From Nairobi: 4-Day Maasai Mara & Lake Nakuru Private Safari

Explore Maasai Mara and Lake Nakuru on a 4-day private safari with all game drives, accommodation, and meals included.

Getting started

Your 4 days begin with pick up from the airport, where you meet your professional guide/driver and board the safari van transport with pop-up roof reserved for your private safari for your group. After a briefing on the itinerary and game drives, you travel to your first accommodation as per itinerary and settle in before your initial wildlife outing.

What to expect

Maasai Mara

Maasai Mara is known for its big cat populations and classic savannah scenery, with flat-topped acacias stretching across the plains. You explore this area over multiple game drives, timing your outings to look for wildlife at active periods.

Features

• The reserve is often called Big Cat Central, with the highest density of lions in Africa along with strong chances to spot leopard and cheetah during your game drives. Outside big cats, the year-round game includes elephants, buffalo, and giraffes across the plains.
• Between July and October, the Great Migration brings more than 1.5 million wildebeest and zebra, with the possibility of witnessing dramatic river crossings if you visit in this season.
• Your private safari for your group uses a safari van transport with pop-up roof, so you can stand to view and photograph wildlife while your professional guide/driver positions the vehicle and explains animal behavior.
• All game drives in Maasai Mara are included, and between outings you return to your accommodation as per itinerary, where you are served all meals, with breakfast, lunch, and dinner provided each day.

Lake Nakuru

Lake Nakuru offers a compact park where varied habitats sit close together, from lakeshore to forest and cliffs. You spend time on game drives along the lake and through wooded areas that are known for both rhinos and birdlife.

Features

• Lake Nakuru is a rhino stronghold, considered the top-recommended park in Kenya to see both black and white rhinos, and your guide/driver helps you scan open areas where these animals often graze.
• The shoreline holds flamingos, pelicans, and over 450 bird species, and from viewpoints such as Baboon Cliff you get wide views over the lake and the Rift Valley below.
• In the acacia forests you look for Rothschild’s giraffe, a rare and endangered giraffe subspecies, and the thick forest gives good chances for elusive leopard sightings during your drives.
• All game drives in Lake Nakuru are part of your private safari for your group, with the same safari van transport with pop-up roof and continuous support from your professional guide/driver, plus accommodation as per itinerary and all meals, including breakfast, lunch, and dinner, throughout your stay.