ASSL-012:  7 Days Samburu, Mt. Kenya, Lake Nakuru, Maasai Mara luxury lodge safari

Lake Nakuru is one of the alkaline Rift Valley lakes and a fantastic bird sanctuary. Its shores are eye catching being home to more than one million flamingos. In addition you can find other birds species, leopards, lions and rhinos at Lake Nakuru national park. The Masai Mara is a Game Reserve and widely known as the migrating land of animals. It is sometimes referred to as a National Reserve. The Masai Mara Game Reserve is simply referred to as the Mara. While at the Mara Reserve you have various options of places where you can board. Mount Kenya region is in the central province of Kenya. This is where we find the re-known Mount Kenya, woodlands and scenery of green vegetation.

Day 1: Nairobi – Samburu game reserve
Pick up from your hotel at 0700 hrs.and depart for the dramatic semi-arid scrub land of the Northern Frontier. Arrival in Samburu will be by lunch time. After lunch embark on a game drive to sight resident wildlife species like the Reticulated Giraffe, Grevy's Zebra, Beisa Oryx and the Blue-necked Somali Ostrich that are rare elsewhere in the country. Dinner and overnight will be at the spectacular Samburu  lodge or Samburu Serena lodge

Day 2: Samburu Game Reserve
Today you will spend the full day in the Samburu National Park. You will have early morning and evening game drives. All your meals and overnight will be at your Samburu  Lodge or Samburu Serena lodge

Day 3: Samburu – Mount Kenya
After breakfast depart towards the Mount Kenya region of the country. Arrival at the Serena Mountain Lodge will be in time for a delicious lunch. The unique architecture of Mountain Lodge, with its numerous viewing decks ,balconies and lounges over the a salt-lick waterhole allow for the pleasure of all night game viewing. Dinner and overnight at the lodge.

Day 4: Mt. Kenya – Lake Nakuru National park
After breakfast depart for Lake Nakuru. Arrival will be in time for lunch at your lodge, located inside the Lake Nakuru National Park. In the afternoon you will embark on a game drive where you will have the opportunity to spot leopards, rhino and the famous pink flamingos as well as a variety of other wildlife. Dinner and overnight at Lake  Nakuru Lodge/Flamingo hill camp 

Day 5: Lake Nakuru- Maasai Mara
After breakfast depart for Masai Mara - the land of vast migrating animals. Arrival will be in time for lunch. After lunch embark on a game drive. Dinner and overnight at a splendid Mara Leisure Tented Lodge or Keekorok Lodge

Day 6: Maasai Mara
Full days spent exploring the park in search of the big 5 - Optional balloon safari can be arranged at an extra cost of US$ 450 per person. Dinner and overnight stay at Mara Leisure Tented Lodge or Keekorok lodge

The Mara offers wildlife in such variety and abundance that it is difficult to believe: over 450 species of animals have been recorded here. You will easily see lions, rhinos, hippos, crocodiles, giraffe, wildebeests, zebras, buffalo, warthogs, hyenas, jackals, wild dogs, buffalo, leopard, many kinds of antelopes and elephant. It is in the Mara that perhaps the most spectacular event of the natural world takes place. This is the annual migration of millions of wildebeest and zebra from the Serengeti (Tanzania) in search of water and pasture. Following on their heels are the predators of the savanna- lion, cheetah, wild dog, jackal, hyena and vultures.

Day 7: Maasai Mara -Nairobi
Pre breakfast game drives then return to the lodge for breakfast , return to Nairobi where the safari ends. Drop off at your hotel or the airport to board your homebound flight.

Cost per person sharing

• 2 people US$1890
• 4 people US$1750
• 6 people US$ 1720