6 Days
This is Tranquil Safaris’ dedicated migration trip, and the operator is explicit that it only runs from around mid-June to October, when the herds are on the Kenyan side of the ecosystem.
Four nights go to the Maasai Mara, with two consecutive full days spent following the herds and working the Mara River crossings, where crocodiles and the predators trailing the herds gather. The last night moves to Lake Naivasha for a boat trip out to Crescent Island. Lodges are quoted at budget, mid-range and luxury levels for both stops.
Overview
Four nights in the Maasai Mara tracking the migration herds, then a night at Lake Naivasha. Sold for the mid-June to October window only.
- Where you go: Lake Naivasha, Maasai Mara National Reserve
Highlights & Inclusions
Highlights
FAQs
How long is this safari?
6 Days Wildebeest Migration Safari runs for 6 Days, set out day by day in the itinerary below.
Who runs this safari?
It is operated by Tranquil Safaris. Every booking and payment is arranged directly with them; this marketplace passes your enquiry straight through.
Day-by-day itinerary
What the operator has planned, day by day.
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Day 1
Nairobi to the Maasai Mara
Met in Nairobi or at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport for the roughly five-hour drive to the reserve, stopping at the viewpoint over the Rift Valley escarpment. Lunch at the lodge after check-in, then out onto the plains for an afternoon game drive. Quoted as Enchoro Wildlife Camp (budget), Keekorok Lodge (mid-range) or Sand River Masai Mara (luxury).
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Day 2
Full day game drives in the Maasai Mara
A full day out with a packed lunch, running morning and afternoon drives for the Big Five. The day works towards the Mara River in search of herds crossing and the crocodiles waiting for them, with lunch set under a tree on the riverbank.
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Days 3-4
Following the migration
Two full days given to the reserve and the migration itself, with early breakfasts and packed lunches taken at one of the picnic sites. Besides the wildebeest, zebra and gazelle herds, the days are spent watching the predators that trail them.
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Day 5
Maasai Mara to Lake Naivasha
Leave the Mara after breakfast for Lake Naivasha, arriving for lunch. The afternoon is a boat trip out to Crescent Island in the lake, where zebra, impala, wildebeest, eland and giraffe can be seen, in a lake the operator describes as holding over 400 bird species. Lake View Resort, Naivasha Kongoni Lodge or Lake Naivasha Sopa Resort.
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Day 6
Lake Naivasha to Nairobi
An unhurried breakfast and check-out, then the drive to Nairobi with lunch on the way, arriving in the afternoon for the airport transfer.
That is the whole itinerary
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- 6 Days
- Lake Naivasha · Maasai Mara National Reserve
- Priced on request
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