9 DAYS KENYA SAFRIS & BEACH ESCAPE IN MASAI MARA, NAKURU & MOMBASA

Package Overview

Day 1: Nairobi - Drive to Lake Nakuru National Park

After breakfast at your hotel in Nairobi, we depart by road to our destination, Lake Nakuru National Park. We arrive at our lodge/ camp in time for lunch. After lunch, we head into the bush on an afternoon game-viewing drive in Lake Nakuru Park, in search of its diverse wildlife and numerous birds.

This Kenyan game park has retained its reputation as an ornithologist's delight, with more than 400 species of bird found here. Bird species include the Great White Pelican, African Spoonbill, Yellow-billed Stork, Lesser and Greater Flamingo, and Long-crested Eagle.

Lake Nakuru is also known as an important wildlife sanctuary for some of Africa's endangered species, especially black and white rhinos, and Rothschild Giraffes. The game reserve is also home to lions, waterbuck, buffalo, leopard and baboons, which we keep an eye out for on our game drive. We have dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Day 2: Lake Nakuru - Drive to Masai Mara National Reserve

Day two starts with breakfast at our overnight lodge/ camp. Then it's back on the road, as we make our way to our next game-viewing destination in Kenya, the world-famous Masai Mara Game Reserve. We travel via the scenic Great Rift Valley floor, arriving at our safari camp/ lodge in the Masai Mara in time for lunch. Later, we venture into the Masai Mara Reserve on a thrilling afternoon to evening-game drive. We have dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Day 3 & 4: Explore Masai Mara National Reserve

The next two days are set aside for game viewing in Kenya's finest wildlife park, the Masai Mara National Reserve. Our morning and afternoon game drives take us in search of Africa's Big Five and the plethora of other wildlife inhabiting this vast Kenyan game reserve. The Masai Mara is home to an abundance of wildlife such as the Masai giraffe, baboon, warthog, bat-eared fox, grey jackal, spotted hyena, topi, impala, hartebeest, wildebeest Elephants, buffalos, zebras and Cheetah.

The ultimate action here is without a doubt the annual wildebeest exodus, the Great Migration, in July and August when millions of these grazers move north from the Serengeti in search of lusher grass before turning south again in October. Balloon trips are an outstanding way of seeing the savannah plains teeming with wildlife. These Masai Mara balloon trips can be arranged at extra cost. We have dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Day 5: Masai Mara - Fly to Mombasa Beach

Embark on an early morning game drive in Masai Mara before breakfast. After breakfast relax at the lodge, until lunch hour and after transfer you to the airstrip for your flight to Mombasa.

We arrive at the airstrip at about 14:00 and catch a flight to Mombasa. We meet up with you at the airport in Mombasa and transfer you to a beach hotel. We have dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Day 6, 7 & 8: Mombasa Beach

We spend the next three days enjoying the sunshine and the warm Indian Ocean at a beach resort near Mombasa, on the coast of East Africa. Mombasa is the second biggest city in Kenya and boasts the largest port on the East African coastline.

Relax on the sandy beaches and take a dip in the sea, taking it easy after our action-packed game viewing in Kenya's finest wildlife areas. You can also enjoy optional (extra cost) activities and water sports in and around Mombasa, a chaotic melting pot of Indian, Arabic and African influences. We have dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Day 9: Mombasa - Fly to Nairobi-

 Depart On the final day of this Kenya safari & Beach Holiday, you are transferred to the airport for your flight back to Nairobi. arriving in time for vour onward flights.