Masai Mara National Reserve is one of the most popular and endowed Wildlife Reserves in the African Continent, known for the annual wildebeest migration with over 1.5 million wildebeests, 300,000 gazelles and 200,000 zebras beginning their journey from Tanzania’s Serengeti National Park to Masai Mara National Reserve. This Reserve is also home to large herds of elephants, Cape buffaloes, Masai giraffes, prides of lions, Rhinos, Defassa waterbucks, Oribis, Hippos, Reedbucks, side-striped jackals, cheetahs, Topis, bat-eared foxes, impalas, olive baboons, common elands, spotted hyenas, warthogs, serval cats, black-backed jackals, crocodiles, Reedbucks as well as over 500 species of birds.
Make the best of your Masai Mara tour by booking for our 3 days Masai Mara Safari which includes endless game drives with highest chances of encountering these wildlife species.
Detailed itinerary.
Day 1: Scenic drive from Nairobi City to Masai Mara National Reserve.
Have breakfast and be picked up from your Hotel within Nairobi City and embark on your trip to Masai Mara National Reserve, within the south-western part of Kenya along the Great Rift Valley region. Make a stop at the Great Rift Valley viewpoint where you will have astonishing views of the scenic floor of East African Rift Valley. While driving to Masai Mara National Reserve, you will see the breathtaking Mount Longonot from a distance.
Lunch will be en-route and immediately check-in at the Lodge on arrival for a sunset game viewing experience with views of serval cats, cheetahs, lions, elephants, Rhinos, Defassa waterbucks, leopards and many others, then retreat to your Lodge for a delicious buffet dinner and overnight stay.
Day 2: Whole day Game experience through the sweeping plains of Masai Mara National Reserve.
Spend the entire day traversing the sweeping plains of Masai Mara National Reserve in search of the big five animal-buffaloes, Rhinos, elephants, lions and leopards, Reticulated giraffes, warthogs, Defassa waterbucks, Kobs, cheetahs, Oribis, serval cats, impalas, bushbucks, olive baboons and many others. You will enjoy a picnic lunch in the middle of the wilderness while admiring the beauty of the Reserve then be driven to the banks of the Mara River.
Mara River is home to crocodiles and Hippos as well as the breathtaking wildebeest migration where millions of wildebeests, zebras and gazelles hurdle with crocodiles while crossing the River.
Return to the Lodge in the evening for a cold bathe, hot meal and overnight stay.
Day 3: Return from Masai Mara National Reserve to Nairobi City.
This is the last day of your safari and you will enjoy the morning game drive before commencing on your drive back to Nairobi City. Upon arrival in the City, be dropped-off at a hotel or driven to the airport for scheduled flights to the next destination.