4-Day Masai Mara Nakuru Lake safari tour in 2023
Kenya safari holiday tour traveling to the most well-known national parks of Kenya offering the best game viewing experience and scenic landscape. Firstly, the 4-Day Masai Mara Nakuru safari tour park is one of the most popular trips in Kenya for seeing the big five in 2021 & 2023.
Secondly, on this combined 4-day Masai Mara and Lake Nakuru safari tour and Kenya holiday tour, you will experience the best of Masai Mara safari and Lake Nakuru National Park. Both of the parks have rich animal and bird life, as well as an optional visit to experience life in a local Masai village. Therefore, Masai Mara is the most spectacular safari park in Kenya, where you have the chance to experience an impressive wildlife variety. Animals to be seen are – elephants, lions, buffalo, hippos, antelopes, wildebeests, hyenas, crocodiles, gazelles, giraffes, and many more.
Thirdly, the famous wildebeest migration between Tanzania’s Serengeti and Kenya’s Masai Mara is primarily the best time to travel to Masai Mara. Combining these two African safari holiday destinations, the 4-day Masai Mara and Lake Nakuru safari tour starts from Nairobi, and the Kenyan safari trip in Kenya ends with a return to Nairobi, Kenya’s safari capital.
A safari tour in Kenya combines a visit to Lake Nakuru National Park and rhinos and Masai Mara Game Reserve. Lake Nakuru is home to flamingos and rhinos, whereas Masai Mara Game Reserve is the most famous wildlife safari destination in Africa. Holiday safari to these parks gives a cultural, scenic, and wildlife experience that lasts a lifetime. Also, it is a tour package that works best for holidaymakers traveling to Kenya for business and having some limited time to spare for wildlife viewing.
4-Day Masai Mara and Lake Nakuru Kenyan safari trip itinerary and pricing:
Day 1: Driving from Nairobi to Masai Mara, 5~6hrs driving
Departure from Kenya’s safari capital in the morning at 7.30am. The 4-Day Masai Mara Lake Nakuru safari tour in Kenya goes from Nairobi along the “The Great Rift Valley”. Enjoy sights of Mount Longonot, an extinct volcano, via the Maasai Town of Narok. Then continue on to Masai Mara Wildlife Reserve with arrival in time for lunch at the Masai Mara safari lodge. On the Kenya holiday tour drive into park, you get the firsthand experience of the park’s amazing wildlife and varied hilly landscape. In addition, there will be time for an afternoon safari trip to spot wildlife. The chances of seeing the big cats – lions, cheetahs and leopards are greatest. Accommodation in Mara Sopa Lodge, L, D.
Day 2: Safari in Masai Mara Game Reserve
Whole day is set to drive around and observe the wild animals in the reserve. Kenya’s largest wildlife safari reserve, Masai Mara, is a continuation of the Serengeti plains in Tanzania. It is world’s famous for the unique and spectacular migration of hundreds of thousands of wildebeests and zebras. From the end of July, they begin to arrive at Masai Mara in their search for food. In October, the grass is depleted and they start the long trek and walk back to Serengeti in Tanzania. Masai Mara is also rich in resident animals with over 95 different species. These include “The Big Five”; elephant, buffalo, lion, leopard and rhino, but also giraffes, hippos, hyenas and countless antelopes.
Masai Mara also has a fantastic rich and varied bird life with over 480 species. There is opportunity to visit a local Masai village where you will be invited inside a traditional cottage built of branches and mud. To clarify, you can see and learn about the Masai’s strong culture and tradition-bound lifestyles. Perhaps experience the wild animals from a hot air balloon with a touch down bush breakfast in the African wilderness. Accommodation Mara Sopa Lodge, B, L, D.
Day 3: Departing Kenya’s Masai Mara to safari tour of Lake Nakuru
You’ll have breakfast and then drive to Lake Nakuru. Start off early with a drive for a safari tour of Lake Nakuru National Park. Nakuru is famous for its hundreds of thousands of flamingos who come to the lake in changing periods of the year in their search for food and form a broad pink ribbon around the entire lake.
