This 4 Days Kenya Masai Mara safari takes you to one of Africa’s top wildlife destination – Masai Mara national reserve. This fantastic 4 Days Budget Safari to Kenya’s premier game reserve – the Masai Mara national reserve. Masai Mara national reserve is the most famous and popular safari destination in Kenya and anywhere in Africa. Masai Mara national reserve is located in the southwestern of Kenya bordering Serengeti national park in Tanzania which is the best wildlife national park in Africa.
Masai mara national reserve is comprised of a medley rolling hills, open grassland and acacia woodland supporting quite an incredible profusion and variety of wildlife. The reserve truly blossoms between August and October, when the legendary wildebeest migration, the world’s most breath taking wildlife crossing into Kenya from Tanzania.
DEPARTURE/RETURN LOCATION
Nairobi City (Google Map)
DEPARTURE TIME
Set Off time is usually very early in the morning.
INCLUDED
A transfer from the airport can be arranged for an extra cost. Departing from the capital of Kenya, Nairobi, we will drive down the escarpment via the floor of the scenic Great Rift Valley. We’ll arrive at our overnight camp in time for lunch in the afternoon.
Located near the Masai Mara National Reserve, our safari camp is tucked away in the cool shade of indigenous trees, offering an escape from the African heat. We will stay in tented camps that are self-contained. This afternoon, we’ll explore Masai Mara on our first game drive, getting a taste of what this legendary game park has to offer. In the night, you can hear a chorus of different animal sounds as they communicate with each other in the darkness. This is more than enough reason to visit.
After breakfast, you’ll proceed on a full day of game viewing at the Maasai Mara Reserve. You’ll have your picnic lunch at the Hippo Pool. Dinner and your overnight stay will be at the campsite. Our morning and afternoon game drives take us in search of Africa’s Big Five and the plethora of other wildlife inhabiting this vast Kenyan game reserve. On clear days, the Masai Mara offers fantastic orange tinged sunsets well-worth capturing on camera. The Masai Mara Game Reserve is 1510km² of incredible wide-open landscapes and fertile riverine woodland following the looping meanders of the Mara and Talek Rivers in Kenya. One glimpse is enough to explain its appeal; it is typical open savannah, with a mass of amazing wildlife.
Another full day is spent in the Mara Reserve. This day you have the option of going to visit the Maasai village to learn more about their culture. All meals and your overnight stay will be at the campsite. Wherever you go in the vast Masai Mara you will see a good number of wildlife such as Maasai giraffes, baboons, warthogs, bat-eared foxes, grey jackals, spotted hyenas, topis, impalas, hartebeests and wildebeest. Elephants, buffaloes, zebras and hippos are also found in great numbers. It is also common to see lions either basking after a heavy meal, or surveying the plains for their next meal. Cheetahs and leopards are harder to spot, but reasonably common. The ultimate action here is without doubt the annual wildebeest exodus, the great migration. It happens in July and August when millions of these grass eaters move north from the Serengeti in search of lusher grass before turning south again in October.
We will depart from our safari camp and take a morning game drive through the Masai Mara Reserve on day four. Then we’ll return to the bustling Nairobi, arriving at about 2:00 pm in the afternoon. This unforgettable 4-day budget Masai Mara camping safari ends upon arrival back in Nairobi.
Optional activity; Hot air balloon – Wake early and be picked up by the air balloon team for your hot air balloon safari which starts in the early morning, just in time for sunrise. For about one hour you will be floating peacefully above the ground, with a bird’s eye view of the African bush below. The capacity for this activity is limited making this a very special and exclusive experience. Breakfast will be provided and thereafter connect back to the lodge.
END OF THE 4 DAY MASAI MARA SAFARI
NB : The greatest wildlife ‘travelling roadshow’ on earth. With 1,5 million wildebeest, 400,000 zebra, 12,000 eland and 300,000 Grant’s and Thomson’s gazelles trekking from southern Serengeti to the Masai Mara, the ‘great’ in ‘Great Migration’ may be a bit of an understatement. The constant year-long migration is an iconic natural phenomenon, the timing of which depends on environmental factors, the weather and of course, the animals themselves.
In short, the biggest mammal trek in the world follows the rains. The herds travel 800 kilometers clockwise in a circle through the Serengeti and Masai Mara ecosystems in search of greener, mineral rich pastures and water. The animals spend most of the cycle in the Serengeti in Tanzania, but also spend several months trekking the bountiful plains of the Masai Mara. For inquiries, reach out to us at [email protected]
