4-Day Luxury Masai Mara NR & Lake Nakuru NP Safari
This 4-day luxury safari explores two of Kenya’s most iconic wildlife destinations—Lake Nakuru National Park and the Masai Mara National Reserve. The trip offers a blend of scenic landscapes, rich wildlife diversity, and high-end accommodation. Travelers enjoy expertly guided game drives, optional immersive activities, and premium transport with guaranteed window seats. Designed for comfort and exclusivity, this luxury safari delivers an authentic and memorable Kenyan wildlife experience.
Trip Highlights
- Scenic drive through the Great Rift Valley
- Optional boat ride and walking experience
- Game drives in Lake Nakuru National Park
- Opportunity to spot black and white rhinos
- Game viewing in the Masai Mara
- Chance to see the Big Five
- Picnic lunch by the Mara River
- Optional hot air balloon experience
- Optional Maasai cultural visit
Itinerary
- Upon arrival at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport Nairobi, You will be met and welcomed by our airport representative, followed by a short briefing about the trip just too double confirm the itinerary.
- We will later follow by a transfer to your optional Nairobi Hilton Garden in Airport Hotel for your overnight stay { https://www.hilton.com/en/brands/hilton-garden-inn/} .
Meal plan: Lunch, Dinner
08:00hrs: Pick up from Nairobi Ibis Style hotel and depart for lake Nakuru national park.
An easy scenic sightseeing drive via the Great Rift Valley escarpment with views of awesome scenery There shall be an optional stops to marvel at the dramatic fall of the Great Rift Valley escarpment. Along the way, we will have an optional stop at the Freshwater Lake Naivasha for an exciting boat safari experience to view hippos, exotic birds, and small game.
This shall be followed by an optional guided walking safari at Crescent Island (Entry fee not included). Later proceed to Lake Nakuru arriving during the late morning.
Due to some progressive natural factors like increasing water levels, the flamingo numbers have been reducing but the park itself remains stunning – one of Kenya’s finest.
Great rocky escarpments tower over acacia forest, waterfalls, wooded hills, and euphorbia trees dot the lake.
The few quantity of flamingos is accompanied by other birdlife – pelicans, cormorants, kingfishers, ostriches, storks as well as herons and eagles. The scene here is bountiful, busy and full of color.
But that’s only the beginning of what this special park has to offer because the wildlife viewing here is easy and accessible.
Lake Nakuru is known for hosting some endangered but beautiful species. You’re sure to see rare Rothschild’s Giraffe along with white rhino, especially along the lakeshore.
The park is also sanctuary to one of Kenya’s largest populations of black rhino. Afternoon shall be spent on bird and game watching drives around the Lake.
Overnight at your lake Lake Nakuru Lodge
- Main Destination: Lake Nakuru National Park
- Accommodation: Lake Nakuru Lodge – Mid-Range Lodge Inside park (or wildlife area) (Lake Nakuru National Park)
- Meals & Drinks: Lunch & dinner (Breakfast not included)
- Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
A Short game and bird watching drive at the lake Nakuru national park. Proceed to the Masai Mara game reserve.
There shall be stops at scenic places along the Nakuru – Masai Mara route
Afternoon game viewing drives at the Masai Mara. Overnight at your Osero Mara Game lodge.
Main Destination: Masai Mara National Reserve
- Accommodation: Osero Mara Game Lodge - Luxury Tented Lodge located right inside the park (Masai Mara National Reserve)
- Meals & Drinks: Meals & Drinks: Breakfast, Lunch & dinner.
- Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.
Today shall be a game viewing extravaganza! Masai Mara Game reserve remains the most exciting wildlife eco-system in the Natural world.
It is host to the highest and most varied concentration of wild animals than any other wildlife park in the region.
The scenic appeal of the tree studded savannah plains, the moderate climate and diversity of wild game species makes it a one stop shop for game viewing activities.
We shall traverse the Masai Mara reserve on a full day of unlimited game viewing encountering the big five and more of the lesser game.
Picnic lunch shall be by the Mara river as we watch hippos & crocodiles or maybe the great migration (July – October)
Overnight shall be at our Osero Mara Lodge
Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Main Destination: Masai Mara National Reserve
- Accommodation: Osero Mara Game Lodge - Luxury Tented Lodge located right insidde the park (Masai Mara National Reserve)
- Meals & Drinks: Lunch & dinner (Breakfast not included)
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch.
Optional early morning Balloon ride over the Maasai mara plain, followed by a Champaign breakfast at the reserve open savannah, return to the camp for breakfast and later exit and drive back to Nairobi with an en-route hot lunch stop along the way.
If you are not participating in the Ballon ride, wake up, have breakfast, optional masai Village visit and later exit and drive to Nairobi with lunch en-route.
Arrive Nairobi in the late afternoon, approximately 4:30 pm. We drop you back to your hotel for overnight awaiting for the next day destination.
- Main Destination: Nairobi (City)
- Accommodation: No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks: Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included)
- Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Includes/Excludes
Cost Includes
- - Accommodation as outlined above.
- - All meals noted in the itinerary.
- - Each day generally includes Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner buffets consisting of both western and local dishes.
- - Transportation in standard game viewing safari vehicles complete with a popup roof for easy viewing and photography.
- - Every passenger guaranteed a window seat.
- - Your driver/guide speaks English and has in-depth knowledge of the flora, fauna, landscape, and culture.
- - A 4x 4 Safari Van/Land Cruiser of pop-up roof outfitted with two- way, long range high-frequency radio communications equipment in Kenya.
- - Each safari Vehicle carries safari accessories including wildlife books, binoculars for the guide, a first-aid kit, and a fire extinguisher.
- - Flying doctors (AMREF) insurance cover each client doing a safari with us just for emergencies
- - Park entrance fees and game drives as noted in the itinerary.
- - All government taxes, levies, 2 liters of bottled water during safari
- - Pick up from airport/your hotel and drop off back to the Hotel or airport in good time for your outbound flight after the trip.
Cost Excludes
- - Domestic and international airfares and departures taxes.
- - Personal communications charges for telephone calls, faxes, email, etc
- - Tips and gratuities for your driver/guide.
- - Alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages.
- - Laundry services.
- - Between meal ssnacks, parks, attractions, and events not included in your iitinerary
