An exceptional Budget Kenya Safari to Masai Mara offering superb game viewing.
Explore the internationally acclaimed Masai Mara National Reserve and Great Rift Valley with a small group of friends or family on this Private Kenya Safari Tour. Spend three nights at an exclusive eco-safari lodge on the banks of the Talek River, enjoying the comforts of this tented safari camp between game drives in an open 4x4 Toyota Landcruiser.
Savor an 'Out of Africa' experience on this unforgettable Masai Mara Safari in Kenya.
Your guide will meet you at your pre-safari accommodation in Nairobi for a short briefing about your 4-day Kenya Safari to Masai Mara. Then you set off from Nairobi to Masai Mara National Reserve. You have a guaranteed windows seat to enjoy the changing landscape of Kenya as you travel and particularly the spectacular views of the Great Rift Valley.
Arriving in Masai Mara in the early afternoon there is time for our first game drive with your experienced and knowledgeable guide. Thanks to the pop-up roof of the land cruisers you may stand to watch and photograph the wildlife of Masai Mara.
Keep a close watch out for endangered African wild dogs and cheetah, other African predators like the spotted hyena, black-backed jackal, caracal, and bat-eared fox, and the endangered Grevy’s Zebra and Jackson’s Hartebeest. You’ll also see various other antelope, small mammals like warthogs, vervet monkeys, and olive baboons, and you will also come across gracious giraffes on your African wildlife safari drive today.
After our exciting game drive in Masai Mara, we head to our exclusive tented camp at the eco safari lodge. Here you can freshen up with a shower and relax on your very own private veranda with a view of the Talek River where the animals come to drink. Enjoy the magic of a sundowner gazing out over the African savannah.
Your first day on this budget African Safari in Kenya is rounded off with a delicious meal, stargazing, and storytelling around the campfire. As you fall asleep afterward in the luxurious comfort of a real bed in your walk-in tent, you’ll be serenaded by the marvelous sounds of the surrounding African bush.
Wake up to the sounds of the birdsong at the Masai Mara lodge on day two of your affordable Kenyan Safari. It may be very early but that's the best time for wildlife spotting and the excitement of discovery ahead soon supplants the shock of the early rising.
You are well prepared, with a picnic lunch, for a full day of exploration in Masai Mara. Over the next two days, your safari guide takes you to remote corners of this famous Kenyan park and shares his knowledge of the animals' behavior with you.
If your Kenya Safari takes place during the Great Migration, you will visit the Mara River. Here you are likely to witness the hundreds of wildebeest and zebras trying to avoid the crocodiles which they know lie waiting in the river. You’ll be amazed at how much you can learn about the habitats and wildlife during this time, as you travel through different habitats observing the magnificent wildlife here.
But no matter what time of the year you come to the Masai Mara, your days will be filled with wildlife marvels. From crocodiles and hippos in the water to the distinctive Masai giraffe and roan antelope many different species call this place home year-round. Look forward to wildlife encounters that will stay in your memory forever.
In the evening, enjoy a sundowner on your private verandah or chat with your fellow travelers about your safari adventures of the day.
We say goodbye to the Masai Mara after our last breakfast at the Lodge, but still have an opportunity to view some wildlife as we exit the Mara region en route to Nairobi, where you will be transferred to the airport or your hotel.
This Kenyan Safari is a private tour departing on any day of the year.
Wherever possible, this Masai Mara Safari Package uses small, intimate safari lodges and tented camps. You will stay in Masai Mara lodges, or permanent tented camps (with en-suite bathrooms). Safari lodges are solid buildings, whereas tented camps are permanently set up, walk-in safari-style tents that offer similar levels of service as hotels and safari lodges.
We only use specially converted 4×4 Toyota Land Cruisers that are able to take on the harsh Kenyan road conditions. Each guest will enjoy a window seat and during game drives the roof will open, ensuring unspoiled views from every angle.
Please note that the Wildebeest Great Migration is seasonal. As a natural wildlife phenomenon, it is fluid and unpredictable. For this reason, seeing the Great Migration cannot be guaranteed.
The wildebeest and other wild herbivores migrate between Masai Mara in Kenya and Serengeti in Tanzania. These herds move in a massive circular route covering some 1200 miles (1931km). It is a continuous movement of wildlife that can be seen in different areas at different times of the year. During certain phases of this annual trek the animals disperse or slow down, whilst at other times the migration picks up speed, with the herds becoming larger and denser. Not only does the Wildebeest Great Migration vary from place to place and season to season but the movement of these large wildlife herds varies from year to year.
Please talk to a travel expert from African Budget Safaris about seeing the Wildebeest Great Migration on your safari to find out more. Also, check out our detailed article about the Great Migration in Serengeti and Masai Mara.
This tour does take children.
There is no official age limit, but due to the many hours spent game viewing in the vehicle, we don’t recommend this Kenyan Safari for children under the age of 6 years. However, if parents can confidently say that their children are comfortable traveling long distances, they are of course welcome, and parents are to be responsible for their children at all times.
Please contact African Budget Safaris for further information.
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