5 PARKS, RIFT VALLEY LAKES & THE BIG FIVE – NAIROBI TO NAIROBI

5 Parks, Rift Valley Lakes & The Big Five – Nairobi to Nairobi. Departs from / returns to Nairobi airport / Nairobi area hotels

On this safari feast, we’re going upcountry to three Rift Valley lakes and taking in exotic flamingoes, kingfishers, pelicans, ostriches, and much more. Big game roam in these parks as well, so we’ll be looking for rhinos and even lions. But the true lion country will be our fourth destination, the Masai Mara, home to one of the greatest densities of big cats anywhere. On this medium-length African safari, you’ll be kept happily engaged with game drives, and sailing, walking, and even bicycle safaris.

Enjoy this amazing safari in a customized pop-up roof Natural World 4×4 Safari Jeep that includes a portable fridge/Cooler Box, 4 Binoculars, long-range high-frequency radio, Sandbags, 4G/LTE broadband WIFI connectivity, Power Outlets AC 230V, First Aid Kit, Safari Guide Books – Baby Seats and Side Steps available on request… and above all, a professional multi-lingual safari guide who will ensure you have an unforgettable safari experience.

We will start our journey with the rich palette of colors found at Lake Nakuru National Park – waterfalls, acacia forest, and the lake with its bright pink flamingoes. You’re likely to see endangered black and white rhinos, gazelle, and rare Rothschild’s giraffe amongst the park’s grasslands. Our next Rift Valley lake lies just north of the equator. Lake Bogoria National Reserve is an exciting spot with hot springs, geysers, and flocks of fuchsia flamingoes lining the shores. But you’ll also find gazelle, buffalo, klipspringer, and even leopard at this unusual park.

Lake Naivasha and its surrounding areas present us with opportunities for some closer game viewing during sailing, walking, and cycling safaris. We’ll sail over the lake with views of hippos and birdlife – pelicans, cormorants, and more. Then we’ll take a guided walking safari to nearby Crescent Island Game Sanctuary, viewing a charming array of grazing gazelle, zebra, and waterbuck. For even more close-up game viewing we offer an optional bicycle safari to Hell’s Gate National Park with its wandering zebra, giraffe, and antelope amongst others.

Now it’s time for the big park and the big game – our trip to Masai Mara National Reserve will span four days. That’s lots of time for exciting game drives over the park’s immense plains and scenic rolling hills in search of predators, grazers, and especially the big cats. The park is famous for sightings of lions and cheetahs, so we’ll be exploring the land, and the wildlife and perhaps enjoy some cultural encounters with the local tribespeople.

Your 6-day adventure safari will be a rich roll-out of topography and natural wonders sure to keep you active and engaged. We at Hidden Treasure Africa Safaris would like to make your adventure even more special with any special wishes you may have. Just let us know!

All-Inclusive. Your 6-day Lake Nakuru/Lake Bogoria/Lake Naivasha/Masai Mara safari includes all transportation, park entrance fees, game drives, accommodations, and meals.

Hidden Treasure Africa Safaris always offers you the most choice and flexibility. You can even customize the cost of your safari, depending on your choice of season, the number of travelers in your party, and your pick of accommodation. Depending on your style or budget, choose from economy, comfort or luxury safari lodges or tented camps.

But it’s important to know… whatever level of accommodation you choose, your actual safari adventure with us will always be at our highest standards.

Your Guide. For your 6-day Lake Nakuru/Lake Bogoria/Lake Naivasha/Masai journey, you’ll be guided, hosted, and looked after by your experienced driver/guide.

Transportation to the park and game viewing will be in a private 4 x 4 Land Cruiser Jeep – this vehicle is the safari standard with its higher seating and rugged all-wheel drive. Always included on our tours, the Land Cruiser Jeep is just another example of the value we offer you at Natural World Kenya Safaris.

Customize Your Holiday

If you’d like to customize your safari or have any special desires, please let us know. We’re here to make your safari wishes come true.

Please check the guide below for your African Safari Costs.

Tour Highlights:

Lake Nakuru National Park - Hundreds of bird species including few flamingos, pelicans and others - Rhino sanctuary - The Great Rift valley escarpment - Awesome scenery
Lake Bogoria - Hot springs Flamingo and scenery viewing
Lake Naivasha - Boat safari with views of pods of hippos & crocodile - Guided walking safari at Crescent Island - Bird watching (A few flamingoes, pelicans and other bird species -season permitting) -Optional visit at Hell's Gate National Park by bicycle and hiking = $ 35 per person
Lake Elmenteita - a brief stop en-route
Masai Mara Game Reserve - Unlimited game viewing drives - Tree studded typical savannah terrain and a multitude of Wild animal species. - Colorful Masai tribesmen

Day 1 :

Collection | Safari | Overnight

Collection - NAIROBI – LAKE NAKURU (160km – Approx. 3 hours)
Meal plan: Lunch, Dinner

7:30 hrs. Your driver/guide will pick you up from your Nairobi area hotel, Nairobi airport or Nairobi area residence. We’ll head out in our private 4 x 4 Jeep for Lake Nakuru.

We’ll make stops along the way to view the dramatic rises of the Great Rift Valley escarpment.

Safari - We should arrive at Lake Nakuru in time for lunch and plenty of game and bird watching drives around the lake and its many scenic wonders. We’ll explore the acacia forests and wooded hills looking for zebra, hippo, baboon, and monkey.

The park is also known for its large population of rhinos, which we are sure to spot. Keep an eye out as well for impala, waterbuck, and giraffe.

The lake has some flamingoes, but we’ll also be entertained by the flocks of pelican, cormorants, kingfishers, heron, and eagle.

This is a rich reserve, full of colour, variety and the wonderful mix of wildlife only nature can provide to us.

