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Masai Mara National Park

This will be a day of tracking game with your guide and is the climax of game viewing. The Mara’s landscape is scenic Savannah grassland on rolling hills, which enables the Reserve to attract sufficient rainfall to maintain and support a large population of herbivores, together with the predators that follow. Elephant, lion and buffalo can be seen with relative ease though luck is a necessary factor for spotting rhino and leopard that completes the big five as the two animals are very timid and sparsely numbered. Plains game like wildebeest, zebra and Masai giraffe abound as well as hippos and a wide variety of antelopes including impala, dik dik, hartebeest and both the Grant’s and Thompson’s gazelles among others.

The lake Nakuru National park

One of the 8 Rift Valley lakes lies in this volcano-strewn Valley, which stretches through the length of Kenya from Tanzania and Ethiopia. The Park which is 188 square kilometres is an abode of various water birds that breed in the lake’s salty water including flamingos, white pelicans and marabou stork; white rhino may be seen as well as the rare Rothschild’s giraffe, Cape buffalo and other plains game.

Lake Baringo

Tourist attractions in Lake Baringo national park: Lake Baringo is a fascinating national park situated in the remote west-central region of Kenya in a distance of 290 kilometers from Nairobi, the park is located in Baringo County. Lake Baringo is a less known lake when compared to its fellow rift valley lakes such as Lake Nakuru, Lake Naivasha, and Bogoria, though it is a hidden gem with breathtaking scenic views, abundant birdlife, islands, and animals. Lake Baringo is a great stopover while on a safari on the northern circuit tour in destinations like Samburu national reserve, Shaba and Buffalo Springs national parks.

Samburu National Reserve

The reserve is rich in wildlife and abundance of rare northern specialist species such as the Grevy’s Zebra, Somali Ostrich, reticulated giraffe, Gerenuk and the Beisa Oryx. it is also popular with elephants and large predators. Birdlife is abundant  with over 450 species recorded.

Day 1: Nairobi – Masai Mara Game Reserve

Leave Nairobi for Masai Mara Game reserve  with stopovers at the Great Rift valley view point and Narok.  On arrival, proceed to the lodge/camp for lunch. After lunch and a short rest, spend the afternoon bird spotting in the vast reserve where there are plenty of bird species and the plains wide variety of wild game. Dinner and overnight at lodge/campsite.

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Day 2: Masai Mara Game Reserve

Full day bird watching and game viewing in the Mara with an optional nature walk or visit to a nearby Maasai village in between the meal breaks.  Dinner and overnight at lodge / campsite. (Maasai village visit is at an extra cost)

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Day 3: Masai Mara Game Reserve – Lake Naivasha

After breakfast, leave for Lake Naivasha. After lunch, visit Hell’s Gate National Park famous for its natural steaming geysers and a haven for bird watchers and the Geothermal Power plant. Dinner and overnight at Lake lodge / campsite.

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Day 4: Lake Naivasha – Lake Nakuru

After breakfast, explore the rich bird filled gardens or an optional boat ride to the Crescent Island (at an extra cost). Afterwards, proceed to Lake Nakuru National Park arriving in time for lunch. Lake Nakuru is a home to millions of flamingos and the home of white rhino and about 350 different species of birds. It’s known as: ORNITHOLOGICAL  PARADISE. Dinner and overnight at a budget hotel / lodge / campsite.

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Day 5: Lake Nakuru – Lake Baringo

After breakfast, and bird watching enroute drive to Lake Baringo, one of two fresh water lakes along the Great Rift Valley. Lake Baringo supports an enormous number of bird species and a large number of hippos. Arrive at Lake Baringo in time for lunch. After lunch take a one hour bird watching trip by boat to the Crescent Island and to view hippos too. At the island you can take excursions (at an extra cost) like a visit to the Njemps village and dancing or to the local snake farm. Dinner and overnight at a lodge / campsite.

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Day 6: Lake Baringo – Lake Bogoria

After breakfast, visit Lake Bogoria, a shallow soda lake home to a large number of birds and the rare lesser kudu. Scalding hot springs and geysers at the southern end of the lakes spurt and steam their alkaline waters. The bubbling of hot springs, hundreds of singing weaverbirds and a million flamingos feeding in the bluish water present a rare scenic beauty. Leave for Treetops via Thompson Falls to arrive at Outspan Hotel (the base for Treetops) in time for lunch. The current British Queen was holidaying at the Treetops when she received the news about her father’s death and her ascension to the throne. After lunch, you will be transferred to Treetops, which is in the Aberdares National Park. Dinner and overnight at the Tree Hotel. Game viewing is from your room’s balcony, where you have a fantastic view of the animals that flock the floodlit waterhole and saltlick below.

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Day 7: Lake Bogoria – Samburu National Reserve

Pre-breakfast bird watching and game drive. After breakfast, day spent at leisure. Evening game drive is ideal for spotting the rare lioness that is famous for its unusual ability to adopt various antelopes especially the Oryx.

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Day 8: Samburu National Reserve

After breakfast, have a game drive enroute to Nairobi to arrive in the early afternoon.

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Day 9: Samburu National Reserve – Nairobi

Inclusions:

  • This offer is for 8 pax
  • Return transport in a 4×4 Safari Landcruiser
  • 2 nights 3 days
  • Accommodation in double rooms.
  • Full board meal plan
  • Game drives
  • Drinking water while on Safari
  • Services  of a professional driver/guide
  • Park fees

Exclusions:

  • Extras – tips, drinks, etc
  • Items of personal use i.e Towels, ointments, repellants, etc.
  • Personal travel insurance
  • Beverages- Laundry-Visit to Masai Manyatta village

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