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This 6 Days Kenya Luxury Masai Mara & Lake Nakuru Safari offers the best of the Great Wildebeest Migration events as they unfold in Masai Mara National Reserve. The Masai Mara is one of Africa’s most famous parks. The wildlife viewing is superb throughout the year. The grassy plains and regular rainfall support a huge population of herbivores, in turn attracting many predators. All three big cats are relatively easy to see.
The yearly wildebeest migration coming through the park is one of the world’s most amazing wildlife spectacles where 2.5 million wildebeest, zebra, and gazelles follow the rains in search of new grass. They make their way from the Serengeti in Tanzania to the Masai Mara somewhere around July and August and usually arrive in September. The crossing of the Mara River along the way is one of the highlights of this spectacular event. On our safari, We shall have two full days to catch the last events of the Migration as we track the herds while they slowly head back into Tanzania around October.
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Early morning after your breakfast, our guide will pick you up from your booked hotel in Nairobi for this 6-Day Kenya Luxury Masai Mara & Lake Nakuru Safari. You will be briefed on your 6 Day Safari, then transferred to Lake Nakuru National Park.
Enjoy a 3-hour drive through scenic views of the Nairobi suburbs, beautiful savannah grasslands, and the plains of the Rift Valley before arriving at accommodation in Lake Nakuru National Park in time for lunch. After lunch, you will head out for your first game drive through the Park; enjoy wild game viewing in the background of the orange African sunset.
Lake Nakuru is home to the highest population of flamingoes. The game viewing experience offers you the opportunity to see the rare black and white rhinos, Rothschild’s giraffes, lions, waterbucks, buffaloes, and baboons, among others. Dinner will be served upon your return to the accommodation, followed by an overnight stay.
Early morning after your breakfast, you will say goodbye to Lake Nakuru National Park and then embark on a 5-hour journey to the Masai Mara. Enjoy a drive through the scenic views of the Great Rift Valley before arriving to our accommodation in the Masai Mara National Reserve.
Upon your arrival to the Park, you will check into your accommodation just in time for lunch. After the refreshment, you will then head out for an evening game drive; expect to see various wildlife species to include giant elephants, hippopotamus, lions, leopards, cheetahs, giraffes, and so many more.
The next two days of the 6 Days Kenya Luxury Masai Mara & Lake Nakuru Safari are spent game viewing in Kenya’s leading Masai Mara National Reserve. You will embark on two game drives in the Mara: morning game drive and the afternoon game drive in search of the big five and other wildlife species to include: Masai giraffe, baboons, warthogs, Wildebeest, buffaloes, zebras, jackals, spotted hyenas, topi, impala, Hartebeests, nat eared foxes, the crocodiles and hippopotamus of the Mara and Talek Rivers. Considering your planned time to visit (July to September) you should brace yourselves to witness the thrilling Great wildebeest Migration as it happens in the Mara.
This natural movement of over 4 million grazers from Serengeti National Park in Tanzania to Masai Mara National Reserve is the sole reason why many visitors opt to come to Masai Mara National Reserve at this time of the year. The adventure is unmatched and considered one of the natural wonders of the world.
Today you will have a full day to track the Great migration as it happens in the Masai Mara National Reserve, depending on how early the herds will be. August has always been the month that sees the first of the mega Mara River crossings. It is another big movement month for the herds, as many that were lingering around the Mara River as they made their way north in search of greener pastures.
If the herds have made it, then August is a fantastic time to see the migration. The first crossings of the season are often seriously explosive, with the crocodiles being hungry and the wildebeest acting very manic. As such, the first crossings leave a trail of carcasses behind them. After the thrilling day of migration tracking in Masai Mara National Reserve, after a full day of exploration, we head back to the accommodation for dinner and an overnight stay
This is yet another day to take chances with exploring the Great Migration with the hope of encountering River crossings. Our guide is knowledgeable enough to track and locate the thrilling adventure as it takes place within the Mara. All the way through the month, river crossings should happen almost daily. It is all a case of waiting patiently for the wildebeest to decide to cross.
After gathering full day thrilling memories, you will return to the accommodation for beer tasting and overnight stay as we celebrate our last night in the Masai Mara.
The day begins with a leisurely breakfast at the accommodation before retracing our steps to Nairobi. Our magical Masai Mara Safari comes to a close at your arrival in Nairobi. Upon arrival, you will have lunch shortly after which our guide will transfer you to a medical lab in Nairobi to have your COVID-19 PCR Test taken in preparation for your departure flight. Results are issued within 24 Hours.