5 Days Kenya Express Safari
Lake Nakuru, Masai Mara & Lake Naivasha
Overview
5 Days Kenya Express Safari
Kenya is an all year round safari destination, offering an incredible game viewing that people all over the world come for to witness. This 5 days kenya express safari is just what couples, families, and group of friends need to satisfy their safari fix. It will have you wind through the top parks in Kenya and see the Big 5 among other exotic wildlife. You will stay in luxury tented camps and lodges within the plains and parks of Africa, which is as close to nature as you'll ever be. Indeed, this Kenya Express Safari is just every person's dream luxury vacation, which will give you new knowledge about Africa, its amazing creatures, landscapes, and unbeatable hospitality.
Travel logistics
Start / Finish
Start
- Nairobi
- NBOJomo Kenyatta International Airport
Finish
- Nairobi
- NBOJomo Kenyatta International Airport
Highlights
What Makes This Safari Special
Optional hot-air balloon safari
Authentic cultural encounters
Flamingo-lined soda lakes
Game drives with a professional guide
Explore Lake Nakuru National Park
Explore Masai Mara National Reserve
Day by Day
Your Itinerary
Upon arrival at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport you will be met by our representative and transferred to the Lake Nakuru National Park, a protected game sanctuary for endangered species of the Black/ White rhino among other usual game such as the leopard and Lion. We will have lunch at the camp followed by an afternoon game drive until sunset. Dinner and overnight at Flamingo Hill Camp (full board).
Enjoy an early morning game drive before coming back for breakfast followed by departure for the world reknowned Maasai Mara Game Reserve which means “spotted plains” in the Maa language. This is home to the greatest concentration of large mammals and is widely recognized as Africa’s ultimate wildlife reserve. This reserve is neighbouring Tanzania’s Serengeti which makes this place famous for staging the annual migration of wildebeest.
Check-in upon arrival followed by lunch and depart for an evening game viewing drive. Prepare yourself to take in the spectacular sceneries of rolling savannahs dotted with patchy shrubs and bush thickets. We drive through never-ending plains, and witness the abundant variety of wildlife that you have only seen before on televisions!
Dinner and overnight at Mara Sopa Lodge (full board).
During your stay, you have the opportunity to explore this great reserve in depth. You may see elephant, giraffe, prides of lion, and thousands of impala, topi, grants and Thomson's gazelle. Birds are prolific including immigrants, 450 bird species have been recorded among them 57 birds of prey. The Mara is the scene of annual migration of millions of wildebeest up from the Serengeti plains in search of water and grasses. While in Mara, you will have the option to float above the Mara-Serengeti ecosystem on board a hot air balloon followed by a gourmet champagne breakfast (at an extra cost).
All meals and overnight at Mara Sopa Lodge.
We will have an early morning game drive and return afterwards for breakfast. We check out shortly and make our way to Lake Naivasha which is the first of the Rift Valley Lakes and is set at the foot of Mount Longonot, on the north side. It was on Lake Naivasha that East Africa’s first air-passengers used to land in the flying boats of Imperial Airways. After lunch at the lodge, enjoy a walk by the shores of the lake, and take a boat ride to see a varitety of birds hovering above.
Return for dinner and overnight at Naivasha Sopa Lodge (full board).
After breakfast, drive out across and over the rift escarpment to Nairobi. Transfer directly to JKIA for your outbound flight.
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Where You Stay
Handpicked
Retreats
Every lodge and camp is chosen for its location, character and comfort, so the place you rest is as memorable as the adventure itself.
What's Included
Inclusions & Exclusions
Included
- Park fees
- All activities (unless labeled as optional)
- All accommodation as stated in the itinerary
- A professional driver/guide
- All transportation (unless labeled as optional)
- All Taxes/VAT
- Roundtrip airport transfer
- All Meals (as specified in the day-by-day section)
- Drinking water on all days
Not Included
- International flights (from/to home)
- Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
- Tips (tipping guideline US$20.00 pp per day)
- Personal items (souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.)
- Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees
- Alcoholic drinks
Questions
Frequently Asked
The price covers park fees; all activities (unless labeled as optional); all accommodation as stated in the itinerary; a professional driver/guide; all transportation (unless labeled as optional). Budget separately for international flights (from/to home); additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour; tips (tipping guideline US$20.00 pp per day). Your personalized quote confirms the full breakdown line by line.
This safari runs year-round. Kenya shifts between dry and green seasons, each with its own advantages for wildlife viewing. Share your travel window and our experts will advise on conditions.
This is a private, tailor-made safari for your own party of 2 to 12 guests. You won't be grouped with strangers. The itinerary, vehicle and guide are yours alone.
You'll stay at Flamingo Hill Camp, Mara Sopa Lodge and Lake Naivasha Sopa Lodge, as laid out in the day-by-day itinerary. If availability requires it, we substitute properties of a similar or better standard and always confirm before you travel.
Send an inquiry through the form on this page and our safari experts will come back with a personalized quote within 24 hours, free and with no obligation. Once the plan feels right, we lock in your dates and lodges.
Absolutely. Treat the 5-day program as a starting point. We can adjust the pace, upgrade or change lodges, add days, or combine it with other destinations. Tell us what your ideal trip looks like and we'll shape it around you.
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