4-Day Masai Mara Lodge Safari with Big Five Game Drives

Pick up at the airport or your Nairobi hotel in the morning by your driver-guide for a briefing before departing for Masai Mara. The journey to the Mara takes around 5-6 hours. Along the way, stop at the Great Rift Valley, where you can take photos of the dramatic escarpment, as well as the nearby Suswa Ranges and Mount Longonot.

Continue to the lodge for lunch, followed by an afternoon game drive. Masai Mara is an ideal place to visit in Kenya, offering a unique natural reserve with an incredible number of wild animals. Together with Tanzania's Serengeti, the Masai Mara forms a giant ecosystem where animals roam freely. It is especially famous for having Africa's largest lion population, and you have an excellent chance to photograph the Big Five - elephants, rhinos, buffalos, lions, and leopards. Return to the lodge for dinner and your overnight stay.

After breakfast, leave for a full-day game drive in Maasai Mara National Park, home to over 3 million large mammals. Your experienced tour guide-driver will take you in search of the famous Big Five, along with many other animals, including lion, leopard, buffalo, elephant, rhino, hyena, cheetah, jackal, warthog, giraffe, zebra, antelope, wildebeest, and various bird species.

Picnic lunch will be served at the Mara River as you witness the famous migration, which takes place from July to October.

Maasai Village*

An optional visit to a Masai village can be arranged. Maasai warriors are famously known as a proud nomadic tribe whose legendary prowess in battle and single-handed acts of bravery in fights with wild animals are known across the world. This visit offers a meaningful introduction to Maasai culture, and you will be welcomed with a singing and dancing presentation that forms part of their daily lives and sacred rituals.

After breakfast, leave for another full-day game drive in Maasai Mara National Park, home to over 3 million large mammals. Your experienced tour guide-driver will continue the search for the famous Big Five, along with many other animals, including lion, leopard, buffalo, elephant, rhino, hyena, cheetah, jackal, warthog, giraffe, zebra, antelope, wildebeest, and various bird species.

Picnic lunch will be served at the Mara River as you witness the famous migration, which takes place from July to October.

Maasai Village*

An optional visit to a Masai village can be arranged. Maasai warriors are famously known as a proud nomadic tribe whose legendary prowess in battle and single-handed acts of bravery in fights with wild animals are known across the world. This visit offers a meaningful introduction to Maasai culture, and you will be welcomed with a singing and dancing presentation that forms part of their daily lives and sacred rituals.

Enjoy an early morning game drive before returning to the camp for breakfast, then begin the drive back to Nairobi. There will be a stop in Narok town for lunch before continuing to Nairobi. On arrival, you will be transferred to your hotel or the airport for your flight back home.

Optional activity:

Balloon safari: USD 400 per person

On this early morning balloon safari, you drift above the browsing game and enjoy tremendous opportunities for unusual photographs. Few experiences are more uplifting than a hot air balloon safari over the vast plains of Africa at sunrise, as a wealth of wildlife roams the land beneath you.

At the end of the flight, you land on the plains in the midst of this enchanting savannah, where a champagne breakfast is laid out with the aroma of sausages, eggs, and bacon sizzling over a charcoal fire. Afterwards, drive back at a leisurely pace to your camp or lodge with game viewing along the way.