Overnight - We’ll overnight here at Lake Nakuru at your choice of safari lodge or tented camp.

Day 2 :

Safari | Overnight

Safari - LAKE NAKURU – LAKE BOGORIA – LAKE NAIVASHA (340km – Approx. 6hrs)
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

The birdlife here will inspire us to rise early so we may enjoy the dawn and the park as it gradually awakens to the new day.

We’ll head in our 4 x 4 along the floor of the scenic Great Rift Valley for more dramatic vistas as we journey to Lake Borgoria National Park.

The park is an enchanting mix of bubbling geysers, steaming hot springs, and an alkaline lake hosting thousands and sometimes millions of pink flamingoes.

Wildlife like gazelle, impala, and dik-dik roam here and we may spot them in the vicinity of the busy lake.

We will proceed to Lake Naivasha for the evening.

Overnight - We’ll spend the evening at Lake Naivasha at your choice of safari lodge or tented camp.

Day 3 :

Safari | Overnight

Safari - LAKE NAIVASHA – MASAI MARA (240km – Approx. 5 hrs)
Meal plan: Breakfast , Lunch, Dinner

We’ll be up early for a boating safari across the lake and bid good morning to the hippos as we gently glide by. This is a fun moment to take in the brightening day and spot birds and perhaps some antelope grazing on the shore.

Nearby Crescent Island Game Sanctuary provides us with an opportunity to take a guided walking safari to this peaceful but active little reserve.

Should you wish, hop on a bicycle for an optional trip over to Hell’s Gate National Park where we can hike or pedal by antelope, zebra, and other peaceful gazers.

But now it’s time to head out again across the floor of the Great Rift Valley on our way to Masai Mara Game Reserve.

We should arrive in time for lunch and take in the reserve’s green rolling hills and vast plains holding immeasurable wildlife.

We’ll relax, freshen up and then embark on our first game drive in the world-famous park.

Overnight - We’ll enjoy the first of three nights in the park at your safari lodge or tented camp.

Day 4 :

Safari | Overnight

Safari - MASAI MARA GAME RESERVE – Full Day
Meal plan: Lunch, Dinner.

We’ve designed this safari to give you lots of viewing time at Masai Mara so let’s get an early start. Over the next few days, you’ll enjoy unlimited game drives – explore as much or as little as you choose.

But we think you’ll be excited by the possibilities of the Mara. The park presents the largest concentration of wildlife in this region of Africa. The ecosystem is rich, beautiful, and varied offering all the Big Five with a special density of the big cats.

Sightings of lion and cheetah are not uncommon which adds to the excitement of this exciting park.

The Mara is also known as the home of the Great Migration – the largest display of migrating animals in the world. Streaming in by the tens of thousands during the season (July – October) you can witness limitless herds of gazelle, wildebeest, and zebra all moving to the timeless rhythms of nature as they search for food on these plains.

Overnight - We will spend our second night spent here at your Mara accommodation.

Day 5 :

Safari | Overnight

Safari - THE MASAI MARA GAME RESERVE – Full Day
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.

This will be our third of four days exploring the Masai Mara – what a treat!

Along with traversing the vast open spaces here, we’ll also travel down to the Mara River, site of the migration crossing during the season.

We’ll have lunch while viewing hippos, crocodiles and perhaps predators like lion and hyena searching these timeless hills for their prey.

And if all this time at the Mara wasn’t enough, there are a few optional activities we’ve prepared to make your stay here even more memorable. Take a visit to the local Maasai in their nearby village. See their community, their homes, and learn about their ancient lifestyle herding cattle and farming.

For an absolutely spectacular finish to your safari, we suggest the optional pre-dawn hot air balloon safari over the park. Rise with the sun to witness the reserve come alive as the land and its wildlife emerge into a new day. Unforgettable! Just tell your driver/guide – he’ll make all the arrangements.

Overnight - Our final safari night will be spent here at your Mara accommodation.

Day 6 :

Safari | Drop Off

Safari - MASAI MARA – NAIROBI (265 km – Approx. 5 hrs)
Meal Plan: Breakfast

After a leisurely breakfast at your lodge/camp, your dedicated driver guide will assist you with the checkout process and proceed to Nairobi – Kenya’s colorful capital city.

On the way, your guide will point out the Longonot extinct volcano which is a strato volcano located southeast of Lake Naivasha in the Great Rift Valley of Kenya. It is thought to have last erupted in the 1860s and its name is derived from the Maasai word Oloonong’ot, meaning “mountains of many spurs” or “steep ridges “.

You can opt to drive via Naivasha for lunch/excursions at an extra cost or drive straight to Nairobi and pass by Kiambethu farm for the tea farm tour inclusive of a three-course buffet lunch (at an extra cost) OR drive straight back to the capital and later transfer to Jomo Kenyatta International airport for your back home.

Drop Off - We will bring you to your hotel, residence or the airport.

It’s been six days of exotic birds and wildlife, geysers, hot springs, and wonderful landscapes, not to mention some dazzling sunrises and sunsets. We hope you’ve stored up plenty of photos and memories to go with them.

On behalf of the team at Natural World Kenya Safaris, a big thank you for choosing us as your safari professionals. We hope to see you again when you next get the desire to visit our beautiful natural world.

6 DAY SAFARI TO LAKES NAKURU & BOGORIA, PLUS LAKE NAIVASHA ATTRACTIONS &Masai Mara Game Reserve

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5 Parks, Rift Valley Lakes & The Big Five – Nairobi to Nairobi. Departs from / returns to Nairobi airport / Nairobi area hotels

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LAKES NAKURU, BOGORIA & NAIVASHA WITH MASAI MARA - 6 DAY SAFARI ITINERARY

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