Rift Valley 5 days / 4 nights  

Full Itinerary

Day 1    Nairobi – Lake Naivasha

 From your Nairobi Hotel you depart after breakfast headed for the Great Rift Valley to Lake Naivasha.

A couple of stops enroute for the stunning view points of the rift valley. You arrive at Lake Naivasha by mid-morning and do a bird-walk before lunch time. Lunch in Lake Naivasha lodge. Lake Naivasha being close to Nairobi (65 km) makes it a comfortable weekend-resort for professional and amateur birders. It was declared a bird sanctuary in 1967 and supports pastoral industries, of wine and flowers. Ospreys, fish eagles, herons, lily-trotters will be seen here. You later visit Elsa Mere Center and here you relieve the experience of Joy Adamson’s  “Born Free”. Over 450 species have been recorded here. Dinner and overnight in Naivasha.

Day 2    Lake Naivasha – Lake Nakuru

We head for Lake Nakuru National Park after breakfast. The Park is regarded by many as the Greatest Bird Spectacle on the Earth. You arrive in the park by mid-morning, followed by lunch at Lake Nakuru lodge. This will be your chance to watch the great populations of Lesser and Greater flamingoes among other species including Cliff Chat, Tawny eagle, etc. Other mammals share this park and we will have a good chance to see the white rhino, black rhino, and Rothschild giraffe. Overnight stay in Lake Nakuru.

Day 3    Lake Nakuru – Masai Mara

After breakfast we will drive along the floor of the  longest crust on Earth to Masai Mara National Reserve. A portion of the Great Plains known as Serengeti Ecosystem, Masai Mara, stands prominent in the populations of plains game not to mention the world famous migration. You will have a chance to compare notes as you sort out the various bird species that you add to your list. Lunch, Dinner and over night in Masai Mara.

Day 4    Masai Mara

Full day in  Masai Mara exploring the extensive grasslands. Large numbers of palearctic migrants will be recorded e.g. Caspian plovers, white storks among the local species which will include Rock cisticola, Yellow Bellied Hyliota, Pale Wren Warbler etc. Meals and overnight in lodge/campsite.

Day 5    Masai Mara – Nairobi

We leave Masai Mara after breakfast followed by lunch in Nairobi. Dinner will be served in the Carnivore Restaurant in the early evening and there after your transfer for your departure flight.

* End of safari in Kenya*