Destination:

Lake Naivasha (Naivasha)

Accommodation:

Sweet Lake Resort

• Budget resort located near Lake Naivasha (Naivasha)

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Meals & Drinks:

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

Naivasha to Nairobi

After breakfast, you'll drive to Hell’s Gate National Park, famous for its natural geysers, star rock towers, and geothermal steam that make it one of the most atmospheric parks in Africa. This is the only park where you can walk or cycle through as you view animals. Later, you'll leave for Nairobi and arrive in Nairobi in the early afternoon. Depending on your flight schedule, you will be dropped off at the airport.

Main Destination:

Nairobi (City)

Accommodation:

No accommodation (End of tour)

Meals & Drinks:

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

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