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Governors Safari: Lake Naivasha + Masai Mara
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5 NIGHTS
FROM $2,258
International flights quoted separately
A luxury 5* flying safari to Governors Camp, situated on the Mara River - one of the famous sites of the wildebeest crossings featured in the BBC "Big Cat Diaries" and offering stunning game viewing all year round. Stay in a luxury tented camp, with the option of upgrading to Little Governors or Il Moran. Also visit the flamingos of Lake Nakuru from Loldia.
HIGHLIGHTS
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• Loldia House • Nairobi • Lake Nakuru • Lake Naivasha
• Flamingos • Soda Lake • Flamingos • Governors Camp
• Masai Mara • Wildlife & Birding • Masai Mara asai Mara • Wildebeest
• Migration • Big-5 Game Drives • Giraffe & Zebra • Big Cat Diaries
• Little Governors • Wildebeest Migration • Hot Air Balloon • Il Moran
Day 1
You will be met at Nairobi Airport and transferred 2-hours overland to Lake Naivasha, in the heart of the Great Rift Valley.
 
Check into your lodge and relax in your warm East African surroundings.
Day 2
Today enjoy exploring beautiful Lake Nakuru National Park.  
 
A soda lake on the floor of the Great Rift Valley, at certain times of the year Lake Nakuru is home to millions of flamingos and over 400 different bird species. The sight of these flamingos in flight is quite spectacular and makes the lake appear pink from a distance.
 
With its significant population of endangered black and white rhino, Rothschild giraffe and huge throng of pelicans on its salt waters, this beautiful lake offers sanctuary for a wide variety of other wildlife - including large herds of buffalo, zebra, giraffe, monkeys, baboons, lions, thompsons gazelle, impala, ostrich and much more.
Day 3
Today transfer to Naivasha Airport for your light aircraft flight to the Masai Mara National Park, named after the Masai people and the Mara River, which divides the park.
 
Masai Mara National Park is famous for its exceptional population of game and the annual migration of zebra and wildebeest from the adjoining Serengeti National Park. This phenomenon occurs every year from July to October, when game migrates along a circular route from the plains of the Serengeti to the Masai Mara and back again in search of fresh pastures, followed by hungry predators - most notably lions and hyena.
 
After checking in to your lodge, enjoy a late afternoon game drive into this magnificent wildlife sanctuary.
Days 4 To 5
Today is dedicated to game viewing on the open plains of the world famous Masai Mara National Park.
 
Nestled within the enormous Great Rift Valley, Masai Mara National Park is famous for its many prides of lions, packs of hyena and other predators - as well as huge herds of wildebeest, which number over one million, zebra and giraffe. All the Big Five can be seen here, as well as numerous other species including the Thomson's gazelle, topi, kongoni, impala, roan antelope and hippo. The nocturnal bat-eared fox, rarely found elsewhere in Kenya, also inhabits this park as well as the endangered cheetah and black rhino. Bird watching is also excellent with over 450 different species including the vulture, marabou stork, secretary bird, hornbill, crowned crane, ostrich, long-crested eagle and african pygmy-falcon.
 
Set off early each morning, when game viewing conditions are at their best, to view the abundant wildlife of the Masai Mara region. Return to the lodge to rest in the heat of the day, before setting off again in the late afternoon for another game drive.
Day 6
After a final early morning game drive in the Masai Mara, transfer to the airstrip for your light aircraft flight to Wilson Airport and transfer to Nairobi Airport for your onward flight.