4 Days Wildlife Experience With Local Cuisine
This tour package takes you on two of the main wildlife destinations in Kenya, Nakuru National Park and Masai Mara National Reserve. It is one of our popular Kenya safaris for travellers seeking to explore Kenya but have a limited time for a long safari. It can be done any time of the year. The package also includes a Kenyan roadside lunch experience where you’ll test your taste buds with mouth-watering Kenyan meals along the way. Nyama choma, (grilled meat) kachumbari, (pickles) ugali, and more.
Tour Itinerary
Day 1 : Nairobi to Nakuru
You will be picked by our company representative from the airport or your accommodation facility in Nairobi for a scenic drive to Lake Nakuru National Park. You will have a stopover at the spectacular Great Rift Valley viewpoint to stretch your legs and photograph the contrasting landscapes, lunch today will be a local cuisine served at a local restaurant, after lunch, proceed for a game drive in the park and thereafter Check in to your hotel later in the evening.
Nakuru is among Kenya's finest national parks. It is gorgeous all year-round, and boasts of rocky escarpments, patches of yellow-barked acacia forest and a waterfall. It is home to flamingos, both black and white rhinos; lions, leopards, buffaloes, and the endangered Rothschild's giraffe. The southern end of the lake is the best place to see wildlife. The forested area below lake Nakuru lodge is a favourite lion-spotting point where lionesses love to sleep in the trees; and leopards frequent the same area.
Accommodation:
Mid-Range Accommodation
Day 2 : Nakuru to Masai Mara
After breakfast, you will drive through the Rift Valley floor to Masai Mara National Reserve with a stop over at Narok town (The capital city of the Massai people) and after a short health stop, proceed to the Mara arriving in good time for lunch. Embark on your first game drive in the afternoon returning back to your lodge at sunset.
One of our favourite places to look for wildlife in Kenya is the Masai Mara National Reserve. That's because the wildlife here is incredible, with big cats (lions, leopards and cheetahs) and elephants among the highlights. There's a very good chance you'll also see giraffes, buffaloes, wildebeests, zebras, hippos, hyenas, and, of course, impalas. And bring your binoculars, because more than 500 species of birds have been recorded in the reserve. It's a place of beautiful Savannah landscapes as well, with lots of acacia trees.
The Masai Mara ecosystem comprises of the famous reserve, community conservancies, group ranches and many Maasai villages.
Accommodation:
Mid-Range Accommodation
Day 3 : Masai Mara National Reserve
This is a full day spent game viewing across the rich tree studded grassland and rolling hills of the famous "Eighth Wonder of the animal World". The Mara is renowned for its great herds of plains game animals like leopards, Cheetahs & Lions. It also has numerous Elephants and virtually every other type of wildlife to be found in Kenya. You will have a full-day game drive in Masai Mara National Reserve.
Your lunch today is picnic lunch boxes in the savannah under a flat-top acacia tree while watching the animals grazing. Continue with the game viewing on-route to your camp, arriving at your late in the afternoon after thoroughly exploring this massive grassland savannah measuring 1,500sq km.
You have an option of booking a balloon ride today which takes off early in the morning. After landing, the crew helps you out of the basket and escorts you to a lovely setting for a bush breakfast. It is a lifetime experience and worth the price.
Accommodation:
Mid-Range Accommodation
Day 4 : Masai Mara National Reserve to Nairobi
After a leisurely breakfast, Proceed to Loita Hills Tepesua village (approximately 40 min from Masai Mara en-route to Nairobi), home of the Maasai people, which is known for championing Maasai women’s health and girl child education. Arrive and be welcomed by traditional Maasai warrior song and dance, then your host will explain the details of Maasai warrior training.
After a leisurely breakfast, Proceed to Loita Hills Tepesua village (approximately 40 min from Masai Mara en-route to Nairobi), home of the Maasai people, which is known for championing Maasai women’s health and girl child education. Arrive and be welcomed by traditional Maasai warrior song and dance, then your host will explain the details of Maasai warrior training.
Note: We can arrange for a walking and boat ride safari excursions at Lake Naivasha crescent sanctuary if you have a late-night flight (A little detour to Nairobi).
