6 Days Masai Mara & Lake Nakuru Experience (Luxury)

After arrival at Jomo Kenyatta Airport, we’ll be met by a Jumanji staff and driven to the Boma Hotel in Nairobi where we shall spend the night.

Meal Plan: Dinner
Accommodation: The Boma Hotel

Shortly after breakfast we shall wend our way to the Wilson Airport in Nairobi and fly to the Maasai Mara Reserve. The Mara Entim crew on ground will shortly whisk us away to the camp.

For the next 2 nights we shall immerse ourselves in rich unspoiled African wilderness with high notes of luxury.

Masai Mara National Reserve

The Maasai Mara is one of Africa’s most famous wildlife parks. The greater Maasai Mara Reserve offers unparalleled game viewing opportunities; large prides of lions, elephants and giraffes in grasslands, gazelles, and eland to mention just a few. Add Maasai warriors and the conversation need go no further.  Aside from traditional open game drive vehicle safaris, hot-air ballooning over the Mara plains has become almost essential and is available as an optional activity.

Over the next few days, we shall have exclusive game drives around the Mara in our sturdy beautiful 4*4 vehicles. The best photo moments are captured during games drives – so stay alert

Entim Mara

Entim is designed to give you the friendliest, most intimate, luxury safari camp experience and the best wildlife safari in the Maasai Mara. The word ‘tent’ does not really do justice to the 12 new luxury en-suite guest rooms raised on wooden decks overlooking the Mara River. Handsomely decorated using earthy tones, there is a seamless flow from inside to outside and down to the river. Watch animals moving to and from the river from your private lounge and veranda, or during scrumptious meals at our open-fronted dining deck

Sundowner Hill is about 15 minutes’ drive from Entim Camp, and it is our favorite place to stop for drinks and snacks to watch the sun go down. As the daylight fades and no-one else is around, it feels like the Maasai Mara is our own private wilderness.

You will never realize how different Maasai life is from your own until you visit a Maasai village. As the village lies outside the National Reserve an hour from camp, your game drive is en-route to the village. Bring cash as the ladies display all sorts of crafts for sale, including colorful ethnic beadwork. Ask your guide about protocols of taking photographs.

Looking for that “perfect” wildlife shot? You might just get it at Entim! Our driver-guides are skilled in finding the action and putting you in the right position to take the shot you’ve always wanted. You can download and edit your images in our iMac Photo Studios, free up storage space, post onto social media then can get out there for the next great shot.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, lunch, and diner
Accommodation: Mara Entim Camp

Optional Activities

Hot Air Balloon Safari

Hot Air Balloon Safaris are always a great way to explore the Mara Reserve from the skies in the early morning golden sunrise.

• The Balloon ride (takes approximately 1hr)
• Full bush breakfast with champagne/wine
• Brief game drive en-route back to the camp/lodge
• Balloon certificate duly signed by the Pilot.

Cost: $450 per person

Horse Ride Safari

Experience a unique way to explore the Mara conservation area on the back of a horse on a 5000-acre private conservancy. You will listen to the beat of the bush and its silence surrounded by maras fauna and flora

• The ride takes 2hrs

Morning schedule
0700hrs – Arrival time at the stables
0730hrs – 0930hrs Horse Riding Expedition
0930 – 1030hrs – Bush Breakfast

Afternoon schedule
1500hrs – Arrival at the stables
1530hrs – 1730hrs – Horse Riding Expedition
1730 – 1800hrs – Sundowner

Cost: $200 per person

Today we shall get up to a delectable breakfast before we kiss our camp goodbye. You will be driven to Lake Nakuru National Park a 6-hr. journey through the Mau area. Lake Nakuru National Park is birdwatcher’s paradise with its incredible bird variety including the famous pink flamingoes.

At the Cliff each tent is built on solid foundations at the edge of the cliff, and faces the lake, allowing guests 180-degree views of the panoramic paradise, yet maintaining privacy. Not wanting to waste the view, the tent is spacious, and the freestanding bath looks outwards. While the exterior environment at The Cliff is pure Africa, the room interiors combine organic chic with international design to create the understated style of a modern boutique hotel.

In the late afternoon, go on a game drive with your guide, and perhaps see a leopard, lion, buffalo, rhino, or a rare Rothschild’s giraffe. 

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: The cliff

Today early in the morning we can rise and head out for an early morning boat safari on Lake Nakuru and watch the golden African sun rise from the horizon or we can head out on an early morning game drive.

For those enthusiastic bird watchers 2 beautiful boats are available for an outstanding experience on the lake.

The boat safari can be done either early morning, afternoon or better still a full and half day experience is available.

Optional Activity

Boat Safari

Nobody has seen Lake Nakuru from a different angle in many years, but this irreplaceable experience, comes as a game changer to the park and offers rich and rewarding experiences similar to Botswana and Uganda. This new product comes as a high end and unique experience – the first ever experience in Lake Nakuru in 40 years.

The boats

Seaduction

This vessel is tailored to the needs of individual travelers, groups, and a photo safari tour. Seduction is suited to the needs of photographers and non-photographers who want to have an exclusive experience in a Bird watcher’s paradise and photographic location.

If you are a group of friends or a family this can also be booked on an exclusive basis for half and full day safaris on the lake.

Breakfast is served and sparkling wine is offered on the morning safari experience and the ride lasts 2 hours and 30 min. The afternoon sundowner experience is enjoyed with bitings and a selection of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages. The experience also lasts 2 hours and 30 mins.

Rate:

$100 Per Adult  

$60 Per CHILD, 10 – 12 Yrs

NB: Children 13 years and above, pay full adult rate | Boat Safaris will be subject to weather conditions

The Kingfisher

The Kingfisher is a specialized vessel that is customized for photography. The boat contains seven custom-designed swivel chairs that give you greater stability. The latest 360-degree swivel chairs are specially manufactured and fitted with gimbals that have been designed for more comfort and for a wider range of shots.

Every seat is mounted on two rails easily adjustable and equipped with a mounting for resting professional cameras. The equipment can be mounted on adjustable photo brackets and gimbal on the boat for of any type of cameras and telephoto Lens. The abundance of bird life will provide photographers of all levels with amazing photographic opportunities.

The services of a professional guide will be available with prior arrangements in ensuring you capture the best photographic results. The boat can be booked for full day or half day safaris.

Rates

Full Day Experience – $900

Half Day Experience – $650

NB: Boat safaris will be subject to weather conditions

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