You will be picked up from your Nairobi hotel or the airport at around 7:30 am and depart for Lake Nakuru National Park, driving through the scenic Great Rift Valley. The journey takes approximately 3.5 to 4 hours with a short stop at a viewpoint for photos. You arrive in Nakuru around midday and proceed directly into the park for an en-route game drive as you head to your lodge. Lake Nakuru is famous for its rhinos, Rothschild giraffes, buffaloes, flamingos (seasonal), and diverse birdlife. After checking in and enjoying lunch, you will head out for an afternoon game drive from about 3:30 pm to 6:30 pm, exploring the lakeshore and wooded areas of the park. Dinner and overnight at your lodge in Lake Nakuru.

After an early breakfast, you depart Lake Nakuru at about 7:30 am and drive towards the Masai Mara National Reserve. The journey takes approximately 5 to 6 hours, passing through local towns and the scenic savannah landscapes of western Kenya. You arrive in the Masai Mara around 1:00 pm, enter the reserve, and enjoy an en-route game drive as you head to your camp or lodge. After check-in and lunch, you have time to relax before heading out for an afternoon game drive from around 3:30 pm to 6:30 pm. This is your first opportunity to experience the Mara’s rich wildlife, including lions, elephants, giraffes, zebras, and possibly the big cats. Dinner and overnight in the Masai Mara.

On this day you can choose to go on a full-day game drive in the Mara or morning and afternoon game drives. Between the game drive, there is the optional visit to a local Masai village (payments to be made directly) which can be conducted. The trees in the distance might turn out to be a family of giraffes. Those clumps of bushes could be a pride of lions and the rock that moves could be a rhino lumbering out of your way. You could also encounter a herd of elephants crossing the path in front of you. Large animals are not the only entertainment - a family of warthogs may amuse you, running as fast as their little legs will carry them until they forget why they are rushing and stop to regroup. You will have dinner and an overnight stay at the lodge/camp.

After breakfast, you check out and depart the Masai Mara at around 7:30 am for the drive back to Nairobi. The journey takes approximately 5 to 6 hours. You arrive in Nairobi in the early afternoon, with drop-off at your hotel or the airport, marking the end of your safari.