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Lake Nakuru -Maasai Mara -Samburu

7 Days Lake Nakuru - Samburu - Masai Mara Safari

It was this beautiful lakeland area that was first settled by the British in the 1930's and where the 'Happy Valley' set made a scandalous name for themselves. Many farms around here are still owned by white Kenyans.

Lake Nakuru National Park is famous for its flamingoes and pelicans, and there is nowhere else you can see black and white rhino browsing and grazing with such a backdrop. It also has black and white colobus monkeys as well as numerous antelopes, buffalo and the rare Rothschild's giraffe. Leopard are often seen during daylight hours.

Lake Bogoria National Park has herds of rare and handsome greater kudu, as well as buffalo, zebra, impala, dik dik and other small mammals. 135 species of birds have been recorded here.

Itinerary

Day 1:
Drive to Samburu National Reserve in time for a late lunch. Afternoon game viewing. Overnight at Samburu Lodge.

Day 2:
Full day of game viewing in the park famous as the place for the Samburu
semi-nomadic tribesmen, the reticulated giraffe, the Grevy's zebra gerenuk, beisa oryx and a host of the big game including elephant and lion. Meals and overnight Samburu Lodge.

Day 3:
Morning drive south towards Lake Nakuru National Park. Lunch at Nakuru before proceeding for an afternoon game drive in the Park. This is a shallow soda lake which inhabits more than a million flamingoes. The Lake Nakuru National Park also has a Rhino sanctuary. Other animals to be seen here are lion, buffalo, waterbuck, warthhog and hippo. Dinner and overnight at a camp at the Park.Dinner and overnight at Sarova Lion Hill Lodge

Day 4:
After breakfast leave for Masai Mara Game Reserve, arriving in time for lunch. After lunch proceed for an afternoon game drive in the game reserve which is Kenya's finest wildlife sanctuary. Including migrants, well over 450 species of animals have been recorded here. Although July, August andSeptember are the months when the Mara plains are filled with migrating wildebeest and zebra, there is also resident wildlife year round. The famous Maasai tribesmen live within the dispersal area of the game reserve. Dinner and overnight at Mara Sarova .

Day 5:
Morning and afternoon game drive in the Masai Mara National Reserve . Meals and overnight at Mara Sarova

Day 6:
Morning and afternoon game viewing in the park. Meals and Overnight at Mara Sarova

Day 7:
After Breakfast Return to Nairobi arriving around noon.