5-Day Masai Mara, Nakuru and Naivasha Mid-Range Safari

You will be picked up from your hotel, residence or the airport. Depart for the Masai Mara, with the first stop at a viewpoint overlooking the escarpment wall. Later, descend the escarpment and travel on to Narok town for an early lunch. You will arrive at around 15h00, check in, followed by an evening game drive until sunset. Dinner and overnight are at the camp.

Have breakfast at the camp, then leave before 08h00 with a packed lunch for an extensive 9-hour game-viewing drive. The Masai Mara has the highest number of different species, and you will be lucky to see hundreds of them. A game drive to the Mara River is compulsory; if it is migration time, you will witness the same; otherwise, you will see crocodiles and hippos at the river. Have a picnic lunch inside the park, then continue the game drive until 17h00. Later, exit the park and proceed to an optional 2-hour activity. You can relax at the camp, take a nature walk with Maasai warriors or visit the Maasai village. Dinner and overnight are at the hotel.

After breakfast, check out and depart the Masai Mara for Lake Nakuru, with lunch en route. Enjoy a late-afternoon game drive at Lake Nakuru, renowned for its endangered rhinos and flamingos. Sometimes the flamingos are very few, but you are guaranteed to see the rhinos among other Big Five. Return to the lodge for the evening.

After breakfast at the hotel, head to Lake Naivasha and visit Hell's Gate. This is the only place one can walk inside the park as there are no predators. You can decide whether to take the game drive in the safari vehicle or hire a bicycle to cycle the 11 km down to the gorge. At the gorge, you will get a guide who can guide you and share information about the rock layers. Check in at the hotel in the afternoon for lunch. You can decide later to go for a boat ride at Lake Naivasha (optional) or just relax.

After breakfast at the hotel, drive to Crescent Island (optional) or take a boat ride if you didn't do so the previous day. Leave Naivasha and return to Nairobi. You will be dropped off at your Nairobi hotel or transferred to the airport.