The number of flamingos has reduced in the recent past due to rise in water levels and siltation. Safari tour of Nakuru has also gained the status of a special reserve for the endangered rhino species, which are always seen on safari in the park. There are also good opportunities to experience buffalo, giraffes, zebras, waterbucks and perhaps the fleeting leopard. Spend the night at Flamingo Hill Camp, B, L,D.
Day 4: Take a safari tour of Lake Nakuru and drive to Nairobi. Marking the end of the 4-day Masai Mara Lake Nakuru safari tour
Start off early with a safari tour of Lake Nakuru National Park. Being the very best time to spot the cats and other wild animals of the park while they are still active. Then enjoy on route safari drive as you head back to Nairobi through the Great Rift Valley vantage point. There is an option to stop by Lake Naivasha where there are possibilities for various optional activities such as boat trips, walk on Crescent Island or bird watching. Arrive in Nairobi in the afternoon. Drop off at your hotel where the 4-day Masai Mara Lake Nakuru safari tour in Kenya ends, B.
Accommodation included in the 4-day Masai Mara Lake Nakuru safari tour:
1 night in Lake Nakuru National Park at Flamingo Hill Camp on full board.
2 nights in Kenya’s Masai Mara National Reserve at Mara Sopa Lodge on full board.
4-day Kenya trip cost: US$ 1175 per person sharing. Single room supplement: US$ 140
Kenya safari cost includes:
• Park fees (for non-residents)
• All safari activities as mentioned in the trip schedule (unless labeled as optional)
• All meals on safari as specified in the day-by-day section as; B=Breakfast, L=Lunch, D=Dinner
• All safari accommodation in en-suite double / twin / triple room (unless listed as upgrade)
• Service of an expert professional driver/guide
• All transportation in a safari minibus (unless labeled as optional)
• All associated taxes/VAT
• Complimentary bottled drinking water in the safari vehicle
• Start and end in Nairobi with pick up and drop off at hotel
4-Day Masai Mara Lake Nakuru safari tour price excludes:
• Any unforeseen Government imposed increase of park fees and/or taxes
• International flights (from/to home)
• Tips to driver / guide
• Items of a personal nature (travel insurance, souvenirs, visa fees, etc.)
• Drinks
Related information about Kenya and the 4-Day Masai Mara Nakuru safari tour and African safari tours in 2023.
4-Day Masai Mara Nakuru
Lake Nakuru and Masai Mara African safari holiday destinations offer the best wildlife viewing. During the first half of the 4-Day Masai Mara Nakuru trip in Kenya, you will be on a guided safari at Lake Nakuru and in Masai Mara. Enjoy the rich and varied animal and bird life, such as counts thousands of zebras, gnus, and flamingos. Others are lions, cheetahs, leopards, giraffes, hippos, shackles, elephants, rhinos, gazelles, impala, crocodiles, vultures, Marabou storks, baboons, hyenas, ostriches, etc. The animals and birds list making the Kenya safari a unique experience is almost infinite.
Visiting a Maasai village during a 4-day Masai Mara Nakuru safari tour is worth every penny. While in Masai Mara, you can take a side trip to a local Masai village, where you come into close contact with the Masai’s way of life. Visit their homesteads, where the guide will explain the many aspects of life in the village, how to build homesteads, wedding ceremonies, food, clothing, family life, leadership, and traditional medicine. A traditional dance is part of this visit; you are welcome to dance with the locals as you interact.
Safari tour of Masai Mara
Masai Mara is a large savanna in the southwestern corner of Kenya bordering the Serengeti plains in Tanzania. Throughout the Masai Mara safari, there is an opportunity to experience an impressive and varied range of wildlife animals. Animals to be seen are – elephants, buffalo, zebras, hippos, antelopes, gazelles, gnus, giraffes, hyenas, crocodiles, and many more. There are good chances to see lions and possibly make a kill. You may also be lucky to spot cheetahs and leopards. Therefore, the sun goes down over the savanna in Masai Mara after a great day of watching lots of animals and landscapes. Read more about some of the top 5 African animals to be seen.
