4 days, 3 nights · From USD 736 per person · Budget
The 4-day Masai Mara and Lake Nakuru classic safari combines Kenya's most famous reserve for big cats and the migration with Lake Nakuru's rhino sanctuary, so you can complete the Big Five in a short trip from Nairobi.
Drive to the Mara, lunch, afternoon game drive.
Full-day game drive with picnic lunch.
Morning drive, then drive to Nakuru for an evening at camp.
Morning game drive in Lake Nakuru National Park, then return to Nairobi.
July–October for the migration; all year for Nakuru.
Masai Mara park fees for non-resident adults are USD 100/day (Jan–Jun) and USD 200/day (Jul–Dec). See our Masai Mara park fees guide.
Yes. The Masai Mara has lion, leopard, elephant and buffalo, and Lake Nakuru has both black and white rhino, so a Mara–Nakuru combination gives you a realistic chance at all five.
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A Lake Nakuru day trip from Nairobi is a 10–11 hour private tour that drives 160 km into the Great Rift Valley for a game drive in Lake Nakuru National Park, a protected rhino sanctuary known for white and black rhino, Rothschild's giraffe, lions and flamingos.
The 2-day Amboseli safari from Nairobi gives you an afternoon and a morning game drive in Amboseli National Park, staying one night in a budget tented camp.
The 3-day Masai Mara group joining safari is the most affordable way to see the Mara: you share a pop-up roof vehicle with up to 6 other travellers, leave Nairobi daily, stay two nights in a budget tented camp and get a full day of game driving in search of the Big Five.
