Itinerary

1. Day 1: Arrive in Nairobi

   • Pick up from Jomo Kenyatta International airport and drop at Panari Resort for an overnight stay, including a meal plan and complimentary breakfast.

2. Day 2: Nairobi to Masai Mara

   • Pick up and drive to Masai Mara post breakfast with a stopover at the Great Rift Valley. 

   • Drive through Longonot, Suswa and on to the Western walls with another stopover at Narok for re-fuelling.

   • Lunch at Masai Mara.

   • Leisure time after lunch for a brief period before the safari drive in Mara which is popular for the Big five (Lions, Elephants, Leopards, Buffalo and Rhinos).

   Dinner at camp. Meal Plan is applicable for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

3. Day 3: Full Day at Masai Mara

   • Go for morning and afternoon game drives in the park in search of the big five.

   • Spot lions, rhinos, hippos, crocodiles, giraffes, wildebeests, zebras, buffalo, warthogs, hyenas, jackals, wild dogs, buffalo, leopard, many kinds of antelopes and elephants.

   • It is in the Mara that perhaps the most spectacular event of the natural world takes place. This is the annual migration of millions of wildebeest and zebra from the Serengeti (Tanzania) searching for water and pasture. Following on their heels are the predators of the savanna- lion, cheetah, wild dog, jackal, hyena and vultures.

4. Day 4: Full Day at Masai Mara

   • Full day game viewing coupled with exploring this spectacular Park. The Mara is the land of African legend: Lions are abundant throughout the park, as are the elephants, giraffes, and various gazelle species and zebra. Cheetah and leopard are also regularly seen and, less commonly, rhino. The annual wildebeest migration, one of nature's few remaining wildlife spectacles, occurs in the Mara from July to September, where the big animals and their predators are to be present in abundance during the time frame of this trip. Several species of Bee-eaters, flying rainbows that lead the list of Mara's birds, occur in reserve.

   Optional: Visit a Masai Boma (homestead) is an option offered to tourists at an extra charge that reveals this outstanding culture and customs of the tribes. Not only wildlife but the Masai Mara is also home to many members of the colourful Masai tribe who may be seen around the borders of the park, namely Morans (warriors) loping across the plains, young boys herding goats, or elders grouped under a tree discussing matters of the day.

5. Day 5: Full Day at Masai Mara

   • Full day is spent at the Maasai Mara game reserve. Drive across the plains in search of the big cats like black-manned lions, cheetahs and leopards with picnic lunch served at the Mara River site. Vast herds of wildebeest and zebra wander across the Mara grasslands in huge numbers during the annual migrations that take place during the month of July to October when millions of wildebeest, zebra, and gazelle traverse the Mara plains landscape to feed on the rich new grass from the Serengeti. 

   • Also, you will have a chance to see other plain game like the Topi and Eland.

6. Day 6: Masai Mara

   • Early morning game drives in the Mara. 

   • Return to the lodge for breakfast. 

   • Rest of the morning is spent at leisure. 

   • After lunch at the lodge, there is an afternoon game drive till dusk at 3 pm.

7. Day 7: Masai Mara to Nairobi

   • Departure from Masai Mara post breakfast and head across acres of rolling wheat and barley farms to Narok, the district headquarters of this part of Maasailand.

   • From here cross the vast plains on the floor of the Rift Valley whilst keeping an eye out for herds of giraffe and gazelle before heading up the rift escarpment. 

   • Arrive at Kenya’s bustling capital by early evening. 

   • Drop off at a city hotel or the airport after reaching the city as per the tourists' onward travel arrangements.