Book this 5-Day Kenya Safari for an unforgettable Masai Mara and Lake Nakuru experience.
This tour features some of the best safari lodges in Kenya, with an optional fly-in safari experience. It is one of the top 5-day Kenya safari packages, giving you a real taste of what a Kenya safari can offer.
This 5-day road trip to Masai Mara National Reserve and Lake Nakuru National Park departs and ends in Nairobi, passing through the country’s stunning Great Rift Valley. Expect fun-filled game drives, walking safaris, and unmatched birding opportunities.
The highlights of this 5-day Masai Mara and Nakuru Safari are the Big Five animals (rhinos, elephants, leopards, buffaloes, and lions) and the Great Migration, involving wildebeests, zebras, gazelles, and other antelopes.
Detailed 5-Day Kenya Safari Itinerary
Day 1: Nairobi City to Lake Nakuru National Park
Depart from your Nairobi hotel in the morning for Lake Nakuru National Park, on a road trip through the magnificent Great Rift Valley. Enjoy jaw-dropping scenery as you arrive at your accommodation in time for a hot meal.
In the late afternoon, embark on a guided game drive through Lake Nakuru National Park, where you will encounter some of the 400 bird species that call the park home, such as greater and lesser flamingos and great white pelicans. The park is also known for Cape buffaloes, lions, Defassa waterbucks, yellow baboons, and black and white rhinos.
Day 2: Lake Nakuru National Park to Masai Mara National Reserve
Start with breakfast at the camp, then begin your road transfer to Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya’s most popular safari destination, encountering plenty of wildlife along the way.
Pass through the spectacular floor of the Great Rift Valley, arriving at your tented camp or safari lodge in time for lunch. Enjoy a thrilling afternoon game drive, followed by dinner and overnight at your camp.
Day 3 and 4: Exploring Masai Mara National Reserve
Spend two full days exploring Masai Mara National Reserve through game drives and walking safaris, searching for the Big Five, other wildlife, and bountiful bird species across the sweeping savanna plains. On clear days, enjoy beautiful sunsets that make perfect backdrops for photography.
Extending over 151,000 hectares, Masai Mara National Reserve offers open landscapes and lush riverine woodlands along the Talek and Mara Rivers. The park hosts Cape buffaloes, bat-eared foxes, hartebeests, hippos, yellow baboons, elephants, Masai giraffes, spotted hyenas, impalas, topis, jackals, warthogs, zebras, and crocodiles, along with big cats such as cheetahs, lions, and leopards.
During either day, you also have the chance to take a hot air balloon flight over the savanna plains. Enjoy dinner and overnight at the reserved safari camp.
Day 5: Masai Mara National Reserve to Nairobi City
Depending on your flight schedule, drive back to Nairobi immediately after breakfast or take a final game drive before departing.
Book this 5-Day Kenya Safari today and experience the Big Five and the Great Migration in Masai Mara and Lake Nakuru.
