Tours & Safaris

Flamingo Safari assist you in making your own personal safari trip, especially tailored your needs and wishes.

Masai Mara and Nakuru Safari Mt. Longonot

The Maasai Mara National Reserve is famous site for the Nature’s own annual spectacular events.  Exceptional population of lions, leopards, wildebeest and thousands of zebras and Impalas among other wildlife. Game viewing is excellent and bird life is also profuse. The Maasai Mara is rated 7th wonder of the world. Mt. Longonot is a stratovolcano located Southeast of Lake Naivasha. The mountain crater rim has a forest of small trees covering the crater floor. Small steam vents are found spaced around the wall of the crater. Animals found in Mt. Longonot National Park are Zebra, Giraffe, Hartebeest, among other friendly wildlife. Leopard, Lion and Cheetah are never seen. Lake Nakuru is a salt water lake, it’s the home of lesser and greater flamingos among other many spaces of birds.

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THE SAFARI DAY BY DAY

DAY 1- Arrival Nairobi

On arrival you are met by your safari guides who you will find waiting for you at the international arrival wing, announced by a notice board with the name, www.flamingosafari.com. At the airport you can take out local currency from the ATM (mini bank). From the airport we drive straight to Scripture Guest House for check in and a briefing about the next days program.

Accommodation: Scripture Mission

Meal Plan: B/B

DAY 2 Nairobi - Masai Mara

Today you are going on your first Safari in Kenya. Flamingo Safari will take you to this very famous and particularl National Park. Remember to bring your camera, binoculars, sun-protection and clothes in order to protect your skin in the afternoon. The mosquitos can be active at night.

We start 6.30 am from your guesthouse and drive Northern direction. At one point after turning to Northwest we will drive along historical road (Italian Road) built by Italian prisoners of 2^nd world War (1939 – 1945). Through Escarpment in the corridors of Great Rift Valley, we will drive across and stop at Narok Town for refreshments.

From Narok town we will drive through Loita plains, on the way to Masai Mara. Our camp is equipped with permanent tents with ordinary beds, water toilets and outdoor shower. After lunch our plan includes an afternoon game drive in this fantastic park where you are almost guaranteed to see big five; Lion, Cheetah, Rhino, Elephant and Buffalo. 

Accommodation: Enkolong Tented Camp

Meal Plan: Full Board

DAY 3 – Masai Mara full day

Today will be a full day game drive in The Maasai Mara Game Reserve. You will have a picnic-lunch in the wilderness. We will visit the border mark between Kenya and Tanzania and you will be so close to the border that you may step into the Tanzanian side. You will see the Mara River with hippos and crocodiles.  The Maasai Mara Game Reserve has the largest concentration of animals in Kenya and in the northern part of the Tanzanian Serengeti National Park. During the night you may hear the noise of the wild animals, sounding close to the camp. However, they never become uninvited guests. 

Accommodation: Enkolong tented Camp

Meal Plan: Full Board

Day 4 – Masai Mara – Nakuru

Check out after breakfast and drive from Masai Mara to Lake Nakuru National Park. We will stop at Narok town for refreshments and proceed on up to Bontana Hotel in Nakuru town arriving good time for lunch. Nakuru is Kenya’s 4^th biggest town. At one time it was rated the cleanest town in Kenya, and it is the entry to Lake Nakuru National Park. Depending on the arrival time we may have lunch in the Hotel or take picnic lunch with us into the park. At 3.30 pm we drive to the main gate of Nakuru National park and check in the park then proceed on our game drive.

Accommodation: Bontana Hotel

Meal Plan: lunch, dinner

Day 5 Nakuru – Nairobi

After breakfast check out and join your safari driver drive back to Nairobi. You may have two stops on the way for one stop is for refreshment and the other is photo taking of Great Rift Valley from a viewpoint at the top. From there you drive back to Nairobi arriving good time for lunch. Check in Scripture Mission

Accommodation: Scripture Mission

Meal Plan: B/B

Day 6 – Daytrip to Mt Longonot

The tour starts in Nairobi at 8am and the drive takes approximately 2 hrs to the main gate to Mt. Longonot. Along the corridor of Great Rift Valley, you will be driving through the same Italian Road once more. Depending on the climate, you may stop at a certain point for a Valley view and photo taking from where you can see The Mountain very clearly. Mt. Longonot is located Northwest of Nairobi and Southeast of Lake Naivasha in the Great Rift Valley of Kenya. Elevation at the gate stands 2150 mts and the peak at 2780 mts A.S.L.

The hike is not an easy one but is achievable by people of reasonably good fitness. The trail from the main entrance up to the crater rim is 3 km. When you are over the rim of the crater you are rewarded with the awesome sight of Naivasha and the Great Rift Valley and a feeling that it was all worthwhile.

Before making this climb you will need to acclimatize at 6000 feet. An armed ranger is your guide.  There are wild animals in the area, but not big cat family. The whole hike is only about 8–9 km long but very steep, so much so that the round trip from park gate to the Longonot Peak and back again takes around 5 hours of hiking.

After hiking you will join your safari drive at the gate, he will drive you back to Nairobi arriving early in the evening. Depending on your airline ticketing arrangement, you may be taken straight to the airport for your international flight back home. Or, dropped at the Hotel for other arrangements.

FLAMINGOZONE TOURS AND SAFARI WISHES YOU A SAFE FLIGHT BACK HOME

KARIBU TENA!