3 DAYS MASAI MARA GAME RESERVE- THE HEMINGWAYS TRAIL

DAY 1: NAIROBI/MASAAI MARA
We will leave Nairobi by safari bus driving south along the floor of the Great Rift Valley. Picnic lunch will be served at Narok before we continue our drive by climbing the Western Wall entering Hemingway's country "Serengeti Plains". By late afternoon we will have arrived at the camp site or at the lodge, where dinner shall be served prior to taking a welcome and well earned rest.

DAY 2 MASAAI MARA
The famous Mara is renowned for its great herds of plain's game including the Black Maned Lion, Leopard and Cheetah. It also has numerous elephants and virtually every type of wildlife available in Kenya. We will have two game drives during the day and will also be able to enjoy the rich, tree studded grassland and rolling hills. All meals will be provided from our camp kitchen or in the lodge restaurant.

DAY 3 MASAAI MARA/NAIROBI
After breakfast we will have time for the further game drive before leaving for Nairobi. A picnic will be served on the way and should arrive in Nairobi late afternoon or early evening

 

Masai Mara

The Masai Mara National Reserve (MMNR) covers some 1530km² in south-western Kenya. It is the northern-most section of the Mara-Serengeti ecosystem, covering some 25,000 km². It is bounded by the Serengeti Park to the south, the Siria escarpment to the west and Maasai pastoral ranches to the north, east and west. Rainfall in the ecosystem increases markedly along a south-east-north-west gradient, varies in space and time, and is markedly bimodal. The Sand, Talek and Mara are the major rivers draining the reserve. Shrubs and trees fringe most drainage lines and cover hillslopes and hilltops.

The terrain of the reserve is primarily open grassland, with seasonal riverlets. In the south-east region are clumps of the distinctive acacia tree. The western border is the Esoit Oloololo Escarpment of the Rift Valley, and wildlife tends to be most concentrated here, as the swampy ground means that access to water is always good and tourist disruption is minimal. The easternmost border is 224 km from Nairobi, and hence it is the eastern regions which are most visited by tourists.

 

Lake Nakuru tours and holidays

 

Lake Nakuru National Park (188 km²), created in 1961 around Lake Nakuru, near Nakuru Town. It is best known for its thousands, sometimes millions of flamingos nesting along the shores. The surface of the shallow lake is often hardly recognizable due to the continually shifting mass of pink. The number of flamingoes on the lake varies with water and food conditions and the best vantage point is from Baboon Cliff. Also of interest is an area of 188 km around the lake fenced off as a sanctuary to protect Rothschild giraffes, black rhinos and white rhinos.

The park has recently been enlarged partly to provide the sanctuary for the black rhino. This undertaking has necessitated a fence - to keep out poachers rather than to restrict the movement of wildlife. The park marches for 12.1 km on the south eastern boundary with the Soysambu conservancy which represents a possible future expansion of habitat for the rhinos and the only remaining wildlife corridor to Lake Naivasha.