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Overview
This 3-day safari offers an immersive Masai Mara experience, focusing on maximizing wildlife viewing opportunities while ensuring comfortable lodge accommodations. It's an excellent choice for travelers seeking a short but rewarding safari to one of Africa's most famous reserves, with reliable arrangements by local experts.
Tour Suitability:
- Traveler Profile: Ideal for individuals, couples, or small families with limited time looking for a comfortable and classic Masai Mara safari.
- Pace of Travel: Action-Packed, with a strong focus on game drives within the Masai Mara.
- Interests: Concentrated Big Five viewing, experiencing the iconic Mara plains, and enjoying comfortable lodge or high-quality tented camp stays.
- Comfort Level: Comfort/Mid-Range, featuring stays at well-regarded properties like Enkorok Mara Camp or similar.
- Focus: A classic, wildlife-intensive Masai Mara short trip with good quality accommodation.
Key Tour Highlights
- Intensive Masai Mara Exploration: Nearly two full days dedicated to game drives in the world-renowned Masai Mara National Reserve.
- Big Five Focus: Excellent opportunities to spot lions, leopards, elephants, rhinos, and buffalos, along with a plethora of other wildlife.
- Comfortable Lodge/Camp Stays: Enjoy the amenities and comfort of a selected mid-range lodge or tented camp.
- Scenic Journey: Travel through the Great Rift Valley with a stop at the escarpment for photos.
- Experienced Local Guides: Benefit from the knowledge of local guides who are experts in tracking wildlife and understanding animal behavior.
Accommodation Style
Your stay will be at a comfortable mid-range tented camp or lodge, such as Enkorok Mara Camp or a similar establishment chosen by local operators. These properties offer well-appointed en-suite tents or rooms, pleasant dining areas, and a genuine safari atmosphere, ensuring a restful stay after exciting game drives.
Featured Destinations & Attractions
- Masai Mara National Reserve: The primary focus, known for its exceptional wildlife density, including predators, plains game, and the Great Wildebeest Migration (seasonal).
- Great Rift Valley Viewpoint: A scenic stop en route to the Masai Mara for photography.
- Narok Town: A brief stop for lunch on the way to the Mara.
Itinerary
Your local guide will arrange an early morning departure from Nairobi for the Masai Mara National Reserve. There will be a stop at the Great Rift Valley escarpment for scenic photographs. Continue the journey, with a lunch stop in Narok town. Arrive at your designated camp in the Masai Mara around 3:00 PM. After settling in, embark on an afternoon game drive from approximately 4:00 PM until dusk. (Meals: Lunch & Dinner)
Accommodation: Enkorok Mara Camp or similar mid-range tented camp/lodge.
This day is dedicated to exploring the heart of the Masai Mara. After breakfast, you'll head out for a full-day game drive with packed picnic lunches. This allows you to venture deeper into the reserve, increasing your chances of encountering the Big Five – lions, leopards, elephants, rhinos, and buffalos – as well as cheetahs, giraffes, zebras, wildebeest, and countless other species. Enjoy your lunch by the Mara River, a famous spot for hippo and crocodile sightings, and a key crossing point during the Great Migration (seasonal). Return to your camp in the late afternoon. (Meals: All meals included)
Accommodation: Enkorok Mara Camp or similar mid-range tented camp/lodge.
Enjoy an early morning game drive for a final opportunity to witness wildlife activity in the Mara. After breakfast at the camp, depart for Nairobi. There will be a stop en route for lunch (cost may be own account depending on operator). You will arrive back in Nairobi in the late afternoon, where you will be dropped off at your hotel or transferred to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO) for your onward flight. (Meals: Breakfast, possibly Lunch depending on specific operator inclusions)
Accommodation: No accommodation (End of tour).
Inclusions and Exclusions
Inclusions
- Professional guide
- Activities (as written in the itinerary)
- Entry fee
- Taxes
- A bottle of drinking water
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
Exclusions
- Meals and drinks
- Personal expenses
- Tips and gratuities
- Visas