Maasai Mara National Reserve also known as Maasai Mara, Masai Mara and by the locals as The Mara is a large game reserve in Narok County, Kenya, contiguous with the Serengeti National Park in Mara Region, Tanzania. It is named in honor of the Maasai people the ancestral inhabitants of the area and their description of the area when looked at from afar: “Mara,” which is Maa (Maasai language) for “spotted,” an apt description for the circles of trees, scrub, savanna, and cloud shadows that mark the area.
It is globally famous for its exceptional population of lions, leopards and cheetahs, and the annual migration of zebra, Thomson’s gazelle, and wildebeest to and from the Serengeti every year from July to October, known as the Great Migration.
Day 1: Nairobi – Masai Mara Game Reserve
After breakfast, depart for Masai Mara – an extension of Tanzania’s Serengeti National Park. This is serene vast country of breath-taking vistas, a panorama of vast rolling plains and rounded hills, of intermittent groves of acacia woodlands and dense thickets of scrub. The Mara River and its tributaries which are margined by luxuriant riverine forest bisect the whole land . And in every direction there are seemingly endless herds of game animals. Arrive in time for lunch. An afternoon game drive followed by return to an archetypal Mara lodge/tented camp for dinner and overnight stay.
Day 2: Masai Mara Game Reserve
Two game drives for the day to absorb the beauty and splendor of the Mara. In this country of breathtaking vistas, view its vast assemblages of plains game together with their associated predators. Mara has the largest population of lions to be found in Kenya. Other animals to be seen here include Buffalo, Black Rhino, Hippopotamus, Leopard, Cheetah, Common Zebra, Coke’s Hartebeest, White-bearded Gnu, Oribi, Warthog and Thomson’s and Grant’s Gazelles. The bird life of Mara is as profuse as its mammalian fauna. All meals and overnight stay are at the lodge/tented camp.
Day 2: Masai Mara Game Reserve – Nairobi
After breakfast, return to Nairobi.
Price Includes:
- Full board accommodation on a sharing basis in the mentioned lodges
- Transport in our 4×4 Toyota Land Cruisers(with pop-up roofs, radio calls, fridge and charger wires in)
- Services of our English speaking safari driver guides
- Park entrance fees as per itinerary
- Government Taxes and Levies known to us to date.
- Drinking water in the vehicle for use during game drives only
- Our complimentary meet and greet Services
Price Excludes:
- All airport transfers – where applicable, are not included in the cost
- All Optional activities costs as indicated in the itinerary are not included in the rates above
- Tips to our guides
- Items of a personal nature such as passport, visa, and traveler’s insurance