Trip Highlights: This is an exciting 3 days safari which takes you to explore the famous Mara to spot the big five, migration of millions of wildebeest, numerous bird life and other plains game such as giraffe, warthog, impala, and others. This road safari starts in Nairobi and ends in Nairobi and takes you through the Great Rift Valley for a scenic view. Our professional English-speaking driver/guide will accompany you in the private safari minivan and you will spend the nights in a 5 star tented camp on full board basis.
Itinerary:
Day 1: Nairobi – Maasai Mara Game Reserve
Early in the morning at 8.00am you will be met at your residence within Nairobi or at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport by the driver/guide and Tour Manager who will welcome you and brief you on your safari before transferring you to the van for departure to Maasai Mara. You will arrive in the Mara in the afternoon in time for lunch and check in to your tented camp. After lunch you will then depart for an afternoon game drive till evening.
The Maasai Mara National Reserve, now the New 7th wonder of the world and 4th most preferred tourist destination is a home to wildlife in such abundance and variety that it is difficult to imagine. The most spectacular event of the natural world takes place here; The annual migration of millions of wildebeest and zebra from the Serengeti (Tanzania) in search of water and pasture while being followed on their heels by the predators of the savanna; lion, cheetah, wild dog, jackal, hyena and vulture. It hosts over 450 species of animals which include lions, rhinos, hippos, crocodiles, giraffe, wildebeests, zebras, buffalo, warthogs, hyenas, jackals, wild dogs, buffalo, leopard, many kinds of antelopes and elephants.
Lunch, dinner and overnight at Sarova Mara Game Camp or similar
Day 2: Maasai Mara Game Reserve
After breakfast, you will check out of your camp with packed picnic lunch and spend the rest of the day game viewing till evening when you will be transferred back to your tented camp for dinner and overnight stay.
The Maasai Mara National Reserve is Kenya's finest wildlife reserve. Everything about this reserve is outstanding. Maasai Mara is one of the best plains' game reserve where you can actually encounter a live Discovery Channel, a haven for viewing a congregation of all sorts of animals in a five-mile radius: A pride of lions can be spotted ready to make a run for a gazelle, a cheetah and its cub taking a nap on a rock, a pair of ostriches walking the open stretches of the savannah or a gazelle giving birth. Herds of elephants wallowing at a water pool or a herd of buffaloes feeding, crocodiles down hunting the migrating wildebeest or the migrating gazelles. Other live feeding expeditions may include a herd of hyenas fighting for a hunted meal, the vulture tearing the carcasses and the giraffes galloping as they feed on top leaves of acacia trees.
All meals and overnight at Sarova Mara Game Camp or similar
Day 3: Maasai Mara Game Reserve – Nairobi
Enjoy early morning pre breakfast game viewing to get a chance to spot the early predators as they start off their day. Afterwards return to your tented camp for breakfast then check out and start the journey back to Nairobi arriving in the afternoon. Upon arrival you will be taken for lunch at a Nairobi restaurant before being dropped off at your residence from where you were picked from. If you wish, you will be transferred to the airport to catch your outbound flight to your next destination.
Cost Includes:
- Full board accommodation in a 5 star tented camp as stipulated in the itinerary
- Transport from Nairobi and back in a private safari minivan with open roof
- Services of a professional English speaking tour driver/guide
- Game viewing drives and parks entrance fees as per itinerary
- Applicable Government taxes and levies
Cost excludes:
- All items of personal nature e.g. telephone call bills, fax / email bills etc
- Optional hot air balloon flight while in the Mara
- Optional cultural visit to Maasai villages
- Tips and gratuities to tented camp staff and driver/guide
- Alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks
- Laundry services
- Personal travel insurance
- Any other item not included in our itinerary
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