5-Day Aberdare Lake Nakuru and Masai Mara Safari from Nairobi

Day 1: Nairobi to Aberdare National Park – Kenya

0800am: Pick up from your Nairobi hotel/Nairobi Airport. Proceed to the Aberdare national park. lunch at Aberdare Country Club, located on a mountain slope in the scenic Great Rift Valley. After lunch we drive to the nearby The Ark Lodge where we will stay for tonight. Afternoon and evening spent game viewing from the balconies of your Tree lodge.

The Aberdare national park is home to elephants, black rhinos, leopards, spotted hyenas, olive baboons, black and white colobus monkeys, buffalos, warthogs and bushbucks among others. Rare sightings include those of the Giant Forest hog, bongo, golden cat, serval cat, African wild cat, African civet cat and the blue duiker

Meal plan: Lunch, Dinner.

Day 2: Aberdares- Lake Nakuru National Park

Transfer to your base hotel the Aberdare country club . Proceed to the lake Nakuru national park. There shall be a stop to view the scenic Thompson falls at Nyahururu. The drive via farming country and local homesteads via the Great Rift Valley escarpment floor is scenic. Afternoon bird watching and game viewing drive. Overnight at your lake Nakuru lodge

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.

Day 3: Lake Nakuru National Park - Masai Mara

Morning bird and game viewing drives. Depart for the Masai Mara game reserve with stops at scenic points along the safari route. Afternoon game viewing drive at the Mara. Overnight at your Masai Mara Sopa Lodges/AA Lodges

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.

Day 4: Full Day - Masai Mara 

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. 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 at your Masai Mara Sopa Lodges/AA Lodges

Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.

Day 5: Masai Mara - Nairobi

A morning game viewing drive at the Masai mara. An extra game drive as you depart the reserve. Proceed to Nairobi. Arrive Nairobi in the late afternoon.

Drop off at your Nairobi hotel / Nairobi airport

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch.