3-Day Masai Mara Private Safari from Nairobi with Big Five Viewing

• This morning, we will pick you up from your hotel or the airport and depart from Nairobi at 7:30 am, driving via the viewpoint of the Great Rift Valley. Continue on safari to the Masai Mara Game Reserve.
• This enormous reserve is part of the vast Serengeti plains and is famously known for its spectacular great wildebeest migration. It is home to the Big Five: lion, elephant, leopard, buffalo, and rhino.
• Enjoy lunch at the camp or lodge and relax before departing for the afternoon game drive. The Mara Game Reserve is one of the greatest wildernesses in the world.
• Large mammals are varied and easy to see. The wild animals in the park include Masai giraffe, buffalo, eland, and thousands of plains game, including impala, zebra, and grass gazelles.

Overnight and meals at the Mara Chui Resort.

• Optional: Today, there will be a chance to take a hot air balloon ride. Take to the skies for the ultimate Maasai Mara wildlife adventure, soaring in a hot air balloon over herds of game into the inner reaches of the Mara.
• You will ascend in the early morning when the winds are calmest. Watch as the professional crew fills the balloon with hot air. Slowly, the big, colourful balloon begins to bulge and take shape.
• Then board the traditional wicker gondola basket while the expert pilot makes final adjustments. As the pink and red fireball of the sun rises in splendour over the plains, you are up, up, and away - for the flight of a lifetime.
• Your balloon can soar over the most inaccessible and undisturbed parts of the Mara, with only the intermittent whisper of the balloon's gas burners punctuating the silence of your majestic flight.
• If you do not opt for the balloon, spend the whole day viewing the great predators and exploring the park's amazingly high concentration of wild animals.
• On the plains are enormous herds of grazing animals, plus the elusive cheetah and leopard hiding amidst acacia boughs.
• During your stay, there is also an optional opportunity to visit a village of the Masai people to witness the singing and dancing that are part of their daily lives and sacred rituals.
• A glimpse into their homes and social structure is a poignant experience.

Overnight and meals at the Mara Chui Resort.

• Enjoy an early morning breakfast at the lodge, then depart for Nairobi by road. The safari ends in Nairobi late in the afternoon.