NAIROBI – MASAI MARA (Appx: 265kms- 5-6 hrs)
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Maasai Mara National Reserve
Meal plan: Lunch, Dinner.
06:00 – 07:30 hrs. – Your driver/guide will pick you up from your Nairobi hotel or residence. Should you be arriving on an early morning flight, we’ll arrange for your airport pickup.
08:00 hrs. With our group all set, we’ll head out to the Masai Mara National Reserve. We’ll be traveling through Masai country, exploring the floor of the Great Rift Valley.
We’ll progress to the Mara, taking in local homesteads and perhaps Maasai herdsmen in their colorful wraps, tending to their cattle.
We’ll stop during our journey to stretch and admire the scenic drama of the Rift Valley escarpment.
Arriving at the Masai Mara in the afternoon, we’ll have plenty of time for our first game drive over the savannah of this beautiful park, with its many iconic acacia trees punctuating the landscape.
This rich and diverse eco-system offers the most wildlife of any park in the region so be ready for plenty of animal spotting.
Duration: 5 hours
FULL DAY AT THE MASAI MARA
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Maasai Mara National Reserve
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.
This will be a day of unlimited game drives for your group. Explore the depth and breadth of the most famous park in the world.
Sightings of the Big Five are not uncommon so keep an eye out for lion, leopard, elephant, buffalo and rhino.
Your group will have an opportunity to drive down to the Mara River, site of the Great Migration when in season – July through October. The immense herds of wildebeest and zebra are a magnificent sight, matched only by the drama of the predators who lie in wait for them.
At the river, we’ll see hippos but also camouflaged in their natural habitat we’ll spot the many crocodiles awaiting the wildlife traversing the river. This is a spectacle that has played out for millennia.
To bring more texture to your experience at the Mara, you may want to take advantage of several optional events we offer.
Duration: 6 hours
MASAI MARA – NAIROBI (265 kms- 5-6 hrs)
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Maasai Mara National Reserve
After a leisurely breakfast at your lodge/camp, your dedicated driver guide will assist you with the checkout process and proceed to Nairobi – Kenya’s colorful capital city.
On the way, your guide will point out the Longonot extinct volcano which is a strato volcano located southeast of Lake Naivasha in the Great Rift Valley of Kenya. It is thought to have last erupted in the 1860s and its name is derived from the Maasai word Oloonong’ot, meaning “mountains of many spurs” or “steep ridges “. You can opt to drive via Naivasha for lunch/excursions at an extra cost or drive straight to Nairobi and pass by Kiambethu farm for the tea farm tour inclusive of a three-course buffet lunch (at an extra cost) OR drive straight back to the capital and later transfer to Jomo Kenyatta International airport for your back home.
Duration: 6 hours
