04 Days Best of Maasai Mara Wildlife Safaris
DAY ONE: NAIROBI – MAASAI MARA NATIONAL RESERVE
Our driver will pick up from your Nairobi hotel or airport early in the morning depart Nairobi and drive through the Great Rift Valley viewing scenery escarpment en-route. You will arrive with time for game drive proceeding to your lodge or camp for check inn and have lunch. Afternoon game drive across the World Safari Capital often referred so due to its Great masses of Games concentration not forgetting the famous big five and ugly five found in this park.
Dinner and overnight at Siana Springs Tented Camp
DAY TWO: MASAI MARA NATIONAL RESERVE
After early morning breakfast, you will proceed for a morning game drive in Lake Maasai Mara National Reserve known for its millions of wildlife and other birdlife. This is one of the park in Kenya where you will be able to see the big five. Thereafter you head back to your Lodge within the Masai mara. On this day we shall have lunch at the Siana Springs Tented Camp. We will enjoy the property after lunch followed by both late afternoon and evening game drive then return to campsite for dinner and overnight.
Dinner and overnight at Siana Springs Tented Camp
DAY THREE: MASAI MARA FULL DAY
Full day game viewing in search of black manned lion, elephant, leopard and cheetah, buffalo and other plains game not forgetting the chance of seeing the wildebeest migration, with optional early morning hot air balloon ride. All meals will be served and overnight at lodge / campsite.
On this day we will have the chance to partake the optional activities of both the Hot air Balloon Safaris and a visit to the Maasai Village.
Dinner and overnight at Siana Springs Tented Camp
DAY FOUR: MASAI MARA – NAIROBI
Early morning game drive followed by breakfast with optional visit to Masai cultural village en route as you depart for Nairobi with a stopover at the Great Rift Valley to admire the Scenic beauty of the Escarpments before you proceed to Nairobi where you will arrive in time to be dropped off either at your hotel or airport.
WHAT’S INCLUDED.
Park fees, government fees & taxes.
Accommodation as stated in the itinerary.
Transport in a min van/ 4 x 4 Land Cruser .
English speaking driver guide.
Meals as stated in the itinerary.
Bottled water throughout the safari.
WHAT’S NOT INCLUDED.
Tips to the driver guide
Alcoholic beverages and soft drinks
Items of a personal nature
International Flights
Travel Insurance and Visas
Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
Safari add ons
This package is fully customizable and can be done as a Camping Safari or Mid-range lodges or tented camps.
ABOUT MASAI MARA
OVERVIEW
The Masai Mara is regarded as the jewel of Kenya’s wildlife viewing areas. It is globally famous for its exceptional population of Masai lions, African leopards and Tanzanian cheetahs, and the annual migration of zebra,Thomson’s gazelle, and wildebeest to and from the Serengeti every year from July to October, known as the Great Migration. It is contiguous with the Serengeti National Park in Mara Region, Tanzania. It is named in honor of the Maasai people (the ancestral inhabitants of the area) and their description of the area when looked at from afar: “Mara,” which is Maa (Maasai language) for “spotted,” an apt description for the circles of trees, scrub, savanna, and cloud shadows that mark the area.
“ Offering superb plains scenery, unmatched safari activities and diverse wildlife, Masai Mara National Reserve is considered Kenya’s best park. ”
OPTIONAL MASAI MARA BALLOON SAFARI STARTING FROM USD 450 PER PERSON:
Close your eyes, and for a moment feel your body lift up, with you having no control over it, and there is a certain part of you, inside you, saying to yourself, I am crazy for taking this balloon safari. This is what most people feel, when the excitement of a Masai Mara balloon safari crosses one’s emotion of self-control and independence.
Don’t stop! Tell me more about my Masai Mara Balloon Safari in Kenya?
The feeling is indescribable, crispness of the African air, chill in the wind that hits your face as your Mara hot air balloon gradually rises, smoothness in the exhale of your breath, and the excitement to see and learn more. One’s physical presence can be felt on the plains of the Masai Mara when reading this.
You trip begins when you get your wakeup call at your safari lodge or tented camp in the early hours of the morning, as you yawn away, and thoughts about your wildlife viewing from an elevated position begins to stir your mind. The fresh Kenyan traditional hot tea and coffee quickly awaken you, in fact preparing you for a “mission”.
By 6.15 a.m. you are almost arriving at the hot air balloon site in the Masai Mara. As you approach the site, the balloon seems bigger than you expected, the experience is one that has never been visited, and you are about to have a trip of a lifetime.
Liftoff! Up and away we go! At 6.30 a.m., the hot air balloon safari starts. The captain asks you to relax and experience the wonders under the African sky. As you finally start to get a grip on the elevation, an inner smile that resonates on one’s face does not need an explanation. The wildebeest moving in large numbers across the Masai Mara plains, the beauty of the landscape when the rising sun’s bright orange colors are displayed, the elephants at the water pool, and the gazelles and zebras scampering away, just if it was their first time to witness an alien object in the sky.
By 7.30 a.m., one is very content with balloon safari, and it is almost touch down time. There is a celebration, and for those who prefer a toast, champagne is served, as hot breakfast in the bush is being prepared. You ask yourself, is this true? I am really doing this trip of a lifetime in Kenya? In the Masai Mara? As the sweetness and aroma of the African coffee surrounds you, with fresh eggs being served as you like it, you hope for another ride, and wish that such luxury never ended.
By the time you finish your breakfast, you have made up your decision to immigrate to Kenya because such life is only found here. You begin to question yourself, and you feel an urgency to seek, live and enjoy this pristine beauty, a once in a lifetime “thing”.
By 9.00 a.m., you have been declared a champion, a mighty certificate of completion handed out to you which you hope to display in your home country, to family, friends, coworkers. Clapping and participation by everyone present makes you proud to have achieved a trip as wonderful as this.
By then you hear a blaring sound of music or even an annoying buzz, you turn around and switch of the alarm clock. Your eyes wide open, you know that you have to get back to Kenya, to Maasai Mara, again otherwise the recurring dreams will drive you mad.
