AWESOME KENYA 5days/4nights

 

5Days/4Nights

 Hell’s Gate NP, Lake Nakuru NP, Masai Mara NR

Take the most out of 5 days in Kenya. Explore Lake Naivasha with its famous Hell’s Gate, enjoy Lake Nakuru’s regal birdlife and then have the full safari experience in the Mara National Reserve’s amazing setting.

 

Day 1. Nairobi-Hell’s Gate (1h30). We start our safari by driving to Hell's Gate National Park which is mainly comprised of savannah biome harbours a wide variety of wildlife. There are over 100 species of birds in the park, including vultures, Verreaux's Eagles, augur buzzard and swifts. Home to a diverse range of animals: African buffalo, zebra, eland, hartebeest, Thomson's gazelle, warthogs and baboons are also common as well as the Masai giraffe. Big cats such as Lions and leopards do live in the park but are seldom seen.

Depart in the afternoon to Lake Naivasha which is the highest and the most beautiful of the Rift Valley lakes. Naivasha is yet another area popular for bird watching. It is also a favourite weekend retreat for Nairobi residents, who come here to sail, water ski and fish. There are no crocodiles in the lake as the water is too cold for them, due to altitude but there are a number of hippos. Along the lakeshore, vineyards produce grapes for the country's fledgeling wine industry.
Dinner and overnight at campsite or lodge.

 

Day 2. Hell’s Gate-Lake Nakuru (1h). Early morning pick up, then drive to Lake Nakuru National Park, across the equator, lies the rift valleys most famous lake Nakuru. Known all over the world for its flamingos, it's alkaline and is recognized as being one of the natural wonders of the world. Lake Nakuru is now a rhino sanctuary, harbouring a population of over 40 black and over 60 white rhinos, but the flamingoes, of course, have always been the main attraction. At times there may be almost 2million flamingoes in the residence, forming a stunningly beautiful deep pink band around the edge of the lake shore.
Arrive in time for lunch then have an afternoon game drive.
Dinner and overnight at campsite or lodge.

 

Day 3. Lake Nakuru-Masai Mara (5h). An early morning drive to Masai Mara National Reserve, it holds on as one of the few places left on earth where wildlife still lives comparatively undisturbed, in the numbers that once roamed the plains and forests of Africa. As the northern tip of the vast Serengeti ecosystem, the Mara hosts the spectacular seasonal migration of many thousands of Wildebeest, Zebras and attendant predators.
Arrive in time for lunch then have an afternoon game drive.
Dinner and overnight at campsite or lodge.


Day 4. Masai Mara. After breakfast, we have a full day game drive, with packed lunch provided. The reserve is well known for its black-manned lion, as well as its abundant resident wildlife and its one of the few places where it's possible to see the big five during a morning's game drive. Here lives the formidable coalition of cheetahs who arrived in the Mara Game Reserve in 2016, known all over the world for their incredible success in taking down huge prey. The “Tano Bora”, the magnificent Five, now left in Four, the “Nne Bora”! For the bird enthusiast, almost 500 species have been recorded.
Dinner and overnight at campsite or lodge.

Day 5. Masai Mara-Nairobi. We wake up at 6am for a sunrise game drive. At 9am, we drive back to accommodation for brunch then depart to Nairobi.
Lunch en-route and arrival in Nairobi in the late afternoon.