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Day 1: Arrival / Maasai Mara Game Reserve.
Meet at your hotel and depart direct to Maasai Mara Game Reserve driving through the picturesque floor of the Great Rift Valley to arrive in time for lunch at the lodge. Afternoon unlimited game viewing where you will get a chance of seeing the “big five”, different varieties of bird species and one of the best savannah vegetations in the world. Mara choose lodge of your choice.
MAASAI MARA GAME RESERVE
(Declared The 7th Wonder of The World)
The Masai Mara National Reserve is probably the most famous and most visited Reserve in Kenya. It offers breathtaking views (as seen in the film "Out of Africa", much of which was filmed here), an extraordinary density of animals including "the Big Five" (lions, leopard, elephant, buffalo, rhinoceros) and may varieties of plains game. An impressive feature is the annual migration of wildebeests, zebras and gazelles from the plains of the Serengeti that cross the Tanzanian border and rivers to reach the Mara's grasslands from late June, tracked by predators: lion, leopard, cheetah, and hyena, and circled by vultures as their journey unfolds. Their dramatic river crossings are a reality for tourists visiting in early July-August. Apart from the seasonal migration, game viewing is excellent year round. Game includes elephant, black rhino, buffalo, plains zebra, hartebeest and big cats. The rivers are home to hippo and crocodiles. 452 species, 53 of which are raptors.
Day 2: Maasai Mara Game Reserve.
Full day unlimited game viewing from 6:00am to 6:00pm at the Maasai Mara Game Reserve, breakfast, lunch, dinner and overnight – Mara choose lodge of your choice.
Day 3: Lake Nakuru Bird & Rhino Sanctuary.
6:30 am game viewing, return to the lodge for breakfast thereafter depart for Lake Nakuru Bird & Rhino Sanctuary driving through the scenic floor of the Great Rift Valley to arrive Lake Nakuru Lodge in time for lunch. Afternoon unlimited game viewing and bird watching where you will get a chance to view different varieties of bird species including the migratory flamingo birds, both the black and the white rhino and leopard which is a shy animal. Dinner and overnight at Lake Nakuru Bird and Rhino Sanctuary
LAKE NAKURU NATIONAL PARK
Background Information
Lake Nakuru is a very shallow strongly alkaline lake 62 km2 in extent. It is set in a picturesque landscape of surrounding woodland and grassland next to Nakuru town. The landscape includes areas of marsh and grasslands alternating with rocky cliffs and outcrops, stretches of acacia woodland and rocky hillsides covered with a Euphorbia forest on the eastern perimeter.
The lake catchment is bounded by Menengai crater to the north, the Bahati hills to the north east, the lion hill ranges to the east, eburu crater to the south and the mau escarpment to the west. Three major rivers, the njoro, makalia and enderit drain into the lake, together with treated water from the town's sewage works and the outflow from several springs along the shore.
Lake Nakuru was first gazetted as a bird sanctuary in 1960 and upgraded to National Park status in 1968. A northern extension was added to the park in 1974 and the lake was designated as a Ramsar site in 1990. The foundation of the parks food chains is the cyanophyte spirulina platensis which can support huge numbers of lesser flamingo.
Day 4:Lake Nakuru Rhino & Bird Sanctuary
Full day unlimited game viewing and bird watching at the Lake Nakuru Rhino and Bird Sanctuary, breakfast, lunch, dinner and overnight at Lake Nakuru Lodge
Day 5: Departure:
Breakfast at the lodge, thereafter drive back to Nairobi to arrive in time to drop off Airport and connect your flight back home.
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