Overview
Recommended tour to abundantly explore the home big five and wildebeest migration. Soft grasslands dotted with acacia trees and sheer endless plains teeming with wildlife lie ahead of us. One of the finest wildlife destinations in the World. There is an excellent chance of seeing the Africa Big Five, cheetah, serval, hyena, bat-eared foxes, black-backed and side-striped jackals, hippo, crocodile, baboons, warthog, topi, eland, Thompson’s gazelle, Grant’s gazelle, impalas, water bucks, oribi, reed-buck, zebra on the Masai Mara Safari.
Superb plains scenery and unmatched safari activities, Masai Mara National Park is considered Kenya’s best park.
| Departure/Return Location | Nairobi |
| Departure Time | Early morning |
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Optional Activities
- Balloon ride Early in the Morning – $450
Enjoy balloon safari with champagne breakfast. This is a rare opportunity to get a bird’s-eye-view of miles of rolling plains and the herds of animals that call it home and stalk its corners as you glide gently above the treetops. - Visit to a Maasai Village – $20
Maasai warriors are famously known as the proud nomadic tribe whose legendary prowess in battle and single-handed acts of bravery in fights with the wild animals are known across the world. This visit gives a good tour of Maasai culture and you will be welcomed with a sing and dance presentation, which forms part of their daily lives and sacred rituals.
Itinerary
Pick up from your hotel in the morning and head west for Maasai Mara Game Reserve for lunch at the campsite followed by afternoon game drive in the game reserve which 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 around this wildebeest migration game reserve. Dinner and overnight at the budget Camp.
Spend a full day game viewing a cross the rich, tree studded grassland and rolling hills of Masai tribesmen. The famous mara is renowned for its great herds of plain game, black-manned lions, leopard and cheetah but also contains numerous elephant and virtually every type of wild life to be found in Kenya. All meals and overnight in budget Camp.
Morning game drive in Masaai Mara with an afternoon optional visit to the Maasai villages or nature walk with maasai guides, to see how the Masai tribe live in “Manyattas,” return to the campsite for dinner and overnight budget camp.
Pre breakfast game drive, return to the campsite for late breakfast, and leave campsite and proceed to Nairobi with lunch enroute arriving late afternoon.
