5 DAY SIGNATURE MASAI MARA MIGRATION SAFARI

Itinerary

Day 1: Arrive in Nairobi, Kenya

Pass By: Nairobi National Museum, Museum Hill, Nairobi 00100 Kenya
Arrive in Nairobi, Kenya

Our Signature representative will meet you upon arrival in Nairobi to convey you to your lodgings for a quick safari briefing and rest in preparation for the adventures to come. You will overnight at the Golden Tulip Bed and Breakfast.


Meals included:
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Golden Tulip Bed and Breakfast.


Day 2: Lake Nakuru National park

Pass By: Lake Nakuru National Park Kenya
Lake Nakuru National park

After breakfast we will undertake the drive to Lake Nakuru, arriving in time for lunch at the Lake Nakuru Lodge. We will then head out to undertake our afternoon game drive. Lake Nakuru is famous for the big populations of Flamingos during dry season. The Park also contains Kenya’s largest population of rhinos. Lake Nakuru is one of the Rift Valley soda lakes at an elevation of 1754 m above sea level. It lies to the south of Nakuru, in the rift valley of Kenya and is protected by Lake Nakuru National Park. The lakes abundance of algae attracts vast numbers of flamingo to feed with a multitude of other bird species also hear resident. game we will encounter include warthog, baboon, eastern black rhino, southern white rhino amongst many many others. Nakuru means "Dust or Dusty Place" in the Maasai language. Lake Nakuru National Park, close to Nakuru town, was established in 1961. It started off small, only encompassing the famous lake and the surrounding mountainous vicinity, but has since been extended to include a large part of the savannahs. With our days safari drawing to a close we head for The Flamingo Hill Lodge for an excellent dinner and relaxation in comfortable surrounds.

No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: The Flamingo Hill Lodge

Day 3: Masai Mara Game Reserve

Pass By: Maasai Mara National Reserve, Ngiro-are Road, Kenya
Masai Mara Game Reserve

After breakfast this morning our Signature driver guide will meet you to undertake the journey to the Maasai Mara with our packed lunch onboard. The Maasai Mara National Reserve (MMNR) covers some 1,510 km2 in south-western Kenya. It is the northern-most section of the Mara-Serengeti ecosystem, which covers some 25,000 km2 in Tanzania and Kenya. It is bounded by the Serengeti Park to the south, the Siria escarpment to the west, and Maasai pastoral ranches to the north, east, and west. Rainfall in the ecosystem increases markedly along a southeast-northwest gradient varies in space and time, and is markedly bimodal. After our days game drives, with night setting in, we head back to our carefully selected accommodations at the Mara Sopa lodge for delectation in dining and rest in excellent surrounds.

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Mara Sopa Lodge

Day 4: Masai Mara Game Reserve

Pass By: Maasai Mara National Reserve, Sekenani Main Gate, Kenya
Masai Mara Game Reserve

Today we dedicated entirely to game driving this awesome landscape, endeavouring to encounter a variety of the wealth of creatures that live upon these lands. The Masai Mara is a land of over 500 square miles of savanna, woodland, and tree-fringed rivers, all of which shelter an astonishing range of wildlife. The Maasai Mara is situated in south-west Kenya and is one of Africa’s Greatest Wildlife Reserves. Together with the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania it forms Africa’s most diverse, incredible and spectacular eco-systems and possibly the world’s top safari big game viewing eco-system. We will quite likely encounter elephant, giraffe, prides of lion, and thousands of impala, topi, Grant’s and Thomson's gazelle. Birds are prolific including immigrants, 450 bird species have been recorded among them 57 birds of prey. The Mara is the scene of annual migration of millions of wildebeest up from the Serengeti plains in search of water and grasses. Revel in the experience of this majestic landscape, spectacular sceneries of rolling savannahs dotted with patchy shrubs and bush thickets. We range over the never ending plains witness to the abundant variety of wildlife with our expert guide maximising the quality of our experience. Day drawing to a close we make our way to our carefully selected luxury accommodations at the Mara Sopa Lodge where an exquisite dining experience awaits us along with the most comfortable of quarters to harbour our rest.


Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Mara Sopa Lodge

Day 5: Departing Day

Pass By: Nairobi Mamba Village, Links Road Nyali, Nairobi Kenya
Departure

After our breakfast on this the final morning of our adventure we head out for our drive across and over The Great Rift Valley Escarpment on our way back to Nairobi. Our Signature representative will ensure your transfer to JKIA for your onward flight, memory and memory cards replete with the sights and sounds of the East African Wilds


Meals included:
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.