Affordable adventure safari visiting Samburu National Reserve and the Samburu community, Lake Nakuru National Park and summarizing the safari with a visit to the most famous game reserve which is Masai Mara and the Maasai people. The cultural visit is usually optional.
6 Days Masai Mara, Lake Nakuru & Samburu Budget Camping Safari
Overview
Highlights
- Unique game species common to Kenya’s northern plains – Oryx, Gerenuk, Somali Ostrich, Grevy’s zebra, Grant’s Zebra, Reticulated Giraffe
- Watch the Big Five Wildlife, Big cats in Mara
- Flamingoes, Black and white rhinos in Lake Nakuru
What’s Included
- Park fees
- All activities
- All accommodation
- A professional driver/guide
- All transportation
- All Taxes/VAT
- Roundtrip airport transfer
- Meals
- Drinking water
What’s Excluded
- International flights (from/to home)
- Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
- Tips (Tipping guideline US$10.00 pp per day)
- Personal items (Souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.)
- Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees
Tour Plan
Our safari guide will pick you from your hotel and depart by road driving through the rich Kikuyu farmlands to the edge of the Rift Valley. Descend the escarpment and drive via Narok to Masai Mara Game Reserve with picnic lunch served en-route. The Masai Mara is classic African savannah, and the sheer density of wildlife is amazing. Masai Mara is famous for its Black manned Lion and yearly migrations of Wildebeest and Zebra, Elephant, Buffalo, Rhino, Gazelle, Leopards, Giraffe are also found here. Afternoon game drive. Dinner and overnight at the camp.
After breakfast, you will go for a full day spent viewing and exploring this spectacular National Park. Wherever you go in the Mara, you will see an astonishing amount of wildlife. Of the big cats, lions are found in large prides everywhere. Cheetahs and leopards are harder to spot but are still fairly common. Return to your camp in the evening for dinner and overnight.
After breakfast, depart Masai Mara for Lake Nakuru with Picnic lunch en-route. On arrival check in at Lake Nakuru Lodge and have lunch. Short nap will be followed by an afternoon game drive. Lake Nakuru is famous for its pink flamingos and many other types of birds. There are rare species of animals the white rhino and Rothchild giraffe among a wide variety of game. Dinner and overnight at the camp.
Depart Nakuru after breakfast proceeding to Samburu game reserve on the fringes of the semi-arid northern frontier district of Kenya. Picnic lunch will be hosted at the Thomson falls. The scenic Nakuru – Nyahururu road passes through the hub of kenya’s food basket and an insight of the living situation of the local population is visible. Arrive Samburu in the late afternoon .Game viewing en-route to your camp for check-in ,dinner and overnight in the camp.
Whole day spent in Samburu game reserve. The arid conditions have provided habitat for distinct animal survival. Here we find animals resident to this park only like reticulated Giraffe, the Grevy zebra, the Generuk, Somali ostrich, lion, elephants, cheetah, buffalo and crocodiles at the Ewaso Nyiro river which is the lifeline of the Samburu game reserve. Other species of game are also found. All meal and overnight in the camp.
Early morning game drive and later come back to the camp for breakfast. An optional game drive before the return journey to Nairobi with lunch en-route. After lunch take a leisurely drive admiring tea, coffee, sisal and pineapple plantations to arrive Nairobi in the early evening. Drop-off at your resident hotel or airport.