Maasai Mara Big Cat Safari (trip)

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Maasai Mara Big Cat Safari

  • Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi, Kenya
  • Active & Adventure
Kenya, Africa

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Period offered: June-April. The provider (view their profile) can provide you with specific departure dates, final prices, and other information.


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from $2,380* per person5 DaysJune-April
Comfort accommodations Exertion level: 3
Operator: Gamewatchers Safaris 12 people max
This 4 night / 5 day camping safari includes stays at two small eco-camps located inside exclusive wildlife conservancies in the Maasai Mara eco-system which are reserved solely for the camps' guests. Game drives are in open-sided 4x4 safari vehicles, with experienced Maasai safari guides, to look for the Big Cats in the park and the conservancies. Night game drives offered at both camps allow you the opportunity to be out when the Big Cats are most active.

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Kenya, Africa

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Special information

  • This is a custom departure, meaning this trip is offered on dates that you arrange privately with the provider. Additionally, you need to form your own private group for this trip. The itinerary and price here is just a sample. Contact the provider for detailed pricing, minimum group size, and scheduling information. For most providers, the larger the group you are traveling with, the lower the per-person cost will be.

Itinerary

Day 1

Depart Nairobi at 10 am for the one hour flight to the Mara. You'll be met at the Siana airstrip by Mara Porini staff and transferred to camp. Settle into your tent and enjoy lunch prepared by the camp chef. Afternoon game drive in the Ol Kinyei Conservancy, followed by a sundowner at a scenic spot. Return to camp for a shower, dinner and overnight.

Day 2

Awake to the natural sounds of the Mara's birdlife. Leave camp soon after dawn to explore the Ol Kinyei Conservancy on the lookout for elephants, buffalo, giraffe, plains game and the big cats. You will have a bush breakfast out in the wilds and then return to camp for lunch. In the afternoon you will have a further game drive in Ol Kinyei and Naboisho Conservancies with s sundowner at a scenic spot followed by a night game drive with spotlights to search for nocturnal animals, including the elusive leopards which are resident in Ol Kinyei, before heading back to camp for dinner.

Day 3

After breakfast leave camp and drive through Ol Kinyei and Naboisho Conservancies, game-viewing as you go, an on to Olare Orok Conservancy arriving at Porini Lion Camp for lunch. Afternoon game drive in the exclusive Olare Orok Conservancy, away from the minibuses and tourist vehicles seen in the reserve, and with an excellent chance of sighting lions, cheetahs and leopards all of which are found in the conservancy. Sundowner and night game drive. Overnight Porini Lion Camp.

Day 4

A full day spent on a game drive in the famous Masai Mara Reserve with a picnic lunch in the park and then return to Porini Lion Camp in the late afternoon. Dinner and overnight at Porini Lion Camp.

Day 5

*Optional Balloon Safari and Champagne Breakfast.

Final early morning game drive in the Olare Orok Conservancy and then drive into the reserve to the Ol Kiombo airstrip to fly back on the 11 a.m. flight to Wilson Airport in Nairobi, arriving at around 12.05 pm. Or take the option of a further night at Porini Lion Camp with game drives in the Olare Orok conservancy or the Masai Mara Reserve.

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