5-Day Best of Lakes and Maasai Mara Budget Tour

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

Nairobi - Maasai Mara National Reserve

After breakfast at your hotel in Nairobi, we will pick you up and leave for Masai Mara. We drive through the Great Rift Valley to the Masai Mara National Reserve. This enormous reserve is actually part of the Serengeti vast plains famously known for its spectacular great wildebeest migration and is home to the Big Five: lion, elephant, leopard, buffalo and rhino. Lunch will be at our camp. Later, relax before departing for the afternoon drive. Other animals in the park include Maasai giraffe, buffalo, eland and thousands of plain game including impala, zebra, topi, both Thompsons and Grant gazelles.
Dinner and your overnight stay will be at Miti Mingi Tented Camp.
Meals: Lunch and dinner.

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:

Miti Mingi Eco Camp

• Budget tented camp located just outside Masai Mara NR

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Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinks not included

Masai Mara Nationa Reserve

After your morning breakfast at 6.30 am, you will leave for a full-day game drive with packed lunch.
The search for the great wild animals continues. On the plains are large herds of herbivores grazing and cheetahs and leopards hiding in their locations. The Masai Mara is regarded as the jewel of Kenya’s wildlife viewing areas. There have been some 95 species of mammals, amphibians, reptiles and over 400 bird species recorded in the reserve. Nowhere in Africa is wildlife more abundant, and it is, for this reason, a visitor hardly misses to see the Big Five. The midday meals will be at the picnic Mara River migration point. Later, you will return to the camp for dinner.
Dinner and your overnight stay will be at Miti Mingi Tented Camp.
Meals: Breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

Main Destination:

Masai Mara National Reserve

Accommodation:

Miti Mingi Eco Camp

• Budget tented camp located just outside Masai Mara NR

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinks not included

Masai Mara - Lake Nakuru National Park

You will have a pre-breakfast game drive to see animals hunting, killing and even eating up to 9.30am and later return to the camp for a heavy breakfast. You will then leave for Masai Village if you wish so. We proceed to Lake Nakuru National Park arriving later in the evening. On the floor of the Great Rift Valley, surrounded by wooded and bushy grassland, lies the beautiful Lake Nakuru National Park. Visitors can enjoy the wide ecological diversity and varied habitats that range from Lake Nakuru itself to the surrounding escarpment and picturesque ridges. Lake Nakuru National Park is ideal for bird watching, hiking, picnic and game drives. Lake Nakuru National Park is renowned as a bird sanctuary with over 400 bird species, including huge flocks of flamingoes and many other water birds. It is an excellent park for wildlife spotting and is home to many water-loving animals such as hippos and waterbucks.

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

WildebeestVery Rare

ElephantNone

CheetahNone

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
• Drinks not included

Lake Nakuru - Lake Naivasha

After early breakfast spend the morning in Nakuru park where you have a chance to see flamingos among other birds [about 350 species recorded]. This is also home to the black and white rhinoceros. The park has also been established for the protection of endangered species such as the Rhino and is also home to Columbus monkeys. Leopards, giraffes, and a variety of plain antelope. Thereafter depart to nearby Lake Naivasha with a picnic lunch on the way, do an evening boat ride on Crescent Island and later dinner and overnight stay at Taphe Guest Resort.

Main Destination:

Lake Naivasha (Naivasha)

Accommodation:

Taphe Guest Resort

• Budget hotel located near Lake Naivasha (Naivasha)

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Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinks not included

Lake Naivasha - Hells Gate - Nairobi

After early breakfast, proceed to Hell's gate National park where you will have a chance to visit the Geothermal Power Plant in Ol Karia and the Hot Springs. This is the only park that allows transport by walking and cycling. There is an optional visit to Crescent Island for a boat ride where you watch hippos plus other wild animals. Later after lunch depart to Nairobi arriving at 5 pm and be dropped off at your hotel.

Main Destination:

Nairobi (City)

Accommodation:

No accommodation (End of tour)

Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included)
• Drinks not included

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