Day two is set aside for game viewing in Samburu National Park, exploring its open grasslands and diverse landscapes in search of the variety of wildlife found here.

Samburu hosts beautiful forests, springs and rivers,  offering stunning scenery. The game park is part of a lava plain that  includes varied habitats, from thorn scrub, red dirt and dried river  beds, to broken volcanic rock, steep hills and rocky outcrops. This  region of Kenya  is home to the uncommon Grevy's zebra with huge fury ears, gerenuk  antelope standing on hind legs to feed, Somali ostriches with distinct  blue legs and the shy Oryx. Elephant and crocodile are guaranteed  sightings and lion, hippo and giraffe are also found in the reserve. The  bird watching is excellent, with over 365 species,  including numerous varieties of weaverbirds and the martial eagle.  Leopard sightings are also a special feature here. The Samburu area is  also home to interesting people with a rich heritage, making for a  colourful cultural experience.

After a rewarding day of game viewing in the vast Samburu Reserve, we  return to our lodge for dinner and a relaxing evening under the stars.

After breakfast we break up camp and hit the road again, game viewing on our way out of Samburu Park. We travel south through Kenya to Lake Nakuru National Park, stopping for lunch en route. Arriving at Lake Nakuru Park we take a scenic afternoon game drive in this compact wildlife area. 

This Kenyan game park has retained its reputation as an  ornithologist's delight, with more than 400 species of bird found here.  Bird species include the Great White Pelican, African Spoonbill,  Yellow-billed Stork, Lesser and Greater Flamingo, and Long-crested  Eagle.

The Nakuru National Park surrounds the lake and was first gazetted to protect the rich bird life found here, later becoming a national park to provide sanctuary for endangered species  such as the rhino. There are about 25 white and black rhinos, one of  the largest concentrations in the country. Predators are also residents  of this park while Rothschild’s giraffes have been translocated into the  park for safety This small park (180 sq km) is also home to warthogs,  baboons, waterbuck, buffaloes, reedbucks, zebras and the occasional  leopard.

This evening at our comfortable lodge in the national park we enjoy  dinner and a relaxing evening after game spotting and bird watching  around the lake.

Today we depart from the lodge after breakfast and travel south towards the famous Masai Mara Game Reserve, in southwest Kenya.We drive through beautiful savannah grasslands and plains of the Great Rift Valley  making our way to our next overnight accommodation, in a private  conservancy near Masai Mara. Arriving at our luxury tented camp on the  banks of a river, we settle in for a peaceful night under starry African  skies. 

The next two days are spent embarking on exhilarating game viewing drives in Masai Mara.

On clear days, the Masai Mara  offers fantastic orange-tinged sunsets worth capturing on camera. The  Mara reserve covers 1510km² of incredible wide-open landscapes and  fertile riverine woodlands, following the meanders of the Mara and Talek  rivers. One glimpse is enough to explain its appeal as an iconic  savannah, with a mass of amazing wildlife.

An optional hot-air balloon safari can be arranged at an extra cost.

After our action-packed day of wildlife sightings on the scenic  plains of Africa, we return to our tented camp for dinner. Fall asleep  in the comfort of your tented room, listening to the sounds of nature.

Spend another full day exploring the spectacular Masai Mara Park.  Wherever you go in the Mara Reserve you will see an abundance of  wildlife, such as Masai giraffe, baboons, warthogs, bat-eared foxes,  grey jackals, spotted hyena, topis, impala, hartebeests, wildebeest.  elephants, buffaloes, zebras and hippos. It is common to see lions  either basking after a heavy meal, or surveying the plains for their  next meal. Cheetahs and leopards are harder to spot but are still  reasonably common.

The ultimate wildlife action here is, without doubt, the annual  wildebeest exodus in July and August when millions of these grass-eaters  move north from the Serengeti in search of greener grass before turning  south again in October. The Great Migration is one of the most  awe-inspiring wildlife spectacles on earth!

We spend our final night on safari under star-studded skies at the tranquil camp in the wilderness near Masai Mara.

Head off into the bush on an early morning game drive in Masai Mara Reserve, before enjoying breakfast back at camp.

Then we return to bustling Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, arriving in the afternoon. This Budget Samburu, Masai Mara & Lake Nakuru Safari ends upon arrival in Nairobi.