Masai Mara Safari Adventure: Explore the Big Five from Nairobi

Pick up from your place in Nairobi at 08:00am (you are briefed on your exact pick up time once you confirm where you are staying in the city) then be transferred to meet the group and later depart to Masai Mara Game Reserve at 8:30am via the view-point of the western Great Rift Valley.

short stop for pictures

On your way you will get a chance to spot Mt. Longonot, which used to be active but now is dormant. Your lunch is served at Narok town at 12pm.

Your journey deepens into the Masai plains, arriving at around 3pm for check-in at the tented camp / lodge. You will start the first introduction game drive in the afternoon tracking various animal species and birds which inhabit here. Your guide will spot wildlife and give you a close up look and details of their behavior and way of life. Back to the camp / lodge at 06:30pm. Hot shower, dinner and overnight at the tented camp / lodge. 

Economy: Enchoro Widlife Camp or similar
Standard: Enkorok Mara Camp
Superior: Mara Sopa Lodge

Your day starts with the breakfast at the camp / lodge and by 8am you'll leave with picnic lunches for extensive game drive. Today we will try to find all the Big 5 (lion, leopard, buffalo, rhino and elephant). The landscape here is scenic savannah grassland on rolling hills. The reserve is the best park for game in Kenya as it has an extensive road and track network which allows for close range viewing and photography. Hot shower, dinner and overnight at the tented camp / lodge.

A game drive to Mara river which is point of Migration and point to spot the crocodiles and hippopotamus is always emphasized by our guides. Break for your picnic lunch after viewing the hippos and crocodiles at 1pm.
Spot the Big Five if you are lucky

You have an option to visit the Maasai village before we leave to Nairobi. Note gratuities are given to maasai people when you visit their village (approx 15 USD p/p).

Economy: Enchoro Widlife Camp or similar
Standard: Enkorok Mara Camp
Superior: Mara Sopa Lodge

Early morning pre-breakfast game drive to track the wildcats as they hunt and kill very early in the morning. You have great chances to view lions, cheetahs and leopards at this time of the morning. If you are lucky you will witness a hunt and a kill. At 9:00am back to the camp for full breakfast, later depart the Mara region for Nairobi with a short stop at the store where you can buy some souvenirs to remind you of a great holiday in the Mara. You will arrive to Nairobi at around 4pm where you can be dropped off at your hotel / accommodation in Nairobi.