5 Days Maasai Mara – Lake Nakuru Park – Amboseli Safari

DAY 1:NAIROBI – MASAI MARA
Depart from your hotel at 7.30am and drive through the Central Province farmlands before descending into the Great Rift Valley through the spectacular escarpment with scenic views of the valley floor and the extinct volcanoes of Longonot and Suswa. Proceed to Narok for a short break and refuelling. Continue across the Loita Plains past Masai manyattas (nomadic Masai villages) and arrival at Mara Sarova Game Camp for lunch. Later at 3.00pm, proceed for a game drive. Dinner and overnight at the camp.

Meal plan – Lunch and dinner
Driving time – 6 hours
Sarova Mara Game Camp

DAY 2: MASAI MARA FULL DAY

Carrying picnic lunch, leave the camp at 8.00am and brace yourself for a full day of viewing game across the rich, tree studded savannah
grassland and rolling hills. The famous Masai Mara is renowned for its great herds of plains game, black maned lion, leopard, cheetah and
elephant. Have lunch at Hippo Pool. Proceed with the search of great predators and perhaps even cubs during extensive game runs. Masai Mara is the place where visitors come to follow the great wildebeest migration. On the plains are enormous herds of grazing animals plus the elusive cheetah and leopard hiding amidst acacia boughs. Masai Mara remains the most exciting wildlife eco-system in the world. Return to the camp for dinner and overnight.

Meal plan – Breakfast, lunch and dinner
Sarova Mara Game Camp

DAY 3:MASAI MARA TO LAKE NAKURU NATIONAL PARK
Start very early in the morning for a game drive. This is the best time to view the predators hunt. It’s also the best time to see the sun rise over the African savannah. Return to the camp for breakfast and thereafter leave for Lake Nakuru National Park. It will take at most 4.5 hours to drive to the gates of Lake Nakuru National Park. Take a game drive en route to Sarova Lion Hill Game Lodge for lunch. Later, proceed on an evening game drive. Lake Nakuru National Park is dominated by a gentle undulating terrain with open bush and woodlands, typical of the dry rift valley vegetation. 27% of the park is composed of the Lake Nakuru waters. Lake Nakuru was declared a rhino sanctuary in 1983. The Rhino stocking program which ensued received white rhinos from South Africa. Currently the sanctuary has approximately 45 black and 31 white rhinoceros. Dinner and overnight at the lodge.

Meal plan – Lunch and dinner
Driving time – 5 hours
Sarova Lion Hill Game Lodge

DAY 4:LAKE NAKURU NATIONAL PARK TO AMBOSELI NATIONAL PARK
After Breakfast, leave the lodge for the gate with a game drive en-route. Drive to Nairobi for lunch at the Pampa Grill – Panari Sky
Center. Thereafter, proceed to Amboseli National Park and arrive at 3.00pm for the evening game drive. Amboseli National Park, despite its small size (392 sq.km) and a fragile ecosystem, supports a wide range of animals (over 50 of the larger species) and birds (over 400 species). The waters from Mt. Kilimanjaro drain down the mountain under lava flows and surface in Amboseli, creating a green belt of swamp land amidst dusty plains. Amboseli lacks the profusion of animal species found in the Mara, but the landscape provides limited cover so you have a better chance of seeing some of the larger Animals. Elephant, buffalo, lion, gazelle, cheetah, wildebeest, hyena, jackal, warthog, giraffes, zebra, baboon and waterbuck are all present in the park. Dinner and overnight at the Amboseli Serena Safari Lodge.

Meal plan – Breakfast, lunch and dinner
Driving time – 6 hours
Amboseli Serena Safari Lodge

DAY 5: AMBOSELI – NAIROBI
Start very early in the morning for a game drive. This is the best time to view the predators hunt. It’s also the best time to see the sun rise against the majestic Mt. Kilimanjaro. Go back to the lodge for breakfast and later drive to Nairobi with an optional Nairobi restaurant dinner experience at the Carnivore Restaurant at your own cost. You will then be transferred to your hotel for the night or the airport for a flight out.

Meal plan – Breakfast, lunch
Driving time – 3.5 to 4 hours
End of safari