Tour type

Eco-Tour, Safari
Fitness level

Easy to Moderate

Overview

Masai Mara is one of the most famous wildlife conservation areas in the world, with a rich & varied collection of African wildlife. This 3-day Maasai Mara road safari departing from Nairobi offers travelers an amazing safari experience with accommodation in quality lodges or camps including private game drives inside the main Maasai Mara National Reserve.

This reserve is located in the great rift valley and measures 1,510 kilometers square in southwestern Kenya contiguous with Serengeti National Park in Tanzania, it is famous for its exceptional population of lions, leopards, cheetahs and its annual great migration of zebras, and wildebeest which occur yearly from July to October hence known as the great wildebeest migration.

Highlights

View The Great Rift Valley Escarpments
Visit the Maasai Tribe who are nomadic pastoralists, moving from one place to another, following rainfall patterns in search of fresh pasture and water for their livestock. The Maasai Tribe are easily identified as they wear bright and colourful attire and the women adorn themselves in shukas, beaded necklaces and jewelry.
Explore the vast Masai Mara National Reserve
The revere's landscape is very photogenic. The river Mara is the heart of the Reserve

Day 1 :

NAIROBI - MAASAI MARA

Kick start your safari after being picked up from your hotel/residence in Nairobi in the morning at 7:30 am. Then proceed down to the great rift valley view point where you will get to stop and view beautiful vast escarpment of the rift valley. From here you will descend down the escarpment as you head down south to Narok town, then to Maasai Mara National reserve and arrive at the camp in time for lunch. After lunch then proceed for an afternoon game drive where you get to see the famous wildebeest migration crossing the crocodile infested waters of the Mara River from the Serengeti in Tanzania into the Masai Mara in search of greener pasture. This is a phenomenal that has been inducted into the Wonders of the world as it is a beautiful natural occurrence a once in a life time must see/ have experience, as it only happens between the month of July to September. Dinner and overnight at your tented camp.

Day 2 :

MAASAI MARA

After breakfast leave the camp for a full day game drives in Masai Mara, explore the parks amazingly with high concentration of wildlife. This game reserve is Kenya's finest wildlife sanctuary including migrants, well over 450 species of animals have been recorded here although July, August and September are the months when the Mara plains are filled with migrating wildebeest and zebra, there is also resident wildlife year round. The famous Maasai tribesmen live within the dispersal area of the game reserve lunch is serve in the park then return to Camp for dinner and overnight.

Day 3 :

MAASAI MARA - NAIROBI

An early morning game drive in Masai Mara followed by late breakfast then departure to Nairobi stopping sporadically for the breathtaking panoramic views of the rift valley and adjacent landforms. The tour ends in Nairobi in the afternoon.