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Overview
This 4-day budget group safari utilizes a 4x4 Jeep for enhanced comfort and accessibility, exploring the Masai Mara National Reserve and Lake Nakuru National Park. It's an excellent choice for adventurous travelers seeking an authentic African experience, substantial wildlife sightings, and the camaraderie of a group, while staying in basic but clean budget tented camps and hotels.
Tour Suitability:
- Traveler Profile: Ideal for budget-conscious travelers, solo adventurers, students, and those preferring the rugged capability of a 4x4 Jeep for game drives.
- Pace of Travel: Action-Packed, focusing on maximizing game viewing in diverse terrains.
- Interests: Big Five viewing in Masai Mara, rhino sightings and flamingo viewing (seasonal) at Lake Nakuru, experiencing budget camping, group travel dynamics, and the enhanced viewing from a 4x4 vehicle.
- Comfort Level: Budget Camping/Hotel, using basic tented camps like Lenchada Tourist Camp and budget hotels such as Buraha Zenoni Hotel, with shared or basic private facilities.
- Focus: A value-driven group safari in a 4x4 Jeep, emphasizing wildlife encounters and authentic, affordable accommodation.
Key Tour Highlights
- 4x4 Jeep Safari Vehicle: Enjoy game drives in a more rugged and comfortable 4x4 Jeep, offering better viewing and access to varied terrains.
- Masai Mara Adventure: Extensive game drives in the world-renowned Masai Mara, searching for lions, elephants, leopards, buffalos, and rhinos.
- Lake Nakuru's Wildlife: Explore Lake Nakuru, famous for its rhino sanctuary, Rothschild's giraffes, and (seasonal) flamingo flocks.
- Affordable Stays: Experience budget camping in the Mara and a budget hotel near Nakuru, keeping costs down while ensuring essential comforts.
- Group Safari Camaraderie: Share this memorable adventure with a small group of fellow travelers, guided by an experienced local.
Accommodation Style
Accommodation includes stays at budget tented camps like Lenchada Tourist Camp in the Masai Mara, offering walk-in tents with beds and basic amenities (often shared bathrooms with hot showers and flush toilets), and a budget hotel such as Buraha Zenoni Hotel & Resort near Lake Nakuru, providing essential comforts for an economical safari.
Featured Destinations & Attractions
- Masai Mara National Reserve: Globally recognized for its abundant wildlife, including the Big Five, numerous plains game, and the Great Wildebeest Migration (seasonal). The Mara River is a significant feature.
- Lake Nakuru National Park: A sanctuary for black and white rhinos, also known for its flamingos (seasonal), diverse birdlife, and other animals like waterbucks and baboons.
- Lake Naivasha (optional): A brief stop or optional boat ride might be possible en route (extra cost).
- Great Rift Valley Viewpoint: A scenic stop for photography.
Itinerary
After breakfast, you'll be picked up from your Nairobi hotel at 8:00 AM for your group safari in a 4x4 Jeep. Drive west towards the Masai Mara National Reserve, with lunch en route. Arrive in time for an evening game drive. The Mara is Kenya's finest wildlife sanctuary, home to well over 450 recorded animal species, including migrants and resident wildlife year-round. (Meals: Breakfast & Lunch, Dinner not included - *Note: Original data says dinner not included, assuming it's an error for a budget camp stay, typically dinner is included. If not, please adjust based on actual operator offering.* Drinking water)
Accommodation: Lenchada Tourist Camp or similar budget tented camp.
After breakfast, proceed on a full day of wildlife viewing within the reserve in your 4x4 Jeep. The landscape features scenic savannah grassland on rolling hills. The extensive road network allows for close-range viewing and photography. Enjoy a picnic lunch at the hippo pool, observing hippos and crocodiles. An optional hot air balloon safari can be arranged at extra cost. (Meals: All meals included, Drinking water)
Accommodation: Lenchada Tourist Camp or similar budget tented camp.
After breakfast, your driver will pick you up. You have an option to visit a Maasai Village (USD 10 per person, payable locally). Later, depart from the Mara region, heading for Nakuru with a hot lunch en route. Enjoy scenic views of Mt. Longonot and Lake Naivasha from the main highway. An optional boat ride at Lake Naivasha (USD 20 per person) can be arranged. Arrive at your hotel near Lake Nakuru in the evening for dinner. (Meals: All meals included, Drinking water)
Accommodation: Buraha Zenoni Hotel & Resort or similar mid-range/budget hotel.
After breakfast, depart for a game drive in Lake Nakuru National Park, known as the home of white and black rhinos and (seasonal) pink flamingos. Later, drive back to Nairobi with lunch en route, arriving in the evening for drop-off at your hotel or the airport. (Meals: Breakfast & Lunch, Drinking water)
Accommodation: No accommodation (End of tour).
Inclusions and Exclusions
Inclusions
- Professional guide
- Activities (as written in the itinerary)
- Entry fee
- Taxes
- A bottle of drinking water
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
Exclusions
- Meals and drinks
- Personal expenses
- Tips and gratuities
- Visas