3-Day Masai Mara Safari from Nairobi with Great Rift Valley views

• Avail a pick up from your Nairobi hotel or Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and drive to Masai Mara.

• Pass through the Great Rift Valley, which lies on the road built by Italian prisoners of war during the Second World War.

• See the charming chapel they built at the foot of the escarpment.

• Arrive at Masai Mara in time for lunch.

• Go for an afternoon game drive at the spectacular Masai Mara game reserve after lunch.

• Return to camp for dinner, followed by stargazing and story-time around the fireplace. When you’re ready, one of the Maasai night guards – known as Askaris – will escort you back to your tent.

Dinner and overnight stay at Basecamp Masai Mara. 

• Awake to the magnificent ‘wake up call’ symphony of Masai Mara’s astonishing birdlife.

• Enjoy a sumptuous breakfast before embarking on a full-day safari in the Masai Mara National Reserve. Don’t forget your camera since it is a beautiful time of the year for photography: the air is clear and bright, and the bush alive with vibrant colour and new life creating great photo opportunities. The incredible backdrop of clear blues and the rolling Savannah will captivate you providing you with memories to last a lifetime.

• Catch the action as the predators hunt their prey and stalk the herds, capturing them with your lens and in your heart. Enjoy an exceptional wilderness for there is never a dull moment on the savannah.

• Return to camp at sundown for dinner followed by relaxation at the campfire as you tell of your experiences in the African wilderness

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• Begin with an early morning wake up call and a steaming cup of coffee.

• Get an adrenaline rush with a hot air balloon ride cutting through the cool air of the plains as herds of elephant, buffalo and zebra scatter in search of food below you. Upon landing- you are treated to a breakfast and your guide will then take you either back to the camp for a well-deserved nap or continue on a game drive.

• Return for lunch and an afternoon nap.

• Go out for an evening game drive returning to camp for a hearty dinner and cold beer.

Dinner and overnight stay at the Basecamp Masai Mara. 

• Wake at dawn in time for a final walking safari or a game drive.

• Witness how the savannah comes alive as the sun rises.

• Return for breakfast and collect your things. Just like the wildebeest, the time has come to wander on.

• Drive back to Nairobi, traversing the vast plains of Maasai land on the floor of Rift valley, keeping an eye out for herds of giraffe and gazelles as you head up the Mau escarpment.

• Arrive in Nairobi in the early afternoon in time for your flight back home.