1 & 1/2 Days Masai Mara
Areas of Interest: Masai Mara Game Reserve, Narok, Great Rift Valley, Mau Escarpment, Great Wildebeest Migration (Seasonal).
Activity: Scenery, Lodge Stays, Game and Bird Watching, Ethnic, Culture, Traditional Dances, Photography, Relaxation, Visit the Local Manyatta(village) (optional at extra cost), Early morning Balloon Safari with Champagne Breakfast in the Park (optional at extra cost).
Country: Kenya
The Masai Mara is Kenya’s most celebrated game park, it offers the possibility of seeing “the big five” and many other species of game. The Mara reserve is 1510 sq km of incredible wide-open landscapes and fertile riverine woodland following the looping meanders of the Mara and Talek rivers. This is where the great wildebeest migration is a spectacle to behold for any would be visitor to Kenya mainly in July and August of each year. Nonetheless, Mara offers good game viewing all year round and exceptional lodges.
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Day 1 - Masai Mara Departing our office in the early morning we drive down the escarpment via the floor of the Great Rift Valley towards Narok. We stop for lunch at the lodge (or luxury tented camp) followed by an afternoon game drive to experience the Mara Magic, returning for a sun downer and dinner in the evening.
One glimpse is enough to explain its appeal; it is typical savannah, with a mass of amazing wildlife. Wherever you go in the Mara you will see a frequent amount of wildlife such as Masai giraffe, baboons, warthogs, bat eared foxes, grey jackals, spotted hyena, topis, impala, hartebeests, wildebeest. Elephants, buffaloes, zebras and hippos also exist in great numbers. It is also common to see lions either basking after a heavy meal, or surveying the plains for their next meal. Cheetahs and leopards are harder to spot but are still reasonably common.
Day 2 - Nairobi Early morning sunrise game drive followed by breakfast before returning to Nairobi in time for lunch.
The ultimate action here is without doubt the annual wildebeest exodus in July and August when millions of these grass eaters move north from the Serengeti in search of lusher grass before turning south again in October.
Balloon trips are an entirely outstanding way of seeing the savannah plains and the wildlife after which you come back down for a beautiful champagne breakfast and these trips safari can be arranged at our office upon booking.

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