Leaving Masai Mara after breakfast, travel across the “breadbasket” of Kenya, where acres of wheat and barley litter the landscape as you head north to Narok, the district headquarters of this part of Maasailand.
Then travel across the vast plains on the floor of Africa’s Great Rift Valley, keeping an eye out for herds of giraffe and gazelle as you head up the Mai -Mahiu, before arriving at Nakuru around midday. Once in the park, view game en route to the lodge. Following lunch and a siesta, there is an afternoon game drive returning to the lodge as the sun sets.
Lake Nakuru (meaning “dusty or dry place”) is one of the rift valley’s soda lakes. It is protected by the 188 km2 Lake Nakuru National Park. Flanked by rocky escarpments, pockets of dense forest and waterfalls, the park itself is very pretty and you’ll get some amazing photographs here.
This small park is a great destination to see black and white rhinos, as well as Buffalo, Leopards, Zebras, Lions, Hyenas, Hippos, African rock pythons, and the endangered Rothschild’s giraffe. You’ll drive along lake shores to discover a variety of birds including large flocks of Pelicans, Egrets, Cormorants, Herons, Ducks, Spoonbills, Fish Eagles, and Kingfishers.
Dinner and Overnight at The Cliff/Sarova Woodlands