3-Day Masai Mara Safari from Nairobi with Big Five Game Drives

• The landscape becomes increasingly dramatic as you enter the Great Rift Valley escarpment. There will be stops along the way to refresh and admire the impressive features of the escarpment.
• You will then descend to the valley floor, exploring the scenic features through Masai country and perhaps catching glimpses of the colourful herdsmen along the way as you approach the reserve.
• You should arrive at the Masai Mara at about lunchtime, which you will enjoy at your chosen accommodation.
• Then, get ready for the awesome expanse and stirring wildlife populations of this great reserve. It is one of the world's great ecosystems and is unparalleled for its diversity of wildlife. Hunters and grazers, both large and small, fill the sweeping hills and savannahs of this beautiful park.
• Your first game drive will introduce you to the numbers and variety of wildlife you will experience during your three days in the park.

FULL DAY - MASAI MARA

Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.

• You will be up early to view the park's abundant wildlife, said to be the densest of any park in the region. This will be a day of unlimited game drives over the golden fields and past the distinctive acacia trees adorning these plains.
• Be on the lookout for Africa's Big Five - lion, leopard, elephant, buffalo, and rhino. The birdlife is also abundant, and if you are here during the season of the Great Migration (July - October), prepare yourself to witness the largest movement of animals on the planet.
• Primarily made up of wildebeest and zebra, the migrating animals cross into the park by the thousands at the Mara River, also home to hippos and waiting crocodiles. The potential drama here is inescapable as the streaming herds enter these lands for fresh grasses while predators lie in wait.
• Adding more richness to your Masai Mara experience, you can enjoy an optional visit to one of the local villages. There, you will meet the Maasai and see their lifestyle up close.
• Another optional activity is an early morning hot air balloon ride over the reserve. Take in the park below as it comes to life, the fields light up, and the wildlife begin a new day on the savannah.
• A magnificent experience - just ask your driver-guide to arrange either or both activities.

MASAI MARA - NAIROBI (265 kms - 5 hrs)

Meal plan: Breakfast.

• After a leisurely breakfast at your lodge or camp, your dedicated driver-guide will assist you with the checkout process and proceed to Nairobi - Kenya's colourful capital city.
• On the way, your guide will point out Mount Longonot, an extinct stratovolcano located southeast of Lake Naivasha in the Great Rift Valley of Kenya.
• It is thought to have last erupted in the 1860s, and its name is derived from the Maasai word Oloonong'ot, meaning