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3 DAYS MASAI MARA
Areas of Interest: Great Rift Valley, Masai Mara Game Reserve,
Narok, Great Wildebeest Migration (Seasonal).
Activity: Scenery, Camping, Game and Bird
Watching, Ethnic, Culture, Traditional Dances (Optional),
Photography, Relaxation.
Price: Euro 185 
Local Payment: US$ 80
Departures: Every Friday
Country: Kenya
This is a safari to Kenya’s greatest concentration
of game - the Masai Mara. On our way there, we pass through
Kenya’s rift valley escarpments which offer some of
the most breath taking views.
The Rift Valley is part of the East African rift system;
a massive geological fault line stretching almost 6500km across
the African continent, from the Dead Sea in the north to Beira,
Mozambique in the south. It was formed more than 30 million
years ago when the African and Eurasian landmasses collided
and then diverged again. As they moved apart, large blocks
of the earth’s crust dropped down between them. Over
time these movements resulted in the escarpments, ravines,
flatlands and lakes that mark much of East Africa’s
remarkable landscape today.
WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THE PRICE:
• Transport by special safari vehicle
• Services of an English speaking driver/tour guide
and cook
• All campsite fees
• All camping equipment including use of our three-person
tents (each tent shared by 2 people), stools, foam mattresses
except sleeping bags
• Three meals a day while on safari whether vegetarian
or non-vegetarian prepared by our safari cook
WHAT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE PRICE:
• Gamepark entrance fees shown separately as 'local
payment'
• Personal travel insurance
• Sleeping bags [available for hire in the office at
US$15 per bag per safari with US$ 40 refundable deposit]
• Hotel accommodation in Nairobi.
• All airport/hotel/airport transfers [but can be arranged
at extra cost]
• All airport taxes and visas
• All personal expenses and toiletries; e.g. mineral
water, toilet tissue, laundry, telephones, beverages, tips,
portage, etc.
• Any other extras not stated as inc luded
above
Itinerary:
Day 1 - Masai Mara
Departing our office in the morning we drive down the escarpment
via the floor of the Great Rift Valley. We camp at our permanent
Talek riverside campsite situated at the edge of the park.
Here we have stand-up tents with beds for use as well as small
wood cabins for those after a touch more comfort. Hot showers
are available in the camp and meals are served in the dinning
mess or in the open.
In the night you can hear a chorus of different animal sounds
as they communicate with each other in the darkness –
more than a reason to visit.
Day 2 - Masai Mara
The next day shall be spent game viewing. On clear days, the
Mara offers fantastic orange tinted sunsets and you will definitely
want to capture this moment while sipping on a sundowner back
at our campsite. 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. 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.
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. These trips can
be arranged at our office upon booking.
Day 3 – Nairobi
Depart Camp and drive through the northern part of the reserve
viewing game as we proceed to the main Narok road where we
stop to give you a chance to buy souvenirs, or just to have
a cup of tea. We return to Nairobi by late afternoon.
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