Kenya Budget Safari

Drive from Nairobi towards the Rift Valley Escarpment to Lake Nakuru National Park. Arrive in time for lunch at Nakuru Merica Hotel. Have a game drive in the afternoon and back to the Hotel for overnight stay. Lake Nakuru, the home of the famous flamingos, is set in a picturesque landscape of surrounding woodland and park grassland. In this park you will see Flamingos, Pelicans, herds of buffaloes and the rare Rhino.

Depart Nakuru Merica Hotel for Maasai Mara, arriving in time for lunch at Mara Sopa Tented Camp. Have an afternoon game drive and get back to the lodge for the evening.

This is one of the most spectacular and most popular game reserves in Kenya. The wildlife can be divided into mammals, birds and reptiles. Many of the mammals can be divided into carnivores, primates and ungulates (hooved animals).

Carnivores include cheetah, genet, hyena, jackal, leopard, lion, mongoose and wild dog. Primates include baboon, bush baby and monkey. Odd-toed ungulates include rhino and zebra. Even-toed ungulates include buffalo, giraffe, hippo, warthog and antelope (bush buck, dik dik, duiker, eland, gazelle, hartebeest, impala, klipspringer, kudu, oribi, reed buck, roan antelope, water buck and wildebeest). The so-called "Big Five" are Buffalo, Elephant, Leopard, Lion and Rhinoceros. The "Big Nine" extends this to include Cheetah, Zebra, Giraffe and Hippo.

Enjoy morning and afternoon game drives in the Maasai Mara game reserve. Stay at the Mara Sopa Tented Camp for overnight.

Have a morning game drive and depart Maasai Mara for Nairobi. Have lunch at the Carnivore restaurant and a city tour in the afternoon. Visit the Maasai Market where you could get the last souvenir before moving to the airport for a flight home in the evening.