CEX 130 - MAASAI MARA - 4 DAYS
- Departs daily
DAY 1 NAIROBI
-MAASAI MARA
We pick you up from your hotel then depart from Nairobi
at 9.30 am. Drive south along the floor of Rift Valley. Lunch
at Narok and then climb the western wall of Rift Valley entering
Hemmingway’s country (Serengeti plains) . Arrive late
afternoon for a short game drive. Dinner and overnight at
the lodge/ campsite.
DAY 2 MAASAI
MARA
Full day is spent in game viewing, this includes going
up-to the Mara River where the immigration of millions of
wild beast and zebras crossing Mara River are seen annually.
Dinner and overnight at lodge /campsite.
DAY 3 MAASAI
MARA
Pre- breakfast game drive starts at 6.30 am. Another
game drive follows before lunch. After lunch you can either
go for another game. Go to the Maasai village or do a nature
walk with the Maasai guides (optional) this cost extra.
DAY 4 MAASAI
MARA - NAIROBI
After breakfast, depart from Nairobi, enjoy a picnic
lunch enroute arriving in the evening.
CEX 133 - Mara and the Lakes
Day 1 Nairobi/Masai
Mara
Having been picked up from your hotel, depart Nairobi
at 9.30 A.M. Drive to the Masai Mara arriving in time for
a late afternoon/early evening game drive, stopping at the
Great Rift Valley viewpoint and at Narok town for lunch and
re-fuelling. Dinner and overnight at the lodge or campsite.
Day 2 Masai
Mara
Breakfast will be followed by a full day of game drives
within the reserve. You will have a break at the hippo pool
for your picnic lunch. At the Mara you should expect to see
three out of the big five namely elephant, lion and buffalo
though luck is essential to track the other two that is rhino
and leopard which are very shy and elusive. A wide variety
of antelopes and other plains game can be seen. Scavengers
like hyena and vulture are common. Return to the lodge or
campsite for dinner and an overnight stay.
Day 3 Masai
Mara
After breakfast depart on a morning game drive in
this reserve, which is essentially the northern extension
of Tanzania's Serengeti National Park. Lunch at the lodge
or campsite. In the afternoon you have a choice of three activities:-
a game drive or a nature walk with our Masai guides; the final
choice is a visit to a Masai village to see their nomadic
lifestyle at an extra cost payable directly to the Masai villagers.
All activities end at the lodge or campsite by 6.30 p.m. where
you will retire for the night after dinner.
Day 4 Masai
Mara/Nakuru
Early morning pre-breakfast game drive. After breakfast
depart the Mara region for Nakuru for dinner and overnight
at the lodge or campsite, stopping for lunch enroute to Nakuru.
Day 5 Lake
Baringo/Bogoria
Early breakfast then proceed to Lake Baringo for an
hour's boat ride which enables you to see hippos at close
range and the bird life that inhabits this lake as over 350
species of birds have been recorded here including some that
conform to a migratory pattern, as well as crocodiles and
Egyptian geese which migrate all the way from western Europe.
Lunch in Baringo then drive back to Nakuru for dinner and
overnight at the lodge or campsite via Lake Bogoria to view
flamingos and the hot springs.
Day 6 Lake
Nakuru/Nairobi
After breakfast depart your base lodge or campsite
for a game drive in the nearby Lake Nakuru National Park where
there are flamingos, white pelicans, marabou stork and a variety
of other water birds that breed in the lake's alkaline waters.
Plains game, Rothschild's giraffe, Cape buffalo and lion can
also be seen. Lunch in Nakuru then depart for Nairobi, arriving
in the evening.
