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4 Days and 3 Nights
Annual Wildebeest Migration and
Flamingo Watching Safari,
(Maasai Mara National Reserve,
Lake Nakuru National Park)
Trip
Highlights:
This is an exciting 4 days road safari that will give you
the best of Maasai Mara National Reserve, the jewel of Kenya's
wildlife. Afterwards, you will visit Lake Nakuru National
park, which is home to thousands of flamingos. The trip will
start immediately upon your arrival at Jomo Kenyatta International
Airport passing through the Great Rift Valley into the famous
Maasai Mara National Reserve. Afterwards you will depart the
Mara Reserve and head into Lake Nakuru National Park for the
flamingo watching experience. During your safari, you will
have a chance to spot plenty of wildlife varying from the
big five amongst a host of other different animal species.
You will travel with your guide/driver in a 4x4 safari land
cruiser and spend the nights in lodges.
Detailed Itinerary:
Day 1:
Nairobi - Maasai Mara National Reserve
In the morning at 8.00am you will be met by the tour guide/driver
at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, or your residence
within Nairobi and be warmly received and briefed about your
safari. You will then departure to the famous Maasai Mara
Game Reserve, which is commonly known for the 'big five'.
It takes about five hours to get there via Narok town. You
will arrive in time for check in and lunch at your lodge before
departing for afternoon game viewing.
The Maasai Mara Game Reserve
is Kenya's finest wildlife reserve. Everything about this
reserve is outstanding. Maasai Mara is one of the best plains'
Game Reserve which is a haven for viewing a congregation of
all sorts of animals in a five-mile radius: A pride of lions
can be spotted ready to make a run for a gazelle, a cheetah
and its cub taking a nap on a rock, a pair of ostriches walking
the open stretches of the savannah or a gazelle giving birth.
Herds of elephants wallowing at a water pool or a herd of
buffaloes feeding, crocodiles down hunting the migrating wildebeest
or the migrating gazelles. Other live feeding expeditions
may include a herd of hyenas fighting for a hunted meal, the
vulture tearing the carcasses and the giraffes galloping as
they feed on top leaves of acacia trees.
Dinner and overnight at Keekorok
Lodge or similar
Day 2:
Maasai Mara National Reserve
After breakfast you will enjoy game viewing for the rest of
the day. You will have an opportunity to spot the big five
as well as view the annual wildebeest migration which takes
place every year between July and October. We shall also organize
a cultural visit to the Maasai villages for you to get a chance
to interact with the hospitable Maasai tribesmen. You will
have a picnic lunch then afterwards continue with game viewing
till evening when you will be transferred back to your lodge
for dinner and overnight.
In November 2006 the Maasai
Mara was named as the New 7th wonder of the world because
of what experts termed as "the uniqueness of the area
and the preservation it provides to so many species living
in harmony". It is understandable because this annual
migration is the greatest wildlife spectacle on earth.
All meals and overnight at
Keekorok Lodge or similar
Day 3:
Maasai Mara National Reserve - Lake Nakuru National Park
After breakfast check out of your lodge in the Mara Reserve
and depart to Lake Nakuru National Park with final game drive
en route. Upon arrival, you will check in to your lodge before
departing for an afternoon game drive combined with bird watching,
with a picnic lunch en route. There is a beautiful picnic
site and spectacular view point at baboon cliff within the
park. In the evening you will be transferred back to your
lodge for overnight stay.
Dubbed 'the greatest bird
spectacle on earth due to the millions of fuchsia-pink flamingo
that flock to feed on the teeming algae of its alkaline waters,
Lake Nakuru is also an ornithologist's paradise and also a
sanctuary for both black and white rhino. Its pink-frosted
shores and sky-mirrored waters also yield some of the most
evocatively beautiful photo images in Africa. The park offers
an incredible 450 different species of water, fish-eating,
terrestrial and migratory birds including the pelican, fish
eagle, secretary bird, heron, egret, hammerkop and grebe.
Established as Kenya's first rhino sanctuary, the park now
hosts one of the largest black rhino concentrations in the
country while substantial numbers of white rhino have also
been introduced. You will have a fantastic view of the Lake
while at the Baboon cliff, lion Hill and out of Africa Hill.
Lunch, dinner and overnight
at Sarova Lion Hill Lodge or similar
Day 4:
Lake Nakuru National Park - Nairobi
Enjoy an early morning pre-breakfast game viewing drive before
returning to your lodge for breakfast. After breakfast you
will check out of your lodge and depart to Nairobi City arriving
in the afternoon. Upon arrival you will be dropped off at
the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport for your international
departure flight to your next destination.
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Please request for the safari cost by filling in your details after clicking on the bookings button below. The price depends on season of travel, class of accommodation and the size of the group
Cost Includes:
- - Park Entrance Fees and game drives as
indicated in itinerary
- - Accommodation on full board basis while
on this safari
- - Service of an English speaking driver/guide
- - Airport transfers and baggage handling
- - Transport in a 4x4 vehicle with pop
up roof for game viewing
- - Driver allowances and park fees for
vehicle and driver
- - Game drives as per the Itinerary
- - Government taxes
Package Excludes:
- - Extras at the lodges i.e. drinks, telephone,
laundry etc
- - International and local flight fees
and departure taxes
- - Personal Travel Insurance
- - All items of personal nature e.g. telephone
call bills, fax / email bills etc
- - Tips and gratuities to hotel, lodges,
lodge staff and driver/guide
- - Alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks
- - Laundry services
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