Hell's Gate, Naivasha, Nakuru and Maasai Mara Safari

We will pick you up from your hotel in Nairobi and drive you to Hell’s Gate National Park via the scenic Great North Road. The drive takes around an hour. Once in the park, you have the option of a game drive in a safari vehicle or a bicycle ride through the park.

You can ride a bike for seven kilometres through the park before stopping at the rangers post where you leave the bike and start a walking safari. Enjoy spectacular views all around. Head for Lake Naivasha National Park after that and check into your accommodation at Taphe Guest Resort or similar on arrival.

This morning we leave Naivasha and head for Lake Nakuru National Park, regarded by avid birders as home to the greatest ornithological spectacle on earth. The park is famous for its millions of pink flamingoes lining the lake.

Reach the national park by mid-morning. There is a game drive en route before you check into your accommodation for lunch. This is followed by an afternoon game drive. Walk along the shores of the lake and see a variety of wild animals and colorful birds. This national park is also home to black rhinos, white rhinos and Rothschild giraffes.

Accommodation will be arranged at Lanet Matfam Resort or similar.

Check our of your accommodation after breakfast and drive across the floor of the Great Rift Valley, the longest rift on the crust of earth, to Maasai Mara National Park. Maasai Mara is actually the northernmost portion of the Great Plains ecosystem located in the neighboring Tanzania, called Serengeti.

It is a home to the Big Five as well as zebras, giraffes and vast herds of plain antelope. Enjoy an afternoon game drive after lunch. Take the perfect picture of the rolling plains of Mara as the sun starts to dip into the horizon.

Your accommodation in Mara will be arranged at Lenchada Tourist Camp or similar.

In addition to wildlife, the extensive grasslands of this national park are a stronghold of threatened, migratory corncrakes and the endangered Jackson’s widowbirds. The bush and woodlands around the reserve also hold some unique bird species. In fact, more than 450 bird species have been recorded in Mara.

Time to leave Maasai Mara for Nairobi. Hop on the vehicle and head for the capital city. Stop for panoramic views of the Great Rift Valley en route. Reach Nairobi in the afternoon. We will either drop you off at your hotel in Nairobi or transfer you to the airport in time for your flight back home.