Private Safari

Safari summary

DAY 01: NAIROBI-LAKE NAIVASHA
Pick up from your hotel. Followed by commence drive to Lake Naivasha with a stop over at Kijabe escarpment to view the Rift Valley escarpment. Proceed to Lake Naivasha. Arrive in good time for lunch and check in at Lake Naivasha Sopa Resort.
Later on embark for an afternoon game drive in Hell’s Gate National Park until sunset.
Dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation: Lake Naivasha Sopa Resort
Meal plan; Full board

Day 02: LAKE NAIVASHA- MASAI MARA GAME RESERVE
Breakfast and depart for a scenic drive down into the Rift Valley, to Masai Mara, Kenya’s world renowned game reserve, the home to the Big Five. Stop en route at the Great Rift Valley for the stunning views.
Arrive and check in for lunch at the Mara Sopa Lodge, Then afternoon game drive allows spotting of the unrivaled wildlife in the park.
Accommodation: Mara Sopa Lodge
Meal plan: Full board
DAY 03 & 04: MASAI MARA GAME RESERVE
Spend further two days in Masai Mara game reserve enjoying morning and afternoon game drives. The Masai Mara is considered by many to be one of Kenya’s finest National Reserves.
The rolling grasslands offer ideal game viewing and photographic opportunities and the grassy plains are broken by rocky outcrops which are favorite midday resting places for lion, for which the Mara is famous. Some of the other animals which can be seen in and around this 700 square mile conservation area include elephant, black rhino, buffalo, leopard, cheetah, wildebeest, zebra, and gazelle. Hippo and crocodile abound in the muddy brown waters of the rivers which traverse this Reserve. One of the Mara’s main attractions each year is the astonishing spectacle of the annual migration of up to two million wildebeest, thousands of zebra and an escort of carnivores from the Serengeti plains, following the rains and succulent new grass. A costly trek as many of the lame, laggard and sick will fall prey to the ravening pack of predators and many more will die in the swirling flood waters trying to cross the Mara River. Once the rains have ended and the grass begins to wither the wildebeest turn south and head back to the Serengeti and beyond. The reserve with an area of 1510 km2 forms the northern part of the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem and is famous for vast assemblages and migration of plains game and their associated predators. The parks southern boundary is contiguous with Tanzania’s Serengeti National park.

With the hot and dry climate, the landscape is characterized by scenic rolling grassland plains, rounded hills and grooves of woodlands. Green riverine forests and bush thickets are found along the Mara River.

Elephant, black rhino, buffalo, plains zebra, hartebeest, wildebeest and other herbivores and all the big cats are also found in Mara. The rivers are home of crocodiles and hippos.
All meals and overnight at the lodge
Accommodation: Mara Sopa Lodge
Meal plan; Full board.

DAY 05: DEPART
Breakfast, drive back to Nairobi to arrive late afternoon {lunch on own arrangement}.
Drop off at airport for your homeward flight.
End of our services

Optional Balloon Safari in Masai Mara.

About this tour

	Tour type	Custom, tailor-made, private
	Main focus	Game drives
	Activity level	Easy activity
	Best months	June, July, August, September, October, November, December
	Countries	Kenya
	Parks	Amboseli Buffalo Springs Lake Nakuru Masai Mara Mount Kenya Nairobi Samburu Tsavo

Fine details

Safari highlights

• Cultural visits—orphanages, markets, schools
• Night game drives