7 Days Lake Nakuru & Masai Mara Photography Safari
$2100
per person
Overview:
The tour will cover both wildlife and geographic destinations like Great Rift Valley. You will explore the Masai Mara National Reserve for a first class game viewing experience of the great wildebeest migration and later visit Lake Nakuru National Park for a chance to view the rare white rhinos and flamingos amidst a variety of other bird species.
Included
Park fees
All activities – Unless labeled as optional
All accommodation
A professional driver/guide
All transportation
All Taxes/VAT
Meals, as specified in the day-by-day itinerary
Excluded
International flights
Roundtrip airport transfer
Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
Tips
Personal items – Souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc
Day 1: Nairobi – Nakuru National Park
Pick Up From Nairobi Hotel At 0800hrs And Drive To The Great Rift Valley Viewing Sceneries En-Route. Arriving In Time For Lunch At The Camp. Afternoon Game Drives In The Park Where You Will Have A Chance To Visit A Unique Sanctuary Catering For A Sizeable Number Of The Endangered Rhinoceros And The Rothschild Giraffe. Waterbucks As Well As The Predators Such As The Lion And Leopard Are Common At The Park. Also To Be Seen Is A Myriad Different Variety Of Birdlife In And Around The Lake. Dinner And Overnight Stay At Flamingo Hill Camp
Day 2: Lake Nakuru National Park
Full day spent exploring /photographing the park. This area was made famous by the spectacular pink flamingos that gather on its salt encrusted shores as well as for other bird species including African fish eagles and pelicans. The woodland and grassland surrounding the soda lake are home to an abundance of wildlife including rhino, hippo, leopard, lion and the rare Rothschild giraffe. Dinner and overnight at Flamingo Hill camp
Lake Nakuru -Masai Mara National Reserve
Breakfast then drive to Masai Mara to arrive the camp in good time for Lunch. Afternoon game drive is taken. Dinner and overnight at Matira camp
Day 4-6: Masai Mara National Reserve- Photography
We will spend 3 days exploring the Masai Mara, with its abundance of large mammals and diverse birdlife. Our daily routine here will start with a morning safari, during which breakfasts are taken on the plains, usually under the shade of a flat-topped acacia, whilst watching the herds and often in the company of a Topi, the Mara's most diligent predator spotter, perched up on a termite mound. We have the option to either have full and complete days out in the field when both breakfast and lunch can be served out on the savannah or we can return to camp for lunch. Big cats are a very prominent feature of the Masai Mara and also include Cheetahs and Leopards, both of which are fairly straightforward to find here. We are definitely at 'Predator Central' here and there can be few, if any wildlife spectacles anywhere in the world that can rival the tension, drama and emotion of a Mara crossing. As many as a million wildebeest and 200,000 zebra attempt this epic journey each year. Watching as thousands of wildebeest and zebra gather at a crossing point you can almost feel the pressure build on the animals at the front as they consider the right time to attempt to cross the dangerous waters of the crocodile-infested Mara River. It is, however, a time of plenty for the gigantic Nile Crocodiles that live in the river and lie in wait as hundreds of thousands of animals head north from the Serengeti Plains to feed on the lush Mara grasslands. The foaming waters, noise and drama of a Mara crossing has to be experienced to be believed and offers dramatic action photo opportunities. Dinner and overnight stay at Matira camp
Day 7:Masai Mara-Nairobi
Breakfast then proceed for further game drives as you drive to Nairobi to arrive by 1500 hrs. Drop off to be advised. End of safari