Depending on your flight arrival time, the remainder of the day is free for you to explore Nairobi at your own pace.

You'll pass the impressive Longonot Earth Satellite Station as you head across the Valley to Narok, and then travel across acres of wheat and barley, before you reach the Masai Mara in time for lunch.

Following lunch and a siesta, there's an afternoon game drive returning to the lodge as the sun sets.

At certain times of the year the reserve is the scene of one of the greatest wildlife spectacles, the Wildebeest Migration - which you could witness, if you time your safari accordingly.

Now travel across the vast plains on the floor of the Rift Valley, keeping an eye out for herds of giraffe and gazelle as you head up the Mau Escarpment, before arriving at your destination, Lake Nakuru.

The waters here are often coloured shimmering flamingo pink, from thousands of the beautiful birds lining its shores. Once in the park, there'll be a game drive en route to the lodge.

Here you may find a good bargain on the Maasai's unique beadwork. Then turn north along a good tarmac road across the beautiful and seemingly never ending Athi Plains, arriving in Kenya's bustling capital city of Nairobi by midday.