5 Days Wildlife Circuit
5 Days Aberdares, Lake Nakuru, Maasai Mara Circuit
$1495-1840 USD
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Safari summary
The safari visits three beautiful parks in Kenya. Aberdares National Park where you sit back at the lodge deck and enjoy the succession of animals emerges from the surrounding forest for a drink at the watering hole. Lake Nakuru National park which has best been known for its thousands, sometimes millions of flamingos nesting along the shores and also rich wildlife including Rothschild giraffes and black rhinos, and The Mara, the land of African legend: Lion are abundant, elephants, giraffes. Cheetah and leopard are also regularly seen.
About this tour
Tour type | Custom, tailor-made, private | |
Main focus | Game drives | |
Activity level | Easy activity | |
Best months | All months | |
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Fine details
Safari highlights
- Night game drives
Itinerary
Day 1
Nairobi
Day 1: Nairobi – Aberdares National Park (Drive time approx. 3 hours) Pick in Nairobi and depart for a 2.5-hour drive arriving at Outspan for lunch and then afternoon transfer to Treetops. This is a tree lodge set in a forest glade with a waterhole that attracts all sorts of wildlife during the day and night. The waterhole is floodlit and there is an underground viewing platform. The night is spent on your comfortable perch, above the floodlit water hole and saltlick where, all night long, a procession of animals come to drink. Dinner and overnight at a Treetops Lodge
Day 2
Lake Nakuru
Day 2: Aberdares National Park – Lake Nakuru National Park (Drive time approx. 4 hours) Rise early for breakfast, check out and depart for Lake Nakuru National Park, stopping on the way for views of the beautiful Thomson Falls. Arrive in Lake Nakuru Lodge in time for lunch. Relax at your accommodation after lunch till 1600hrs for a late afternoon game drive. Dinner and overnight at the Lodge Lake Nakuru is a shallow alkaline lake in the Rift Valley renowned for its spectacular flamingo population. The lake is famed as one of the world's greatest ornithological spectacles. Lake Nakuru National Park is home to zebras, gazelles, Rothschild giraffe, impala, black and white rhino sanctuary and other large mammals.
Day 3
Lake Nakuru | Serengeti
Day 3: Lake Nakuru National Park – Maasai Mara Game Reserve (Drive time approx. 6 hours) Depart Lake Nakuru after breakfast and drive further along the floor of the Rift Valley to Maasai Mara Game Reserve arriving at in time for lunch at Mara Sopa Lodge followed by an afternoon game viewing and later dinner and overnight at the lodge The Maasai Mara offers wildlife in such variety and abundance that it is difficult to comprehend – indeed, over 450 species of animals have been recorded here! You will easily spot lions, rhinos, hippos, crocodiles, giraffe, wildebeests, zebras, buffalo, warthogs, hyenas, jackals, wild dogs, buffalo, leopard, many kinds of antelopes and elephants. It is in the Mara that perhaps the most spectacular event of the natural world takes place: the annual migration of millions of wildebeest and zebra from the Serengeti (Tanzania) in search of water and pasture. Following on their heels are the predators of the savanna - lion, cheetah, wild dog, jackal, hyena, and vultures.
Day 4
Day 4: Maasai Mara Game Reserve Enjoy a full day game viewing with picnic lunch on the Mara River over-looking the Hippo Pools and the savannah. In addition to the game drive offerings you can also decide to take an optional hot air balloon ride (US$450 per person); or visit a local Maasai village (US$30 per person). Return to the lodge for dinner and overnight. Maasai warriors are famously known as the proud nomadic tribe whose legendary prowess in battle and single-handed acts of bravery in fights with the wild animals are known across the world. A visit reveals the singing and dancing that are part of their daily lives and sacred rituals. A glimpse into their homes and social structure is a poignant experience.
Day 5
Nairobi
Day 5: Maasai Mara – Nairobi (Drive time approx.5.5 hours) You will wake up today for breakfast check out and with a game drive leave the park for Nairobi. You will arrive into Kenya’s bustling capital in the afternoon and dropped off at a city hotel or at the airport for ongoing travel arrangements.
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