The sun disappears, and suddenly it turns dark gray. It is also possible to book an optional hot air balloon flight at sunrise – a beautiful experience, all at least once in a lifetime. The fantastic experience ends with breakfast and champagne on the savannah.
What is the best time to travel to Masai Mara for the 4-day Masai Mara Lake Nakuru safari tour?
The safari tour of Masai Mara ideparts all year round. Generally, it is easier to see wildlife in the parks during the dry season, from late June to October and from January to March. The ultimate attraction is the great migration of wildebeests and zebras in July and August. In giant flocks of hundreds of thousands, they travel north from Serengeti in Tanzania across the Mara River to Kenya. In search of fresh grass in October, they move in the opposite direction back to Tanzania’s Serengeti National Park.
Lake Nakuru safari tour
Lake Nakuru National Park is famous for its thousands of flamingos that make up an impressive pink lake view. At times of the year, up to three million. In addition to flamingos, you will experience a wide range of wildlife, such as buffalo, giraffes, hippos, and white rhinos.
At Lake Nakuru, go on a safari to see flamingos and other birds that fly over this alkaline lake. Lake Nakuru Park was declared a sanctuary for protecting the black and white rhinoceros in 1987. Since then, the reintroduction of specimens of both species has turned Nakuru into one of the main rhino refuges in Kenya. The riparian forest opens to the south in a savannah of acacias and shrubs.
The eastern and western shores are framed by elevations offering magnificent viewpoints over the lake, for example, Lion Hill, Baboon Cliff, and Out of Africa. To the west, the Baboon Cliffs are the preferred habitat for some of the park’s species, while to the east, a part of Lion Hill has a magnificent Euphorbia forest. In addition to the birds and rhinos, there are several mammal species like the carnivores, such as the lion and the leopard.
For sure, Kenya is the original home of the safari that has fascinated adventurers and vacationers from all over the world. Also, it is the home of Out of Africa, and Ernest Hemingway and Teddy Roosevelt came here on safari.
Find the romance of gin and tonic with incredible evenings around a campfire and nights under canvas with the distant roaring of a lion in the African night. Magical Kenya is evident in the diversity of landscapes, wildlife, human cultures, and experience. Luxury Kenya safari is a unique experience that everyone should enjoy once in a lifetime.
Undoubtedly, no other African safari country has such diversity within its borders. In Kenya, you will find unspoiled beaches and tropical rain-forest, snow-capped peaks and rolling savanna, nomadic tribesmen, herds of elephants and flocks of flamingos, and dhow sailors. The 4-Day Masai Mara Lake Nakuru in Kenya offers an uninterrupted opportunity to see different wildlife species. Such include reticulated and Rothschild giraffes.
A 4-day Masai Mara Nakuru safari in Kenya by African Sermon Safaris is an unbelievably unforgettable encounter. But it could also be a back-breaking tough encounter based upon which selection you like. The Mara is a wildlife reserve; it is one of the places where Maasai people reside with the animals. Masai Mara has outstanding wide-open scenery and rich riverine woodlands following a looping meander on the Mara and Talek streams. For this instance, the Mara is known for its plethora and selection of plains game and particular predators.
Wild animals are plentiful in the region, and game viewing is abundant anytime. 4-Day Masai Mara Nakuru Kenya safari holiday implies an exhilarating wildlife excursion and cultural encounter when you go to the top national parks/reserves and have to interact with together with the distinct communities in Kenya. Kenyans are warm and friendly folks, and everyone you connect to could make you feel in your own home. What exactly is remarkable regarding a Kenyan safari tour is perhaps you can love this particular fun-filled voyage at a favorable price. The Masai Mara Nakuru safari tour has the opportunity of spotting all the big five and a short trip from Nairobi.
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If you have not experienced African safari tours and Kenya safaris, you must be missing a lifetime experience. Indeed, Kenya is probably the top-rated holidaymaker destination in Africa. Primarily due to her being home to numerous wildlife animals. For example, the big five; the Lion, the Elephant, the Leopard, the Buffalo, and the Rhinoceros. Finally, you can discover the African Sermon Safaris 4-day Masai Mara Nakuru trip in Kenya and witness the best game viewing experience in 2023.